Moreover, studies find that students who participate in activities have significantly higher grade point averages. Before the snow flies in earnest, it is appropriate to review the process involved in arriving at a weather-related delay or cancellation decision in the Town of Bethel. Any cancellation, delay, or early departure inconveniences a large number of parents and students. Several hundred employees await a decision that impacts their families as well. Sometimes road conditions impact a seventy-passenger bus in ways that do not occur to those of us driving a car.
Safety is always the basis of our judgment.
We are in contact with the Bethel Police, Public Works Department, and the Connecticut Weather Service who report on road conditions and provide advice about impending situations. After the decision is made phone chains are immediately put into place for employees. The radio and television stations are notified and the Town's sirens are sounded.