Should schools close when temperature is 0F or below (boys, classes, safety)

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by Keim

Why would extra busses need to be run?

I was answering this post:

Originally Posted by ncole1

No, unless there is inadequate building heating. Run extra buses for kids that would otherwise walk to school or stand outside for more than 10 minutes, if need be, don't close school! If the schools closed for 0 F, how would Northerners ever get through the winter without falling behind academically?

It also can't be that tough to talk to parents about how to dress kids for those conditions...

[PhotoProIP]

Nobody closed the schools for "weather" when I was growing up! 70's/80's! This is ridiculous!

[psr13]

Originally Posted by 7 Wishes

In some urban districts with old buildings and no A/C, the reverse happens too.....when I worked in schools in Bridgeport, CT I remember on very rare occasion the school having either a "snow day" so to speak or early closure on early June days that got into the 90s.....

In the 90s? Our schools had no air conditioning, and no one even though of closing schools even when it was over 100. That's crazy.

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by PhotoProIP

Nobody closed the schools for "weather" when I was growing up! 70's/80's! This is ridiculous!

We had quite a few delays due to weather when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s.

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by psr13

In the 90s? Our schools had no air conditioning, and no one even though of closing schools even when it was over 100. That's crazy.

Same here. And I remember being ****ing miserable and not caring what the teacher was saying.

[nana053]

Originally Posted by Keim

Still not seeing why more busses would be required in cold weather...

I certainly agree that if the bus system isn't working, those kids on busses should be excused.

I was answering someone who was suggesting that kids be bussed when it was cold.

At any rate, the reasons for Chicago closing those schools has a lot to do with the whole transportation situation and the logistics of getting to schools far away from the child's home.

[Keim]

Originally Posted by gentlearts

I think in Ohio, they closed at +10 degrees. Children can't be waiting at bus stops or walking outside when it is that cold, or colder.

Why not? I recall tent camping with my Scout troop when the high (and the low) for the day was -20. I think I was twelve.

Why cant the parents wait with them at the bus stop? In a heated car if need be...

[Natsku]

Originally Posted by gentlearts

I think in Ohio, they closed at +10 degrees. Children can't be waiting at bus stops or walking outside when it is that cold, or colder.

Why not? That's not that cold.

[ScarletG]

Originally Posted by Keim

Why not? I recall tent camping with my Scout troop when the high (and the low) for the day was -20. I think I was twelve.

Why cant the parents wait with them at the bus stop? In a heated car if need be...

Because most parents work...and in urban areas you just can't park anywhere.

[Keim]

Originally Posted by ScarletG

Because most parents work...and in urban areas you just can't park anywhere.

Aren't working parents more inconvenienced by having to take the entire day off to be home with the kid than being a few minutes late due to waiting at the bus stop?