Severe weather affecting students

by Chelsea Lefler

The severe weather this year in Windsor is preventing students from getting to school and is effecting their education.

“It’s affecting my schooling because the care for the sidewalk and roads makes it difficult to get to class,” says University of Windsor student Tiffany Bolton “I had a midterm today and a lot of other students didn’t get to write, because they physically couldn’t get to school.”

The severe weather is causing students to stay home because it’s either too cold or the roads are too dangerous they are unable to drive to school.  Feb. 5 there was a severe weather warning for the city with low temperature reading -12 C.  The temperature was nine degrees colder yesterday than it was on Feb. 5, 2001.

Twice since the beginning of the winter semester St. Clair College cancelled classes for part of the day.  Scott Scantlebury a public relations said the Great Essex County District School Board cancelled it buses four times since the new year.  On Jan. 6, 7 and Feb. 8 both city and county buses were cancelled, making it difficult for students to get to school

“For computer students it makes it difficult to get to class, especially when the roads aren’t plowed and salted,” said Tyler Girard, University of Windsor student.  “It sucks when you actually want to go to school and get your money’s worth of education but can’t because of Mother Nature.”

According to the Weather Network’s website it said that the daily snowfall record in in southern Ontario had been broken for Feb. 5.