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Superintendent Sandra Wood explains La Porte's weather-delay process and e-learning limits
Summary
In a district video, Superintendent Sandra Wood outlined how a 4–5 person team drives district roads at about 4:00 a.m., aims to notify families by 5:15 a.m., and will use the three state-authorized posted e-learning days before making up additional closures in person.
In the first installment of the district's new "In Focus" video series, Superintendent Sandra Wood explained how La Porte Community Schools decides weather-related delays and cancellations and how the district will use limited e-learning days.
Wood said a team of "4 to 5 people" monitors forecasts and, on questionable mornings, "heads out on the roads at about 04:00 in the morning" to check for fog, ice and other road hazards before making recommendations.
"Once they make a determination, the…
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