CCSD schools close for snow day

December 19th, 2008 | Filed under: : Uncategorized
Kim Deguzman/Maverick Messenger A small amount of snow graces a yard on Monday.

Kim Deguzman/Maverick Messenger A small amount of snow graces a yard on Monday.

By Iun Chen
Junior Staff Writer

On Thursday, December 18, Clark County schools were closed for a snow day for the first time since the 1970s. The night before, parts of the county had received as much as eight inches of snowfall. The snow on Wednesday was actually the second time that week it had snowed, since it had also snowed in some regions on Monday after school.

“I think snow’s really cool because I’ve never really been around snow because I lived on the island of Guam,” said A-TECH senior Ariel Hernandez. “I’d rather be in the snow than just regular cold weather.”

“I wish to see soft and beautiful snow, because I’ve never seen it before,” commented A-TECH freshman Vanida Visessung on Tuesday. “It should be magical.”

“Snow is cool for like five minutes, then it’s like whatever. I mean, Vegas really thinks it’s awesome, so snow is really cool,” says Charles Buchanan, an A-TECH freshman.

“I really don’t like snow,” said A-TECH sophomore Samantha Richard. “It’s too cold and I can’t wear shorts. There’s nothing do when it’s cold and I have to buy more clothes for the winter, which doesn’t even last that long in Vegas.”

“I like snow because I used to live in Mississippi and everything froze. So to have it snow here in Vegas is a dream come true,” says Chance Martinez, an A-TECH sophomore.