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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 9:02 am
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I'll almost always default to this sort of a response, but I'm gonna be very curious to see what happens with respect to room and board bills surrounding these uni closures. It's rough enough when a school closes for a storm (especially for an unnecessarily long time, as was the case with one storm here in VA not too long ago), but I do wonder how someone who has forked over $1500 for a dining plan or several thousand for a dorm room and is now being kicked out indefinitely (perhaps for half a semester given where this is going) is going to react? Were I a parent I'd be having a fun chat with the school about refunding fees for room and board not delivered, particularly if it is a case where it would be mandatory (e.g. "freshman/sophomore forced to live on campus and to buy at least X quality meal plan").

(This is arguably a subset of the "Who pays for a quarantine" discussion, but...well, what does happen if you have an apartment but you're kicked out for a few weeks because of something outside of your control?)
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