Winter storm Barbara caused a snow day for many students around Connecticut, however Newington, CT schools stayed open and many parents were not to happy about it. Emails and phone calls poured into local CT news rooms and parents have stated they were not happy with the decision to keep schools open today. Check out the rest of the story after the jump.

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A winter storm hit the state of Connecticut today resulting in a snow day for schools in the state accept Newington. Sandra Salvatore a parent of a student that attends school in Newington, CT said

“Overall it wasn’t a good choice. Newington could afford a snow day. It was pretty bad. I don’t think many people anticipated it would be this bad, but most schools were closed.”

Many homes were without power today in the state in CT including Newington schools. Students told local news stations that the power went out multiple times during classes today. Many students didn’t show up to school due to the fact that it was pretty much a blizzard outside this morning and road conditions were terrible.

When asked why the superintendent kept schools open today he said “peer pressure.” WTF? bye dummy! What the hell is wrong with the Newington superintendent? Being from CT I know how bad the weather can get. Someone could have been seriously hurt on the way to school this morning. I think that one snow day wouldn’t have hurt anyone.

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Source: NBC CT