Schools Closure

[sweetsmucks]

babygirl wrote:

Beats me why the schools were closed anyway - the roads were all clear. All it meant was I had to take another unpaid day off of work

 

Maybe da main roads wir clear but dirs no way all o da peerie roads wid o been clear which means school buses willna be able/willing to drive in dem to pick bairns up for school

[GypsyScy]

So has anywhere got substantial amounts of snow falling just now? The forecast warned from 16:00 today that there would be heavy snowfall. Clear here in SCY, what about other area's?

[CTGoode10]

here in brae,, da roads were clear den all of a sudden it started snowin nd it has bn fir da past 5 mins, roads r white noww tho! fingers crosst no skwl 2moz!

[ReawickLass]

yep had a couple of heavy showers here on the wastside

I wish they would make the schools decision late evening the night before rather than having to get up an listen to the radio....

 

and it would mean you knew whether or not to bother with your homework for the next day

[xoni]

odd that brae has t and mossbank dosnt , lol..not bad here , had a bit of snow but barely anything

[paulb]

looking at the skeld school access road this afternoon. unless the kids have got snow shoes they are not going to get there. looks very deep on the slope.

 

there is a lot of slush and if it snows again the roads will be dangerous for the school buses. so im guessin the westside schools will be shut again.

 

were the schools shut so much 20-30 years back. thou living in the soft south i can't remember getting even one snow day.

[CTGoode10]

heavy snow coming down in brae agen

[MJ]

were the schools shut so much 20-30 years back. thou living in the soft south i can't remember getting even one snow day.

not that I remember, snow days were pretty rare, but our school "bus" was a landrover. To be honest there's been more snow this winter than I remember as a bairn, we did also get plenty of power cut days, quite often they were caused by snow. But they weren't "snow days", we also got sent home more often, but with parents no longer being home it's easier to err on the side of caution than try and find someone willing to take the child half way through the day.

 

Edit - we also had a janitor who would have dug out the drive to the school and safe paths to the front door. Makes me wonder now what time he started digging.

[tojo]

Is it lying thick on the roads in Brae?

[CTGoode10]

i wudnt say thik bt da snow we av gt is coverin da roads.. if it snows overnite i can c r roads becoming EXTREMELY icy!

 

Fingers crossed deres no school!

[hellsbells]

The road to Eid school today was ok (in Eid) but you have to look at the bigger picture in this weather. I was so glad I lived across the road fae the school when my son was younger as I would have been a wreck if he had to travel fae some of the places in the westside to Eid. It's been snowin here again not too heavy though.

[jaydee67]

This is fairly mucking up the prelim timetable for the bairns at Brae.

[Scouseguit]

Has anyone heard if the schools are opening/closing tomorrow? (Monday)

Particularly Anderson.

Thanks

 

basically the same question from me but for the following day (tuesday the 1st of February)

 

cheers

[oddtablet]

Tuesday is the 2nd of February

[tojo]

A decision is being made in the morning depending on the weather overnight. Basically, its a case of listening to the radio, checking shetland news online or shetlink or waiting for a phone call early in the morning.

 

How is the snow fall around the island?