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Board reviews freezing-fog morning, promises fixes to bus coordination and text alerts
Summary
After a freezing-fog event that closed Highway 20 and delayed buses, the superintendent told trustees that a combination of rapid road changes and a failed text-authentication system delayed family notifications; the district will meet with the new bus manager and fix multifactor authentication and consider a new messaging platform.
Trustees in the Philomath School District spent substantial time unpacking an early-morning freezing-fog event that disrupted bus routes and left some families without timely text alerts.
"By 07:00 I got word from the Benton County sheriff of the closure of Highway 20 beyond Woods Creek to the west," Superintendent Susan said, describing how the bus company initially proposed a two-hour delay, then pulled buses…
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