friendfromlowry;1707647 wrote:Kids spending a few minutes walking in the rain to school will manage. Walking when it's -20 degrees outside is dangerous.
Most rural school districts do not have walkers but they cancel anyways. Those with long driveways usually have Mom parked at the end of it in a toasty SUV where their Johnny or Susie is in light clothing ready to make the 12ft dash into the bus. No kid wants to enter the school or clutter their locker with a parka and mittens. #Notcool
Where I live you have the private Amish schools who never cancel and wrap their kids like mummies and send them out on US Rt 62 to walk in a pack on the side of snow covered roads. #Fools
I am not that old (42) I can't remember one time school was cancelled because of the temperature or wind chill. Pretty sure those weather conditions existed back in the 80's. I had a about a 50ft walk from my front door to the bus as a teenager I would sleep until the last possible second then hit the shower so I did not stink for the babes toss on a coat and barely make the bus. My hair back when I had it was wet when I would leave. I remember mornings it was so cold my hair froze while I was walking to the bus. No way a winter cap was going to mess up my styled locks.
Most days I drive my youngest to school in the morning on the way to work. When the line forms up and I come to a halt I tell my son to get out and I pass all the pussies who feel the need to drop precious off 15ft from the front door. My son is not going to succumb to the elements making that hundred foot dash. And what with these kids wearing shorts in cold weather?
