Meeting the young kids is a good policy. I don't know what we do here as the school is very close. I can almost see the front door. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:45 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Mike, >> 30 years ago in Racine, Wisconsin... >> They closed the grade schools early on account of a winter storm. >> A Chinese immigrant co-worker had little kids who rode the bus home. >> She was panicked when she couldn't reach them at home that afternoon. >> After several hours of frantic searching, they appeared as if by magic. >> The kindly retired couple who lived next door had taken them in. >> My Chinese co-worker and her husband had never met her neighbors until that >> day. >> Sometimes closing school early is not such a good idea... >> Regards, Bob S. > > Its rare we do that here, now. > > Buses will be canceled, if they are to be, before the start of the morning > run. > The schools will remain open, for those that want to get rid, err i > mean send the little princesses to school. > > If you have picked up students, and the buses are then cancelled, you > have to take them to school and then pick then up to take home. > > We are not allowed to drop off students to some ones elses care, > unless notified by the school, parent etc. > > We cannot let any one under grade two off the bus with out some one > meeting them. We have to return them to the school if no one is there. > > I almost had to do that twice on Friday. > > Dave >> >> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:57 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> About 3 weeks ago, we had approximately 2 inches of snow overnight. The >>> roads were pretty greasy because the temperature was hovering around zero >>> (Celcius) and more fell in the morning. About 11.00am, it was announced >>> over the radio that local companies had taken their buses off the road. >>> College management immediately closed all centres and sent the students >>> home, followed by the staff some 40 minutes later. Of course, by the time >>> the edict had been fulfilled, the roads were clear. >>> >>> When I asked what would be the likely outcome of a sent-home student >>> trudging though the snow and being hit by a vehicle, I was greeted with the >>> sort of look reserved for Zaphod Beeblebrox. >>> >>> >>> ---- Bill Owens <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hell, here in North Carolina, just the threat of any kind of frozen >>>> precip causes a run on the grocery stores for milk and bread, even >>>> though said precip will be gone in less than 24 hours. (I used to >>>> stock up on bread and beer) >>>> >>>> Bill >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 8:50 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Its snowing, yes another storm in Toronto. Expecting a whopping 3 cm's. >>>> > >>>> > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >>>> > >>>> > My attempt at snowed in humor. >>>> > >>>> > Dave >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Equine Photography >>>> > www.caughtinmotion.com >>>> > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >>>> > Ontario Canada >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> > follow the directions. >>>> > >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > Ontario Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
