Indianapolis Public Schools students will be allowed to sleep in a bit Monday, thanks to a one-hour delay scheduled to give bus drivers more time to get to work the morning after the Super Bowl. But they’ll have to make up for half the lost time in the afternoon. The state’s largest school district initially scheduled a two-hour delay but changed course after the Indiana Department of Education said such delays should only be used for emergency situations. IPS is trying to avoid a repeat of 2007, when the Colts beat the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl and so many bus drivers called in sick the next morning that officials canceled classes. “We’re just trying to be safe,” IPS Superintendent Eugene White said. “The Super Bowl is a big deal.”
The Associated Press
