Schools and stormwater planning aren’t separate problems — they’re the same problem: growth approved faster than the county has planned to support it. When Whitesville Elementary floods, that’s not weather. That’s planning.
One problem, two symptoms
The same unplanned growth that packs classrooms also overwhelms drainage, roads, and bus routes. A school board member should be a loud, informed voice for infrastructure that keeps pace — because children live with the consequences on both ends of the ride to school.