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(Memphis 1/7/2010) Some Shelby County Middle School students were glad for the snow that cancelled classes.
"Just cause we don't have to do any work or nothing. Get out of school and do whatever we want." says Malik Hayes, a Shelby County 7th grader.
"It's not school, something better to do than school sometimes." says Quentin Falberg, also a Shelby County 7th grader.
Shelby County School officials were checking roads overnight.
"When they went out checking streets and bridges, obviously like the Millington area closest to the river was the first that saw icy conditions." says Mike Tebbe, spokesperson for Shelby County Schools.
School leaders called off classes around 4:45 am and began alerting parents by phone.
"We have a huge area. A lot of our buses, students and parents have to travel two lane rural country roads. A lot of those don't have the degree of traffic a road in the city would have. The less traffic, the more hazardous conditions." says Tebbe.
Memphis City Schools stayed open, but let out an hour early.
Melissa Wolowicz saw it on the News Channel 3 website and got a call from Snowden school to pick up her son.
"I had to leave work to come pick him up, luckily I am in a position to do that." says Wolowicz.
But the Shelby County School system says temperatures will not cause classes to be cancelled. The system pays more attention to road conditions.
"Our schools are well insulated and heated. To my knowledge, in all my 38 years of education, I have never known schools to close due to outside temperatures." says Tebbe.
But Memphis City School officials say they do consider temperatures in deciding whether to close city schools, since a lot of students walk to school or wait on school buses.
Stay with News Channel 3 for the status of all of the school districts in the Midsouth.
- Memphis Schools remain open during Thursday's snow
- Shelby County Schools closed
- School districts say roads and temperatures are factors in their decisions
april.thompson@wreg.com
(Memphis 1/7/2010) Some Shelby County Middle School students were glad for the snow that cancelled classes.
"Just cause we don't have to do any work or nothing. Get out of school and do whatever we want." says Malik Hayes, a Shelby County 7th grader.
"It's not school, something better to do than school sometimes." says Quentin Falberg, also a Shelby County 7th grader.
Shelby County School officials were checking roads overnight.
"When they went out checking streets and bridges, obviously like the Millington area closest to the river was the first that saw icy conditions." says Mike Tebbe, spokesperson for Shelby County Schools.
School leaders called off classes around 4:45 am and began alerting parents by phone.
"We have a huge area. A lot of our buses, students and parents have to travel two lane rural country roads. A lot of those don't have the degree of traffic a road in the city would have. The less traffic, the more hazardous conditions." says Tebbe.
Memphis City Schools stayed open, but let out an hour early.
Melissa Wolowicz saw it on the News Channel 3 website and got a call from Snowden school to pick up her son.
"I had to leave work to come pick him up, luckily I am in a position to do that." says Wolowicz.
But the Shelby County School system says temperatures will not cause classes to be cancelled. The system pays more attention to road conditions.
"Our schools are well insulated and heated. To my knowledge, in all my 38 years of education, I have never known schools to close due to outside temperatures." says Tebbe.
But Memphis City School officials say they do consider temperatures in deciding whether to close city schools, since a lot of students walk to school or wait on school buses.
Stay with News Channel 3 for the status of all of the school districts in the Midsouth.
