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suburban D. C. school systems, where some children didn’t arrive home until almost midnight, and a few ended up spending the night at their schools.
On Thursday, the school division put its new two hour delayed opening policy to the test, and Dr. Gangel reported that it passed with flying colors. “If it were ever to work, it was in a situation like this,” he said, explaining that officials’ major concerns were over ice remaining in the hollows and shady areas on the highways.
Dr. Gangel said that the temperatures did not fall very low Wednesday night and that, coupled with the fact that the ground was still relatively warm, meant that sunshine Thursday morning, combined with a forecast of temperatures in the 50s, would melt the remaining snow and ice quickly.
“We were very pleased,” the superintendent said, “with the way the new policy worked.” He pointed out that “it’s already put us out ahead.” Several neighboring school districts which cancelled school Wednesday and Thursday now have two snow days to make up, while Rappahannock is “still on schedule.”
“It’s a call on individual situations,” Dr. Gangel said of the delayed opening policy. “We will continue to use it when we feel that it is appropriate to the situation.”
The superintendent also reported that the new communications system recently installed in buses
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