Right decision...good call.

Going away but still glad this call was made. I am sure my kids won't miss too much as it will be a "light" week.

Good call. Hope all is up and running by Monday.

Thank you for all the messages Dr. Gonzalez. We will be away but I think this is the right decision. Don't want my kids to be in school in July!

If GW is open, we have no access out of our neighborhood on Castles and magnolia. GW can not open!

Hmmmm....."...allow parents to transport their kids to school"....does that mean there will be no busing??

My block is wrapped in caution tape, down trees and poles and more electric wires than you can imagine. We have no gas, power, water or heat. The last thing I am worried about is my kids sitting in a classroom with a substitute all week. Believe me, I don't want to be in school till July either, but we are all not back to NORMAL...by any means...not even close.

if tunis dey (or however you spell it) is open monday then i better have power or i'm taking up residence in the teachers lounge. i live down the street from there.

I'm glad that some people can get away and that they do not have any worries about power, but many in Wayne are not so lucky! We have no heat, hot water or power. We have been forced to leave our home to keep our kids warm and safe. We are living at my mom's in another state, waiting to hear that our power is on and that we can return home. Opening the schools Monday is a bad decision. Kids can go to a nice warm school but then they come home to a dark and cold house, not a great idea! This decision adds stress to an already stressful situation!! We agree we need to make up the days, but this week is not the time. Parents have enough to worry about, power, heat, gas, food, safety and now school. A decision needs to be made that is best for all Wayne kids not just a select few!

NO HEAT, NO ACCESS, NO SCHOOL, Watch those wires children !!!!!

kids are going back to school, roads arnd theunis day wayne nj has fallen trees and powerlines, no gas do I hop over them with the kids it's not safe and when you call the office of emergency management they just give you attitude. I get that they are busy but it's not safe to have powerlines down on a road leading to a school.

Make arrangements? Some parents can't just nip over middle of the day to scoop up the kids. They are trying to work. Some can't go away but are shuffling around hotels. Some don't have family around the corner. What about after care or BGCW? This proves that some officials don't live in reality.

I have been all over Wayne with my job and Wayne is not ready to have the kids back in school. The town in many areas still needs to be cleaned up and many places still have no power. Also there are many wires down and is it safe to have kids walking to the bus stop over wires. I understand the children need to be back in school but lets make sure it is safe for our children first.

My children go to theunis dey. This has been a hellish nightmare week for my poor children who have had no normalcy since Monday night. No power no heat or hot water. They are not eating enough. One child has special needs. We have been forced to leave our home because it is frigid cold. While I am glad they are going back to school, will they be coming home to a dark cold house? Does anyone care? Certainly not the people that represent us. In the message today it was said I hope this finds you warm. Well we are not!!

Don't panick A mom
On Monday the schools will be filled with 'poor children' that had no normalcy since Monday night. This happened to be the worst storm/hurricane that hit our state since anyone of us has been alive, and we survived- and our 'poor children' need to interact with other 'poor children' and talk about what they just experienced, and to hear how proud of them we ( the adult's ) are.
School is the best place they can be on Monday- hope your 'poor child ' can make it even if it's for only a couple hours- I'm sure the other 'poor children' will understand. I know mine will, and he endured 5 days of no electric, no heat, limited cell phone, no internet or xbox.
Public Service Crews swarmed the Theunis Dey School area this evening and are out there right now ( it's 3:25am ). Good Luck

Joe will the buses run????? With so many trees still down will the drivers
be able to get to all bus stops. Has a transportation plan been put into place????????

Don't worry half the teachers or more won't show up!

They are all moaning about having to work on teachers convention week and how their vacation plans are disrupted. Most don't attend the convention anyway. Its just more time off for them. The convention should be in the summer.

Teaching system needs to be overhauled. Days off, I wish, this week during the storm even without power I was expected to somehow be online ans do something then I was asked to come in when they got generator power in the building.

How about the teachers cutting the dangerous tree that leads to theunis day school and moving the power lines so kids don't have to walk through it first. Wayne officials cannot be bothered and bobby Gonzalez does care either. If was the mayor roads where his kids went to school I'm sure it would have been taken care of first.

Here's a thought... If YOU are worried about YOUR kids safety, don't send YOUR kids to school. I seriously doubt there will be truant officers walking the beat looking for kids skipping class.

It's not me, it's other kids.. The schools represent a warm place with hot food for people that are still without power. So my son is sick should I keep him home in 30 degrees in the house. Ran out of gas so it's not like I'm going to nip to the corner store or sit in TGIF. Your comment is fair but kids need heat and a warm meal. This one tree is on Webster drive that leads to a school. It's a major road that parents use to take their kids to school, some kids also walk unsupervised.

