Laurentkd
Master Black Belt
Ok, I don't know where the best place is to post this, but I figure I'll get a lot of feedback here or else it will get moved.
So here is my question. This is for people who go to professional schools (not influenced by community centers, and not in someone's personal home or outside). What is your schools stance on closing for severe weather? Currently our school closes when there are Tornado watches and definitely warnings. As a reminder, a "watch" means conditions are favorable for tornado activity, and a "warning" means that a tornado has been spotted and to take cover immediately. Our school has the entire front wall as solid windows, and the only good place to take shelter would be in the bathrooms. We could fit everyone there in an emergency, but we don't feel it is worth the risk to have class (especially when parents drop their kids off) in conditions that could quickly turn scary. Unfortunately, living in the mid-west we get these types of watches and warnings fairly often, and most people around here tend to ignore them. This makes some students upset when we cancel class for what they think is no good reason, however the owner of the school (and thus the responsible party) doesn't feel it is worth the risk to be responsible for 20 or more lives with dangerous weather is possible.
So I was wondering what you all think and what you all do. I agree with students that it can be disappointing to not have class because of a tornado watch, because most likely it won't develop into anything bad, but at the same time, it doesn't happen THAT often (maybe 3 or 4 times a year- unfortunately all during about march to June) and I know I would not want to be at the martial art school with lots of scared kids (and even panicking adults) should a tornado hit. We even have an Emergency Action Plan in place (which I and another Black Belt made for a college project, so it is complete and thorough and really good plan, if I do say so myself. If anyone doesn't have an EAP. I would strongly recommend finding a good example of one and putting one in place) but I still wouldn't want to feel responsible for other lives during a tornado.
So what do you all think?
So here is my question. This is for people who go to professional schools (not influenced by community centers, and not in someone's personal home or outside). What is your schools stance on closing for severe weather? Currently our school closes when there are Tornado watches and definitely warnings. As a reminder, a "watch" means conditions are favorable for tornado activity, and a "warning" means that a tornado has been spotted and to take cover immediately. Our school has the entire front wall as solid windows, and the only good place to take shelter would be in the bathrooms. We could fit everyone there in an emergency, but we don't feel it is worth the risk to have class (especially when parents drop their kids off) in conditions that could quickly turn scary. Unfortunately, living in the mid-west we get these types of watches and warnings fairly often, and most people around here tend to ignore them. This makes some students upset when we cancel class for what they think is no good reason, however the owner of the school (and thus the responsible party) doesn't feel it is worth the risk to be responsible for 20 or more lives with dangerous weather is possible.
So I was wondering what you all think and what you all do. I agree with students that it can be disappointing to not have class because of a tornado watch, because most likely it won't develop into anything bad, but at the same time, it doesn't happen THAT often (maybe 3 or 4 times a year- unfortunately all during about march to June) and I know I would not want to be at the martial art school with lots of scared kids (and even panicking adults) should a tornado hit. We even have an Emergency Action Plan in place (which I and another Black Belt made for a college project, so it is complete and thorough and really good plan, if I do say so myself. If anyone doesn't have an EAP. I would strongly recommend finding a good example of one and putting one in place) but I still wouldn't want to feel responsible for other lives during a tornado.
So what do you all think?