5 reasons schools hate snow days

By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN

Updated 1537 GMT (2337 HKT) January 27, 2015

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Dexter Newcomb begins cleanup at his house in Scituate, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, January 28, a day after a winter storm left his neighborhood coated in frozen sea spray and sand.
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Dexter Newcomb begins cleanup at his house in Scituate, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, January 28, a day after a winter storm left his neighborhood coated in frozen sea spray and sand.
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Cars in Norwood, Massachusetts, sit buried by snow drifts on January 28. The first blizzard of 2015 dumped nearly 3 feet of snow in parts of four Northeastern states. Massachusetts was hit the hardest.
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Cars in Norwood, Massachusetts, sit buried by snow drifts on January 28. The first blizzard of 2015 dumped nearly 3 feet of snow in parts of four Northeastern states. Massachusetts was hit the hardest.
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Workers continue snow removal efforts in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston on January 28.
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Workers continue snow removal efforts in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston on January 28.
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A man battles strong winds in Portland, Maine, on Tuesday, January 27.
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A man battles strong winds in Portland, Maine, on Tuesday, January 27.
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A wave slams into a sea wall in Scituate as evening high tide approaches on January 27.
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A wave slams into a sea wall in Scituate as evening high tide approaches on January 27.
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Snow piles up at the entrance of a closed T station in Boston on January 27. The city's public transit system was set to reopen the next day.
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Snow piles up at the entrance of a closed T station in Boston on January 27. The city's public transit system was set to reopen the next day.
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U.S. Army soldier Jennifer Bruno carries belongings from her house, center rear, which was heavily damaged by storm surge in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
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U.S. Army soldier Jennifer Bruno carries belongings from her house, center rear, which was heavily damaged by storm surge in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
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Icy water floods a street in Scituate on January 27.
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Icy water floods a street in Scituate on January 27.
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Snow clings to a man's face as he shovels a sidewalk in Portland, Maine, on January 27.
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Snow clings to a man's face as he shovels a sidewalk in Portland, Maine, on January 27.
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A person skis down Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 27.
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A person skis down Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 27.
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Plows clear snow off the Long Island Expressway in Melville, New York, on January 27.
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Plows clear snow off the Long Island Expressway in Melville, New York, on January 27.
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