"Col" wrote in
:

But shops and businesses don't close at the merest hint of snow.
And their employees surely come from far further afield than
pupils to your average school.

But they don't have a duty of care to 500 children. I think it's reasonable
to be more cautious about children than about adults. Besides, an eight-
year-old can't drive home!

The shops in Worcester, at least, *did* close early on Friday, but this was
mostly because the roads were becoming treacherous and buses were ceasing
to run by about 4pm.

--
Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.