Adnan Reza, a senior engineering student at the University of Colorado, from Dhaka, Bangladesh, removes the snow from his car on a sunny morning following a winter storm, in Boulder, Colo., Monday Feb. 25, 2013. Coloradoans are digging out from a major snowstorm that canceled flights, delayed opening of Denver city offices and piled up snow as much as two-feet deep.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Adnan Reza, a senior engineering student at the University of Colorado, from Dhaka, Bangladesh, removes the snow from his car on a sunny morning following a winter storm, in Boulder, Colo., Monday Feb. 25, 2013. Coloradoans are digging out from a major snowstorm that canceled flights, delayed opening of Denver city offices and piled up snow as much as two-feet deep.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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DENVER (AP) — About 60 students spent the night at their school on Colorado’s Eastern Plains after a windy snowstorm closed surrounding roads.
Miami-Yoder school principal Sharon Webb said Wednesday that the pre-schoolers to 12th graders watched movies, played basketball, ate concession-stand pizza and talked to their parents before bedtime.
The older kids slept on wrestling and gym mats covered with coats while the younger ones curled up on pre-school napping mats.
The school is a large version of a one-room school house. The students all know each other, and many are related, which Webb said gave it the feel of a sleepover.
Some drivers were also stranded. KKTV reported some spent the night at a fire station in Ellicott, southeast of Denver.
Many roads, including the eastern half of Interstate 70 in the state, have since reopened.
Colo. kids stranded at school overnight by snow
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