Too cold for school?

**anticyclonic** · 01-15-2009, 02:48 PM

Wow, really? I was watching the ticker last night, and all of the big schools-urban and suburban are closed today due to the cold, not bad weather just the cold. WHAT??????????

People are becoming soft. I listened to the Ankeny Superintendent last night and he gave a very politically correct protect-put everyone in a plastic bubble answer. Guess what, probably 80% of the small rural schools are open today (with a typical 2 hr delay) even in northern Iowa where it is 10-15 degrees colder than Des Moines.

**jay moe** · 01-15-2009, 02:50 PM

We didn't have school because it was cold enough that the buses would not start this morning.

**tman24** · 01-15-2009, 02:51 PM

have you walked longer than from your house to car? kids sit out at the bus stops and wait

**Wesley** · 01-15-2009, 02:52 PM

Just do teleschool from the bar.

**ISUCLONES15** · 01-15-2009, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by anticyclonic

Wow, really? I was watching the ticker last night, and all of the big schools-urban and suburban are closed today due to the cold, not bad weather just the cold. WHAT??????????

People are becoming soft. I listened to the Ankeny Superintendent last night and he gave a very politically correct protect-put everyone in a plastic bubble answer. Guess what, probably 80% of the small rural schools are open today (with a typical 2 hr delay) even in northern Iowa where it is 10-15 degrees colder than Des Moines.

Says the guy probably typing with frost bitten fingers!

**jay moe** · 01-15-2009, 02:54 PM

When semis are stalling on the highways because of the temps, I think it is better to error on the side of caution. Imagine if that was a bus load of kids.

**AirWalke** · 01-15-2009, 02:58 PM

Yeah, people will complain that their kids don't have to go to school because of "a little cold", but once something bad happens, they'll do a 180 and say "well what'd you make them go to school for!" Like jay moe said, better to err on the side of caution.

**Cardinal&Gold11** · 01-15-2009, 02:59 PM

It was cold, but my god!!!! Put on some clothes and its really not that nad

**clintr** · 01-15-2009, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by tman24

have you walked longer than from your house to car? kids sit out at the bus stops and wait

He toldly nailed this post ----^.

Turns out, you can get froze bit if you stay out long enough, even if you were gloves and a hat.

**lakeliving** · 01-15-2009, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by Cardinal&Gold11

It was cold, but my god!!!! Put on some clothes and its really not that nad

Cold and nad(s)............no thank you

Bottom line, safety for kids is most important

**jaretac** · 01-15-2009, 03:10 PM

My sis is a teacher in Des Moines and she said some of it may be to save money. Think about how much money it would take to heat those buildings on days like today.

**Aclone** · 01-15-2009, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by tman24

have you walked longer than from your house to car? kids sit out at the bus stops and wait

I think his point was that the rural schools are still having class, and even more of those kids have to wait for a bus.

**chuckd4735** · 01-15-2009, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by Cardinal&Gold11

It was cold, but my god!!!! Put on some clothes and its really not that nad

Are you ******* serious? What do you mean it’s really not that bad? We are at near record lows in Central Iowa, with a lot of cities across Iowa today reaching RECORD LOWS! That means that it has never been this cold since records have been kept for weather. I would consider that beyond bad!