For the second day in a row, students across Guilford County received an unscheduled day off...and the school year just got another day longer. The last day of school now stands at Monday, June 15.But one thing that bears noticing...why Guilford County has been the last major area system to call off school over the past two days.
When Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools and other small systems reported their Monday closures fairly early in the evening on Sunday, Guilford did not publicly call off school until late in the evening Sunday. Same thing last night...when many others made their calls during the 7pm and 8pm hour, Guilford made the call after 11pm.
Snow days are great for the kids, but they're a pain on the grown-ups, especially those who need to plan alternate arrangements at the last minute.
It's understandable when weather conditions deteriorate overnight and it is not forecasted, and the call must be made before 5am. But it is something different when it is known ahead of time that conditions will be poor and other systems make their call early in the evening the night before.
Just my $.02.
E.C. :)
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I don't have kids myself but I can only imagine how hard it is to make arrangements for people's kids on snow days. Why school was cancelled on Tuesday I don't understand. All of the roads (even secondary ones) seemed pretty clear to me. If school is cancelled again on Wed. things are seriously wrong around here.
Sorry to say,but not all secondary roads were clear. I live on a secondary street and it was not clear.
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