Too cold for school (CT)

WTNH Television ^ | 01/26/07 | Puppage

[Puppage]

And, the sissification continues of our country continues.

How are the little darlings to learn of global warming?

[tfecw]

Well, it is 2 degrees in Baltic with a windshield of -9. Public schooling is a colossal waste of time; they won't miss anything by playing it safe today.

[Moose4]

If this was a rural district, I could *almost* see it. We had this happen once or twice as I grew up, but that was in Virginia where single-digit temps are very rare, plus I lived out in the sticks with a long ride to school.

If you hear of this in the South, it's usually because the pipes froze at the school, or the heat quit working.

}:-)4

[RSmithOpt]

Dumbing and Wussing down is rampant as you said. It is sad that the warm fuzzy minded folk have so much influence. So, guess school is all out from Thanksgiving till April 1st in all of Canada and Alaska? ........Hmmmm!!

Maybe we can sell the superintendent some beach front property in Arizona??

[Puppage]

playing it safe today

How is it "playing it safe"? You ever see a frozen body at the bus stop growing up? They're not spending the night, they're waiting for the bus, for Gods sake.

Do we keep precious home when it's 90+ for fear of heat stroke?

[Puppage]

It is sad that the warm fuzzy minded folk have so much influence

It just feeeeeeels good.

[lonestar]

Believe it or not--

Two weeks ago our newly elected Democrat county judge closed the courthouse and sent county employees home 90 minutes early when the temp hit 36 degrees with rain.

[George from New England]

Hey, they're ahead of the game. WIth no snow they have "snow days" to burn. They're just using one here, gambling that the snow doesn't all come in February. That part of CT does a lot of gambling.

[Puppage]

Believe it or not--

Sadly, after hearing about the California State Legislature having a moment of silence and then dismissing early for the day in honor of a ficticious character on The West Wing killed by a drunk driver in an episode, your news is all to believeable.

[AIM-54]

We are rapidly becoming a wimp culture. It's sickening to behold.

[tfecw]

I really don't get your outrage. Do kids need to walk uphill both ways in blizzards to pass some sort of crazy initiation so you can give them your stamp of approval?

Frost bite isn't something mothers tell their children about to get them to put a sweater on when Mom is cold. It's a real thing and the body starts protecting the extremities at 5 degrees.

They are only being delayed by an hour; they are still going to the baby sitters so there's no need to worry about their daily dose of indoctrination.

[Kozak]

It's called "teachers have weather days built into their contract and we want one about now".

[Thrownatbirth]

officials don't want children standing at the bus stop to be exposed to frost bite.

Idiots. Don't they know kids are more docile when they're slightly hypothermic?

[Squawk 8888]

Geez, here in Toronto people are riding bikes in those conditions.

[freedomson]

My kids had school one day here in the Detroit area around 1994 when the tempature was -22. That's not factoring a wind chill, it was -22.

[EGPWS]

The bitter cold weather we're expecting tonight will give some students in Sprague an extended weekend, and students in Bridgeport and Ridgefield an extra hour to get ready for school.

The kid's are looking forward to an extra day to go out and play in the snow.

[Realism]

It was -1 and -20wc at our place this morning. We bundled the boy up and sent him out the door to catch the bus. Of all the days for the bus to be late it picked today, but he made it ok.

[Straight Vermonter]

-30 wind chill here. Schools are open.

[Last Dakotan]

We in Fargo, ND just laugh and laugh when we read things like this. The schools here send kids outside for recess even when it is below zero.

[Puppage]

I really don't get your outrage

Outrage? Where do you see outrage? Try another word more befitting

They are only being delayed by an hour

No, the Sprague school system is closed for the day.

Frost bite isn't something mothers tell their children about to get them to put a sweater on when Mom is cold

Ever meet ANYONE who got frostbitten while waiting for the school bus?