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Anonymous wrote:It is cold. It is not a zombie apocalypse.

I am amazed at how sensitive people have become to WINTER! Are you all the same people that complain about the heat index and air quality ask summer too?

AMEN. Wrap them up like Ralphie's brother and send them on their way. It isn't like it is a one mile walk in a foot of snow. What a bunch of privilege coddled kids we are raising. Turning them into whiny babies. It is winter. It gets cold. Big deal.

+1,000,000

We are raising a generation of weatherphobes. The hysteria over weather is absurd.

I agree with the earlier PP who noted that in places like MN and Chicago (places where very cold temps are the norm in winter and where people have the clothing, etc. to be ready for such temps), the schools CLOSED. They did the right thing and so should we.

Oh my god. The temperatures forecasted for tomorrow in Chicago and Minnesota are in the negative 40s. That is the temperature, NOT the windchill. whatever cold we will have tomorrow, it is NOT COMPARABLE to what is going on in the upper Midwest. Those temperatures can give you frostbite DESPITE "the clothing etc." There is nothing about that that is "the norm in winter." Temperatures here tomorrow will be colder than seen in a long time in this area. Not inhospitably, inhumanely cold. Shut it.

Anonymous wrote:Just look around our area. All the large VA systems are either closed or on a 2 hour delay, yet MCPS is open on time. Sounds more like MCPS is trying to look tough rather than making the prudent decision.
I agree with the earlier PP who noted that in places like MN and Chicago (places where very cold temps are the norm in winter and where people have the clothing, etc. to be ready for such temps), the schools CLOSED. They did the right thing and so should we.

Parents can't keep taking off and staying home because a few inches or cold weather. Keep the school open and let the parents decide. We might not even break the record and schools have never closed. It is these meteorologists and social media making a mountain out of a molehill.

Just look around our area. All the large VA systems are either closed or on a 2 hour delay, yet MCPS is open on time. Sounds more like MCPS is trying to look tough rather than making the prudent decision.
I agree with the earlier PP who noted that in places like MN and Chicago (places where very cold temps are the norm in winter and where people have the clothing, etc. to be ready for such temps), the schools CLOSED. They did the right thing and so should we.

Anonymous wrote:It is cold. It is not a zombie apocalypse.

I am amazed at how sensitive people have become to WINTER! Are you all the same people that complain about the heat index and air quality ask summer too?

AMEN. Wrap them up like Ralphie's brother and send them on their way. It isn't like it is a one mile walk in a foot of snow. What a bunch of privilege coddled kids we are raising. Turning them into whiny babies. It is winter. It gets cold. Big deal.

Anonymous wrote:It is cold. It is not a zombie apocalypse.

I am amazed at how sensitive people have become to WINTER! Are you all the same people that complain about the heat index and air quality ask summer too?

+1

It is cold. It is not a zombie apocalypse.

I am amazed at how sensitive people have become to WINTER! Are you all the same people that complain about the heat index and air quality ask summer too?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the people who don't have cars, and can't afford extra winter gear don't matter? A little frost bit is fine for the poors?

There are poor people, asthmatic people, and people without cars all over the country, going about their business every day.

Wait times at bus stops are not long, and schools are well-heated.

Everything will be fine.

Any teacher who's taught in a portable and whose children are stuck in one would keep his/her kid home tomorrow.

Portables are awful.

I teach in a portable. It is HOT in there. Warmer than the main building.

You sound unhinged.

May your portable become "unhinged" and fly away in a gust, taking you with it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the people who don't have cars, and can't afford extra winter gear don't matter? A little frost bit is fine for the poors?

There are poor people, asthmatic people, and people without cars all over the country, going about their business every day.

Wait times at bus stops are not long, and schools are well-heated.

Everything will be fine.

Any teacher who's taught in a portable and whose children are stuck in one would keep his/her kid home tomorrow.

Portables are awful.

I teach in a portable. It is HOT in there. Warmer than the main building.

You sound unhinged.

Well, let's see.

We had to all wear gloves, hats and coats in my portable And when the heater broke, it was down for weeks until the principal FOUND another in a holding school. And this happened AFTER I told the kids to tell their parents to call the school.

unhinged? You're the idiot if you think all schools run in the same way.

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Anonymous wrote:Because the people who don't have cars, and can't afford extra winter gear don't matter? A little frost bit is fine for the poors?

By this logic you would keep the schools closed all winter.

This is the wealthiest country in the world. Don't tell me that we have to close schools because we cannot afford to ensure everyone has a coat, hat, scarf and gloves!

Of course we could afford to ensure that everyone has a coat, hat, scarf, and gloves. But we don't actually do this.

Yes I understand it was cold in Minnesota (-14) but they have temperatures EVERY WINTER when the temperatures go below freezing. We have that kind of weather once every 20 years. We don't have tunnels to connect buildings as they do in MPLS. We have a school system with a significant number of portables, thus kids going outside to go between classes. We also have a population that can't handle 1/2 inch of snow, so the idea that sending kids to school in negative wind chill seems a bit daft to me.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the people who don't have cars, and can't afford extra winter gear don't matter? A little frost bit is fine for the poors?

There are poor people, asthmatic people, and people without cars all over the country, going about their business every day.

Wait times at bus stops are not long, and schools are well-heated.

Everything will be fine.

Any teacher who's taught in a portable and whose children are stuck in one would keep his/her kid home tomorrow.

Portables are awful.

I teach in a portable. It is HOT in there. Warmer than the main building.

You sound unhinged.

Every school in Minnesota was closed today, all schools in Greater Chicago were closed today and will be closed Tuesday.

You do realize how much colder it will be in Minnesota and Chicago than it will be here, right?

Not the best idea. Every school in Minnesota was closed today, all schools in Greater Chicago were closed today and will be closed Tuesday. These are places in which cold weather is a normal event and people are prepared. That is not MOCO. 10 minutes in -10 wind chill is not safe and that is what is going to happen for a number of children tomorrow.

All waiting till the am to decide does is leave everyone in limbo all night. Doesn't help kids without winter coats. There is no weather anticipated tonight that would prevent schools from opening.