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Safety in jeopardy due to short travel time

I agree with Jessica Sanders that TCU should take into account student safety and travel convenience when planning the academic calendar by not scheduling school for the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

By scheduling classes on the day before Thanksgiving, students are forced to choose between skipping class to travel stress-free on Tuesday, or attending class and traveling on the busiest travel day of the year.
By choosing to attend class and traveling Wednesday, students put their safety in jeopardy.

Since there are many out-of-state students at TCU, these students will most likely be flying home. DFW Airport reported that the day before Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day.

If students are expected to attend their classes, this causes them to schedule late flights. Consequently, they have to deal with congested roads to the airport, limited parking and long lines.

TCU should follow Baylor’s policy in scheduling no school on Wednesday by taking into account the safety of their students. Thanksgiving is a time to spend with family and all our time should not be spent trying to get home.

Erin Baethge, junior marketing major