Comments on: EMO Notice: School Closures, Causeway Etc

By: Crangis mcbasketball

Crangis mcbasketball — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 03:04:11 +0000

There’s enough information which indicates this storm will have a fairly significant impact on us. Enough of an impact that unlike your proposal, it is actually not wise to open schools on Friday, when Friday will be needed for maintenance staff, etc to assess the safety of all school buildings. Better to make that call now and be prudent than to leave people wondering.

The reality is even if the damage is minimal, they’ve made the right call to reserve Friday for checking for structural integrity and perform any necessary cleanup.

By: Vote for Me

Vote for Me — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:39:31 +0000

This is not a complaint.. just an observation.

Planning for the hurricane makes eminent sense. It seems equally sensible however to close schools for Thursday and make a decision late Thursday about Friday. If the storm passes with minimum impact, closing schools on Friday will be a major disruption for many parents.

Similarly for tomorrow, it would seem practical to coordinate the school closing with government buildings. That would allow a more orderly pick up of children where required.

By: Realist16

Realist16 — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:35:44 +0000

In order to give parents some time to do final preparations at their jobs. We don’t all work for the government. The private sector operates differently so I’m glad the schools are open until 12 as it will allow me some more time for final preps at work while not having to worry about who’s going to watch my kids for the morning.

By: Student2

Student2 — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:41:33 +0000

Is Bermuda college still holding classes?

By: Student

Student — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:37:20 +0000

Is Bermuda college

By: Micro

Micro — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:10:17 +0000

Why even have schools open til 12? What sense does that make.

By: Duane P. Santucci

Duane P. Santucci — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 19:47:26 +0000

Bernews, Thank you, your quick to the draw and the up to the minute latest, so I will put my foot in mouth and shut up, because I just complained were the heck is the governments report on closure and you come right out with the whole report in less the 5 minutes of my posting.

Thank You again.