Posted on 01/05/2014 1:54:20 PM PST by matt04
The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding that CPS close all schools due to the extreme cold that is forecast for Monday.
“Right now, CPS and the City of Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management are sending confusing and mixed messages to the public about what to do,” said CTU President Karen GJ Lewis in a press release. “We believe common sense would dictate that CPS should close schools with at least 10 inches of snow already on the ground and a record-breaking low temperature of -10 degrees forecast for Monday.”
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Schools throughout the Chicago area have announced school closings for Monday, including Northwestern, DePaul and the University of Chicago. CTU says CPS should close Monday too.
“We expect nothing less when it comes to paying attention to the well-being of the children and teachers we serve,” Lewis said. “In light of the forecast, sending children to school in such dangerous weather conditions shouldn’t even be an option for parents.”
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Taking credit for the obvious. They should be in favor of keeping the schools open - global warming and all.
Three inches of snow for Halloween?
I'm about the same way, cc .. we're s'posed to get ice tonight, and the day's most taxing chore was gettin' some melt spread on the drive in anticipation.
Took about 10 minutes (long driveway) .. lol .. currently comfy w/little heater under the desk, watchin' these idiots doing their team a disservice, playing w/o sleeves when it's 0°.
NO WAY that allows optimal performance, imho, and that's from an ex-ballplayer.
Yep. back in the 50s. Ancient history.
That’s exactly what irrelevant Dayton did here in Minnesota too. There isn’t a school in the state that would have been open tomorrow with -60 to -70 windchills forecast. But he had to play “Governor” for a minute and issue a proclamation for the safety of the children. Bafoon.
Pretty common to have some snow at Halloween where I’m at, just surprised at further south.
I can’t say we had it then every year, I just remember
wearing my costume with the other kids and traipsing
in the snow at least once.
The "high" temperature for Tuesday ranges from -4 to 0 degrees, depending on which weather forecaster you watch.
I live 35 miles SW of Chicago -- schools out here and most of the Chicago Suburbs already announced closings via emails to parents and phone trees.
Why Chicago Public Schools insist on staying open isn't really a mystery -- they NEED the federal matching funds. They don't get them if the kids aren't in school.
Also, many Chicago Public School kids WALK or take Public Transportation to school. If I were the parent of a Chicago public school kid, there's just no way I'd subject my children to the weather elements to get to school that day.
It's just not worth the risk to their safety (getting shot at, public transportation breaking down and stranding them) or their health (getting sick.)
That’s still good times heh. Hope we don’t keep cooling too much or our food is going to get far more expensive.
Fortunately I mostly work right here at home but I’ll probably wander down to the post office in the morning to hear the old timers gossip and take a few pics of town.
This is a different time and it's Chicago with the high murder rate, kids getting shot at, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Im sure in -20 wind chill, right?
I walked to school in some rough weather here in Michigan. I would not let my kids out in this cold just to prove some point.
Back in 78 we were out of school for better than a week because of the big blizzard.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3108639/posts
Therefore, your whole premise (and attempted swipe at teachers) is pure garbage.
I'm frankly glad I don't have to battle the -15 temperatures tomorrow getting to work and worrying if my global warming causing, gas guzzling SUV is going to start so I can get home at the end of the day.
And here I spent all day yesterday in my garage changing out the batteries (yes, plural) cleaning my fuel injection system and checking the fluids, belts and hoses.......
Not us, we missed one day and I remember it well. Mostly because I lived “too close” to the school to have school bus service (I lived 9/10th’s of a mile away) and I had to walk every day. Getting through that snow and down a road that did not have sidewalks next to it was a real bear.
A member of the indoctrinators union I presume.
Always good to do that anyway, it’s a long way to
spring. Do you have a block heater? My diesel has
one and it makes all the difference, just plug it
in at night and it cranks right up.
If they close the schools who will feed the children? </S>
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