Weather Policy

This has been a busy week for me.  It started out with my mom having hip replacement surgery on Monday (which went well!) and continued with a HUGE snowstorm!  I spent much of Wednesday and Thursday shoveling out of almost 20" of snow (some parts of Connecticut got 30"!)! And...we're expecting more this Saturday and another storm next Wednesday!  WHITE is the new color, by the way!

With all of that said and done, my week has also been filled with rescheduling lessons. I very quickly realized that my studio policy does not address the weather issue.  Snow is not uncommon here in the Northeast, but it's rare that here in Connecticut we get so much all at once.  Because I don't have a full studio right now, I was able to plan ahead, contact parents and reschedule most lessons to earlier in the week but some of my students were not able to reschedule at all.

So, I'm working on putting together a policy that addresses the issue.  One that is fair to my students but also fair to me.  There is only so much time that I have so rescheduling may not always work.  I'm curious to know what some of you do.  If you live in an area that gets hit with extreme weather, do you have a policy that addresses those missed lessons?  I would love to hear how you handle this type of issue.