school closings
Definition
The temporary shutdown of schools, typically due to severe weather, holidays, emergencies, or maintenance, often announced via public lists or alerts.
Public notifications or lists detailing which educational institutions are closed on a specific day, sparing students from classes.
Examples
The school closings list read like a winter holiday jackpot, freeing kids to build forts from couch cushions.
Parents scrolled frantically through school closings during the ice storm, plotting their next Zoom meeting from the kitchen chaos.
When school closings hit, the neighborhood turned into a spontaneous sledding Olympics, complete with hot cocoa podium ceremonies.
The weatherman's dramatic forecast guaranteed school closings, making him the unsung MVP of every sleepy student's morning.