Posted by Pops1532 on February 19, 2014 at 07:18:08 from (98.227.133.60):
In Reply to: what has changed? posted by Larry@stinescorner on February 18, 2014 at 05:40:52:
The district where my kids went to school covers a huge area. That district is often the only one that doesn't cancel for snow, but if we get 2" of snow late enough that the plows haven't cleared at least the main county roads they will cancel.
It wasn't always that way. They used to never cancel for snow short of blizzard conditions. Over the years many kids were killed in accidents driving to or from school. It wasn't until a bus driver was killed in an accident on her way to work that the district started using more snow days.
The superintendent lived in the town where two of the schools are. He only had to drive a few blocks to work. He figured if he could get to school so should everyone else. He didn't care about the conditions of the country roads....until one of his bus drivers got killed.
Nearly all of the students ride buses as it's primarily a rural district. Most of those bus routes were 60-80 miles. We live 17 miles from the school but my kids rode 45 miles on the bus. The ones that got on earlier in the route rode many more miles.
I don't mind if they cancel for snow. Whether or not 2" of snow warrants cancellation depends on when the snow fell and road conditions.
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