Situations like this are finding their way into many areas of SLO. Photo courtesy of freshman Isiac Hernandez.

  Students at San Luis Obispo High School witnessed multiple days missed from school due to flooding earlier this month.

   It’s not about the students being at school that is dangerous, it is how the students get there. If the roads are disrupted by water, then they obviously can’t get to school.

  “The days were canceled because of flooding and unsafe road conditions, not just because it’s raining. It’s important for students and staff to be safe during flooding,” said SLOHS principal Rollin Dickinson.

Flooded roads impact bus routes as well as private vehicles trying to get to school.  

  “It’s not just about buses, mainly transportation in general. Some students and teachers live in SLO, but some don’t. [The flooding impacts] buses, but not just the buses,” said Dickinson.

  The biggest concern many SLO High students have is whether or not these days will have to be made up at the end of the school year.

“Currently, we haven’t heard about making up days and are being wared so we don’t have make them up,” said Dickinson. “It’s pretty rare for school to be canceled, it’s not where everytime it rains school is canceled.”

  How do students and staff feel about school being canceled so often?

  “I believe canceling school due to rain is a pro because certain people can’t drive to school because of the excessive flooding,” said freshmen Mclean Romer.

“There was a point during the last storm when all three roads out of Cayucos were closed. But school was cancelled, so I went to dinner in town with my wife,” said SLOHS English teacher Scott Nairne.

  Although unconventional, the school days that were missed due to flooding gave students and staff time to relax and stay safe.