How does a 2 hour delay help anything? Either close school or make it a regular day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go in late, telecommute, ask your husband to handle it, pay someone, carpool, etc.

You are a bad parent if you make your kids walk.

Actually you are a bad parent for driving them. How coddling can we be to make our kids so entitled and lazy. Wrap them up like Ralphy’s mom did in Christmas Story and send them on their way. These kids are desperate for exercise. You starting up and heating the car to drive to the bus stop or the school is obnoxious. Only this generation of parents think cold air is unsafe. How have the Canadians not all died of hypothermia yet?

The mommies driving kids about 7 houses to the bus stop, only to turn around to drive BACK the 7 houses back home again, are ridiculous. Do you remember a bunch of cars idling at your bus stop as a kid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am laughing in disbelief that numerous people think it is akin to child abuse to let kids walk to the bus stop or school tomorrow morning. There are parts of the US where it is temps like these for much of the winter. Do you think kids in those areas do not attend school? Tell your kids to dress appropriately, bundle up and walk to the bus. Geez.

+1

It is embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even Chicagoans who are use to snowy winters and lake effect snow don’t have school in this cold. Depends on what you are use to. No one around here is use to 12f.

It’s -40 in Chicago with the wind chill. Not even remotely close to what we have here.

And lake effect snow squalls. They went to school Tuesday when it was negative wind chill. They all walk too as Chicago has no school buses.

[Anonymous]

If they can’t serve lunch, it’s not considered a school day and you have to make it up. So it’s better to delay.

And for many, going to work late is better than not going into work at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go in late, telecommute, ask your husband to handle it, pay someone, carpool, etc.

You are a bad parent if you make your kids walk.

You’re such a loser.

I’m not OP but she’s a “bad parent” if she has to work and her kids have to walk? Go to hell. You’re an anonymous troll spewing negative crap at strangers; I’m sure you’re a happy and fulfilled person.

OP is making the point she’s in a jam. Also millions of kids in vast swaths of the world have walked outside at 15 degrees with no issue. Sorry your precious snowflakes are soft as puppy sh$t.

Overnight low is 2F where I am. I have to agree with pp that if you let your kid walk tomorrow morning, I think you meet the “bad parent” criteria.

Bad parent here. My 8 and 10yr old walk daily - without any adults either. I know, the horror!!! Sometimes they meet up with other neighbors. Sometimes not. Even if one is sick, the other goes and meets up with other kids.

Rain, heat, snow, or cold. Only time I think about taking or getting them is if there is a thunderstorm now. I remember an ES teacher commenting on a post last year stating her walkers were the most attentitive in class. She attribituted to getting exercise and fresh air. It really hit home and this year I drive them so much less. I think it is great to wake them up in the AM and de stress them when they walk home. I clearly see a difference in the afternoon. And going in all kinds of weather makes them resilient, accountable for checking the weather and dressing appropriately. But yes, I am a bad mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am laughing in disbelief that numerous people think it is akin to child abuse to let kids walk to the bus stop or school tomorrow morning. There are parts of the US where it is temps like these for much of the winter. Do you think kids in those areas do not attend school? Tell your kids to dress appropriately, bundle up and walk to the bus. Geez.

+1

It is embarrassing.

On a day like today,, I will drive my kid to the bus stop. The driver for this route has been up to 20 minutes late often enough.

[Anonymous]

How come DCPS was open yesterday and today on time. Those kids are walking to school in the dark

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go in late, telecommute, ask your husband to handle it, pay someone, carpool, etc.

You are a bad parent if you make your kids walk.

You’re such a loser.

I’m not OP but she’s a “bad parent” if she has to work and her kids have to walk? Go to hell. You’re an anonymous troll spewing negative crap at strangers; I’m sure you’re a happy and fulfilled person.

OP is making the point she’s in a jam. Also millions of kids in vast swaths of the world have walked outside at 15 degrees with no issue. Sorry your precious snowflakes are soft as puppy sh$t.

Overnight low is 2F where I am. I have to agree with pp that if you let your kid walk tomorrow morning, I think you meet the “bad parent” criteria.

Bad parent here. My 8 and 10yr old walk daily - without any adults either. I know, the horror!!! Sometimes they meet up with other neighbors. Sometimes not. Even if one is sick, the other goes and meets up with other kids.

