{"id":5484,"date":"2015-03-03T23:42:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T06:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5484"},"modified":"2015-03-03T23:42:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T06:42:52","slug":"denver-residents-demand-96-hour-cancelation-notice-from-superintendent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5484","title":{"rendered":"Denver Residents Demand 96 Hour Cancelation Notice from Superintendent"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"school<\/a>Denver has a history of questionable cancelations<\/a>, and last Thursday was no different. \u201cIt really wasn\u2019t that bad,\u201d said resident Mike Sifers. \u201cI don\u2019t know if it was due to the roads, or if they thought it was too cold for the city kids to be walking to schools. But, it didn\u2019t seem that bad to me.\u201d Jim Closson was of a similar opinion. \u201cI\u2019m from Iowa, so this weather seems mild compared to that,\u201d said Closson. \u201cI know they don\u2019t have a ton of plows, so I kind of get it. But, I drove around and didn\u2019t have any troubles or see any accidents.\u201d\n\nSuperintendent Tom Boasberg<\/a> took considerable heat<\/a> for canceling after 6AM, when several children were already headed for their bus stops. \u201cNot every kid lives within five minutes of their school,\u201d says parent Michelle Graham. \u201cSo, when you cancel so late, lots of families are negatively affected.\u201d Boasberg mentioned that they intended for the schools to be open, but realized that the roads were worse than they had thought. \u201cWe are sorry for the inconvenience it caused to families,\u201d said Boasberg. \u201cBut honestly, it is a pretty small percentage of people that were affected. It\u2019s not like 40 percent of students were headed to school by the time we canceled. Let\u2019s all just take a step back and relax for a second.\u201d\nMany families are requesting DPS takes additional steps to make sure a late cancelation doesn\u2019t happen again. \u201cMany of us are getting a petition together to request that any DPS cancelations are made 96 hours in advance,\u201d said Jaime Potter. \u201cThat way, people can prepare child care, and discuss things with their work days in advance. Plus, it will prepare us to plan some activities for the kids, or get to Redbox before the day is canceled.\u201d Resident Andy Shaffer understands parents frustration, but feels that kind of notice just doesn\u2019t work. \u201cUnless you have a huge snowstorm or an actual hurricane coming that you can track perfectly, it just doesn\u2019t make sense,\u201d says Shaffer. The petition will take several months to gain any momentum, so until then, Denver residents will have to be satisfied with a potential two to three our school cancelation notice. ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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