Dismiss Early From School Due To Heat
By Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94912)
United States
September 28, 2016 1:54am CST
Back when I attended Elementary/Middle/High School - we were never dismissed early for any reason. For College - we would be dismissed if the teacher/professor was a no show within thirty minutes.
Due to the heat some schools let the children be dismissed from school earlier than scheduled.
I remember having classes in the bungalows with no air conditioning and two fans blowing at the classroom. It was so hot, you would find me sweating especially since I would be in the bungalows toward the end of the day where it is scratching hot. 
We were never sent home for any reason. Not even after a lock down let alone have weekly half days!
But it is good to know, they are caring for the kids well-beings now! Before it was all about you must go to school bright and early. Now they adjusted the time a little later so everyone gets a good night sleep in too! 
However, if both parents work or parent (whichever the case may be) - being dismissed at any time could be hard if no one is available to pick up the child(ren).
We were never sent home for any reason. Not even after a lock down let alone have weekly half days!
But it is good to know, they are caring for the kids well-beings now! Before it was all about you must go to school bright and early. Now they adjusted the time a little later so everyone gets a good night sleep in too! However, if both parents work or parent (whichever the case may be) - being dismissed at any time could be hard if no one is available to pick up the child(ren).22 people like this
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
28 Sep 16
We get a kick out of schools here....if they say we might get a dusting of snow on Thursday, they close school on Wednesday. They say it's for the bus drivers' safety - but I beg to differ. We have a school bus driver on the next road over and she has to come down our road to get to the school and she drives about 60 mph on our country road, she really needs to be reported...maybe I'll do that today - LOL
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
But the keyword is 'might'
Hey! The lady wants job security so she'll drive any day, any weather 
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
@LadyDuck Here they sue for almost everything. There was one on the news last month.... from what I read in the parking lot of a Target , the woman stabbed herself with a medical needle. She sued Target for billions of dollars. Why did she have to touch the medical needle? She didn't test positive for anything. Regardless she won her case.
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
Exactly, but now I think some parents' may even sue!
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@LadyDuck (472433)
• Switzerland
29 Sep 16
@infatuatedbby This is very possible in your country, surely not here.
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@youless (112671)
• Guangzhou, China
28 Sep 16
Here such the considerate rules are available. Such as if there is a typhoon coming, then the teachers will notify the parents not to let the children go to school next day. But sometimes it is also difficult when you can not find someone else to take care of your child next day when you have to work.
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
No typhoons here, we need rain/storms as we're in a drought.
I do not have kids, but like you mentioned it could be hard for childcare if the child gets to be dismissed unexpectedly.
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@toniganzon (72550)
• Philippines
28 Sep 16
This is the first time I've heard classes were dismissed early due to hot weather.
Classes dismissed early due to bad weather and bad weather = storm/typhoon, extremely heavy rains. But never heat.
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@toniganzon (72550)
• Philippines
29 Sep 16
@infatuatedbby Nope. Only expensive private schools have AC. But public schools don't have AC at all.
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
@toniganzon Oh wow! I bet the private schools are expensive too!
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
We never had bad weather as far as rain or storms, we need more rain!
It's the first I have ever heard of being dismissed to heat too! Are all classrooms in the Philippines equipped with a/c as it gets hot there?
It's the first I have ever heard of being dismissed to heat too! Are all classrooms in the Philippines equipped with a/c as it gets hot there?1 person likes this
@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
28 Sep 16
That definitely never happened to us. We always prayed for snow days lol!
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
Same here. It doesn't snow here so we couldn't prayed for any day! Now theres such thing as heat days off!
Now theres such thing as heat days off!
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
28 Sep 16
No snow here! But no heat days for me either. I didn't have half day weekly either! Just once a month!
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@TheHorse (222313)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Sep 16
@infatuatedbby Teacher conference day? It's been in the 90s here the past couple of days.
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
28 Sep 16
@TheHorse Oh Yes! I think we got the day off for those too :) Once a school yet though!
