Impact of Voldemort on Hogwarts (was Impact of WW2 on Hogwarts)

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No: HPFGUIDX 49638

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tcyhunt <tcyhunt at e...>" 
<tcyhunt at e...> wrote:
 
> If quidditch season was cancelled for the Triwizard Tournament - 
what 
> kind of impact will the 2nd rise of Voldemort have on the coming 
> school year?  If Dumbledore and the 'old gang' are doing their 
thing 
> (as well as HHR), will there be much at all to the regular daily 
> schedule at Hogwarts?
> 
> And along the same lines...what was daily school life like during 
the 
> first rise of Voldemort?  Or was it virtually unchanged as Hogwarts 
> was probably the only safe place?
> 
> Any theories?
> 
> Tcy

Well, we know from JKR quotes (see the Harry Potter Lexicon) that 
there will be a new sorting hat song this year, a new Quiddich 
captain, and a new DADA teacher.  I would say that Dumbledore would 
see the wisdom in keeping things as normal as possible - and that 
means that the school year will proceed as normally as possible.  We 
don't know if LV's activities will be going on at Hogwarts or in the 
background at this point.  I can't wait to see the book synopsis (and 
the book of course!).  As for school time during LV's rise, it's not 
really mentioned in canon.  Yet, I would think that if there was a 
large departure from normal life, we would have heard about it.  My 
guess is that in the normal case, LV would not be going after 
children as most of them pose no threat to him, and Hogwarts is where 
Dumbledore is so that kept him away also.

Kristen