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When is it too Cold for School?

Chris Boardman

With temperatures expected to plummet overnight, will the kids be out of school tomorrow as they were today? ABC 6 Reporter Erica Ricci has more...

Tuesday, Jan 27 at 8:00 PM Rain wrote ...

Is there school tommarow for elementary schols in providence?January 27,2009 02907 providence r.i.

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Tuesday, Jan 20 at 11:08 PM Matt wrote ...

You people don't know cold. In at Int'l Falls - 50F. The state of ME had -50F. These are not wind chill factors these are temperatures. Ask the service members station in AK how cold it is during Operation Brim Frost. When I was in AK it was -35 F there was no wind. It was cold, when it went up to 5F above that felt nice. It is all relative. The weather we had last week is the lower norm for RI, get over it. You people make me sick. You are so dependent on others, how do you survive.

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Saturday, Jan 17 at 5:03 PM Ed from Providence wrote ...

This is an excuse for the school boards to appease the teachers. How many of the kids are now hanging out because school is out? How many parents did not get paid for Thursday and Friday because they had to stay home? It is time to be realistic, not many families in this state have a parent that stays at home with the children, that is courtesy of the elected officals who buy off their idiot relatives or the municapal unions especialy the NEA. It is time for school vouchers, RI need a chance!

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Friday, Jan 16 at 2:10 PM jose wrote ...

this is stupid everybody should go to school, so zipper up and wear a scarf and a skully and just go

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Friday, Jan 16 at 9:33 AM Mom wrote ...

when it is too cold for them to be outside, there should be no school.

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Friday, Jan 16 at 4:32 AM coventry wrote ...

school should be canceled do to the fact that the last snow storm in coventry i went to drop my kids of and was informed ther was no heat or electric in the school but it was still open that make me feel real good about sending my kid to school on a cold day and what about high school kids driving to school in the cold with ice on the road why chance it so they can have a accedent and kill them self or some one you love this rhode island high taxs,low incomes and poorly maintained schools

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Friday, Jan 16 at 12:34 AM cloey wrote ...

I think school should be cancelled when it is very cold out side. I'm a parent and yes this is New England but we havent had temps like this in a while. Also most parents keep their kids at home and guess what city and school buses are not always on time. I wont be sending my child send yours if want to.

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Friday, Jan 16 at 12:25 AM lesly wrote ...

I think there should be school

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Friday, Jan 16 at 12:07 AM Anonymous wrote ...

I understand that school officials are worried about the children not being prepared for the cold, but the parents of those children should be making sure that their children are prepared for the cold weather and that they are NOT walking to school and make other arrangements for them to get to school. The schools are heated and the children will be warm there, if they keep canceling what will happen at the end of the year when the weather gets too hot like last year?

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Thursday, Jan 15 at 11:19 PM Devin(Columbus,Oh) wrote ...

As a student myself, they should think about the kids that have to walk to school or wait for a bus to school

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Thursday, Jan 15 at 10:56 PM davi barros wrote ...

myself as a student i think that the school should be canceled because of the cold temperature

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Thursday, Jan 15 at 10:36 PM Ed from Providence wrote ...

This is not rare weather for RI the kids should have been in school today. Get your kids hats, gloves or mittens. No ear muffs or hair bands, they do not keep you warm. It is a shame that so many people in this state are so stupid when it comes to staying warm. This is not the first time RIer's showed their stupidity. During the blizzard of '78 19 people died on I 95 in Providence due to carbon monoxide posioning. These people were within 100 yards of the civic center or then the Holiday Inn.

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Thursday, Jan 15 at 10:35 PM cheryl dennison wrote ...

i agree there should not be school its freezing out and alot of kids has to walk and alot of cars wont start i wont send mine

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Thursday, Jan 15 at 10:11 PM robin wrote ...

there should be school,unless there is a bad snow storm. school's have heat and there is heat on bus's. no school because it is cold, what a joke. the kids stay home and do what, go out side and hang around the streets anyways.

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Thursday, Jan 15 at 10:08 PM rEGINA ORELLANA FROM PROVIDENCE wrote ...

I THINK THEY SHOULD STAY HOME.THE HIGH TOMORROW WILL BE 15 DEGREES.I THINK THAT IS WAY TO COLD FOR SOME OF OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS.

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Thursday, Jan 15 at 9:29 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Yes when its told cold outside school should be canceled. From New Bedford

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Thursday, Jan 15 at 9:27 PM Maria Santana Providence wrote ...

They Should Cancel School tomorrow Because What About All The Kids That Have To Take The City Bus Every Morning & On The Afternoon. There Should Not Be School.

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Thursday, Jan 15 at 9:24 PM Anonymous wrote ...

I think there should be school, they need to bundle up with warm jackets, hats, and gloves, if there was a bad storm then i can see staying home

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Thursday, Jan 15 at 9:00 PM christine dero warwick wrote ...

Forget the school buses. What about students who have to drive to school? Do these parents forget that they're cars need to warm up? Do these parents realize that plenty of kids need to walk home everyday? When it's too cold there should not be school.

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