Have just read on red button that my county's education bosses are 'urging the schools not to shut because of the bad weather'. As of tonight, there has been no gritting on my bus route, which means there are no buses. The weather report is saying that we are due around 8 inches of snow this weekend. My question is, as DS2 is physically unable to walk the distance to his school, and I have to use the bus to get him there, and 8 inches of snow is far too much to try and push his mac major through for a 45min-1hr walk (possibly more in snow that deep), AND I'm not meant to put that much strain on myself because of my epilepsy (too much physical exertion can bring on my seizures), where would I stand in relation to the EWO if I chose not to take him due to the physical impossibility of getting him there? It would also mean me keeping DS1 off as well, unless I can persuade his dad to pick him up tomorrow as he lives a 5 min walk away from the school. (DS1 & DS2 have got different dads, DS2's dad lives at the other end of town, so can't help). WWYD? OR more precisely, what should I do?? I'm half considering contacting the LEA and speaking to the EWO myself if the school is open on monday. There is also the added thing of DD having to walk in 8 inch to foot high snow (we already have 4 ins sitting) to get to school, when she has a heart condition that makes her a lot more susceptible to hypothermia (she's already had it 3 times before). On Wednesday when we first had the snow and her secondary school was open for the morning, the school said not to worry as it was safer for her health, and they were shutting at lunchtime anyway. It would not be safe for her to sit in cold wet clothes IF she can even walk through it with her hypermobility Syndrome, she's barely managing through 4 ins, she has to be held/helped. Should I contact EWO on monday? What should I say to the schools if they are open?