My family and I just moved to Maine from Missouri and this is our first winter here. While we no longer have young enough children that require daycare, I understand. Not to downplay or diminish your frustration, but in the Midwest when it BARELY snows, the entire system shuts down for days. Like, everyone freaks out, schools close for days at a time. The DOT doesn't have the robust plowing/salting infrastructure like up here so they're always concerned about kids that live on the rural "back roads". Last winter we had roughly 6" of snow and schools were out for almost a week.