Spring 
may be starting today, but you would never know it with the weather we enjoyed last week. After a mild winter, Mother Nature decided to challenge us with quite a storm.
With all winter storms, there are many questions about how the decision is made to open school, close, or delay. This is certainly one of the most important decisions the District makes and there are many factors that are considered. First and foremost, the District must consider the safety of students.
In making the decision to open, close, or delay, District officials drive across roads throughout the District to assess their readiness for bus navigation as well as walkers. The bus company is consulted and it is important to the District that they have confidence in the drivers’ abilities to be safe. Finally, we consider whether or not school property is safe for parking and walking.
The most frequent question that is asked: Why is York Suburban the only school in the county that remains open on a snowy day? York Suburban School District is unique in many ways. We are a very small geographic district and we have no rural roads for our buses to navigate. It is often the rural roads in other districts that pose challenges for them that we do not face.
This week provides a great opportunity to give a shout out to our bus drivers. They are a terrific group of people who work very hard to serve our students. Once again, they did a fantastic job of ensuring safe travel for our students!
Thank you for working with the District to support the education of our students!