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Kids, teachers head home after being stranded overnight at Highland school

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c hatch | 5:11 p.m. Feb. 14, 2008
I am so impressed with those in the community willing to help out when needed. Kohlers and the surrounding neighbors were very generous. Also, I understand that the parents of these children must have been terrified. Thank goodness the school district contacted everyone.
And to those who think they are so tough and can brave the snow in their big fat trucks, you are the people endagering everyone else on the roads! Slow down, just because you have 4WD does not make you invincible.
Thank heavens everyone made it through this ordeal safely!
Jersey Mom | 5:59 p.m. Feb. 14, 2008
I'm chuckling at all the hullabaloo. (We close/delay our schools out here if there is ANY accumulation.) I think the Highland school officials got caught by surprise. What happened (in 30 minutes)was unprecedented. The 'valley' folks on this list who are crying "GET OVER IT" have not spent time in that neighborhood. We looked at property there and decided against as it is prone to wicked wind patterns, steep terrain, poor water pressure, etc. Throw in a little snow and you can have Donner Party conditions in a matter of minutes. That school is blessed with good neighbors and teachers who made the best of a bad situation. Four-foot drifts are nothing to sneeze at. If this had happened here in Jersey...? Hoo Boy! We are such a bunch of weenies... Imagine all the lawsuits.... the national coverage on the news... (You get the picture.) KUDOS TO THE TEACHERS!!!
Deal With It | 7:52 p.m. Feb. 14, 2008
Quit whinning! In some circumstances we do what we have to do. We're not guaranteed perfect decisions thoroughout our lives...someone may misscall one. A teacher, a referee, a church authority, a parent, maybe even YOU. Get over it. Lesson in dealing with what comes along, whatever the decsion it that affects you or your family. Let your kids grown up and learn to deal. Whatever decision is made in most circumstances, 40 percent of us whine. Do something useful. Build a snowman. As long as you're complaining, you're adding to the problem. I probably would not have liked the way you whiners would have solved the problem and you wouldn't have liked the way each of you solved it. Get a life!
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anay | 8:45 p.m. Feb. 14, 2008
If you can build a snowman in 70 mph winds then you must have some kind of superhuman power. I think I will let my kids learn to "deal" and grow up in others ways instead of excpecting them to "get over" a tramatic circumstance. Thanks for your concern.
re:Deal With It | 7:52 p.m | 9:28 p.m. Feb. 14, 2008
Chill dude.

Those teachers were where they wanted to be, doing what they were trained to do, and really are heros.

People complain teachers should not get raises, that they are paid too much.

I wouldn't want my children stuck overnight with a CEO that makes $400k per year. Give me an educator anyday.
Highland UT girl | 10:43 p.m. Feb. 14, 2008
Ok, no one knew there would be a storm like that. Its no one's fault. Think about all of the teachers that stayed up ALL NIGHT watching the kids (poor traumatized children who were stuck on a bus for six hours on a mountain road while the wind and snow surrounded them before they could get help and back to the school)... i definitely think that they deserve a day off.
Very Impressed | 11:25 p.m. Feb. 14, 2008
It took me 2 1/2 hours to drive from 98th and Redwood to Bountiful, and I admit that I wasn't too happy about it. Then I heard about this store and immediately stopped my complaining. I must say that I am very impressed by the teachers, administrators, and most of all, the bus drivers. I could not imagine the situation on that bus that was stuck for all those hours. That poor driver had to deal with stuff that would have done most of us in. To that person, as well as all the staff and neighbors, I say Thank You very much for showing us how to behave in adverse conditions. You are truly heroes!
J. Carlyle Parker | 12:33 a.m. Feb. 15, 2008
If you hate the snow, come to Turlock, California where we may get half an inch every other twenty years!
Janey | 1:34 a.m. Feb. 15, 2008
This was an act of God not the administrators fault. My daughter left Provo to go to Riverton 20 minutes after her boss had left. He made it home just fine but it took her 5 1/2 hours. This storm came quickly and caught a lot of Utahns who are very good drivers in the snow by surprise. I have never heard of kids having to stay all night at school, but I bet for the most part it was kind of fun to be in a big slumber party. KUDOS to neighbors who trekked over with blankets, pillows and treats. They are incredible!!
Laughin' at you all | 5:52 a.m. Feb. 15, 2008
Isn't it amazing!!! Utah has been in drought conditions for years now.. You finally get some snowpack for water and you are all moaning!

Here in the east, school has been cancelled this year about 6-7 times. I have lost count. I agree with the person above from N.J. It has been so long since Utah has truely experienced "Winter" you have forgotten what it can be like!!!

Were you all prepared with food storage, water and a method to heat? That's what you all should have been contemplating!!

My son works for UDOT and he has been working around the clock all winter long ensuring your roads are safe for you. If you have ever driven on the back roads in the east after a storm, you'd stop every UDOT snow plow and thank them!!!


cl in eagle mountain | 10:49 a.m. Feb. 15, 2008
I give a big kudos to the teachers who stayed I wouldn't blame any one for the children getting stuck in the blizard I left my home about 15 min into the storm and wow it came so fast who would have known it would be like that as far as the kids go they will servive I bet after all was said and done the had a lot of fun at school for the night not to say they didn't go through an ordeal because all I could think about while I was in the storm was I just want to go home so lets live and learn and let the kids do the same thing.
Ummm... | 10:43 p.m. May 2, 2008
I don't know about you, but I was taught that writing in all caps is bad manners, because it represents shouting. Are people honestly so immature and impolite to carry on rude exchanges with each other? Though the snow storm is indeed a topic that many people may feel strongly about, do we have to carry bad manners with us wherever we go?

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Looking through snow splattered front doors, students leave with their parents from Ridgeline Elementary Thursday morning after spending the night. Students that were stranded over night at Ridgeline Elementary in Highland due to the snow storm that swept into northern Utah County Wednesday afternoon.

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