[presidio9]

This is symptomatic of the society of victims. The only people responsible for making the determiniation that the snow is too deep for Junior are Mom and Dad. Period.

[Arkinsaw]

The only people responsible for making the determiniation that the snow is too deep for Junior are Mom and Dad. Period.

They freely admit that a major influencer of their decision is funding. Isn't that a hell of a note? They can freely admit that their funding has a major influence on "safety" decisions.

[Triple Word Score]

Well, that'd be fine if Junior didn't face disciplinary action for his parents deciding it's too slick.

School districts are funded based on attendance. That's the math of it. Some schools have such harsh attendance policies that you'll have kids attending who ought to be in the hospital.

[Triple Word Score]

Also should add, at least around here, the kids whose parents have them in public school don't seem to enjoy a lot of responsible decision making on the home front.

We had one heck of an ice storm a couple of years ago. Everything was slick as snot. Of course schools were closed. But that didn't stop parents from dropping their kids off at an obviously closed school and leaving them there. If the janitor hadn't made it in to check the pipes, there would have been no adult there at all to handle the couple of dozen "ice orphans" whose parents were too stupid to turn on the radio.

[RightWhale]

The only people responsible for making the determiniation that the snow is too deep for Junior are Mom and Dad.

What about the school buses?

[ShadowDancer]

This is symptomatic of the society of victims. The only people responsible for making the determiniation that the snow is too deep for Junior are Mom and Dad. Period.

Teachers traveling a far distance in nasty weather are factored in, too.

[Junior]

The only people responsible for making the determiniation that the snow is too deep for Junior are Mom and Dad. Period.

Mom and Dad are dead, and I'm old enough to make the decision for myself...

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