Schools around us are announcing closures for tomorrow. Usually, the students living near the school on well traveled roads can get to school safely because the ice has melted. The problem is, districts often have some students who live in more rural areas, where the roads stay icy longer. (The same thing happens when it floods. Most kids can make it to school, but 10-20% can’t.) The schools are obligated to run buses to ALL students on ALL routes. If they can’t do that safely, they don’t run at all. They can’t say, “ We can get the majority of the kids to school, so let’s go ahead and hold classes. Those left at home will just have to catch up.” That is not how it works. I’m sure if they could get 98% of the kids to school, it would be different. But they can’t.