01-29-2014, 09:35 PM
deckeda wrote:
[quote=DavidS]
The school systems did not decide to close early until 1:45pm. ...
This was our email:
The Superintendent has authorized a two-hour early dismissal for all Cherokee County School District schools – this means elementary school dismissal will begin at 12:15 p.m., with all schools dismissing by 1:45 p.m. All afternoon/evening extra-curricular activities and Polaris Evening Program classes have been cancelled.
Apparently, elementary kids here got out before 12:15. I was at the bus stop at 12:20--two hours before they would normally be there, as per the email--and the bus showed up.
The extra 1.5hrs that lapsed to get the older kids on busses was the straw that broke the camel's back. By then, busses were getting stuck and there certainly wasn't any after-school stuff going on.
The rest of it (a lot, actually) had to be stranded parents causing stranded students.
I should have clarified - Fulton County Schools decided at 1:45pm to let school out. They told us that buses were running as scheduled when the buses actually could not even get to the schools. I think that Cherokee is more used to this kind of thing since they are a bit further north. They and Cobb County schools clearly made better decisions.