Madison graduation 2012
Warren County CC graduation
New Miami graduation 2012
Home > Blogs > Middletown School News and Issues > Archives > 2009 > January > 15 > Entry
When is it too cold?
With my hands still tingling 10 minutes after I came inside from the short walk from my car to the office, I got to thinking about students waiting for the bus this morning.
Local schools called for a two-hour delay today because of drifting snow and frigid winds, which will blow at as cold as 24 degrees below zero through 6 p.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
I caught up with Madison Superintendent Curtis Philpot about just how cold is too cold for school, something I read about in the Columbus Dispatch yesterday.
Philpot said he made the decision to delay school last night, wanting to give parents enough time to make arrangements.
He said there is no hard number that the district uses to determine whether or not to delay or cancel classes.
“If the temperature is in the single digits and the wind chill is below zero, we’re having discussions about a delay,” Philpot said.
“You don’t have to be outside for a very long period of time to be in danger,” he said. “We don’t want to put our kids out there in that risk if we don’t have to.”
So what do you think? When is it too cold for school?
Permalink | Comments (9) | Post your comment | Categories: Madison Local Schools
Comments
By VietVet
January 15, 2009 11:19 AM | Link to this
In the 60’s, at Middletown, in the four years of high school, they called off school one time when it was 17 below zero. All other days of snow accumulation and cold weather, we were required to be at school. That one day, they didn’t want the kids standing out in below zero temps waiting for the Ortman Steward city bus- not yellow school bus.There were no yellow buses in the city then.Kids get out of school more often now than back then.
By preacher,franklin,ohio
January 15, 2009 11:23 AM | Link to this
god sends the weather don,tworry be happy geter done for jesus god bless you all love in chirst preacher.
By Sub Zero
January 15, 2009 11:32 AM | Link to this
Cancelling school for cold weather hum bug…it is incompetent education to close schools down simply because it is a little cold outside.
By hairy hole
January 15, 2009 12:48 PM | Link to this
Its too cold for the kids to go to school when its too cold for the teenage drug dealers to stand on the corners.
By wonders all
January 15, 2009 1:17 PM | Link to this
I graduated in the late 90’s. There is no reason to delay or cancel school because of the temps. The school I graduated from only delayed if the bus couldn’t get up the large hill in the city. Stop making these kids in to big babies. If you think waiting for the bus is too cold for your kids, then drive them yourself! I can’t believe the number of delays and closings that Middletown schools have had already this year. Where does the line come in?
By Teacher
January 15, 2009 2:10 PM | Link to this
From a teacher’s perspective, canceling school due to the temperature is silly. Students will gripe about the cold, and beg parents not to make them go to school. For those parents that give in - get real! You had to go to school when it was cold; your parents went to school when it was cold. Stop giving in to your children’s every whim and be the parent.
By c
January 15, 2009 2:45 PM | Link to this
if it is too cold schools should be closed. to the teacher who had the comments, you need to get real. you’re just mad because you won’t get paid. tough. why don’t you think about the health of others before you’re own personal monetary gain.
By another teacher
January 15, 2009 3:11 PM | Link to this
First, teachers get paid a salary whether we have school or not. Trust me, on days we don’t have school, we don’t just sit around doing nothing. We are usually grading papers, making plans or creating new projects for our students to do to enhance their learning. Second, I have students whose parents drop them off at the bus stop and leave for work, sometimes without even considering a delay. These kids sometimes stand out there for an hour or more before they realize that there is a delay or no school. By that time, in this weather, they will have frost bite. I (and every single teacher that I know)care enough about kids to be concerned about their health and safety.
By another teacher
January 15, 2009 3:12 PM | Link to this
First, teachers get paid a salary whether we have school or not. Trust me, on days we don’t have school, we don’t just sit around doing nothing. We are usually grading papers, making plans or creating new projects for our students to do to enhance their learning. Second, I have students whose parents drop them off at the bus stop and leave for work, sometimes without even considering a delay. These kids sometimes stand out there for an hour or more before they realize that there is a delay or no school. By that time, in this weather, they will have frost bite. I (and every single teacher that I know)care enough about kids to be concerned about their health and safety.