Why isn school dismissed early when the weather gets bad?
Several things factor into calling off school early. Safety of the students is the number one consideration. In today’s trying economic times, many families have both parents working and are not able to get home a few hours early to meet their younger students. In these situations, children will need to be dropped off at alternative sites such as daycare centers or sitters homes. Another factor to consider is that all of the bus drivers may not be available at certain times of the day. As long as the schools stagger the dismissal times, we can usually provide enough drivers for the situation. A lot of times these drivers will be substitute drivers who normally don’t drive that particular route, and may not be familiar with your students or the roads in your area. A third consideration is the snow plow drivers. They usually wait till the snow ends before trying to “clean up” the roads. The city, town and county maintenance departments know that the buses are out at 2:30 and will make ef
