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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 125506" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Our sd does pretty well until we go over the alloted limit. Then they start doing stupid stuff. </p><p> </p><p>I can remember the year we moved to this little town. Horrible winter. At first they were calling a snowday with only an inch and a half on the ground. BUT we are very rural (except the town kids) and the town schools are a heck of alot of the county kids too. And I'll tell ya, you get an inch of snow on most of the country roads around here and you're taking your life into your hands driving on them. Which is why SUVs and such are so popular around here. A school bus is just begging for trouble.</p><p> </p><p>Well, we passed the alloted snowdays by I think almost a solid week. SD had already decided spring break was a no go. Then we had a night were freezing rain was predicted. The hs kids are boarding buses around here as early as 5:00am. The storm didn't hit until 6am and buses were still picking the hs kids up. We had a solid inch of ice in less than a half hour.</p><p>So kids and I watch for the cancellation. easy child and Travis were in Jr High which meant they went with the hs kids. Bus picked them up at 6:30 am. No cancellation, no delay. I'm like WHAT? Hasn't anyone looked outside??</p><p> </p><p>At the last minute I send the kids off to the bus stop, and watch out the window to make sure they were picked up.</p><p> </p><p>Grade school time. Nichole and I are sure they're gonna cancel. By now there is so much ice nothing is MOVING. Outside of our apartment is an ice skating rink. Powerlines look like they're gonna snap at any moment. And again, No cancellation/no delay.</p><p> </p><p>Well I always walked Nichole to the bus stop. So we head out. Now the end of the drive for the apartments is on a hill. A fairly steep hill. After 4 tries of constantly landing on our hinnys in the grass, I said to heck with it and she wasn't going.</p><p> </p><p>It's well after 9am by the time we finally made it back into the apartment. I check again. FINALLY they closed the school. But some parents had dropped grade school kids off at the school on their way from work because there was no cancellation or delay. Those kids were stuck there.</p><p> </p><p>Then the sd had to figure out how they were going to get all of these kids now stuck in the school in the middle of an ice storm back home again. Parents were livid. And I'm certain the superindent's phone was ringing off the hook that morning. (cuz I was one of em lol)</p><p> </p><p>SD lucked out in a big way when the temp went above freezing at about 2pm.</p><p> </p><p>And still we had two buses go off the road on the rural routes. No one was hurt. That time. (and I wouldn't have wanted to be the drivers trying to drive those buses)</p><p> </p><p>Making up snow days wouldn't really be that big a deal around here anyway. School lets out for the summer in mid May. But they don't want to run over because of the "graduation tradition". sheesh!<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/why.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":why:" title="why :why:" data-shortname=":why:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 125506, member: 84"] Our sd does pretty well until we go over the alloted limit. Then they start doing stupid stuff. I can remember the year we moved to this little town. Horrible winter. At first they were calling a snowday with only an inch and a half on the ground. BUT we are very rural (except the town kids) and the town schools are a heck of alot of the county kids too. And I'll tell ya, you get an inch of snow on most of the country roads around here and you're taking your life into your hands driving on them. Which is why SUVs and such are so popular around here. A school bus is just begging for trouble. Well, we passed the alloted snowdays by I think almost a solid week. SD had already decided spring break was a no go. Then we had a night were freezing rain was predicted. The hs kids are boarding buses around here as early as 5:00am. The storm didn't hit until 6am and buses were still picking the hs kids up. We had a solid inch of ice in less than a half hour. So kids and I watch for the cancellation. easy child and Travis were in Jr High which meant they went with the hs kids. Bus picked them up at 6:30 am. No cancellation, no delay. I'm like WHAT? Hasn't anyone looked outside?? At the last minute I send the kids off to the bus stop, and watch out the window to make sure they were picked up. Grade school time. Nichole and I are sure they're gonna cancel. By now there is so much ice nothing is MOVING. Outside of our apartment is an ice skating rink. Powerlines look like they're gonna snap at any moment. And again, No cancellation/no delay. Well I always walked Nichole to the bus stop. So we head out. Now the end of the drive for the apartments is on a hill. A fairly steep hill. After 4 tries of constantly landing on our hinnys in the grass, I said to heck with it and she wasn't going. It's well after 9am by the time we finally made it back into the apartment. I check again. FINALLY they closed the school. But some parents had dropped grade school kids off at the school on their way from work because there was no cancellation or delay. Those kids were stuck there. Then the sd had to figure out how they were going to get all of these kids now stuck in the school in the middle of an ice storm back home again. Parents were livid. And I'm certain the superindent's phone was ringing off the hook that morning. (cuz I was one of em lol) SD lucked out in a big way when the temp went above freezing at about 2pm. And still we had two buses go off the road on the rural routes. No one was hurt. That time. (and I wouldn't have wanted to be the drivers trying to drive those buses) Making up snow days wouldn't really be that big a deal around here anyway. School lets out for the summer in mid May. But they don't want to run over because of the "graduation tradition". sheesh!:why: [/QUOTE]
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