When dangerous climate hits, Warren County College District officers have work to do.
At Monday’s common faculty board assembly, Superintendent Amy Stewart reviewed how the district makes selections about faculty delays and cancellations. Stewart and transportation supervisor Mike Kiehl are on the forefront of that call.
“He has a set of contacts that he is in contact with,” Stewart mentioned. “The goal is to make the primary name (if there’s going to be a delay or cancellation) by 5am”
Ready longer means among the drivers have already began their routes. Any visits, calls and inquiries should be made earlier than this time.
“All this work must be carried out between three:30 and 5 within the morning,” she mentioned.
Typically it is a simple choice. Typically not.
“Typically you are in a position to make calls primarily based on what’s really happening.” Stewart mentioned. “That is the simple half.”
When there’s a probability that the climate will develop into problematic after the preliminary selections must be made, the calls are tougher.
“We have now to make the selections we are able to” she mentioned.
Then there are occasions when circumstances in a single space of the district are superb, whereas in one other space there’s heavy snow or ice.
“The climate in Sheffield could be very totally different to the climate we see within the west of the county,” Stewart mentioned.
The mere presence of snow or chilly temperatures shouldn’t be ample to set off a delay or cancellation.
“Typically there are individuals who suppose that simply because it is snowing, we should always cancel faculty.” Stewart mentioned.
In a typical yr, that will imply canceling weeks of college.,
Likewise, the district doesn’t have a cutoff temperature at which it robotically cancels faculty.
“We could go right into a month-long chilly spell the place the temperature may very well be beneath zero,” she mentioned.
Visibility, wind and extra can play a task in selections.
One issue has extra weight than the others.
“Ice is often a deal-breaker,” Stewart mentioned.
The District will proceed to face and tackle climate-related selections in Warren County as they come up.
“It isn’t a precise science, that is for positive.”
Stewart mentioned the acute chilly prompted some harm to the district’s amenities throughout the vacation break.
“The climate round Christmas was troublesome for us,” she mentioned. “We had some damaged pipes. Our amenities endure the identical form of stress as houses.”