GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – School District Administration across Northeast Wisconsin seemed to mostly come to the same conclusion, it’s too cold for school.
There is no clear cut definition of when to cancel school due to weather.
In Green Bay, Executive Director of Facilities Mike Stangel says how the storm is described plays a big part in their decision making.
“We usually follow that cancellation will be taking place if it goes from a windchill advisory to a windchill warning.”
In Shawano, Superintendent Gary Cumberland communicates with other superintendents from nearby districts and has guidelines that he typically likes to follow.
“The warning is the scary part,” Cumberland said. “When they use the word warning that means something is happening.”
He says he also goes by the forecast itself.
“Typically minus 30 to minus 35 windchills are when you pull the plug for lack of better terms.”
Both said buses are a factor, but for the most part, busses will run if they decide to hold school.
Buses in the Shawano District are no longer running on diesel.
Cumberland says in the past, sometimes the busses fuel would gel and they would have to cancel school regardless.
