old_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  import requests
  import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
  
  
  def closings():
      """Takes all school closings and returns a JSON-like dictionary:
      {'Vermont':
          [{'county': 'Bennington',
            'closings': [{
                  'school': school_name,
                  'condition': condition},
                  ...]
          }...]
      }"""
  
      url = 'http://www.vabdayoff.com/cgi-bin/schoolclosings.cgi?returnbody=xml'
      r = requests.get(url)
      root = ET.fromstring(r.text)
      timestamp = root[0].text
      closings = {}
      county_list = []
      for children in root[1]:
          school_dict = {}
          for child in children:
              school_dict[child.tag] = child.text
          state = school_dict['state']
          county = school_dict['county']
          closed_school = {'school': school_dict['school'],
              'condition': school_dict['condition']}
          if county in county_list:
              for each_county in closings[state]:
                  if county == each_county['county']:
                      each_county['closings'].append(closed_school)
          else:
              county_list.append(county)
              if state in closings:
                  closings[state].append({'county': county,
                  'closings': [closed_school]})
              else:
                  closings[state] = [{'county': county, 'closings': [closed_school]}]
  
      for state, counties in closings.iteritems():
          counties = sorted(counties, key=lambda k: k['county'])
      print timestamp
      return closings, timestamp
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  import requests
  import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
  
  
  def closings():
      """Takes all school closings and returns a JSON-like dictionary:
      {'Vermont':
          [{'county': 'Bennington',
            'closings': [{
                  'school': school_name,
                  'condition': condition},
                  ...]
          }...]
      }"""
  
      url = 'http://www.vabdayoff.com/cgi-bin/schoolclosings.cgi?returnbody=xml'
      r = requests.get(url)
      root = ET.fromstring(r.text)
      timestamp = root[0].text
      closings = {}
      county_list = []
      for children in root[1]:
          school_dict = {}
          for child in children:
              school_dict[child.tag] = child.text
          state = school_dict['state']
          county = school_dict['county']
          closed_school = {'school': school_dict['school'],
              'condition': school_dict['condition']}
          if (county + state) in county_list:
              for each_county in closings[state]:
                  if county == each_county['county']:
                      each_county['closings'].append(closed_school)
          else:
              county_list.append(county + state)
              if state in closings:
                  closings[state].append({'county': county,
                  'closings': [closed_school]})
              else:
                  closings[state] = [{'county': county, 'closings': [closed_school]}]
  
      for state, counties in closings.iteritems():
          counties = sorted(counties, key=lambda k: k['county'])
      print timestamp
      return closings, timestamp
  
subject: Include Washington County