Have we really gotten that wimpy?

Our schools don't close like that. We only close if the roads are bad. But yesterday we had a VERY bad windstorm. Winds were getting to 126 Km/h and the busses weren't able to run. They may be strong but with so many trees being knocked over it was such a hazard. The public schools were still open but I know exams were post-poned for the highschools because of how bad the wind was.

Unfortunately, schools close alot more than they should. I know where i live, if there is one flurry that comes down the school closes immediately. No icy roads, no snow on the ground, no nothing. it's just an excuse to close down for the day and i really think it's ridiculous at times. I mean, if there was gonna be a blizzard or something then yes let's close the schools down...but, just because it's cold outside or there is rain is not a reason to close schools. yet, they will jump all over you if your children miss a certain amount of days. what's the difference? none in my eyes. thanks for posting and God bless

You also need to consider that it might be to costly to heat the entire school enough in that weather. Heating schools are expensive.

Well, I am visit my sister and in Buffalo the schools were closed, there was a little snow, not sure of the wind chill factor but the winds were gusting at over 60 miles an hour and the traffic lights were not working and falling down on the ground. So my guess is that the wind chill factor was only a part of the problem.

Wow! -40 is freezing!! But if there was no ice or snow, I would thunk schools should stay open. My sister had a snow day yesterday, because we had 5+ inches of snow && TONS of ice.

All I can think of is HOW DO YOU BREATHE in -40 degrees? I'm from Fl. I will admitt to wimpy. I was in Chicago one time with a 6 hour layover and I thought well I'll take the El and check out the city. I stepped outside and tried to inhale...could not and went back in. Everyone laughed at me. It was only...only -10. And I was a whole lot younger then than I am now!!!! If it was -40 you would not find me outside waiting for any dam* bus thats for sure.lol Shalom~Adoniah

I think if there are no dangerous reasons for the schools to be closed, then the schools should be opened. -40 temps is to cold for me, but I delt with it when I was up in Great Lakes, Illinois. All the parents have to do is bundle their kids really good. I keep my kids inside when it's cold and sit outside while bundled up and wait for the bus, as soon as I see it, I go in and get them. The high school students should already have their transportation planned out ahead of time. Here in Tennessee, the lowest has only been around 9 so I can't complain compared to your temps. To cancel school for no reason and then turn around and have it opened when they should is just stupid. One year, we got a freak snow storm. A foot of snow in about an hour, a 10 min drive to my daughter's school took almost 2 hours to get her. So when the next supposely snow storm was coming they closed the schools in fear of another freak one. It didn't come, so that came to an end. This year we haven't had one snow day. I like to see it snow, but as long as it starts on a Friday night and is gone by Sunday night, lol.

I was homeschooled, I must say. But I do know that my brother who started school when he was 14 did not miss a day, unless there was snow or ice on the roads.m Mostly it was a 2 hour dismissal or a 2 hour delay. My kids miss a day every month due to something. They don't miss anything. I teach them, like my mother taught me.. That's me. Why can't johnhy read? because the school system is too lazy or burned out to show him how.

The question should be , why aren't All the schools heated?it would be best if all the walkers could have a parent or guardian drive the kids when the weather is bad but unfortunately, there are parents who don't have cars or couldn't drive Johnny to school And get to work on time. But getting there is one thing, keeping warm in these schools is another.The school district did the right thing because all they needed was for One child to get frost bite and the parents would have sued the school.

We've had a couple "snow days" that I haven't agreed with this year, but the day you're talking about is not one of them. Our kids here don't get picked up in front of their houses, my daughter walks two blocks to her bus stop. Although I have to admit I'm one of the few parents who doesn't mind drving her to the bus stop and waiting in the car until the bus arrives. I asked one of the teachers why school was cancelled that day and of course she mentioned how fast frostbite occurs in these temps, but also informed me that not all of the busses would start.

No, canceling school because of -40 degree temperatures does not make us wimpy, I think it means there's someone in charge there with some common sense and concern for the kids and the parents. There is "cold" weather when it gets below freezing then there's dangerously cold temperatures with wind chill in which hypothermia and/or frostbite can set in within seconds. You say later in this post the high school has no bussed students so I assume that means there are plenty of kids that walk to school. Everyone doesn't have a parent who can drive them to school. I'm sorry, I'm with the school on this one. I'm not wimpy but as I said, there's cold and then there's dangerously cold. Annie

We have a two hour delay today because it's raining. LOL They did call for freezing rain, but I was just out and the roads aren't icy at all, it's just rain.

I guess it depends where you live. Here, it's regularly -40 in the winter. And nothing is ever closed because of the low temperature. I'm surprised that schools would be closed over that. If things were like that here, the city would shut down for a month or two! You just need to take the proper precautions, and dress warmly. If it's really, really cold, schools will still be open, but the school buses don't run. Then parents can just drive their kids to school.

its not just the cold being dangerous, there could be difficulties heating the schools

Holy toledo! -40 is freezing! I currently live in Arizona and actually, we are moving to Georgia, where we are going to settle down permanently, buy a house, the whole nine yards...so thankfully I will never have to face that kind of cold again! But, I grew up in Michigan and I have lived in Wisconsin and Illinois each for a couple of years at one time, and not so long ago. I remember freezing temperatures like that! That is one thing that I will NEVER miss! lol....Can't remember my school ever closing just for extremely cold weather when I was a kid...but then again, in the town I grew up in, the schools seldom ever closed anyway, not even when they probably should have. I can remember times when there was extremely heavy snow fall, tons of ice, etc. All the schools in every city and town, surrounding the town I lived in, would close, and mine stayed open! lol...I didn't really mind though, I secretly liked school. haha