Yeshiva Toras Aron of Lakewood has just announced they will be dismissing the entire school early on Monday, due to the dangers the eclipse poses to students.
“Please note, that after consulting with medical advice about the eclipse tomorrow and the dangers it may cause, we will be dismissing the entire yeshiva tomorrow at 12:50pm,” the Yeshiva wrote.
Other schools in Lakewood have announced they will be distributing safety glasses to the students.
As earlier reported, the eclipse, which will reach approximately 90% of coverage in New Jersey, starts Monday at 2:09 PM, and ends at 4:36 PM. It will peak in Lakewood at 3:25 PM.
See also an important messages from Dr. Shanik, as well as from Hatzolah of Central Jersey, and from Retina Specialist Dr. Daniel Roth.
SO SO smart!!
I just hope they are providing bussing.
they are
Seriously! ? unacceptable to make the perants take off , everyone has jobs or are in yeshiva ! Keep them inside until dismissal if you’re worried
Now look at it from the perspective of the school-owner:
A child who has issues following instructions, or a child who is rebellious and doesn’t listen to his rebbi or teacher decided to be an ‘Oiber Chochom’ and look at the eclipse..
A week later the school receives a lawsuit from parents because their child lost their vision.
If you were a school-owner, would you want to deal with that headache?
I would sue the school for making me take off early from work and lose some of my parnasa. Thankfully I don’t send to that school
The school is equally thankful that you are not a parent there.
Not sure why you think you can speak for the entire school, but clearly you think you can.
so the school owner decides how much torah should be learnt?
100%
maybe they did it for safety not to avoid lawsuits
Well, the school obviously felt that this was safer for the kids, so they assumed that the parents would do what they have to…
Are you one of those parents that consider schools a babysitting system? If so, then start paying the teachers $10 an hour.
You send your child to school to get an education, hopefully.
Do you also get upset when your child is sick and the doctor says he’s contagious and can’t go to school?
Children are a gift, your legacy.
If you cannot take off from work, arrange for him to go to a friend from school. That’s what most working parents do in your situation.
Be happy you’re not drafted into a war. Take things into perspective and appreciate your gifts.
That’s ridiculous! What’s working parents supposed to do?
What an irresponsible decision!
So now the kids can go home and stay outside relatively unsupervised…
In the school, they can learn about the wonders of hashem DURING the eclipse whole remaining INDOORS in a fully supervised setting.
If they are so concerned about the children’s safety, they can keep them inside until the eclipse is over!!
How about late dismissal and end school at 4:30?!?!
Now look at it from the perspective of the school-owner:
A child who has issues following instructions, or a child who is rebellious and doesn’t listen to his rebbi or teacher decided to be an ‘Oiber Chochom’ and look at the eclipse..
A week later the school receives a lawsuit from parents because their child lost their vision.
If you were a school-owner, would you want to deal with that headache?
Like I said, have the children remain indoors!
I am a teacher myself and would have no problem keeping children inside or even for an extra half hour for the safety of children
I agree with Devorah this makes no sense!
Like TLS editor is saying, it’s legality issues. The school doesn’t want it on their head.
You are a teacher of 25 kids or so and you feel confident that you have all of them under control. The school feels that, rather than risk one child getting hurt, because maybe one of the 900 will slip through the cracks for one minute – that’s all it takes – they should be sensible even though masterful teachers such as yourself will rank them out on TLS.
Can you do a poll on who’s going and who’s not … im curious
Sorry I wasn’t clear can you please do a poll on who’s going upstate to see the total eclipse and who is not… thanks
I know it’s not a poll but about the going upstate – I think a lot of people who were considering it but didn’t
already have reservations are likely either scratching their plans or close to it now. Everywhere upstate experiencing totality tomorrow now has a weather forecast for mostly overcast , except the Adirondacks where it’s supposed to be nice but they got a lot of snow Thursday and Friday and they are saying driving conditions may not be great (at least if half a million people suddenly try to make it to Keene or Saranac Lake on two lane highways).
@Asking, if you have 4-wheel drive and are game to head for Adirondack park at 5:00 am, can I get a ride??
The sutton got us again….
Keep them in school for a little longer and but on a video of how the eclipse works #hashems nature
The schools are giving out glasses and the kids are excited to wear them to see the eclipse. I don’t see the danger. My primary kid gets home before the Eclipse and the older kids understand to keep the glasses on.
and there may be another child who doesn’t understand. The school made the decision not to take even a small risk.
Sunlight Foundation Calls For More Sunlight and Transparency In Yeshiva’s Early Dismissal Decision
When asked about the decision by Yeshiva Toras Aron to dismiss the student body early on Monday due to the dangers the eclipse poses to students, one Toras Aron faculty member told reporters: “To tell you the truth, the hanhallah totally blindsided me with this sudden announcement. In fact, I was left in the dark about this decision until just a few moments ago.”
The faculty member added: “I believe there needs to be more sunlight and transparency brought into the hanhallah’s decision-making processes.”
However, a hanhallah member, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said that, “All of the yeshiva faculty members received advance notice about the decision, and that there was absolutely no daylight between us and the faculty on this issue.”
However, the Sunlight Foundation, a renowned government transparency advocate group, issued a statement on Sunday calling on the hanhallah of Yeshiva Toras Aron to “utilize more transparency and to shine significantly more sunlight on all matters related to solar eclipses and the weather.”
Its a risk we all take
This is a stupid excuse
How do they know a kid wont get hirt on the property any otherday?
Why end school early?? If anything, extend school to keep the kids inside.
by using the word “excuse” you are accusing the school of having ulterior motives, when, in fact, they made a last minute decision based on nervous parents calling and subsequently speaking to the doctor who guides the school.
Giggl daycare will also be ending early tomorrow at 1:30 as per doctor Shaniks advice
Please note that there is also a risk of keeping children in their classrooms. NYC advised all schools to cover their classroom windows so that children cannot look out the windows.
I think the simplest solution is for the school to get signatures of all parents releasing the school from any liability. But it is probably to late for that
everyone thinks that the entire decision-making by the school was liability. Maybe it was their concern for the children.