Twice now in the past couple weeks Western has had school when it should have been canceled. Both times, every school in the area canceled school except Western (and Kalamazoo College, where most studends live on campus). Many Western students live on or near campus, but many students and faculty do not.
Both times, the roads had been plowed of snow. The problem was that they remained covered with layer of packed snow or ice. This made made it easy for cars to slide or spin out, making driving very dangerous. On these days, it was overcast and cold enough that salt and sun couldn't melt the ice.
The one time that school was canceled, conditions weren't as bad.
School officials are understandably concerned about losing too many school days. But school days shouldn't come at the expense of unreasonable safety risks to commuting students.
WMU should have closed for safety reasons last week
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