A Quick Poll on Getting to School Yesterday
Late start/snow days are tricky things to call. When it was snowing Monday my son was excited that he might have a late start. He got up and checked the website; no late start so off he trudged (we live two blocks away from school). He gets there and the class had 8 kids. He said gradually, through the first period or two, kids came in and the office finally announced that no kid needed a pink "excused" slip to get to first or second period.
I heard from another friend her child's bus to Salmon Bay never came and she took her daughter to school.
Did anyone else have problems?
I think this was tough to call because we usually get warmer temps to melt it (or at least not freeze it to ice) but it seems like that didn't happen this time.
I heard from another friend her child's bus to Salmon Bay never came and she took her daughter to school.
Did anyone else have problems?
I think this was tough to call because we usually get warmer temps to melt it (or at least not freeze it to ice) but it seems like that didn't happen this time.
Comments
it should have been late arrival.
From the way I heard the story of the intercom message, I got the impression that teachers were being sticklers for pink slips to express their disapproval with the decision to start on time. But that may just be me reading into it.
I don't think it was tough to call. Buses are on the road and kids are on their way well before sunrise. Well before any ice would be expected to melt. It should have been late arrival.
It was still icy when I drove to the elementary school at 9:00 where another bus was stuck blocking school drop off traffic.
It should have been a late start.
I made my grown in Dorchestor wife look up what Boston has ---
550 snow / whatever vehicles, for 1/2 the square miles!
I've lived in both cities for over a decade each, and Boston needs far more snow / whatever vehicles than we need.
But, there are about 550 reasons that, for the least amount of snow, this city turns into 1 huge skating rink.
By 9:00 the main problem getting our daughter to elementary school was the traffic backup. The main roads were OK by then, and the side streets were at least passable. --Lisa
I recall a couple of days last year when snow only affected "a few schools" in the south end, but that was enough to shut the district down for 2 days. Perspective is a funny thing.
I had no problem getting my daughter to school since the school is 2 blocks away. She did tell me that they couldn't go outside and play for the first 2 recesses since the principal thought it was too dangerous.
After that, getting my other 2 kids off was a nightmare - traffic was awful due to the ice. We were a half hour late for co-op where we are usually early.
My opinion is it should have been 2 hours late. For schools not affected, the district should work out something (should they break the district out in sub-divisions for weather for 2 hour delays?). I also think the city could have done a much better job sanding the roads. Last year my daughter fell really bad on one of those 2 hour delay days and I felt the playground was dangerous just to walk on - sand or salt should have been put down.
I work retail in the north end. I walked to work. Left my house at 9:20 and conditions were so bad the mile walk took me 40 minutes. Got a call from my coworkers who were driving in from the South end and were stuck. at 10 am they were at 23rd and Madison. They made it to work (near University Village) 40 minutes later. Said the Central District was a sheet of ice.
The other threads on this blog are about important issues that have long-term impacts on the education of children.
It's fun to gripe about the horrors of winter, but also add something to the more substantive conversations, please!