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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Metro Bus tweeted 13 times that DCPS was closed today! I guess they thought it was logical that DCPS was closed today today too!

[b]And the thing that irritates me is that our bus, if it runs today, will be empty of all the kids from the ghetto. [/b]So keeping the schools open in a misguided attempt to serve the poor is simply wrong since at least in our neighborhood they mostly do not go to school on days like today. There are plenty of other social safety nets which I am supportive of and DCPS does not need to keep schools open on a day like today.[/quote]

:shock: [/quote]

Your point is what??? What I stated is a fact since I have seen this effect anytime there is any sort of bad weather.[/quote]

PP point was not very nicely put; however, at my school they are correct at the middle/high school level. 
Most needy children do not go to school because they don't wan/can't leave the house, perhaps they don't have the appropriate clothes or they just don't want to and use any excuse not to go to school. They're certainly not going to get on a bus and come just for the free breakfast and lunch. The only students that showed up on delay days were the SpEd students and the ESL students, the school would be practically empty. [/quote]

NP - and I echo what the PP posted - my bus route goes through several housing projects that are full of kids, and whenever the weather is even the slightest bit bad, there's a steep dropoff in the number of kids showing up.  When they do show up, I see a lot of them (at least the older ones) are wearing North Face and Helly Hansen jackets, so it's not as though that many of them don't have any choice in clothing either.[/quote]

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