How authorities SHOULD decide school or no school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No child (without negligent parents) would be unsafe attending school tomorrow.

Perhaps. Then they would move down the list. Are you confident that numbers 2,3 and 4 can be met?

2 and 4 no question. If 3 can’t be met, that requires immediate attention and funding. I live in Loudun though and I don’t hear of the same bus starting problems that Fairfax talks about. Below is the reason LCPS gave in their email:

“Students walking to school and waiting at the bus stop would be exposed to dangerous conditions as indicated in the “Wind Chill Advisory” issued by the National Weather Services.”

GMAFB.

Especially since no one walks to school in Loudoun. Everyone is chauffeured by their parents regardless of weather.

True story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look you hardened New Englanders/Mid-westerners: sorry that you took on so much debt when you moved here that you can't afford to stay home and take care of your children when the temperature are so low, they can cause kids to lose toes.

So kids are losing toes every year in the Midwest and New England?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No child (without negligent parents) would be unsafe attending school tomorrow.

Perhaps. Then they would move down the list. Are you confident that numbers 2,3 and 4 can be met?

2 and 4 no question. If 3 can’t be met, that requires immediate attention and funding. I live in Loudun though and I don’t hear of the same bus starting problems that Fairfax talks about. Below is the reason LCPS gave in their email:

“Students walking to school and waiting at the bus stop would be exposed to dangerous conditions as indicated in the “Wind Chill Advisory” issued by the National Weather Services.”

GMAFB.

A wind chill advisory limits outdoor exposure to 15 min. If kids will be out for more than 15 min because of delayed buses or because it takes more than 15 min to walk to school, this is when kids’ safety is impacted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look you hardened New Englanders/Mid-westerners: sorry that you took on so much debt when you moved here that you can't afford to stay home and take care of your children when the temperature are so low, they can cause kids to lose toes.

So kids are losing toes every year in the Midwest and New England?

No, because they are prepared for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look you hardened New Englanders/Mid-westerners: sorry that you took on so much debt when you moved here that you can't afford to stay home and take care of your children when the temperature are so low, they can cause kids to lose toes.

So kids are losing toes every year in the Midwest and New England?

No, because they are prepared for it.

Why the F are we not prepared for it? We get dangerous cold every winter. Sometimes it happens once, sometimes four times, but it always happens.
Yes, there are people with limited means who struggle to buy warm clothing, but if one of the richest regions on the planet can afford $10K or whatever spent per pupil, there should be a program to make $150 available for warm gear.
I get this is an ideal I'm talking about, and I'm not saying that OP is wrong.
I'm just saying that this yet another thing the wealthiest country on earth f-cking sucks at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look you hardened New Englanders/Mid-westerners: sorry that you took on so much debt when you moved here that you can't afford to stay home and take care of your children when the temperature are so low, they can cause kids to lose toes.

So kids are losing toes every year in the Midwest and New England?

No, because they are prepared for it.

Then MOVE back to New England since it’s so great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look you hardened New Englanders/Mid-westerners: sorry that you took on so much debt when you moved here that you can't afford to stay home and take care of your children when the temperature are so low, they can cause kids to lose toes.

So kids are losing toes every year in the Midwest and New England?

No, because they are prepared for it.

Why the F are we not prepared for it? We get dangerous cold every winter. Sometimes it happens once, sometimes four times, but it always happens.
Yes, there are people with limited means who struggle to buy warm clothing, but if one of the richest regions on the planet can afford $10K or whatever spent per pupil, there should be a program to make $150 available for warm gear.
I get this is an ideal I'm talking about, and I'm not saying that OP is wrong.
I'm just saying that this yet another thing the wealthiest country on earth f-cking sucks at.

DP. In this area, it's not really an issue of money or preparedness, it's an issue of knowledge of cold temperatures. All the teens walking around in hoodies without coats or gloves don't know that below zero wind chill is actually dangerous, because the average winter temperatures in this area of significantly higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No child (without negligent parents) would be unsafe attending school tomorrow.

