Spring-Ford Schools Closed Tuesday

The Spring-Ford School District will be closed on Tuesday due to the blizzard cleanup that is ongoing around the area.

The district posted the following message to their Facebook page:

Due to the extended clean up associated with the weekend storm, all Spring-Ford schools and buildings will be closed on Tuesday, January 26, 2016.

All after school activities are canceled on Monday and Tuesday.

The Spring-Ford Board of School Directors Board Meeting scheduled for Monday, January 25, 2016 will now be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in the Senior High School Cafeteria.

Some expressed frustration that nearby Phoenixville was open at all, while others thought that Spring-Ford should’ve followed in their neighbor’s footsteps with a two-hour delay.

The district posted a rationale outlining their reasoning for closing Tuesday:

Please understand that we make the decision to open or close the schools in bad weather based on a careful analysis of all relevant factors. The decision is based on recommendations from the Director of Transportation and Director of Planning, Operations and Facilities to the Superintendent of Schools. Factors include:

- Information on road conditions from transportation staff and from the police. We must give careful consideration to the most dangerous roads in the district. Even if your street looks clear, travel elsewhere in the district may be quite dangerous.

- Amount of snow and ice accumulated

- Building conditions

- Parking lot conditions. Administrators talk to maintenance and custodial staff members who are responsible for clearing and treating school parking lots and sidewalks.

- Temperature and wind chill. Please remember that some of our students walk to school and many must wait outside for the bus.

- Weather predictions. We prefer not making our decision based on weather predictions, which are not always accurate. But sometimes this is unavoidable.- Young drivers. We must consider that some high school students drive to school.

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