Snow Day Policy

[AuntTami]

BF and I have already hired someone to do the sidewalks and walk way this winter for us. BF will still have to plow out the driveway with the four wheeler when he wakes up, but there will be a path plowed out from the street to the sidewalk so if he doesn't get up right away, its no big deal. I'll still have to shovel off the deck/steps though. UGH I hate snow.

I actually just ordered 100pounds of salt for the sidewalks/deck and I'm HOPING that will last through the winter. There was a salt shortage here last winter, so if you COULD find it(which was hard to do) it was astronomically expensive, so I'm stocking up this year. It wasn't a big deal to not salt last year(except for the poor mail man) as I didn't have daycare yet, but this year, I'll definitely have to be diligent.

Being that I live on a large hill, I forsee there being some issues this winter, and I also forsee some closures. City is usually pretty good about keeping our road plowed, as we live right in town, and our road is a more popular road, but it's hard to keep the ice from forming on the hill, and especially at the bottom of it, where our road meets the main highway. I'm scared to death of sliding through that intersection. I avoid driving in the winter whenever possible. I almost turn into a winter-hermit because of that stupid hill and stupid intersection!

[Mister Sir Husband]

Buying a snow blower this year for my excessively long driveway, and will get up early to take care of it, but if it snows all day, I can't clear it and watch kids at the same time so pickups may involve the parents parking at the bottom and walking up.

[Meyou]

DH shovels before he goes to work and my dd's keep it clear throughout the day. If we lose control of the shoveling I just send the parents a text asking them to be careful when they arrive.

[Play Care]

I have a plow service do my driveway, and I'll shovel a little bit by the door. I have parents sign off that use of my driveway and walkway during snowstorms is at their own risk.
I DO close if the weather is so bad that a state of emergency is declared and they ask nonessential personnel to stay off the roads (rare here) But not for the typical "snow days" the schools take.

[hsdcmama]

Thanks everyone! I like the idea of having parents sign off that they are using my driveway/sidewalk/steps at their own risk when it's snowing, as my main concern is parents & kids slipping and suing me or something. I don't mind shoveling, and my husband usually uses his 4-wheeler to plow out the driveway anyway, but my husband works all day & my own kids are not old enough to help with the shoveling, so there will probably be times when it snows all day that parents are just going to have to trudge through it to come get their kids. This winter should be interesting!