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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reports of kids falling.  😂

They will get up and move on.  They might have a bruise.  They will have learned something about how to navigate snow and ice.  Take off the bubble wrap and back away.[/quote]

Except when they get a concussion or break a leg. But you don’t care. [/quote]

To be clear, has this happened anywhere?

What is wrong with you people.[/quote]

It does happen. It happened to my teen a couple of years ago (we weren’t in Arlington at the time). He is a big kid, so the idea that all kids are low to the ground doesn’t track in our case, but he managed to break his arm. Not sure why you’re so resistant to the reality that people (including kids) can slip and get injured on the ice. I entirely support going back to school but I will push back insistently against the contention that kids aren’t at risk of falling and getting hurt on icy pathways.[/quote]

I don't think anyone is saying that it doesn't happen to people at times.   We all get it.  The question at hand is weighing the risks and do you make decisions for the collective good (opening school in this environment) when there is a small risk to the few (broken bones and concussions in children slipping on ice).  Most people, including all the school administrators and parents in the entire DMV region, seem to think the small risk is okay to take because children need to be in school.  Some of you don't agree.  What I don't understand is why those of you don't agree can't just make the decision for your own kid to stay home or be carried door to door and leave the rest of us out of it.[/quote]

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