How would a late start help? The temperature will only increase 3 or 4 degrees over that couple of hours. It will be frigid all day.

Anonymous wrote:Not to mention not all schools have adequate heating. Bowser should not be the one making these decisions. In a regular school district, the mayor doesn't have any power over the school district.

If schools are not properly heated, then they should not open. But the ones with appropriate heat can open on time.

Anonymous wrote:Not to mention not all schools have adequate heating. Bowser should not be the one making these decisions. In a regular school district, the mayor doesn't have any power over the school district.

We have a Chancellor - not that I have seen anything from him.
He came in hot with lots of press and staff to support his marketing of himself and his projects.
COVID happened and he bowed to everything the mayor wanted.
He fired the principal of the highest performing high school because that person disagreed with the mayor -

So now we have a chancellor who just does what ever the mayor wants.

It would be a lot more efficient to save the money for Chancellor salary - and just acknowledge we have a mayor who makes all the decisions.

If you're concerned, write to the mayor and chancellor...

eom@dc.gov
lewis.ferebee@k12.dc.gov

Not to mention not all schools have adequate heating. Bowser should not be the one making these decisions. In a regular school district, the mayor doesn't have any power over the school district.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember schools being closed in 2014 for cold. I worked in VA at the time and buses wouldn't start up.

The point is that DC doesn't have school buses, so all closings related to school buses don't happen here.

But kids waiting outside for public transportation and walking to and from stops is a part of the decision making process.

Hoping DCPS has a two hour delay. It's too cold. The temps tomorrow will be 11 degrees at 7 AM.

Anonymous wrote:I remember schools being closed in 2014 for cold. I worked in VA at the time and buses wouldn't start up.

The point is that DC doesn't have school buses, so all closings related to school buses don't happen here.

I remember schools being closed in 2014 for cold. I worked in VA at the time and buses wouldn't start up.

Zero

20%.

No. Go to bed early, prepare food for lunchboxes, scrape your car and sidewalk. It's 100% certain to be an on-time opening.

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