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@beaniefanatic13 (5076)
• Grand Junction, Colorado
28 Sep 16
I remember when I was going to school before 7th grade having 1 to 2 snow days a year. We had to make them up on Saturdays. That was back in the 70's, no early dismissal for heat though and school didn't have air condition either. It was a tougher generation than today I believe. We never had a lock down either, just fire drills.
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@beaniefanatic13 (5076)
• Grand Junction, Colorado
29 Sep 16
@infatuatedbby, I know even in our small town a number of schools have been in lock down the past couple of years. It's sad times that we live in.
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
30 Sep 16
@beaniefanatic13 Yes, it is sad. Just yesterday there was threats via social media!
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
No snow here, but we never got dismissed early for heat too! We had one or two lock downs. But recently I've seen on the news a lot of threats to schools via social media!
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@celticeagle (170569)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Sep 16
Yes, that could be a problem. I think that has happened to us a couple of times.
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@celticeagle (170569)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Sep 16
@infatuatedbby .....I don't from work. One day I recall being called and told not to come in to work due to the weather advisory.
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
30 Sep 16
@celticeagle Was it stormy there for the weather advisory? Or due to heat?
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
I never let sent home due to weather.
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@1hopefulman (45114)
• Canada
29 Sep 16
I don't remember ever being sent home early for any reason. But I'm not saying it was good. That was then!
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
30 Sep 16
Haha yes, same here. It is for the better if they allow kids to go home
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@LovingMyBabies (85285)
• Valdosta, Georgia
3 Oct 16
We always had AC and heat in our schools when I went. Kids can't focus when their pouring sweat I don't think anyway.
We got sent home early for snow since at that time I lived in a very cold state.
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
3 Oct 16
That is awesome your school had a/c and heater. Mine didn't and it was hot after lunch and especially when I had PE 5th period and by the time I went to 6th period I was sweating!
You're right - kids don't function so well during heat.
@JESSY3236 (20174)
• United States
28 Sep 16
We were let out early one year for snow. But never for heat. I think one year we didn't have school because of the heat.
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@JESSY3236 (20174)
• United States
29 Sep 16
@infatuatedbby no. it was one day that we got out.
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
That is good for our health! Hopefully a/c is now fully built in the schools now.
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@HazySue (39267)
• Gouverneur, New York
29 Sep 16
@infatuatedbby there should be a/c in every school by now. I know the school I was working at had it, it didn't always work but the had it.
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
28 Sep 16
We have snow days once in awhile.
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
You will have to make up for the snow days at the end of the school year?
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
@teamfreak16 Hehe yes, I think so too! I never knew how snow schedules work.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
29 Sep 16
@infatuatedbby - I think so. I graduated in 1982, so I don't remember if we had to or not. I don't see why you wouldn't, though.
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@dramagirl26 (3259)
• Ringgold, Virginia
29 Sep 16
There was a couple of times when I was in school that we were dismissed early due to excess heat. The schools I went to didn't have air conditioning, except for the science lab and auditorium.
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
I never got let out of school due to the heat. Hopefully schools will make an effort to put air conditioning for all classrooms soon.
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@dramagirl26 (3259)
• Ringgold, Virginia
29 Sep 16
@infatuatedbby It wasn't until I graduated that they started making renovations to the school, including adding air conditioning.
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
@dramagirl26 OH I see! Good they have a/c now though :)
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
Yes and a classroom filled of other people!
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
You have to pay for school in the Philippines? Or private school?
I went to a public school, some classrooms are air-conditioned while some aren't.
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- they don't know how good they have it! @infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
Haha yes!
I think the way they're taught is much funnier compared to when I was in school! 
I think the way they're taught is much funnier compared to when I was in school! 1 person likes this
@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
Yes school systems definitely changed. I think the ones by me are pretty much air conditioned now too
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@infatuatedbby (94912)
• United States
29 Sep 16
Hello! You're from Vietnam? Nice to meet you. I'm Vietnamese also!
I am sure schools in Vietnam do not dismiss due to weather huh?
