This has been as harsh a winter in many parts of the country this year, but are we doing ourselves any favors by allowing kids to remain home when they could be going to school? I say no.
Today, for example, in northern Kentucky, there was an inch or less of snow on the ground at 6AM, and schools are closed. When I looked at the street in front of my house it was cleared of any snow. There is no reasonable person who went to school before the 1990's who thinks school should be called off today.
What logic could the decision makers have for closing school when it is such a small amount of snow and temperatures are not unbearably frigid? People with jobs are still driving past the house on their way to work.
What could we possibly be teaching our kids about life when we continually, and so easily, let them off the hook of going to school? It should not be a liability issue. If a parent would sue the school district for making them go to school in snow or cold weather, they always have the right to keep their child home, and not risk the weather outside. The parent should be responsible enough to deal with the weather by teaching the child how to dress and how to safely navigate the route to school.
If the parent is not that responsible, that is not the fault of the schools. It is time to toughen up, and stop making excuses for not doing the hard things. For allowing excuses when none should be accepted, is doing more harm than good to the future of society.
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