School Bus Drivers Are Calling In Sick This Morning….

Sleet & Ice in the forecast, already falling in some areas. I hear thunder. It hasn’t yet started here but is approaching.

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SW-User

The last bad storm we had, many schools cancelled, but some just delayed for two hours. One bus slid into the ditch.
I'd rather schools called off than buses in ditches.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@SW-User I’ve been on 3 school buses that slid into a ditch. The first one in first grade and frost on the road next to a deep drainage ditch. The bus slid off and was almost sideways. The bus driver walked to the emergency door and opened it. Told us he was going to call for another bus, had to walk a distance to a house to use the phone. He told the big boys to help get us little kids out. I couldn’t stand up because the bus was leaned over so much. The boys picked us up and carried us to the exit and we got out and had to scramble up the muddy embankment. We all looked like little muddy pigs and went to school that way on the other bus they sent for us.