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CAT Tracks for January 8, 2010
WE WERE NOT ALONE |
The Sikeston school district was also open on Thursday.
This is a debate that will rage any day a flake of snow touches Mother Earth. Should you take a "snow day"...knowing that it will have to to be made up some beautiful May/June day? Do you take the bird in the hand (a topic ALWAYS near and dear to CATs) or wait for the one in the bush? (Hey, if it were TWO, there would be no debate!)
Obviously, SAFETY should be the driving force behind the decision.
As for Sikeston Superintendent Steve Borgsmiller, who boldly declined an installment on his 15 minutes of fame...
Actually, I shouldn't dump on Steve...I don't know Steve from Adam.
I'm just wondering, Steve...
Your comment about 90% of your students living in the city limits...
Did TEACHERS cross your mind?
Maybe since Sikeston is a more attractive residential area, Sikeston teachers mostly live in Sikeston...and traveled those same clear roads to work yesterday.
Cairo?
Not so much...
Cairo teachers are routinely required to take their lives into their own hands on snowy, icy days...with nary a thought by the powers that be. If one were to ask the "all powerful", I'm sure they would respond with an asinine comment like..."Well, that's their choice!"
Can you feel the love?
I've got a catty idea...
Let's rent the current "Superintendent's Cottage" to a lowly teacher. Let's use that money to rent a new "Superintendent's Cottage" in Cape, Paducah, or Carbondale...and make the Superintendent of CSD #1 (Chicago School District Number One - Southern Branch) live there. On days that we have inclement weather, school will only be in session if the Superintendent is present.
MEOW!
From the KFVS TV Channel 12 Website...
Sikeston schools remain open after snow; parents, students react
by Zakk Gammon
SIKESTON, MO (KFVS) - The snow plows are out in full force, but they're not the only things running. School buses are making their rounds as well.
Snow or no snow, students headed back to class. That leaves some parents upset.
"I didn't let my kid go to school today," says Sikeston parent Mustafa Johnson. "It should have been canceled."
However, some people say the snow isn't a big deal.
"[There's] not that much snow on the ground, [it] wouldn't be that difficult," says Jack Keck, whose grandchildren attend Sikeston schools. "They were over last night and they [were] hoping it would snow today. I told them it's just one more day you have to make up; they said that was no problem."
"I think we should have to go because everyone around us is out and we're always the only ones in when everyone is out," said seventh grade student Kaitlyn Ayers.
Whether you love it or hate it, some say it's about being safe, not just getting an extra vacation day.
"We don't want any accidents," says Jones. "That's what it's gonna take for them to shut it down in the mornings."
Heartland News contacted Sikeston superintendent Steve Borgsmiller. He wouldn't give an on-camera comment but did release a statement saying "more than 90% of students" live within the city limits of Sikeston or Miner and because the roads were so clear, he felt school could go on as planned.
He went on to say, however, if parents feel the roads are too dangerous for their children to travel on, they have the right to keep them home.
