Fannin & Gilmer Counties in GA Under Fire for Using MLK Day as a Snow Make-Up Day for Schools

Fannin & Gilmer counties in Georgia under fire for using Martin Luther King Jr. day as a make-up day for recent snowstorm.

I find it incredibly disrespectful to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., for Fannin and Gilmer counties in Georgia to want to use their MLK Day as a make-up day for the recent "snowstorm" that blanketed much of the state. I must say that had it not been for the incompetence of the senior management of the Georgia Department of Transportation, then many of the schools in the state, particularly in metro Atlanta and those two counties, would not have had to close for a whole week as a result of up to seven inches of snow.

The superintendents said they had little choice but to hold classes on Monday to make up for nine snow days they've missed this school year.

Georgia State NAACP Chapter President Edward DuBose said it's "humiliating to hear that school districts want to take a snow day rather than to honor Dr. King's legacy." Source: WSB-TV

I don't agree with the NAACP on much, but I would love to see the "powers that be" in both counties use Presidents Day as a make-up day. This is ridiculous and a slap on the face of the legacy of Dr. King. Shame on you Fannin and Gilmer counties. I deliberately put "snowstorm" in parentheses because having lived in New York City and Athens, OH, what we got in the metro area pales in comparison to a real snowstorm. We should have a "Brownie" moment with Georgia’s DOT Commissioner Vance Smith. He should be relieved of his duties immediately for bungling the clearing of interstate highways in metro Atlanta. Just so you know, there's still a lot of ice on the roadways four days later. Ridiculous.