Schools Closed Early Due To Rain

Prince George's County Schools/Local Media ^ | 5/2/2002 | Prince George's County Schools

[gunnut]

Updated Notice: May 2, 2002: Schools will be dismissed 1 hour early today due to the threat of severe storms and heavy rain this afternoon. All afternoon and evening activities INCLUDING tonight's board meeting ARE CANCELLED.

[gunnut]

Schools in Prince George's County Maryland closed early today because thunderstorms were expected. School systems started closing because of the threat of snow in recent years and now they are closing early due to the chance of thunderstorms.

Politician and educators complain that the kids don't spend enough time in school but theu close early for rain.

Unbelievable!!

[monkey]

There was that tornado nearby the other day. The school systems in MD may never recover.

"Green side out, brown side out, run in circles, scream and shout."

[Husker24]

Geesh!, I cant imagine how much school I would have gotten out of if they had cancelled for the THREAT of severe weather.

[lowbridge]

Spoiled brats. In my day....we didn't have rain to trudge through in order to get to school. Nosiree bob.

We had to go to school in dry weather. Yessir, no umbrellas to carry, no raincoats to wear. And now that they have rain, they don't want their kids walking in the stuff. What is this world coming to?

[Exit148]

Maybe they should add the 'heat index' and the 'frost forcast' so that they can better protect the 'churldren'.

[Exit148]

Sorry - 'Frost forecast. (Never sure when the spelling police are out there!)

[gunnut]

Oh they do close if it gets too hot. I think if it gets over 90 degrees before 11:00 in the morning they close early.

[lawdude]

"Spoiled brats. In my day....we ....."

Heck, in Phoenix we let the kids out of school on threat of rain because so many have never seen it before!

[Exit148]

"We had to go to school in dry weather. Yessir, no umbrellas to carry, no raincoats to wear. And now that they have rain, they don't want their kids walking in the stuff. What is this world coming to?"

Right! And we had to walk to school downhill --both ways!!! And we wore shoes!!!!

[southern rock]

Politician and educators complain that the kids don't spend enough time in school

Well, I sure don't complain about that. The less time spent in a government school the better. I'm for more days off.

[rintense]

This is kinda silly. The only time classes were affected when I was a child was either when there was a tornado watch (parents could come pick up their children) or a tornado warning. We never had a warning, thank God.

[GaConfed]

In Prince Georges school is out all the time. Nothing new here.

[3catsanadog]

When I was living in West Virginia, they let the schools out early one day because there was a threat of high wind.

[Tennessee_Bob]

This is kinda silly.

Actually, it depends on the roads and bus routes - at least around here. We've had school released early because of the threat of bad weather, but then again, we also have bus routes that run back up in the hills and valleys, and some of the low spots will be under four feet of water in nothing flat.

As far as tornado warnings, when I was in junior high school in Alabama, we had several warnings each year. Ended up with the desks piled against the interior wall with us hiding under them, the second floor and outbuilding students would be in the hallway, doing the duck and cover. Came in handy during the near-miss we had.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Oh they do close if it gets too hot. I think if it gets over 90 degrees before 11:00 in the morning they close early.

If they did that in the Central Valley of California we wouldn't have school from May until late October. 90 degrees in the summer is when a cold front comes in around here. Now once it gets over 105, that is considered hot. Some nights it doesn't drop below 90 degrees all night.