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Post by shoreterp on Feb 20, 2015 7:46:04 GMT -4
Maybe we should just have a new rule where schools will close any time it's below freezing? Curious how "road conditions" managed to change significantly from yesterday with no precipitation? Amazing how I was somehow able to travel by bus 50+ miles to work at 5am today with no issue at all.
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Post by constructr on Feb 20, 2015 8:37:56 GMT -4
Agreed. And it's not like we have "hills" to deal with over here! If bus drivers can't navigate through an occasional 1" deep snow drift................
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Post by glk21c on Feb 20, 2015 12:23:40 GMT -4
between the cold weather, snow, fog and at one point it will be raining too hard and/or too hot outside, yep, might as well close for the remainder of the year
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Post by vetter00 on Feb 20, 2015 13:05:25 GMT -4
The person who makes the decision on school closing/delays can not win!! If you close schools, people complain, if you keep them open, people complain. I sure wouldn't want that job. I can only imagine how many emails/calls this person gets from angry parents.
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Post by cruzincat on Feb 20, 2015 15:50:25 GMT -4
I think the issue today was the extreme cold and wind chill. People around here do not have the cold weather gear that they have up north. If one child got frostbite waiting for a bus it would not have been worth keeping the schools open.
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Post by constructr on Feb 20, 2015 16:48:05 GMT -4
I think the issue today was the extreme cold and wind chill. People around here do not have the cold weather gear that they have up north. If one child got frostbite waiting for a bus it would not have been worth keeping the schools open. Perhaps if parents would have their kids dress appropriately (no shorts!!) that might help. Besides, they specifically stated "Poor road conditions" as the reason for today's closing. Welcome to Maryland - AKA "The Nanny State"
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Post by smurfette on Feb 20, 2015 18:27:06 GMT -4
So, I am one who is usually saying they close schools too much. That being said, today was the right call. The reason was the drifting snow. Up on the northern part of the county where there are lots of fields, this very powdery snow was being blown all over the roads. Route 301 was barely clear - two tire tracks in two lanes- at 5:00 this morning. Route 18 had 4-6 inches of snow blown on it in some places. Yesterday evening, route 213 right on front of Food Lion had at least 4 inches of snow. I guess another discussion on the need for two regions to close/delay schools - Kent Island and the rest of the county.
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Post by rdkntriker on Feb 21, 2015 9:40:35 GMT -4
I would rather they error on the side of safety then that of having a child getting hurt.
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Post by ragtop on Feb 21, 2015 13:42:44 GMT -4
Maybe we should just have a new rule where schools will close any time it's below freezing? Curious how "road conditions" managed to change significantly from yesterday with no precipitation? Amazing how I was somehow able to travel by bus 50+ miles to work at 5am today with no issue at all. As my sister's best friend died in an accident trying to get to school... I'm in favor of erroring on the side of caution.
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Post by sharon on Feb 22, 2015 23:56:48 GMT -4
I think the issue today was the extreme cold and wind chill. People around here do not have the cold weather gear that they have up north. If one child got frostbite waiting for a bus it would not have been worth keeping the schools open. Perhaps if parents would have their kids dress appropriately (no shorts!!) that might help. Besides, they specifically stated "Poor road conditions" as the reason for today's closing. Welcome to Maryland - AKA "The Nanny State" So maybe the decision maker should state 'School is closed today because parents don't know how to dress their kids accordingly'. Don't close & folks pitch a fit, close & people pitch a fit. Better to error on the side of safety than not & chance someone getting hurt & then see who is still standing & pitching a fit.
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Post by actionnow on Mar 1, 2015 14:36:37 GMT -4
Let's just consider for one moment our society of unaccountability! If your child is injured because they HAD to go to school (let's see, you're probably one of those people who are INCONVENIENCED to a great degree when your children don't have school), who will be the first to blame the school system for failure?
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Post by Rich Fisher on Mar 1, 2015 15:07:53 GMT -4
I think that there is a lot of bickering about this because so many people here relocated from areas that get more snow and are used to dealing with it. There are also a lot of people from areas that barely get winter weather and don't know how to deal with it. Natives fall somewhere in the middle.
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Post by falgar25 on Mar 1, 2015 15:15:02 GMT -4
It isn't just about convenience, it is also about education. Both the education the children will acquire by being in school and also the education they will gain from the entire experience. If they don't go to school they will miss that day or days and that would be a shame. Our education system is not keeping up with the rest of the world and keeping kids away from school will just increase the problem.
However, a bigger problem is what we are teaching children by keeping them out of school. The roads were very drivable that day. This is not from someone who sat in the house and watched the disaster channel (otherwise known as the local weather}, this is from someone who cleaned off their car and drove to work. On the other hand, children learned that the weather was treacherous and worthy of canceling the world, locking the doors, and hiding under the bed. Children learned that faced with just a little adversity the correct answer is to run and hide. Don't clean off the cars, don't drive safely, don't dress warmly, just pull the covers over your head and cower until the temps hit 65 and the roads are bone dry.
There are conditions that warrant locking the doors and waiting things out. True hurricanes and winter storms like we had just a few years ago warrant such a reaction. But cold weather and a dusting of snow are not those conditions. We do a disservice to tomorrow's generation when we teach them to be afraid of a little uncomfortable weather.
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