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[quote=Anonymous]I wasn’t sending my kid even if they had school.

When I was in middle school in the are years ago, a 4 pm ice storm sneaked up on everyone at noon. I was in lunch when hoards of kids started piling in and an announcement was made for everyone who was buying lunch to report to the cafeteria to eat. Kids ate on floors and the lunch ladies didn’t have enough food cooked, so most just got PB&J sandwiches. But in order to dismiss us, they had to feed everyone.

Freezing rain started a bit after 12 and our dismissal was at 2pm. Back then school ended at 3:45 for MS. I stood in the bus line until nearly 3 when some teachers ushered us back in. We were all coated in ice. The busses couldn’t reach us and kept wrecking. We were taken to the office and got to call our parents. This was also before cell phones. Some parents came but many others couldn’t get to the school.

The storm was over by 5 and the temps started rising, but we were still stuck until after 7 pm.  I remember that each bus that arrived had a snowplow escort to throw salt/sand. It still took 90 mins on a trip that normally took 15. I was 13 and it was terrifying being on the bus with no seatbelts and feeling the back end slip and sway.

Can you imagine that happening now??  Parents in this area would lose their sh:t!  My parents weren’t even upset because “these unexpected things happen.”  But now we all carry a phone that gives constant weather alerts, so when ice is predicted (and mine is showing it will now begin at noon), closing is the smartest move. [/quote]

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