Bundled up against -28 degree Celsius weather, students in Cherryville waited for the bus Friday morning.
But the bus never came.
It was cancelled at short notice due to weather-related mechanical problems, according to Adrian Johnson, Vernon School District secretary-treasurer.
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A testament considering, as Johnson points out, several school districts in B.C. cancelled all bus routes Friday due to the exceptionally cold weather.
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Charlie Redstone drove her son to the bus stop that morning and waited due to the temperatures.
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Some parents got a phone call shortly after 7 a.m. alerting them to the bus issue.
But Redstone and others never did.
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Johnson says staff have debriefed to identify why they were unable to contact all the impacted families.
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Redstone and some of the other families who weren香蕉视频直播檛 notified are frustrated with the system.
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An Enderby parent says the North Okanagan-Shuswap school district has an app that her daughter can check on her phone. But even when it was far less cold earlier this week, she received a phone call to say the bus was running 15 minutes late.
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A Lumby mom points out that social media posts aren香蕉视频直播檛 the best way to reach busy parents struggling to get all the kids, and themselves, out the door on time.
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Another Lumby parent was told an app similar to Enderby香蕉视频直播檚 was being created for parents to track the busses.
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Johnson confirms there is something in the works and further information will be provided at a later date.
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