As if two weeks off wasn’t enough, some WHBHS students and faculty couldn’t return back to school after the holiday break due to the record breaking cold weather.

Delays and cancellations swooped across the east coast all the way down to Florida causing 3,497 cancellations and 10,046 delayed flights in the U.S on Sunday. Also, a total of 3,621 flights were cancelled in the U.S as of 3 p.m Monday, and another 4,392 had been cancelled.

Sophomore Abbi Bennett spent the two weeks off in the Florida Keys, but when it was time to return home her layover flight from Baltimore was cancelled completely.

“Economically the car rental and hotel room were additional expenses due to the cancellation,” Abbi explained. Abbi missed one day of school due to the cancellation. “Missing Monday put me slightly behind my classmates, and I had to make up a ton of homework.”

Spanish teacher Mrs. Kearns also wasn’t very fortunate with her traveling plans. Mrs. Kearns went to Puerto Rico and was due to fly out January 4th but was stuck for another four more days due to delays and cancellations.

Mrs. Kearns shared, “I missed three days of work. Unfortunately, I had no control of the situation and did everything I could to be back home sooner. My students were very cooperative and were able to work on their assignments while I was absent. My colleagues were also extremely helpful checking in with the substitute teachers and students.”

Mrs. Kearns was very frustrated with the lack of communication from the airports. “The airline did not explain why my flight (as well as several other flights) were cancelled. I received an email a few hours before checking in saying that due to unforeseen events my flight had been cancelled. The airline apologized for the inconvenience and offered me a refund; however there were no other flights available from any other airline. I was able to find one four days later, but it was a different itinerary.”