Where to tune in for school snow closure
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November 7, 2012 |
By Mike Weland
Publisher
It may seem strange to some that here it is
November, and folks can still go out in
shirtsleeves, even barefoot if so inclined. But
that's going to change and the snow will
eventually start flying. Here's where you can
turn to find out if the weather will have an
impact on students in Boundary County's public
schools.
When weather or road conditions will cause
school delays or closures, School District 101
makes every effort to get the word out as early
as possible.
When the weather looks iffy, school
transportation supervisor Bill Irwin will be out
on the roads in the wee hours of the morning,
and if it seems to him that conditions aren't
conducive to getting students to school safely
or on time, he'll wake superintendent Dick
Conley long before the alarm clock does.
Once the decision is made to close schools or
delay the start of classes, notices go out
immediately to media broadcasting in Boundary
County. While not technically a broadcast media,
newsbf.com is included on that list, and, since
this is a rather small operation, I'll get a
phone call, too, to alert me that it's time to
get up and get the word out.
Radio stations notified are AM 1450 KBFI, 91.9
FM KPBX, 94 FM KDK, 95.3 FM KPND and FM 102
K102, along with all it's Blue Sky Broadcasting
counterparts.
On television, all three major Spokane stations,
KREM 2, KXLY 4 and KHQ 6 receive immediate
notice, and the information is on the air within
moments.
The school district also publishes notice on its
website,
www.bcsd101.com, and updates the
announcement on the district's emergency
telephone line, (208) 267-8934. If you have a
student or students in local public schools,
that's a number you should include on the
emergency phone lists you hopefully keep near
each phone in your house and/or have programmed
into your cell.
When I'm alerted to school closures, I'm going
to do all I can, provided there's power, to get
the word out in minutes; updating this site,
sending email alerts to those who've subscribed
(you can do that by
clicking
here), and posting notice on the
News Bonners Ferry Facebook page,
www.facebook.com/newsbf, which will be seen
by those who've "liked" the page and taken time
to click the gear icon and add the site to their
interests.
I'm working on getting a generator sufficient to
keep my computer and a light bulb going in an
emergency that even when the power goes out, I
can publish; enough people have cell phones and
other electronic marvels now that are
self-powered and internet accessible that word
will get out.
And if word gets out to a few, the folks in this
community will do the rest, as I've been
privileged to learn. When it comes to neighbors
helping neighbors, especially in times of
trouble, the people of Boundary County are the
best in the world.
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