Update: April 20, 12:37 p.m.: This story has been updated with the removal of an anonymous comment from a member of a private Facebook group.  San Marcos CISD will change the way it notifies parents, teachers and administrators of school closures during inclement weather after backlash from the district’s response to heavy rain April 18. “We believe that today was another example of the fact that we need to look at our bad weather policy,” said Susan Seaton, a SMCISD teacher and past president of the Texas State Teachers Association, during the public comment portion of the SMCISD board of trustees meeting April 18. “After last year’s two floods that we had and parents being a little skittish about putting their children out, the lack of communication this morning was disheartening.” Seaton said the district should be more proactive in communicating during bad weather events. Seaton also said the district showed a lack of respect by sending bus drivers out onto the roads early in the morning in some of the heaviest rain of the day. “We just ask that you take a look and you value your employees and you respect your employees and you show that to them,” Seaton said. “Even though we know that you do respect us, sometimes the perception is that we’re not as valuable as we should be.” Superintendent Mark Eads took exception to Seaton's implication that the district would put its employees or students in danger. “There is not one time I would put our employees or our children in harm’s way,” Eads said. “The final decision is my decision. We make it by 5 a.m. so we can notify staff. [The process for deciding closures] has not changed in years. “I pray about it every time that rain comes that I make the best call. Never ever would I put our staff or your children or my children in harm’s way.” Eads said the district’s policy has always been to only notify the public if school closures or delayed openings will occur. If residents do not get any notification, they should proceed on the normal schedule, he said. Sending notifications that the district will operate on its regular schedule does not make sense, he said. Eads said he was in constant communication with Ken Bell, San Marcos emergency management coordinator, throughout the evening of April 17 and the early morning of April 18, waiting to determine if closures would be necessary. From now on the district’s web site will feature a notification box that will either say class is occurring as scheduled, campuses will have a delayed opening or school will be canceled altogether.