Lampasas High School’s Facebook page posted an announcement Jan. 6 from Superintendent Chane Rascoe that upcoming weather will be monitored closely to determine if school will be delayed/closed tomorrow.
“I’m really excited about possibly not having school on Thursday,” sophomore Isabell McGinnis said. “I want to stay home in my cozy pajamas, drink hot cocoa and just look at the white snow outside.”
According to Accuweather.com tonight there is a low of 31 degrees and a 65% chance of precipitation. It is predicted that showers in spots during the evening will be followed by a bit of ice later, meaning roads could be icy tomorrow morning. The high for tomorrow is 36 degrees with a 91% chance of precipitation during the day and low of 31 degrees with a 96% chance of precipitation at night.
“I feel like school probably should not be canceled unless it is absolutely necessary because we have just been out for so long for Christmas break,” junior Sydney Unger said. “So obviously we need to get back into the swing of things. Also we already have Friday off for the stock show.”
Further announcements regarding school being canceled tomorrow will be posted on the Lampasas High School Facebook page, the school district website and email as needed.
“If school isn’t canceled I’m probably going to be really sad, and everybody at school is going to know that this was not my choice and my parents definitely forced me to come in,” McGinnis said. “One of my classes is outside and I don’t want to go outside in the middle of the day if it’s cold. I’d just rather stay in and stay as warm as I can but I can’t do that at school.”
Additional time is built into the school year’s schedule that allows for snow day emergencies. In the case that the time is used, there are two additional make-up days that have been worked into the schedule. If those days are used the schedule will be adjusted to include more days or extend the school day to make up for lost time.
“If there was ice on the road I would be afraid to drive,” Unger said. “I don’t know how to handle ice while driving, so in that sense I’m glad school would be canceled if the roads are icy.”
Many students and families are worried about the potential of a repeat of the snowmageddon incident that lasted a week in February 2021 setting many weather records and leaving many families without power or running water.
“Snowmageddon sucked,” McGinnis said. “Our house wasn’t up to standard so our power went out for a whole two weeks, our pipes froze and we had to stay with a friend. Though it wasn’t that bad, because I still got to stay inside and watch movies. So we were all good and it was pretty fun.”
