in 219931 20070208 184401 "Col" wrote:
"Neil" wrote in message
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We called the school this morning and told them that we were keeping the
kids off to go sledging!!


What a disgrace.
That should count as truancy.

I don't know if it's still the case but some US schools used to schedule "snow days"
into winter terms. Any day of extreme weather could be declared a "snow day"
and the school stayed closed for the day. At the end of the term unused "snow
days" were taken as "holiday".