School cancellations
Definition
The official suspension or closure of school sessions, often due to severe weather, holidays, emergencies, or other disruptions, sparing students from classes but challenging parents with childcare logistics.
Public announcements or notifications declaring that regular school activities are postponed or canceled for the day.
Examples
With a blizzard raging, school cancellations turned sleepy suburbs into impromptu snow forts overnight.
Parents refreshed the district app obsessively, praying for school cancellations while kids feigned innocent hope.
One rogue ice patch led to school cancellations, proving Mother Nature's veto power trumps any principal's alarm clock.
School cancellations due to 'excessive joy'—that's what the students called it when holidays overlapped with teacher training days.