[slugbug]

Most of the area schools here (east central Indiana) are on a two hour delay due to the wind chill and sub zero temps. My daughter's school however doesns't have a delay as there are no buses...we parents are responsible for getting the kids to school and we are always told to use our best judgement as to whether to take the kids to school in inclement weather. Rule of thumb is if the local university is closed then so is our school...but that rarely ever happens much to the student's chagrin!!!!

[cripplecreek]

My school close on account it not very far.

[BallyBill]

Standing and waiting for a school bus in single digit weather and below could be hazardous. My daughter had to actually buy a new coat because her school locker is too small for her heavy winter coat.

[codercpc]

Ours did this morning, first time in my memory. We are in mid Wisconsin, and the temp was -18 this morning, with wind chills of -35 to -40, so I think it is ok. Most of the kids in the district live out of town, and stand at bus stops, so I think they made the right call on this one.

In fact, I work out of my home, so I am only working 4 hours today, and enjoying my own "frigid cold" day.

BTW.... Screw Al Gore, I love global warming!!!!!

[OhioSA]

I'm in Cleveland. The radio station stopped reading the school closings because there were too many. Minus 2 degrees right now.

[Osage Orange]

Duno..butt Dewer you haf a cold?

[Egon]

-24° right now, about an hour north of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Haven't heard anything about school closures.

[zook]

Here in central PA we have a 2 hour delay. Mostly because of problems related to getting buses started and buildings heated on a Monday.

[BallyBill]

Somewhere, Al Gore is ignoring us.

[Tinian]

My school cancel grammer on account of cold.

[Roccus]

A whole mess of counties here in North Central WV are closed and a few have 2hr delays. We haven't had many 'snow days' here yet and since they are built into the schedule anyway...
At 8:35 AM it is 0 degrees here but not much wind until the sun gets a little higher.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Around here, Massachusetts, allot of schools generally lower their heat over the weekend to save money, so whenever there is a delay or closing because of extremely cold temperatures, it usually happens on a Monday.

[Diddle E. Squat]

"Do do do
A dah dah dah
Is all I have to say to ya"

[Nervous Tick]

When I went through K-12 in Colorado, in 13 years they closed school maybe twice, on account of *real* blizzards. We frequently WALKED to school through snowdrifts in zero-or-below weather. And we loved it! We just dressed warmly, like Kenny... Kids these days, such weaklings (shaking head)

[bondjamesbond]

I'm going to pass on the too-easy cheap shot. Once a year, I do something nice.

I agree with you that it is downright silly to close school on account of cold. Just bundle up the kiddies and send them off. If they're not at school, they'll be playing outside anyway.

Besides, eight degrees is not cold. Jacket weather, sure. But that's not really cold.

A district near me (New York, perhaps) had "Energy Conservation" days a while back, where they would close schools to save on heating bills when it got too cold. The net result, of course, is that hundreds of thousands of apartments throughout the city were kept heated all day as parents stayed home with their children. You can bet that no energy was saved.

At the end of the day, it's just another day off for the teacher's union. They probably have negotiated a certain number of snow days, and you haven't had enough snow yet.

[PGalt]

Yes, the entire district in Holly Michigan (northwest of Pontiac)

[lastchance]

I have a question do you think the closures might be to cut down on fuel use and costs?

[meanie monster]

we closed our schools thurs and fri because of the flu...

[CholeraJoe]

I lived in Helena, MT for 5 years. To my knowledge, schools only closed early once for weather in that time. Lows got down to -41.

[Fawn]

You're talking about government employees. If it looks like rain, they may decide to close the schools.

By the way, you need an "S" after SCHOOL in your headline.

Do your schoolS close on account of cold?