The New School sent out a university-wide alert stating the school would be closed Thursday. However the alert didn’t specify which campuses were affected by the closure, leaving some students confused and disappointed.
Though it was likely clear to The New School community members at the New York campus why the closure occurred — NYC is currently being blasted with snow — students at the Paris campus didn’t have much of a clue as to what was going on.
Some students studying at Parsons Paris expressed their confusion on Twitter.
@TheNewSchool Could y’all be a little more clear next time.. You’re students in Paris recieved your email and are totally confused!
— Lunah Kaialee Soleil (@SoleilLunah) February 9, 2017
New York City is under a winter storm warning and is expected to have snow accumulations of 10 to 14 inches, according to the National Weather Service. The current weather in Paris is 42 degrees Fahrenheit and partly cloudy, with little to no chance of precipitation.
The Paris campus is not closed, to the dismay of some students.
Excitement for no school but then realize.. @TheNewSchool is closed in NYC but not Paris….
— Sarah (@SpicyDaisies) February 9, 2017
The New School’s status page, which includes details on the winter storm, states, “We anticipate returning to regular hours on Friday, but please monitor our communications via this page and our Twitter account.”
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Allie is the News Editor for the Free Press. She is a super senior finishing her fifth year as a Journalism & Design student at Lang and a Fashion Design student at Parsons. She also covers local news for the Staten Island Advance and writes about issues within the fashion industry for a not-for-profit online publication. A native New Yorker, Allie now calls Brooklyn home, where she resides with an orange cat and a pint of coffee ice cream hidden in her freezer at all times.
