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Kind of funny, huh? The admin. will delay school for everyone to try to keep from compromising the safety of rare few children in the county, yet author forced-transport plans that compromise the safety and education hundreds of children without batting an eye.

Just another aspect of life in Crazytown

Aw, what are you worried about, C.Boy? You live down their below I-85, where it's so much warmer than in the rest of the county!

Good point, Bruce.

Didn't I read because of that, we get the buses with no heat too! WOW! Only the best for Southwest!

That few degrees makes a differences you know if you live in High Point. Everything seems to be different than the rest of the county. See even the snow is different.

Back to the 2 hour delay - we were glad this am - my daughter hit "off" instead of "snooze" and was running around rushing until we saw the "big snow" outside and turned on channel 2 - turned into a relaxed morning and breakfast at Carter Brothers for her.

Is sure beats a make-up day in Spring break.

HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Good one Bruce! You actually made me laugh out loud!

I wonder if Mr. Moen is still standing behind that dual-weather system philosophy?

It's interesting that our school board and administration are trying to divide the county as many ways as humanly possible. Different rules in High Point than Greensboro, different weather predictions for the North and South..I'm afraid to ask what might be next.

BTW, which lucky education reporter will be at the meeting tonite? I hope it's you. Your live blog updates are priceless!

I noticed in the paper today that it may
be Cone Elementary students that are bused
to Eastern instead of Rankin.

At one time, it was Bessemer.
When did this change or is this a misprint

Glad I gave you a good laugh, Soup Nazi. We could all use one from every now and then.

Jennifer will be your pilot tonight. Lucky her!

Frank,

I also thought Bessemer was the other school that was proposed for that swap. But when I asked Alan Duncan yesterday he said the section in question was from Cone-Aycock-Page.

I don't know if it was changed at some point or if Bessemer was incorrect originally.

Ed,

It's called "tweaking" the maps.

C. Boy,

More twizzlers for you. Some for Bruce too. Extra fresh strawberry.

Where can one obtain a copy of "Yes Weekly"

C. Boy,

Remember the movie "Groundhog Day". It never ends.

It must still be September. "Wake me up when September (redistricting) ends". A broken record in High Point.

just because i'm not ready for this to fall off the radar just yet, and i have no clear answer:

First, I agree with you (someone in central office) that the district fully realized the difficulty many of us, and several board members, had in reading and understanding these latest redistricting maps. I was glad to see you made that statement. That is why I was so stunned by Terry Grier's suggestion in the February 5 News-Record which alluded that the "district" had only received a few complaints which could be counted on one hand and the vast majority had no problems with the maps. He is "the district" and he was present at every board meeting and public forum at which many complaints were voiced.

I'm just not real sure why he would indicate there were so few problems, when in fact the district (including him) were obviously well aware of the very real problems with these maps. I wonder if he should issue a front page "correction" in the N-R because the N-R's general readership may have gotten the wrong impression from Dr. Grier's message and they deserve the truth as both the district and Dr. Grier know it to be.

cheryl,

In his former life the doctor was a snake oil salesman. He just can't stop trying to seel it to gullible people. It's what he is and does.

Bruce,

Just for my edification, what outlying area actually had snowy road conditions yesterday..I've heard that over and over from GCS when they postpone or cancel school..I drive though many "outlying areas" and did so yesterday...I didn't see anything at all that would have called for a delay...unless the busses are driving through fields and lawns

Mikeg,

I was told last night that it was up in the Northern area. I didn't ask for specific roads, though.

I do know that when I lived in Ohio and covered some school systems that were out in the country (they break up their school systems into smaller units, like NC used to do) they would complain of the same problem. What one system did was create snow routes for the most outlying areas. When the majority of students could be picked up, they did not cancel school but rather made students on the snow routes either get their own ride or go to a designated pick up point outside of the snow routes.

Rockingham County created snow routes several years ago. I'm not sure if they still use them.

Usually the problem is areas with trees or hilly sections where ice and snow tend to stick on the roads long after it has melted elsewhere. City streets clean up the fastest because more traffic travels down them.

That's true. A co-worker of ours actually flipped her car on an icy patch Thursday morning.

Thankfully, she wasn't injured, but it does go to show that at least some roads were dangerous yesterday.

I'd rather see the two-hour delays and know the kids on the buses are safe. It sure beats having to make up an entire day.

Teens enjoy that extra little time once in a while.

It just causes a lot of juggling in schedules for when both parents work full time. But better safe than sorry.

There is something to be said for smaller school districts even when it comes to the weather.