When I was a working school superintendent, I would rise in the dark on mornings when significant snowfall was predicted and drive the back roads to discern if school buses would be able to drive their morning routes. My priority was making an informed and safe decision about closing school, delaying the start of the school day, or opening on our regular clock schedule. Sometime this was a tough call as critics called if school was open and other critics called if school was closed and almost no one liked a delayed start.
As a retired superintendent, my early morning priority is to assure that the satellite dish is clear of snow so that my wife and I can watch the Golf Channel. When the snow flies I roll out the green practice mats and Michael Breed helps me with my short game. Determining the degree of the wedge I will work on is another tough call, but I am up to the challenge.
One person’s snow day may not be the same snow day for another.