Ithaca Colder than Antarctica
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We had days in the winter of 06-07 where school was closed with no snow on the ground. My understanding is that if the windchill factor drops the temperature below -25 or -30F that schools that have high walker percentages are required to close. Mine was and we had at least 2 and up to 4 days we closed due to cold that year. That was in Liverpool too!
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@thanksaj said:
We had days in the winter of 06-07 where school was closed with no snow on the ground. My understanding is that if the windchill factor drops the temperature below -25 or -30F that schools that have high walker percentages are required to close. Mine was and we had at least 2 and up to 4 days we closed due to cold that year. That was in Liverpool too!
It's not good that they use a percentage of walkers as a guide. If any kids are in danger, it should be enough. Why would kids' lives only matter in certain quantities?
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As someone who had several schoolmates die from school not closing when it should have for safety reasons, I take school closings pretty seriously. Since it is the school that mandates that kids travel rather than learn from home, I hold school administration accountable for the lives that they endanger with bad policies.
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This morning it was -12 when I went to my dr.'s appt. BRRR.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
We had days in the winter of 06-07 where school was closed with no snow on the ground. My understanding is that if the windchill factor drops the temperature below -25 or -30F that schools that have high walker percentages are required to close. Mine was and we had at least 2 and up to 4 days we closed due to cold that year. That was in Liverpool too!
It's not good that they use a percentage of walkers as a guide. If any kids are in danger, it should be enough. Why would kids' lives only matter in certain quantities?
School closings cost the school money. Districts budget a certain number of snow days a year, and when they go over, they have to dip into school vacations and other scheduled holidays to make up the difference. If you have a rural school district where all but 5 kids commute by bus, that's one thing. But I lived in a very suburban, very city school district. There were at least 1000 homes within 1 mile of the school. At least. It's horrible to say but it's all about the numbers.
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Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
Nope.I spent a week once in Winnipeg, MB - it got to -30c (near enough -25f). Went out for a smoke after working for a few hours next to a huge oven that fired toilets, just soaked in sweat. By the time I finished my smoke (one does not lollygag about in -30c) my jeans froze.
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@thanksaj said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
We had days in the winter of 06-07 where school was closed with no snow on the ground. My understanding is that if the windchill factor drops the temperature below -25 or -30F that schools that have high walker percentages are required to close. Mine was and we had at least 2 and up to 4 days we closed due to cold that year. That was in Liverpool too!
It's not good that they use a percentage of walkers as a guide. If any kids are in danger, it should be enough. Why would kids' lives only matter in certain quantities?
School closings cost the school money. Districts budget a certain number of snow days a year, and when they go over, they have to dip into school vacations and other scheduled holidays to make up the difference. If you have a rural school district where all but 5 kids commute by bus, that's one thing. But I lived in a very suburban, very city school district. There were at least 1000 homes within 1 mile of the school. At least. It's horrible to say but it's all about the numbers.
Even in super rural NY districts tons of kids walk.
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You all realize that this is just a sensationalist headline? Because it is summer in Antarctica.
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A couple years ago, Orlando was having a crazy unusual cold front and Alaska was having a crazy unusual warmfront. So for an entire day Orlando , Florida was colder than Anchorage, Alaska
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksaj said:
We had days in the winter of 06-07 where school was closed with no snow on the ground. My understanding is that if the windchill factor drops the temperature below -25 or -30F that schools that have high walker percentages are required to close. Mine was and we had at least 2 and up to 4 days we closed due to cold that year. That was in Liverpool too!
It's not good that they use a percentage of walkers as a guide. If any kids are in danger, it should be enough. Why would kids' lives only matter in certain quantities?
School closings cost the school money. Districts budget a certain number of snow days a year, and when they go over, they have to dip into school vacations and other scheduled holidays to make up the difference. If you have a rural school district where all but 5 kids commute by bus, that's one thing. But I lived in a very suburban, very city school district. There were at least 1000 homes within 1 mile of the school. At least. It's horrible to say but it's all about the numbers.
Even in super rural NY districts tons of kids walk.
Yes, but they aren't classified as walkers because they live outside a certain radius. What that radius is I have no clue.
