No School

By Nate Glanville

School closing happens when there is large accumulation of snow that causes the roads to be too dangerous for the school buses or for parents traveling to drop off or pick up the kids. A school closing can also happen because of a Hurricane, causing the roads to be flooded with water.

When planning a school closing, many wonder who decides to have school or not? The one who decides to have school or not is the Superintendent. Usually most Superintendents decide to cancel school early in the morning. The Superintendent alerts the bus companies and notifies the drivers that they don’t need to show up for work. Superintendent Steven Chamberlin says, “Canceling school is very tense. The call is tough; it disrupts so many people's day. The condition of the roads, the forecast for the day, the timing of the storm that is what we look at.”

School closings are by determined how big the storm is, and depend on how long before the road crew plows and sands the roads. On the other hand, a flash flood from a hurricane is another story because buses can’t travel in deep water, so they turn for alternative routes and deal with debris. So in the end school is meant to be canceled because of dangerous weather and the superintendent has a good reason to close school for everyone's safty.