It has been an eventful week at Mt. Pulaski Schools.

On the WHOW Morning Show Thursday, school superintendent Fred Lamkey told Regional Radio before the week even started, they had issues with its boiler system and getting heat to one of its buildings.

Mt. Pulaski was fortunate that they ended up calling school off on Tuesday due to the cold temperatures, the first time Lamkey had called off school due to cold. He points out though, the issues didn't end there.

When it comes to making the decision to call off school, Mt. Pulaski schools are like many districts in central Illinois that have to consider all the rural students they have and Lamkey notes sometimes the decision is an easy one and sometimes it isn't.

According to Lamkey, e-learning has added a new wrinkle to the decision to call off school because now, students doing some school work at home on a snow day is an option. He notes though, that it's still sometimes nice to give students that traditional snow day.

Lamkey indicates deciding on e-learning can also be dictated by whether a snow day comes on the heels of a holiday - for instance this last Tuesday when school was canceled the day after MLK Day.