With a week of chilling temperatures in the mid-to-low-teens approaching Western New York, school superintendents are closely monitoring weather conditions ahead of any potential cancellation decisions.
Superintendents Mark Laurrie of the Niagara Falls City School District and Jeff Jachlewski of the North Tonawanda City School District are in charge of closure decisions at their schools as the region braces for potentially dangerous wind chills.
“What really is the focus is the windchill, specifically at the time of arrival to school. That’s the number one concern,” Laurrie said.
“When we see windchill factors of -20, that’s absolutely an area where nobody wants to be walking outside,” Jachlewski said. “Last thing we want is any of our kids to experience frostbite.”…