Quote Originally Posted by Hermod View Post
You know, going to school in Detroit 1944-1954, I do not remember the schools ever closing for snow. The bigger kids just walked in front and made a path through the drifts for the five and six year olds.
Seems to happen with more frequency since the city took all that criticism for that New Year storm in 1999. IIRC, the storm hit on a Sunday, the day before students were to return from the holiday break, and DPS cancelled classes until the following Friday. They reopened schools on Friday even though they hadn't really cleared any of the snow from the roads, and then opened again on the following Monday. But after Monday they ended up cancelling classes for the rest of that week because there was still snow everywhere.