Subject: Message to Juniors and Parents
From: "Mamadou Gueye" <[email-masked]>
Date: 21 Jan 2016 16:25:44 -0500

Dear Juniors and Parents/Guardians of Juniors,

I want to thank you all for making the effort to attend last night’s Junior College Program.  I understand that many of you faced harrowing road conditions on your way home, and I am truly sorry that the road conditions made travel so challenging.  When the evening program began, only light snow had been forecasted, leading us to believe that travel conditions would not be difficult.  Director of College Counseling, Lauren Carter, ended the program early when she realized that the snow was continuing to fall. Later that evening, an automated message was sent to all juniors and parents of juniors as a follow-up to the evening program.  The email that was sent was written before the evening began and was sent automatically through an automated program with a preset time for dissemination.  In fact, at 11:20 pm when the email was sent, Ms. Carter was sitting in her car trying to make her own way home.  (She didn’t arrive home until after midnight.)  Thus, the email that was sent from the College Office did not acknowledge the great difficulties many of you faced to travel home.

We will think carefully in the future before proceeding with events when inclement winter weather is being forecasted.  The safety and well-being of our students and their families is our first priority.  Please be safe this weekend.

Sincerely,

Mamadou Guèye

Mamadou Guèye|Upper School Principal|Sidwell Friends School|

3825 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016|

[email-masked]|Tel. 202.537.8162|Fax. 202.537.8178

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