What temperature does it need to be for the schools to decide whether to open or not.

[alfiesgirl]

I was expecting my daughters school to remain closed today due to the weather combined with the fact that it is the last day of term and would be closing earlier than normal anyway at 12.30 yet it has opened and i haven't sent my daughter in.

What temperature does it have to be for the schools to decide not to open and who is the decision maker?

[another-view]

Surely the temperature doesn't matter. The school surely has a boiler and heating system?
I would assume the headteacher would make any such decision

[sara3]

it's not a matter of the temperature, as another-view says. my children's school is closed, the decision was made partly on the fact that many teachers couldn't even get in.

[alfiesgirl]

Thanks for your reply but wouldn't the bad weather outside be a contributing factor as to whether or not a school should open or not seeing as most of the staff not to mention the pupils would be travelling by road or walking ?

[another-view]

The bad weather would but the temperature wouldn't.

[alfiesgirl]

Thankyou both for your replies..between the two of you i have the answer i was hoping to get. Seems that my daughter will now have an "unauthorized absence" black mark doesn't it..oh well such is life !

[sara3]

you didn't actually say if you COULD have got her to school or not...

[another-view]

Frightening how a few flakes of snow grind the country to a halt.

[TTG]

When I grew up in the Midlands we had snow drifts in March! I don't recall my schools being closed at all.

[another-view]

Me neither. People are too soft nowadays.

[alfiesgirl]

Yes i could have got her to school but was more concerned about collecting her again at 12.30 as it was still snowing here at 8am and i thought it would continue. I always thought that the temperature had something to do with the decision.

[B00]

Have you asked a simliar question elsewhere?

Anyhoo, im of the opinion that if you can get them to school you should at least make the effort to get them there. If you get a call to collect them, them's the chances you take. I mean honestly how bad is it there? Dunno about where you live it's about ankle deep here and certainly not deep enough for everyday life to grind to a halt.

[another-view]

Unfortunately, it's this kind of attitude rather than the weather that stops the country.

[alfiesgirl]

My daughter already had a week off this term due to swine flu and so it was the thought of seeing her so ill and poorly again which actually swayed me to keep her indoors today..especially seeing as the school closes at 12.30 anyway it seemed too big a risk to take..maybe a hasty judgement and i am just being an overly concerned Mum.

[B00]

I can see where you're coming from alfiesgirl, but I do think you might be overprotecting her, again which I completely understand. My daughter toddled off to school muffled up to the eyeballs with pants and wellies on with her school skirt, tights and shoes in a bag. It's cold yes, but certainly not unbearably so if you're suitably dressed.

When school closes today -wer'e going to the park to play in it too- daft? Yes possibly but it isnt half fun and bracing ;-)

[alfiesgirl]

Have fun!