How did you get to school when it snowed - or during a monsoon?

I only learned about going to school with snow during the year and a half that I lived in the US. In Santiago it rains os it is plainly chilly during winter.

Most of the time, the school principal drove around in his car early in the morning if it snowed and he decided to call off school if the snow was too deep. We always hoped for snow days when I was growing up. (I can tell you that a blizzard started one day and the snow was deep enough that the bus got stuck trying to take us home. One of my older brothers put me on his shoulders and carried me the 10 km home that day. I remember being able to see my sister right behind us but the snow was falling too fast for me to see further back than that.)

I lived a little over a block from my elementary school, so I’d walk to school in all kinds of weather (except downpours, when Mom would pick me up). I walked home from 7th grade, too, and that was nearly a mile away. Junior high in Florida was a pleasant walk home, about three blocks. My last school was a private school in South Carolina, and my parents paid another student to drive me to school and bring me home.

If it was deep snow or icy school was canceled for the day.

I always road a school bus to and from school, as I lived too far away to walk or ride my bike. On special occasions, my mom or dad would drive me to school or pick me up from school, but that didn't happen often.

We don’t have a lot of snow in Georgia and it usually melts quickly otherwise schools are closed.

We got snow days in the south because people here are not used to driving in snow, so it was too dangerous to put kids on a school bus. Bad weather due to rain school usually let out early to get kids back home before it hit if possible.

In elementary school I rode a bus. On high school I walked. In high school I always wet my hair and let it dry on its own so it would look nice and not be frizzy. In the winter it would freeze hard like an icicle on the walk. In the winter in elementary school in order to play in the snow and not to have to stay on the paved blacktop we had to bring boots, a coat, snow pants, gloves and a hat. It was also much bulk to carry in a bag that I rarely ever did that.

The bus company did not call off the buses more then about once a year when I was a child in school. It was a very serious decision because it meant that the country kids would be a day behind in their school work then the city kids would be, as they did not rely on the buses. If it wasn't terrible, my Dad would pile us 4 kids into the cab of his pick up truck or into the his car, lunch pails, books and whatnot, and drive us the 10 miles into town to take us to school. He would be there at the end of the day to bring us safely back home again. I do remember a few instances over the years when the blizzard would be raging in the morning and he would not feel it was safe to take us into town to school. Those were the years that we stayed home. He and mother would be quick to find chores to keep the 4 of us busy during the day. I often thought that school would have been a nicer alternative.

@judyev We we’re snowed in for weeks on end in the big snow of ‘63. No school. Path cut through the snow from house to road but the sides were higher than little me. Not in Malawi.

I was only one street and three blocks from my elementary/Jr. High school so walked most times. Sometimes, my mom would drive us if it was very rainy, foggy or icy. Snow was rare in the valley of California, where I lived. We sometimes got snow every ten years and we loved to walk in it.

The only time I remember trekking through the snow, to school, was when we lived in Chicago. Never seen that much snow since then

I walked to school -- rain, snow, whatever. When I started high school I had to take a bus since the school was not within walking distance. It was a bit of a walk to the school bus too.

We never had either type of weather thankfully. I always rose the school bus.

School horse? Does that mean the horse send children to school? That's interesting. Our weather here is mild as well. It's usually very hot, and sometimes rain. I don't remember I had encountered any difficulty going to school, not even raining heavily. I used to take school bus to school, and then I stayed in hostel when I was in high school. So, the worst weather for us was just raining and we needed to take an umbrella.

I think it was cool to ride a horse to school .I went to school in all weathers then,because schools were about 10-minute walk away,both the primary school and the middle school.

During the rainy season, we still go to school by foot. Rain coat or umbrella is a must to have in the month of June to October.

In Chicago, we just bundled up like crazy. It could be really windy and cold in Winter. We "defrosted" when we got to class. Yes, I walked, but it was only about five blocks. Just so you know, my new posts are all disappearing. There's a glitch in my account. I've contacted GoAskAlice and will contact Bugs. Don't think I haven't been posting.

Dressed warmly (or not when a teen) and trudged through the snow. Never experienced a snow day in my days. People in the country may have though.

The school was usually closed when the monsoon typhoon came when I was still in school in the Philippines.