Add us,to the list of families not flying their 1st yr student home. I think a lot of kids will be on campus. I also told him.it would be a good time to get some extra hrs at his on campus job.
Sounds like it won’t be an empty campus that weekend! So far, she hasn’t asked about coming home, but it’s only been a week. Hope everyone’s kids are doing well!
We live on the East Coast and we didn’t fly our (now Sophomore) son home last year and we will not fly him home this year. The kids have class on the day before Thanksgiving and there is only one shuttle running to the Des Moines airport that day. He was fine last year. He told us that the dining hall closes after lunch but sent them off with a boxed lasagna that they could heat up in the kitchen. There was also a group of students who made dinner in the cafeteria and it sounds like he went there.
Timely story on college website. Have them check out Food House! http://www.grinnell.edu/news/nourishing-mind-and-body