Thursday was not the best day for the folks in charge of the Hamilton County school system.
First we learned that spending $40,000 for a bus consultant apparently is like throwing a quarter in a wishing well.
Jay GreesonYou lose the money, you hope for something to happen, you wonder if anyone would notice if you reached in and pulled back the coin and in the end nothing happened. The pitiful result of a $40,000 expenditure – sorry, guys, only two companies bid to take on your school bus service – feels like other wasteful decisions coming from Bonny Oaks.
Then, the decision-makers decide to close school because of the rain.
Stop. This is not about that decision. We know that in a county with diverse terrain, safety must rule the day. And I’m never going to be the “In my day, we had class outside – in a Speedo – until January” or whatever tall tale our dads loved to spin.