School Board member Will Pinkston posted this to his Facebook page today:
To all you parents who are feeling frustrated by this week's Metro
Nashville Public Schools closures … As an MNPS parent, I feel your pain.
This week is the second time since I joined the Nashville School Board
that icy road conditions in isolated parts of Davidson County have
caused a shutdown of the entire school system. I understand — and I
think other board members do, too — that unnecessary school closures
interfere with teaching and learning, complicate parent work schedules
and child care, and in some cases even lead to hunger for kids who rely
on our schools for free breakfast and lunch. During this week's school
board meeting, I suggested that the MNPS Central Office needs to
consider a different approach to weather-related school closings in the
future. In a school district encompassing more than 500 square miles,
we've got to do a better job differentiating between icy roads in the
rural hills of northern Davidson County and clear roads in the urban
flats of south Nashville. A report in today's Greeneville (S.C.) News
offers some of the best reporting I've seen on how geographically
expansive and diverse school systems might rethink school-closure
policies by "creating a system of sub-districts or school zones to
address varying weather impact." Let me know what you think about this
idea, and I'll work with other school board members to advance the
conversation as we look ahead to new leadership in MNPS this summer.
I agree. This makes so much sense. The highlighting is mine.
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