Perhaps. Then they would move down the list. Are you confident that numbers 2,3 and 4 can be met?

2 and 4 no question. If 3 can’t be met, that requires immediate attention and funding. I live in Loudun though and I don’t hear of the same bus starting problems that Fairfax talks about. Below is the reason LCPS gave in their email:

“Students walking to school and waiting at the bus stop would be exposed to dangerous conditions as indicated in the “Wind Chill Advisory” issued by the National Weather Services.”

GMAFB.

Especially since no one walks to school in Loudoun. Everyone is chauffeured by their parents regardless of weather.

Then where’s that herd of middle schoolers walking to each morning when they pass my house?

And I live in a development where starting price is $1.4 and most parents are CEOs who don’t head to work until 9 if they even work out of the home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1--Safety of children
2--Safety of staff
3--Are buses able to run
4--Are school buildings able to function


How they SHOULD NOT decide:

1--Will parents be able to take the day off, find daycare, stand being around their kids?
2--What would they do in Kansas? Michigan? Alaska? Russia? Iceland?
3--What did people do 10 20 30 40 years ago?
3--Will DCUM parents whine and cry about it?

Let me guess, you either work for the school system or a stay at home mom that doesn't have to worry about working to pay the mortgage, car payments, etc?

[Anonymous]

If you work, give the kids a tv remote and a frozen dinner and go to work already. It's what parents used to do in the good old days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look you hardened New Englanders/Mid-westerners: sorry that you took on so much debt when you moved here that you can't afford to stay home and take care of your children when the temperature are so low, they can cause kids to lose toes.

So kids are losing toes every year in the Midwest and New England?

No, because they are prepared for it.

Why the F are we not prepared for it? We get dangerous cold every winter. Sometimes it happens once, sometimes four times, but it always happens.
Yes, there are people with limited means who struggle to buy warm clothing, but if one of the richest regions on the planet can afford $10K or whatever spent per pupil, there should be a program to make $150 available for warm gear.
I get this is an ideal I'm talking about, and I'm not saying that OP is wrong.
I'm just saying that this yet another thing the wealthiest country on earth f-cking sucks at.

DP. In this area, it's not really an issue of money or preparedness, it's an issue of knowledge of cold temperatures. All the teens walking around in hoodies without coats or gloves don't know that below zero wind chill is actually dangerous, because the average winter temperatures in this area of significantly higher.

That’s where parents step in. I certainly knew as a teen what temps were unsafe because my parents told me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1--Safety of children
2--Safety of staff
3--Are buses able to run
4--Are school buildings able to function


How they SHOULD NOT decide:

1--Will parents be able to take the day off, find daycare, stand being around their kids?
2--What would they do in Kansas? Michigan? Alaska? Russia? Iceland?
3--What did people do 10 20 30 40 years ago?
3--Will DCUM parents whine and cry about it?

+1,000,000,000,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1--Safety of children
2--Safety of staff
3--Are buses able to run
4--Are school buildings able to function


How they SHOULD NOT decide:

1--Will parents be able to take the day off, find daycare, stand being around their kids?
2--What would they do in Kansas? Michigan? Alaska? Russia? Iceland?
3--What did people do 10 20 30 40 years ago?
3--Will DCUM parents whine and cry about it?

Let me guess, you either work for the school system or a stay at home mom that doesn't have to worry about working to pay the mortgage, car payments, etc?

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??? Snow days are a known entity- you can plan for them. Work status has little bearing.

[Anonymous]

Obviously the superintendent should drive down my block.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look you hardened New Englanders/Mid-westerners: sorry that you took on so much debt when you moved here that you can't afford to stay home and take care of your children when the temperature are so low, they can cause kids to lose toes.

So kids are losing toes every year in the Midwest and New England?

No, because they are prepared for it.

And they have been closed this week too.