Excuses, Excuses

I had most of this post written a couple of weeks ago but never finished it. I finally decided to wrap it up and publish it today.

Generally speaking, Colorado has a rather mild climate in the winter. In the 11 years I have been here, the number of times that have been below zero is still in single digits. Recently though, while the temperature has not been below zero on its own, when wind chill is factored in it has been.

Not having a child of school age yet, I am still becoming aware of the various nuances. Including, but not limited to, delays in start time due to weather. Having been a Montana native, I am familiar with things that would warrant delaying start time of school, but I have to say I disagree with many of those decisions here.

Where I grew up, we had below zero weather frequently during winter months. It didn't matter if it was 20 below with a windchill of 40 below, school still started on time. If you rode a bus, you either caught a ride with someone to school or you sat at the bus stop in the running car of your parents until the bus arrived. If the school's water and heat were working, school was still on normal schedule. Seems reasonable to me.

Here in Colorado that is definately not the case. Seriously what a friggin' joke. Someone here tried to tell me it was related to the busses, but if it is true, then why not have the drivers show up a little bit early to get the busses running and slightly warmed up before the usual time that they leave the storage lot?

Think about it, what difference is it going to make delaying school for 2 hours when the high for the day is only 10 degrees different than the low that day? Pointless. It will still be just as cold out and just as risky to stand around waiting for a bus as it was 2 hours prior. What is the sense in that?

I understand delaying for 2 hours when there is a good amount of snow accumulation or icy roads. Give the county time to get the plows and other equipment on the back roads to clear snow and lay down some sand. But just because of cold? Maybe I really am getting bitter in my "old" age. Just call me the Ice Queen I guess. Address me as "her majesty" please.