Rain, heat, snow, or cold. Only time I think about taking or getting them is if there is a thunderstorm now. I remember an ES teacher commenting on a post last year stating her walkers were the most attentitive in class. She attribituted to getting exercise and fresh air. It really hit home and this year I drive them so much less. I think it is great to wake them up in the AM and de stress them when they walk home. I clearly see a difference in the afternoon. And going in all kinds of weather makes them resilient, accountable for checking the weather and dressing appropriately. But yes, I am a bad mom.

Take care of your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go in late, telecommute, ask your husband to handle it, pay someone, carpool, etc.

You are a bad parent if you make your kids walk.

Actually you are a bad parent for driving them. How coddling can we be to make our kids so entitled and lazy. Wrap them up like Ralphy’s mom did in Christmas Story and send them on their way. These kids are desperate for exercise. You starting up and heating the car to drive to the bus stop or the school is obnoxious. Only this generation of parents think cold air is unsafe. How have the Canadians not all died of hypothermia yet?

The mommies driving kids about 7 houses to the bus stop, only to turn around to drive BACK the 7 houses back home again, are ridiculous. Do you remember a bunch of cars idling at your bus stop as a kid?

I remember my mother driving us and a neighbor to elementary school, when it was below 10 (if the car would start). The walk to school was about a mile. This was in the 1970s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How come DCPS was open yesterday and today on time. Those kids are walking to school in the dark

Because in DC, all kids are walkers and are fairly close to their schools. And, likely get their meals at school. In mcps, kids walk two miles to High School, 1.5 miles to middle school, and a mile to elementary school. In this cold, with some kids not having proper cold weather gear, it's not appropriate.

Get over yourself, and think about others for once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go in late, telecommute, ask your husband to handle it, pay someone, carpool, etc.

You are a bad parent if you make your kids walk.

Actually you are a bad parent for driving them. How coddling can we be to make our kids so entitled and lazy. Wrap them up like Ralphy’s mom did in Christmas Story and send them on their way. These kids are desperate for exercise. You starting up and heating the car to drive to the bus stop or the school is obnoxious. Only this generation of parents think cold air is unsafe. How have the Canadians not all died of hypothermia yet?

The mommies driving kids about 7 houses to the bus stop, only to turn around to drive BACK the 7 houses back home again, are ridiculous. Do you remember a bunch of cars idling at your bus stop as a kid?

Yes! There's a bunch of cars lined up at the bus stop all winter long and whenever it rains throughout the year. One of those cars is my next door neighbor, I live 4 houses away from the stop! I walk my kid to the bus stop as I walk the dog, no matter the weather and there are 5th graders sitting in cars, unable to walk 5-10 houses distance in the cold apparently. Ridiculous. Kids are dressed head to toe in Under Armour, I'm sure they can afford umbrellas for rain and appropriate winter apparels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go in late, telecommute, ask your husband to handle it, pay someone, carpool, etc.

You are a bad parent if you make your kids walk.

I'd have to be an arthropod to be able to roll my eyes sufficiently at this.

OP, how does a two-hour delay help anything? Well, sunrise tomorrow is at 7:17 am. Would you rather go to school when it's iffy and dark, or when it's iffy and daylight?

I'm sorry. I got stuck at the arthropod part. Is it because they have compound eyes? Because some of them have more than one eye? Please, I need to know!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Diesel engines on area school-buses are not equipped to start easily in low temperatures. The two hour delay is to ensure that mechanics can start all buses to avoid failures once kids are on board.

That is the ONLY reason, since a two hour delay from 8 to 10 am doesn't affect the temperature by that much.

I’m reporting this post. It’s factual, informative, rational, and not the slightest bit snarky. It doesn’t belong on DCUM.

Right?! Can someone please come in here and call this PP some nasty names?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How come DCPS was open yesterday and today on time. Those kids are walking to school in the dark

OMG, call CPS!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go in late, telecommute, ask your husband to handle it, pay someone, carpool, etc.

You are a bad parent if you make your kids walk.

I'd have to be an arthropod to be able to roll my eyes sufficiently at this.

OP, how does a two-hour delay help anything? Well, sunrise tomorrow is at 7:17 am. Would you rather go to school when it's iffy and dark, or when it's iffy and daylight?

I'm sorry. I got stuck at the arthropod part. Is it because they have compound eyes? Because some of them have more than one eye? Please, I need to know!

Compound eyes.