tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412316033303635508.post1350880827348781383..comments2024-03-29T00:38:02.505-05:00Comments on My Freezer is Full: You wouldn't think...Judy Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121300109427407095noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412316033303635508.post-53659613959190578462009-01-19T12:41:00.000-06:002009-01-19T12:41:00.000-06:00I heard that there was a big controversy about thi...I heard that there was a big controversy about this and I would point out a couple of things <BR/>We live 1.9 miles from the school and therefor don't qualify for riding the school bus. There are many children in our neighborhood in the same circumstances. Many of those kids have parents who have to be at work long before school starts and they walk to and from school every day. <BR/><BR/>1) No amount of bundling would protect a child who has to walk almost 2 miles to get to school. <BR/><BR/>2)What you are really denying parents is their free daycare. We have a friend who grumped about the decision loudly because HE doesn't have enough sense to have a backup plan for his 5 year old on the days there is no school. The kids will make up the days at the end of the year. No one is denying them an education. What it is doing is inconveniencing parents who don't have enough sense to think ahead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412316033303635508.post-80486757113933480672009-01-18T13:31:00.000-06:002009-01-18T13:31:00.000-06:00It's all relative, isn't it? Wow. 42* jump is rea...It's all relative, isn't it? Wow. 42* jump is really something, and when you put it as "40 to 80" it becomes even more mindboggling. Hope your digging out goes well. It is hard when it seems that you just get a breather and then the cold/snow starts all over again. <BR/>Grrr on the vocal opponents in the school situation. I think that the worst thing from the superintendent's view is that no matter what he/she does, it is against one group's view. Keep the schools open, some parents complain about irresponsibility and subjecting the children to danger to be in school. Close, and you get the denying education opportunities camp. No win. It seems that your superintendent has a good head on the shoulders and can resist the pressure, and close the schools. You are right, if even one child was saved, it is worth it. I can't imagine what it would be if a child was walking to get to school because it had stayed open and been hurt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412316033303635508.post-83388052244798044882009-01-17T13:11:00.000-06:002009-01-17T13:11:00.000-06:00Well, since it was -24 at the least, then frostbit...Well, since it was -24 at the least, then frostbite would set in under five minutes right? It's a 20 minute walk for me, if I'm going slow on a morning (and the colder it is, the slower I am). And with mid-term stress, a few days off because of weather was welcome to many of the people I know.Justinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839571935465747197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412316033303635508.post-87155843854372772452009-01-17T12:47:00.000-06:002009-01-17T12:47:00.000-06:00Some people are just completely unable to realize ...Some people are just completely unable to realize that others exist in this world besides themselves. I am grateful my officials called off school too.<BR/><BR/>I was thinking the same about the increase in temps. Can you imagine such a quick jump in the summertime?!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788740577135090145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1412316033303635508.post-28707053687101723912009-01-17T12:46:00.000-06:002009-01-17T12:46:00.000-06:00I'm with you on the school cancellation thing! Yo...I'm with you on the school cancellation thing! You just can't have a little grade schooler waiting 20 minutes at a bus stop in that weather. They aren't always wise enough to bundle themselves up, and those little Walmart coats that folks buy them, because they're growing too fast pay for expensive coats, just don't do the trick. Better safe than sorry.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.com