Tri-State districts weigh more school closings and delays

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Tri-State school districts struggle with how to make the call on closing schools and delaying start times.

“This was historic,” says Kenton County School District spokesperson Jess Dykes. “You know, we’ve not had this amount of snow in a long time.”

Dykes says there are two factors to consider when weighing a potential closure or delay: the weather forecast and the ability of buses to pick up students.

“We’re still facing some of our side roads that aren’t accessible to buses and then on top of that, where we have these large snow piles, then we can’t get our buses down into those cul-de-sacs,” Dykes says.

In the Kings County School District, the decision comes down to safety, officials say.

“We have to factor in the safety,” says Kings County School District Superintendent Greg Sears. “We have a lot of student drivers that are first-time drivers in weather like this and we have buses that are carrying precious cargo.“

Kenton County follows the same priorities.

“This isn’t just a decision made in isolation,” Dykes says. “It’s a huge team effort on this. You know, we’ve got transportation people. We have district leaders and our district leaders are also talking to other district leaders because many of our county and city roads overlap into Boone and Campbell, et cetera

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