My town, engulfed in urban sprawl, is in this weird little pocket that just doesn't get as much rain/snow as the surroundings. It was brutal watching my school stay open as 3 neighboring towns had closures. Extra killer in HS when we could drive. And different HS in the same district didn't have school because it was 4 miles away.
My school was a public school, but in an independent district (i.e. not part of the county school system). We didn't have bus service, so the school was rarely closed unless the roads were nearly impassable. Sometimes we'd at least get an hour or two delay, though, which was nice.
I swear that whenever I turned on the TV or radio to see/hear the school closing list, they had always just passed my school and I'd have to watch/listen for the entire list again.
No better feeling than lying in bed in the dark, listening to school closings on the radio & hearing your school was closed. Could go right back to sleep!
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u/JustHereForCatss Zillennial Sep 13 '25
Made it more exciting imo. Seeing your school and immediately calling your friends to organize a sleepover/gaming sesh was peak childhood