Decisions regarding school closures and snow days are NOT determined by ABC11. The authority rests solely with the Wake County Public School System.
Dr. Robert Taylor, superintendent of North Carolina’s largest school district, holds ultimate responsibility for determining whether more than 180,000 students and staff in Wake County will report to school during inclement weather. His decisions are guided by a careful assessment of weather conditions and their potential impact on safety.
“So the first thing we look at are the weather reports. We get those from the National Weather Service and any other state agencies that provide information about the weather. And so we really want to know what is the prediction of what’s coming in and based on that. That’s rather where the real work starts, what kind of decision we’re going to make about either closing early, delaying and not coming at all,” said Dr. Taylor…