Today was the 3rd time in the last 12 months that I've had to go pick up one of my kids from a school bus accident where the bus had slid off an icy road into a ditch. Fortunately nobody was hurt in any of the 3 situations, but it makes me wonder. Here is an article from a different part of Indiana where a bus overturned due to bad road conditions. School bus overturns
As a kid I always wanted school called off just to get out of class. Now I'm a bit concerned that officials are so reluctant to call off school that it could be a problem. Where I live, before last year, I can't ever recall a school bus sliding off the road because of ice and snow. The one time last year when I had to get my daughter I drove my Excursion and ended up taking 11 kids to school since their bus was in a ditch and teetering on going over. The road was on a hill with a curve and was a solid sheet of ice. I've never driven a school bus on ice myself, but I'll take the bus driver's word for it that a school bus handles terribly on ice.
Am I being a paranoid parent or should school officials err to the side of caution like they used to around here? Our city and county are not well prepared for snow removal since we don't even get snow every winter.
As a kid I always wanted school called off just to get out of class. Now I'm a bit concerned that officials are so reluctant to call off school that it could be a problem. Where I live, before last year, I can't ever recall a school bus sliding off the road because of ice and snow. The one time last year when I had to get my daughter I drove my Excursion and ended up taking 11 kids to school since their bus was in a ditch and teetering on going over. The road was on a hill with a curve and was a solid sheet of ice. I've never driven a school bus on ice myself, but I'll take the bus driver's word for it that a school bus handles terribly on ice.
Am I being a paranoid parent or should school officials err to the side of caution like they used to around here? Our city and county are not well prepared for snow removal since we don't even get snow every winter.