article_snippet: (CNN)Every time a snowstorm bears down on Danbury, Connecticut -- which has happened a lot this winter -- students and parents turn to Twitter to find out whether schools will be closed.
article_snippet: Instead, Danbury residents see jokes, meme-filled videos and teasing references to snow days at fictional high schools from "Glee" or "Grease" -- all courtesy of Mayor Mark Boughton, a social-media prankster whose @MayorMark account provides actual updates about school closings amid all the buffoonery.
article_snippet: One twist of the whole thing is that Boughton doesn't even make the call about closing Danbury schools.
article_snippet: But Boughton, who ran for governor of Connecticut last year and has 18,000 Twitter followers, usually posts his school-closing tweets first.
article_snippet: But maybe not all Danbury parents.
article_snippet: No," said Stephanie Pabon, whose 6-year-old son attends a Danbury magnet school.
highlights_snippet: Mayor of Danbury, Connecticut, teases students on Twitter about school closings .
  