-81 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 11874/275
- Lakewood Township Board of Health formally suspended the Township's noise decibel level prohibition on Purim night from 2:00am to 7:00am. The Township Board of Health generally prohibits noise above 55 decibels between the hours of 11:00pm and 7:00am. (reporter Moshe Zeines on twitter)
-Trump on Biden: “I saw that he said there was no vaccine before he came into office and yet he got a shot before he came into office,” .“So either he’s not telling the truth or he’s mentally gone. One or the other,” he added.
-2:45 pm currently stopped snowing, light sleet and freezing rain will resume this evening into Friday
-12:45 pm Changeover to sleet
-11:45 am heavy snow in Lakewood a few inches fell
-Food distribution: Bnos Yaakov box at 12:00pm in Pine Park. The park is plowed
-Third shot may be needed to combat new coronavirus variants, Bill Gates says
-Trump said his team was still exploring its options for returning to social media and "negotiating with a number of people," but suggested he may build his own platform "We're looking at a lot of different things," he said.
-10:45 am sleet pellets coming down with the snow
-FAA: Reliable sources are reporting to us that over the last two weeks an alarming number of women in Lakewood, some diagnosed as covid19 positive, have suffered late term miscarriages and that doctors are trying to determine why (Faa)
-10:20 am snowing lightly route 9 clear other roads messy, forecast South Jersey: 1-4 inches with icy conditions Central Jersey: 4-8 inches with potential accumulations of ice North Jersey: 4-8 inches
-Several boys elementary will have school with a late start and early dismissal at 1:00 pm. Mesivtas are open with regular schedule
-Lakewood askanim set up online donation page for mosdos to collect money on Purim this year The project is facilitated by Keren "Supporters of Torah" apply HERE 70 mosdos have signed up
-8:15 Girls schools cancelled, Lakewood cheder boys no school
-8:00 am snow coming down hard in Lakewood no decision yet on school openings
-LSTA bussing is cancelled for both the morning and afternoon runs. Schools may be open as they will update on the snow number.
-LPD: Drive carefully if you are traveling this morning. Roads may be icy.
-NWS: One to 4 inches of snow and as much as a tenth of an inch of ice are expected Snow will briefly be heavy this morning before precipitation change to sleet and freezing rain Thursday afternoon. Light precipitation will continue into Friday.
-Mesivta/boys school no shachris
-Lakewood school district is closed today
-Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have reduced effectiveness against South African variant, new studies show
-Bobov-45 Rebbe paid a visit to the new neighborhood being established by his chasidim in Union, New Jersey
Could the schools notify parents a bit earlier, boys were waiting for shachris bus at 6:30 and the bus did not show up. LSTA should have a snow number to notify the public.
ReplyDeleteParents are expected to utilize basic intellect when a storm is expected and call their respective school’s designated snow numbers. They should not expect the school to do everything for them.
Deletestop blaming parents for the lack of information and indecisiveness coming from lsta and schools
DeleteIf thee lsta knows well in advance if there is no transportation why cant that information be related to the parents earlier. the public schools cancelled busing last night The school snow numbers are not updated early enough and parents are hitting the redial button all morning long. mesivta bochurim have 6:30 am pick up and they dont know before they leave home if there is no bus coming.
Schools are under a lot of pressure. Nobody wants to be mivatel Torah... Nobody wants to implement a policy that isn't safe... It's a tough call.
DeleteObviously there are those rare situations where the predicted storm conditions are unknown early enough for the schools themselves to make a Yes or No decision on going ahead with the day's in-school sessions.
DeleteNobody wants the students to lose out a day of limud hatorah. In a town like ours which places such great value on educating our future generation, cancelling yeshiva is a very last resort. But at the same time nobody wants students to travel on what could likely become very unsafe roads. In making this balanced and difficult decision, responsible schools must sometimes wait for more information to become available before the final verdict is delivered. There are several factors and entities that are tied in to this complex decision-making process, and as both a teacher and a parent, I salute the schools for their efforts to get things right.
Sometimes however, situations don't end up so perfect. But then again, how perfect is everything else in your life?
There is a difference between transportation and no school. The decision not to have buses go out can be made earlier the schools can decide to stay open or not a bit later once parents will be driving
DeleteThe decision to not provide buses is not necessarily up to just the school administrator or another singular entity. As I stated earlier, there are several factors and entities involved, including at times, the safety division of our police department. Although you’re correct in your differentiating between opening a school facility and bussing –– and some schools do indeed choose to open their building for those that feel safely able to transport their children on their own –– there are still circumstances that sometimes inhibit an appropriately balanced decision on BOTH of these issues within the tight timeframe that would make it perfect for the parents.
DeleteEnjoy your snow day!
And schools need to have the information available at 6:15 in the morning. My boys leave the house at 6:40 and the school hotline is not updated until 7.
ReplyDeleteMy school's hotline is NEVER updated that early
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to raise money for a poor family in Lakewood who could only get their kids into school if we agreed to pay their tuition. I was hoping to go around on Purim. Would someone be willing to set up a platform for us? Apparently the platform mentioned in this article is only for mosdos... please email me at keeverweever@aol.com
ReplyDeleteMaybe try using https://thechesedfund.com/
DeleteGood idea. Thanks.
Deletepost the link here once you make it and the hefkervelt kehila will come thru
ReplyDeleteThis Purim season, please help pay the tuition for 4 children of a poor Lakewood family (parents both work, dad has serious health problems) who were accepted into school on condition that we raise the tuition funds. Please consider donating at https://thechesedfund.com/tuitionforchildrenofpoor/tuition-for-a-poor-lakewood-family
DeleteHow many of those women received the vaccine prior to the miscarriage?
ReplyDeleteExactly my thoughts!
DeleteThey are studying the affects of Covid before the vaccine was available
Delete"Third shot may be needed to combat new coronavirus variants, Bill Gates says"
ReplyDeletewho cares ?
Bill Gates is not a doctor. Do not listen to that rich fool
Who is Bill Gates? Why do you feel the need to inform me about an opinion from someone I never heard of? Should I tell you what yankel shmendrik says about anything.
DeletePlease don’t confuse your right to post comments with a privilege to rant nonsense to the world.
FAA is not reliable.
ReplyDeleteI will forever have hakaras hatov to Rush for convincing me to get off government programs and a lifetime of dependency, and to work for my parnasah and become self sufficient. I am a happier person, I feel more fulfilled, and society is better off. My kids have a happier father, and someone to emulate with hard, honest work and responsibility.
ReplyDeleteThank you for changing my life for the better.
RIP Rush!
Rush was a chasidei umas haolam
DeleteJust got a call from a bochur ....collecting for Yeshiva so and so.....
ReplyDelete"See you in my house Purim night!"
"Can't, my Rosh Yeshiva doesn't let!"
'Well then, tell your Rosh Yeshiva that I won't be giving money over the phone, you want a check, come purim night and be mesamech me and my family....."
Wow real tzadik using yeshiva bochurim like prostitutes. No leshma in your tzedakah
DeleteMitoch shelo Lishma.... is good enough for me
DeleteHere it is the opposite. He is refusing to give, because he never really gave tzedaka. He used to pay for performances.
DeleteWhat a sick person!
But I am not surprised. Poverty is a special privilege, and Hashem gives it to special people. It's the riffraff that gets rich.