Kids are notorious for trying to figure out ways to avoid school.  Don't take it personally, teachers - it's just the way of the kid.  When I was a kid, I tried every day of my third grade year to convince my mom I was sick.  Surprise, it didn't work.  Didn't stop me from trying, though! Every year, we here at the radio stations, and the other media sources in town, work with the school districts to get the cancellations out to everybody.   We have a pretty good system where there's a secret password that has to be given in order for a school cancellation to be broadcast.  It helps  cut down on the possibility of prankster kids getting a fake snow day.  Doesn't stop them from trying, though............

I will never forget this one winter - I wanna say it was more than five years ago.  We had a bit of snow, and it must have been during the week.  We got an email to our newsroom that was clearly fake.  It was from an email something like Superintendent200@hotmail.com, trying to get classes cancelled on Friday.  Well, we saw through that real quick - first of all, there was no password.  Second of all,.........the 200 school district doesn't use a HOTMAIL ACCOUNT.   But, for some reason, one of the TV stations up in Kansas City just went ahead and reported it.

Then the calls started.

I swear, I took at least two hundred calls over the second half of my shift.  Every single one of them was asking if school was cancelled.  I had to say, on the air, "No matter what you saw on TV... school is in session Friday".   It was insane.

I also got a call from some kids (they were clearly maybe 12) who tried to call in a cancellation.  Here's how it went:

"Hello, Townsquare Media!"

"...........Uh, hi.  I want to report Green Ridge school is cancelled for Friday."

"Okay, can I have the password, please?"

"......................................................"

"Hello, can I have the password?"

"..............Uh.... Tigers?"

"Nice try, kid."

So, I'm sorry to tell you, kids of Sedalia and Pettis County - it just ain't gonna work.  I admire your determination, though.

Cancellingly yours,

Behka

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