Does a cold alert warrant school closures?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has happened in the past.. schools closed due to windchill and super cold temps.

It has, but the "feels like" temp with windchill was much lower than the one predicted for Thursday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just received the following text:

"Alert Montgomery - Cold Emergency Alert
Montgomery County has extended the Cold Emergency Alert until Friday, 1/10 at 1pm. Residents should be prepared for wind chill values to be below 20 degrees. These dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin within 30 minutes and/or hypothermia. Stay indoors if possible."

Wondering if MCPS will considering staying closed for the rest of the week.

You must be kidding or a troll. This is still *well* into outdoor recess temperature in rational parts of the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has happened in the past.. schools closed due to windchill and super cold temps.

Yes, but well below the temperature and wind chill we're going to be at. These aren't "super cold temps."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just received the following text:

"Alert Montgomery - Cold Emergency Alert
Montgomery County has extended the Cold Emergency Alert until Friday, 1/10 at 1pm. Residents should be prepared for wind chill values to be below 20 degrees. These dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin within 30 minutes and/or hypothermia. Stay indoors if possible."

Wondering if MCPS will considering staying closed for the rest of the week.

You must be kidding or a troll. This is still *well* into outdoor recess temperature in rational parts of the country.

Those kids have the proper gear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right before winter break, we had to distribute coats to students who only had hoodies. It wasn’t even freezing yet.

If we open, many walkers will either stay home or arrive frostbitten and dangerously chilled.

We will open. MCPS expects families to get their act together during the winter season. It is not MCPS' responsibility to make sure your kid has a coat.

And duh - kids don't show up to school with coats if it's not freezing! My daughter and a whole lot of other tween and teens seem to think it a badge of honor to show up at school in the flimsiest outfits known to humanity. I see the boys walking about in shorts and t-shirts. At least DD wears leggings.

Leggings! Wow that's definitely t/w/een winter approved. Shorts is more common, a hoddie in weather like this week's.

Two posters who can’t differentiate between middle class kids who want to look cool and poor kids who don’t have a choice.

[Anonymous]

They will probably open on time

[Anonymous]

How many of you have a MS student who walks a mile to school?

[Anonymous]

"frostbite on exposed skin within 30 minutes and/or hypothermia."

Why do they say this?

Every online resource I've seen says 0F for 30minute frostbite.

Outside shoveling snow for an hour on past 2 days, nowhere close to frostbite on exposed skin (of which I had very little because I am not a fool).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just received the following text:

"Alert Montgomery - Cold Emergency Alert
Montgomery County has extended the Cold Emergency Alert until Friday, 1/10 at 1pm. Residents should be prepared for wind chill values to be below 20 degrees. These dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin within 30 minutes and/or hypothermia. Stay indoors if possible."

Wondering if MCPS will considering staying closed for the rest of the week.

You must be kidding or a troll. This is still *well* into outdoor recess temperature in rational parts of the country.

Those kids have the proper gear.

A winter coat, hat, and gloves... That's not cold enough to need anything special. Work with your PTA if you don't think your elementary school has some of those to distribute to kids in need. In a climate that experiences winter, it is reasonable to expect kids to have those for the purpose of opening school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many of you have a MS student who walks a mile to school?

Not in this weather!

Only allowed to walk half a mile to the snow hill to play for 2 hours.

[Anonymous]

Just here to say that teens don’t want to bring/wear coats because they no longer utilize lockers. They are uncool for some reason- with a few exceptions, mostly athletes storing gear- so the kids have to lug their coats around to classes.

[Anonymous]

*continues day drinking*

[Anonymous]

I hope they call it soon, whatever it is!! (Hoping for a closure)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just received the following text:

"Alert Montgomery - Cold Emergency Alert
Montgomery County has extended the Cold Emergency Alert until Friday, 1/10 at 1pm. Residents should be prepared for wind chill values to be below 20 degrees. These dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin within 30 minutes and/or hypothermia. Stay indoors if possible."

Wondering if MCPS will considering staying closed for the rest of the week.

It shouldn't warrant school closures, but it will probably be the excuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alert for those waiting outside for buses and heads up for indoor recess if schools open on time the rest of the week. Usually with delay school openings, ES do not have recess. Think how much energy those little ones will have built up only to be cooped up at home, school and possibly again this upcoming weekend.

? Snow is when I see the most kids outside playing, PP.

Ironic, isn't it?