[ottbmare]

...you looked down the road. If there was smoke coming out of the school chimney...you walked to school....if mom said it was okay. You just weren't walking that far back then.

Exactly. And this is the same philosophy I used when choosing whether or not to send my kids to school. I didn't care if the school district says schools were open; my country-woman's sense of the weather was more important in making these decisions than what the fool administrators said.

[Sacajaweau]

They have a motive. Even if they can get the kids to school for 2 minutes, they get funds...it’s not about the kids and safety. It’s about how much they can get away with.