All in the name of SCHOOL PRIDE!

The superintendent decided early on Monday to cancel school on Friday due to the fact that the boys' basketball team has made the semifinal game on Friday morning in Columbia. My feelings regarding the issue are well documented in my previous entry, and I still cannot get over the fact that we have a day off of school because of freaking basketball. I did not think that was possible.

On the local six o'clock news, a story was done about the impromptu cancellation. An upset parent was interviewed, and brought up some very good points regarding the fact that we've missed so many days of school so far because of the weather only to add another, and that this cancellation causes problems for parents that work who now need to plan for their children to be home from school on such late notice. The superintendent was also interviewed, blathering about how exciting it was that the boys' basketball team was doing so well and how he thought the team deserved the town's support and practically no one would be at school if he didn't make the decision to cancel it for Friday (which is SO NOT TRUE). Basically, the superintendent looked like a giant idiot whose priorities are out of whack in the piece, and I LOVE IT.