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“The rationale behind my ultimate decision was the uncertainty around the elemenFrom A1 tary school commute. Because if there’s a storm, like if Bristol districts as they collecit’s starting to accumulate or tively announced the decistick, it’s going to be somesion for early dismissal, foltime between three and five, lowing a call between the diswhich is when our elementrict superintendents Tuesday tary kids are on their bus night, Jan. 24. runs. And so, unfortunately, we can’t dismiss just elemenThe decision was partially made due to what officials be- tary school early without the others because the bus routes lieved would be safety conare all related,” Madancy said. cerns for the elementaryaged students after school, Early afternoon on Jan. 25 the specifically around their aflocal area had only seen isoter-school commute. lated light snow showers, well below expected projections. While Madancy remained confident that the day for It was still the right decision middle and high school stuto cut the school day short, dents could continue without said meteorologist Gary interruption, there would be Lessor, because when the initoo many complications tial data came in there was a around bus scheduling and considerable expectation of a routes to make it viable only stronger storm hitting the to call off the elementary area earlier in the afternoon schools, he said.
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“It was definitely the right decision,” Lessor said. “When the decision was made … indications were we’d have a couple of inches of snow. But the atmosphere is just absorbing everything that's falling. We were counting on this to be accumulating at that point.” The major contributing factor toward the lack of rain or snow was the dry atmosphere, said Lessor, which absorbed much of the precipitation that was meant to fall much earlier in the day.
Open communication Madancy wanted to err on the side of caution alongside the other district superintendents, leading to the early release. In the interest of maintaining open communication with the parents of the district — something that Madancy has said is an important part of what he seeks to foster in the district — he sent out several notices ahead of the decision, informing them of what the decision would mean for the children and how it would
Kelly Karwowski picks up her daughter Brooklyn, 6, during early dismissal at Derynoski Elementary School in Southington on Jan. 25. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
impact scheduling. The approach was similar to previous communication.
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Back in December, Madancy offered a precautionary description of what a cancellation would entail versus an anticipated delay. “In tomorrow’s instance,” he wrote on Dec. 22, “the reason we would be canceling instead of delaying is due to the already scheduled shortened day. State law requires at least 3 ½ hours of school in session for the day to count and a combination of delay and dismissal would not meet the minimum. As for the drop in temperatures in the afternoon, the early dismissal will have all our buses off the roads by 2:00 p.m. which is ahead of the forecasted temperature drop thus avoiding any flash freeze potential for staff, buses, and families. In closing, please remember that while the district makes decisions around operations and school schedules, the ultimate decision of whether to allow your children to drive, or if it is safe to attend, is always a decision left to each family based on conditions on your particular roadways and neighborhoods as circumstances can vary across town. Let’s hope this simply turns into a windy rain event with the day proceeding as planned with an early dismissal.”