7 degrees this morning on my way to school!
Posted By: What I don't get though is --- on 2009-01-20
In Reply to: 1 degree this morning taking son to school - XanaX
Our kids were dismissed early last Thursday because of afternoon snow showers (better to be safe than sorry). They also decided before sending them home on Thursday to close on Friday due to expected cold temperatures. Temps were the same as today, yet we go to school today. I don't get it. We were off Monday for an in-service day, but they always schedule that on King day. So why be off Friday but not today? I'm guessing some higher-ups wanted a 4-1/2-day weekend.
Back in my day (I'm 34), we went to school unless it snowed 2 feet or we got an ice storm. We never got off because it was "too cold". I asked the school secretary about this, who's close to my age, and she agreed about "our day" and said she thinks it has to do with so many parents letting their kids stand at the bus stops for 1/2 hour or more because they don't want to get dressed and drive them to the bus stop and not dressing the kids properly. She said you wouldn't believe the number of kids she sees at school dressed in shorts, etc, in the middle of winter. We live in the Northeast, so it's not like we expect it to be warm this time of year.
I just will never understand some parents. I drive my kids to school every day even though they're on the bus route. The busses are just too cold in the morning and they'd have to get up 1/2 hour earlier and we already get up at 7:15 to be at school by 8. I let them ride the bus home in the afternoon because the buses are warmed up 1/2 hour from picking up the high schoolers first and my kids are only on the bus for 15 minutes. I also make sure my kids have hat, gloves and scarves when it's cold. They don't always wear 'em, but they're in their backpacks if they need them. Why don't some parents care?
Sorry -- off my soapbox. This was just s'posed to be about the weather.  It's cold here -- BRRRRR 
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