January was a wild weather month for us. Typically we have a fair amount of ice and snow. The second week in January we actually had mega thunderstorms and then about 13 different tornados touching down in the greater Springfield area. The warning siren is just a stones throw from our back door so it was a long night with that going off several times…the last one being at 2:00 am. Our Republic E-III campus was hit, tearing off the roof of the 5th grade wing. School was cancelled for 2 days while repairs were begun. The 5th and 6th graders were temporarily placed at Calvary Baptist Church in town for remainder of the week. Then the following week the temperatures dropped into the 30’s and we were back to seasonal norms. We even had another day of ice that cancelled schools mid-week. Our January and February vacation days are now being used as make-up days.
During the second week of February we were hit with another ICE STORM of the same magnitude that crippled our area for weeks last year. A friend of mine that works for Springfield City Utilites told us that the amount of ice we received this year was about the same as last year. However, due to the massive amounts of tree trimming and debris clean-up done in the aftermath of last year we weren't as severely affected. We still lost three more days of school but not our power. So much for those make-up days. Now we have had 3 more days tacked on at the end of the school year. So far, Spring Break is safe!
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