Hundreds of school started late Monday as light snow coated the roads early Monday morning.
Rosita Cross, of Bristol, was surprised when the call came that school was delayed for two hours.
“My phone rang and it said, 'Bristol Public Schools' and I was like, 'Excuse me? And I looked outside and it snowed,” she said.
Instead of putting her children on the bus, she drove them there.
“Better safe than sorry, you know? Delay the school so you don’t got to be rushing,” she said.
Bristol Mayor Ken Cockayne said schools decide to postpone the beginning of the school day to give crews a chance to get things ready for the students and staff.
“The Board of Ed makes the call and a lot of times it’s because they have to be able to clean up their sidewalks and get ready for the school to come in so even though the streets may be clear a lot of times, the maintenance people at the school hane to be able to clean off the sidewalks,” Cockayne said.
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Fortunately, the roads were clear enough to keep the existing bus routes in New Britain.
“You know we have some tight, narrow streets here especially if it’s slick," Supt. Nancy Sarra, of the New Britain Consolidated School District, said. "Although we look outside right now and it really isn’t much, it was really the timing of it.”
Another quick round of snow and rain is possible Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
The theme of the long-range forecast is an active pattern – every few days, something is on the map near Connecticut.
A potent cold front could bring a snow shower Thursday or Friday morning, but more importantly, much colder air blows into the state.
Temperatures will only be in the 30s this weekend. Another round of snow showers is possible Sunday.
