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November 21, 2011 in City
Bundle up for Oakesdale Elementary Tuesday
Tuesday will be a cold day for Oakesdale Elementary students, district officials said in a news release this evening.
“We are having work done to the boiler and heating system that will require the system to be powered off for the majority of the day,” the announcement said. “Please send your students to school dressed warmly, as they should be anyway due to the weather.”
Meanwhile, the Colville School District will be closed Tuesday, including all classes, sporting events and practices, the district announced this afternoon. And in Hunters, Wash., school start times and buses will run two hours late Tuesday.
The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a winter storm warning for Northeast Washington, with heavy snow expected followed by rain on Tuesday. Six to 10 inches of snow could accumulate in the valleys from Colville to Sandpoint, the weather service said.
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SpokoJoeSho_1 on November 21 at 3:11 p.m.
Why?
Byrdie714 on November 21 at 3:12 p.m.
The administrators want a long Thanksgiving break? HAHA!
addyh on November 21 at 3:16 p.m.
@SpokoJoeSho_1, their announcement didn’t say why, and I left a message with the contact listed but so far haven’t heard back. I can only assume it’s weather.
Shadedmuse on November 21 at 3:55 p.m.
It cant be the weatherm their is not enough snow to make Lindsay lohan Happy.
RedCedar on November 21 at 3:56 p.m.
In the absence of an answer to the obvious question, “why?”, I can only assume that it’s another outbreak of Saquatches and flying pigs, making it too dangerous to leave the children unprotected at bus stops and on the playground. It could also be a volcanic eruption melting the asphalt and producing toxic fumes and earthquake swarms causing asbestos-laden plaster to fall from the ceiling. I believe both are fairly common in Colville.
Jethro_toll on November 21 at 6:39 p.m.
Why not have that day as a day off and take one of the Xmas days or spring vacation and turn it into a school day?
And these are the people educating our kids? No wonder they are turning out to be dish rags.
The_Seer on November 21 at 7:51 p.m.
Yep, no heat in school for a day and our kids are “dish rags.”
Or…. parents could use it as a learning opportunity where children learn flexibility, adaptation skills and huddling together for warmth like they did in those Dicken’s novels.
RedCedar on November 22 at 12:15 p.m.
Ah, now we know why school was closed. Thank you.