On the Job with Philip Kuckyt, Manager of Transportation Services

To The Haldimand Press

CAYUGA—As sure as the winds will change, Philip Kuckyt, Manager of Transportation Services for local school boards, can rely on the fact that each day on the job will be different. But unlike many professions, the weather isn’t just a metaphor for him.

“I’m always up early, but when there’s the potential for inclement weather, my work day starts around 4:30 a.m., and my office at that point is my kitchen table,” says Kuckyt of the make-shift command central he sets up on early mornings in his home in Cayuga. “During this time, I’m looking at updated forecasts and projections, checking in with a meteorologist about how and when those weather patterns are expected to affect specific areas within Grand Erie, and speaking with municipal road supervisors and school bus company operators about current conditions as they’re experiencing them.”

There are a lot of variables Kuckyt needs to consider long before anyone else’s alarm clock goes off, because the decision to close schools is not taken lightly.