I agree with Wayne Dad -...look, everyone is stressed beyond imagination. I was delivering meals last night to a neighborhood which, due to the number of trees and poles down, may not have power for 2+ weeks. People are at the end of their ropes and understandably so. But Mr. Gonzalez and the others that he is working with are trying to do whats best for everyone. I know crews are working near the schools that are still inaccessible to try to get as many up and running tomorrow as they can. They certainly wont open a school that has no heat etc. I have heard rumor that if a school is inaccessible , perhaps those children will go to another school for part of the day or the school just wont open. But these are just rumors. Best to wait until the official anncement comes out today. Parents, its still your call - if its not safe for your child to go to school, dont send them. But for many, it is safe, safer in fact - as they can get some heat and be with other kids fo a while. It is going to be INCREDIBLY inconvenient for many - especially if you are staying out of town.....but for many, its just as much of an issue to have the kids home all day, all week, - cant take them to work and offices have opened back up and parents have to go back to work. I know neighborhoods in the Theunis area got power back last night. I am hoping and parying that the other neighborhoods still affected by no power get theirs back very very soon.

theirs trees down all around my neighborhood and god forbid one kid gets hurt the board of education is going to have a lawsuit and thats the last thing they need. its a joke that they want to open school

I live on Caslrs Drive.... the road parents use on the way out of dropping off at GW. BEWARE ... this road is impassable due to downed lines and power poles. No work is going on here either so it is unlikely to change by morning.

What about opening the schools that do have heat and electric to the community when school is not in session. We are freezing in our homes.

HELLO PEOPLE !!!!!!! If you THINK it is not SAFE to get your child to school, Keep them home where they are SAFE !!!!!!!!

Great idea!! if they are not counted absent or
Required to make up missed work! From my experience, which is about 17 years in our schools, That is never the case! Most teachers will be understanding, the ones going thru hell like some of their students. If your home is warm and your freezer full and working that's great but many of us our on day 8 with no power or hot water, heat, gas or nutritional food. Parents have to do what is best for their children, it would be nice if our BOE thought the same way. If schools are safe then open them for families to go to get warm and take showers and be with neighbors in the same mess they are in! Now there is a thought!

This is the wrong decision. With a gas shortage still going on parents, teachers, and Seniors who drive to school are very limited as to where they can drive and if they CAN even drive. In addition, who knows if the high schools have enough food to provide to a LARGE amount of seniors who will not be going out to lunch because they can't afford to waste gas. In addition, how can the buses possibly continue to stay full with gas? I would think its nearly impossible at this point in time.
While getting students back in the classroom is essential for the education of our students and making sure we are keeping up with standards, we need to remember that safety and making sure everyone is ok is most important. A good solution to getting back on track would be teachers cutting out wasteful periods that include watching useless movies, or giving a quiz and relaxing for the period, or giving a "free" period and using it to stay on task and get through each chapter or section faster. By doing this we eliminate wasteful days and before you know it we can get back on track.

Opening up schools in our district for the whole week is the wrong call. The "modified schedule" that could include delayed openings does absolutely nothing. It does not solve the gas problem we are having. So parents will have more time to get their kids into school? Great, but who knows if they even CAN because of their limited supply of gas.

For all of you that do not have power yet and are hungry please go onto facebook. Wayne VOAD has a shelter and are feeding families. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wayne-VOAD/278899488803861?ref=ts&fref=ts If you do not have facebook you can email them waynevoad@gmail.com They are a wonderful organization and will help you. Stay safe and warm everyone.

Damn if you Damn if you don't..people! if you don't agree with the decision then keep your child at home, its that simple. Ive never seen and herd so many closed minded people ever in my life like people living in Wayne..Jeez!

Hello!
We are all not back to NORMAL...by any means...not even close. NO HEAT, NO ACCESS, DOWN TREES, DOWN UTILITY POLES and NO PSEG/UTILITY trucks in sight!

Also, NO GAS!

Most areas have been cleared of trees and wires and have power back. The GAS situation is getting better with the ODD/EVEN system. We just need a couple more days and we should be somewhat back to normal. OH,we are possibly going to get hit with a Nor'easter Wednesday into Thursday.Good Luck to all and stay safe !!!!

So we all have to wait for gas, woopie doo! bunch of wussies!!! spoiled brats. This is an experiance that thought me not to take things for granted. Rather than to support your town, State you all have to whine like always.

wooo wooo wooo Im a Wayne taxpayer why dont I have this, why dont I have that, why dont I get this? woooo woooo

fboy, have to agree with you on that one, knew the storm was coming and got PREPARED. You can tell on here who wasn't !!