Wake County parents adjust to remote learning due to lingering icy conditions

DISTRICTS, BE SURE TO LET YOU

KNOW HERE IN THE LIVE CENTER.

ASHLEY, THANK YOU, MICHELLE.

AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE WAITING TO

FIND OUT IF WAKE COUNTY

STUDENTS WILL HEAD BACK TO

SCHOOL TOMORROW. TODAY WAS A

REMOTE LEARNING DAY FOR MANY

ACROSS OUR AREA HAS SOME

SECONDARY ROADS AND

NEIGHBORHOODS ARE.

>> STILL,

I SEE WAKE COUNTY'S DECISION

TO KEEP KIDS HOME CAME AFTER

7 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT SENDING

SOME FAMILIES SCRAMBLING TO

MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WRAL'S.

JUSTIN PATTERSON IS LIVE AT

OLD ELEMENTARY IN RALEIGH,

DESTINY. SOME PARENTS YOU HEARD

REALLY QUITE UPSET ABOUT THE

LATE NOTICE.

>> ASHLEY IS THE DISTRICT TELLS

ME THAT A LOT GOES INTO THE

DECISION MAKING ANY. TAKE A

LOOK HERE. YOU CAN STILL SEE

SOME OF THESE REALLY ICY

CONDITIONS. AND WE HAVE SEEN

THAT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE

COUNTY, AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM

MICHELLE, THERE ARE SOME

DISTRICTS WHO HAVE ALREADY

ANNOUNCED THEIR DECISIONS.

BUT THE WAITING GAME HAS SOME

WAKE COUNTY PARENTS FRUSTRATED.

>> ICE PERSISTENTLY COVERS SOME

ROADS IN WAKE COUNTY. WE DON'T

HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND

THE STUFF TO DEAL WITH A WINTER

STORM HERE. SO HE'S GOT A ROLE

TO ROLLING WITH. IT INCLUDES

REMOTE LEARNING THIS NOTICE

WENT OUT TO A COUNTY FAMILY

STARTING AROUND 7.30 TUESDAY

NIGHT. BUT WE GREAT TO HAVE

A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WHO

DEFECATION EARLIER NOTIFICATION

TO HELP CARRY DE FILIPPO BETTER

PLAN FOR THE DAY I WORK.

FULL-TIME HUSBAND WORKS FULL

TIME. WE HAVE TO SCRAMBLE TO

FIGURE OUT WHO IS GOING TO

WATCH THE KIDS TO GET THEM INTO

CANS AT THIS LATE TIME IN AN

EMAIL DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON

LISA LUTON WROTE, QUOTE, WE

RECOGNIZE THAT FULL-DAY

CLOSURES CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR

FAMILIES IN THESE DECISIONS ARE

NEVER MADE LIGHTLY. THE

PRIORITY IS ALWAYS THE SAFETY

OF STUDENTS, STAFF AND

FAMILIES. WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE

STEPS THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE IN

ORDER TO MAKE A DECISION LIKE

THAT? I TOOK TO FILL THOSE

CONCERNS TO LUTON ASKING WHY

THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ANNOUNCED THE

DECISION AFTER 07:00PM AND WHAT

FACTORS MAY HAVE TAKEN EXTRA

TIME IN GETTING THAT

INFORMATION TO PARENTS,

DISTRICT OFFICIALS TELL ME THEY

FOLLOW BRIEFINGS THROUGHOUT THE

DAY FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE WITH THE LAST ONE

STARTING TYPICALLY AT 04:00PM.

THEY ALSO EVALUATE CONDITIONS

AT EACH CAMPUS AND THROUGHOUT

THE COUNTY. IT'S A PROCESS THAT

TAKES TIME.

AND JUST IN THE LAST FEW

MINUTES WE'VE HEARD FROM DURHAM

COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEY

WILL BE OPERATING ON A DELAY.

>> AND THEY'LL BE RETURNING

TO THE CLASSROOM ON A DELAY.

WARREN COUNTY. THEY WILL BE

LEARNING REMOTELY AGAIN

TOMORROW WHEN IT COMES TO WAKE

COUNTY. THEY SAY THAT THEY TRY

TO MAKE A DECISION BY 09:00PM

DESTINY. PATTERSON, WRAL, NEWS

LIVE IN WAKE COUNTY. AND THIS