They only cancel it if it happens in a place that normally doesnt get much snow. In places where snow is common, its business as usual. It rarely happened when i was a kid (we all secretly hoped that single inch of dust would close them down - but it maybe happened twice in my entire childhood).

You also have snow plows and warm clothing. The southern states have neither, so they close. The northern states do not close unless it is a particularly bad blizzard

This may shock you, but we are not a Nordic nation

Not all school in america close for snow - the schools in the northern and mountain states don't close -- only for really cold weather. Sounthern states, like Georgia don't have plows for the roads, and people don't know how to drive in the snow -- so they cancel.

Depends on where the school is in the US. Northern states are equipped to handle large amounts of snow, so school cancellations are rare. Southern states tend to freak out at a few inches when they hardly ever see snow. Also, you don't want to be driving during a snowstorm in a state that hardly ever gets snow. The other drivers are bonkers.

Schools get canceled for fog and snow because driving conditions are unsafe.

In my experience snow days are when snow removal plows are behind or unable to keep up. I recently lived in New Orleans, and they had snow days because they had no equipment to salt or clear the roads. They rarely get snow, so everyone freaks out and everything, (games, night classes, church services, businesses, etc.) shuts down, and there are wrecks everywhere.

i mean, we have had lots of snow but unfortunately no snow day yet this year… even days when it was so bad there was a ton of car accidents and you could barely see

Nearly all American children (not to mention teachers and staff) are now driven to school - by parents, themselves, vans, buses, whatever. Cancellations are to avoid vehicle accidents.

No canceled school in Montana (or Alaska) either!

https://www.ajc.com/weather/remembering-snow-jam-2014-the-numbers/xGVwkyBhoebgNaTAmfGfUO/

I would be concerned for my children if they were lost in that weather too.

It depends. You have to keep in mind that America is huge. There’s a lot of difference in climate conditions from region to region. When I very little in Montana snow days were only for the first snow of the year to get the plows out and then for blizzards. When we moved to coastal North Carolina if there were two snow flakes in the air, because most people here have no experience driving in the snow and there’s no equipment to make the roads safe.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh idk what to say

not in michigan. school almost never gets cancelled for snow

See above.

Maybe Sweden is eons behind the US.

Not again with the whiners in Sweden go to the previous same question for answers

It depends on where you live. In parts of the country, we don't get much snow, so the cities don't have snow plows. Hence, a bad snow storm kinda shuts everything down for a day or so.

Your government is far older and your history is massively different and literally that’s what it comes down to. Experience and historical development.

Be honest, we cancel schools to avoid expensive lawsuits. In the states, if you are injured due to someone else's negligence, you can sue for monetary damages exceeding a million dollars at times. Each student could individually sue the negligent party. In the states we bus our kids to school. The bus is typically 3 or 4 car lengths long, do not have seat belts, most are rear wheel drive and have highway tread tires. Driving this type of vehicle in snow, ice or unplowed roads is clearly unsafe and negligent. I have seen this question more than once, I hope this helps.

Thanks for using the Imperial system instead of Metric!

two words: "bus crash". We value our children's lives, sorry Sweden doesn't

That is how it is now. I went to school in Minnesota starting in the 50`s once in an all day white out blizzard sent us home at the end of the day gave each older kid a younger kid to drop off at their house first

This is mainly because so many children are bussed to school and to alleviate the risk of accidents. Its a lawsuit waiting to happen. And - High schools have inexperienced drivers 16+ driving to school as well.

Why do people in places like Sweden, who ALWAYS get snow, think that in America every town/state knows how to even DEAL with snow. Move someplace warmer if you think you should bitch about not everyone knowing, innately, how to deal with that amount of snow?!?!?!

People pf Europe: please acquaint yourselves eith the general bignesses of the U.S. and Canada. Oftentimes, distances travelled to school are something beteeen a ' slog' and ' quite a ways' , depending on where one lives. Ergo buses, snowplowing, etc.

Every day the school is closed, the school looses government money. It also means makeup days which costs more money. Schools balance kids lives over money lost.

My school doesn’t close for fog, only like a foot of snow does it close

It's because our schools are required to bus people to school, and they can't bus people if they can't drive.

Good grief!

Sorry.