When school has be cancelled....

I am a grandmother and my daughter work during the day and I work nights so I am at home during the day. When we have school closing because of weather she calls me and tell me to go get the kids. I have a sister that's home now because the company she works for closed I am pretty sure she would get them if I can't she has children too in school. What I can't understand is once they had a warning and it was raining cats and dogs, a warning went out and they wanted us to pick the kids up. Wouldn't if be safer if they were to stay in the building than out on the highway in the opening, it was scary. All the parents were there getting there kids, no where to park. You had to park a long ways from the school by the time we got back to the car we were soaked. I did take me 3 umbrellas some of the parents didn't have anything.

OH wow I could never take that. I must say I appreciate all the "public safety workers" I cannot say I envy them either. This being a great example. But for a day off with bad weather, depending on the ages, my family would most likely do their own thing. But if younger I would read to them and do some of those things that we almost never seemed to get to. Like making something craft like that I had on my list or cleaning something. I would consider giving them special chores and allowing them to earn extra credit to a activity of their choice like a 10.00 credit for a movie, movie rental, activity, or tshirt (the school seems to constantly be saying buy a t for this or that). Just a extra 10.00 for whatever there little heart desires if they for instance clean out the 2 "grubbiest" drawers in the kitchen and remove all crumbs from it. Or something like that. Not ness (spelling) a more than 1 hour job but a job that requires actual attention to detail such as the crumbs. Hey if You don't have the 10.00 maybe the neighbor does. God Blesses! Sandy