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By Matt Pelkey
Rappahannock News StaffWriter
The season’s first snow storm rolled through Rappahannock last week, bringing with it school closings, slippery roads and fender benders.
The snow started a little before 5 a.m. on Wednesday Dec. 5., picked up at around 8 and continued off and on throughout the day and into the night. Temperatures early in the morning were in the upper twenties and rose to linger at the freezing point for most of the day
Rappahannock schools started on time, but closed soon after
“I was essentially kicking myself at 7:30 a.m.,” Rappahannock County schools Superintendent Dr. Bob Chappell said. “We could’ve done the two-hour delay and dosed if necessary.”
Chapped said he did not hear of any snow falling when he met with his transportation supervisor early Wednesday morning. He said that when snow started near the school board office outside of Washington a few hours later, many of the school bus drivers had already begun thenroutes.
“We feel that making a closure decision after 6:45 a.m. is tough because of problems enmrnmvirating t the decision to bus drivers and parents,” Chappell said.
Word of the dosing was broadcast on radio and TV stations, and mes| sages were sent by e-mail and automated messaging systems for school parents and employees. Chappell said.
On Thursday, Rappahannock schools opened two hours late, and then on Friday the schools <kwtd i after a two-hour delay.
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