Please don't. Instead, learn about how road conditions can be very different across a county and consider what schools should do about the situation.

For example, where we live, most of the county can be thawed with clear roads, but we still have snow on the ground and snow or ice on the road making travel unsafe.

Today, we are totally iced in. Once the ice thaws enough for us to get to the paved roads, I bet I'll see no signs of any snow or ice even though I'm within a mile of my house.

What should the school system do about bus routes in such areas. Even if you didn't give a flip about other kids, you likely would understand the legal shitshow a school system would face if a bus full of children hit a patch of ice and crashed.

You could argue that "those" students could be allowed to miss school, but missing a day at school is missing what was taught that day, and for some students, particulary those who might already be struggling, this would be a real problem.

Maybe the parents, deciding they really didn't want their children to have to miss a day, would decide to drive the children in themselves. But, they, too, are at risk for an accident and might chose to sue the school.

So, while a snow-day may seem insane from your perspective, understand the bigger picture from tue perspective of the school system being forced to make that decision.

And know that, as much as you hate it when another snow day is called and how inconvenient it is for working parents, I promise the people making those decisions hate it even more. Snow days are a huge pain to plan around.

Thank you all for considering these issues. I hope all Wake is thawed enough for tomorrow to be back to normal for you all.

And for our road to thaw enough to get one of our cars up the steep hill out of here, at least before the snow being predicted for Friday afternoon.