Has the weather been cooler than average where you are?

@iamonfire696 I cannot think of Canada without thinking of snow. Granted I have never been there but maybe just one of those stereotypes that we think about with other nations.

@Punches it was bitterly cold and we had lots of snow. My kids missed 12 days of school between the snow and insanely cold temperatures. They missed 8 days due to flooding.

@iamonfire696 when we were kids and going to school they hardly closed no matter what. I guess every generation says that though

@Punches they would mainly cancel the buses when I was in school. They don’t want the teachers and students coming into school when it’s -45 C and colder. It got to -54 C this year.

The school was surrounded by water and you couldn’t get to it. My kids were so happy 🙄

@Punches @iamonfire696 I grew up in Chicago, and the Chicago Public Schools would only shut down under the most extreme conditions like a blizzard. I had to wait for the bus in a snowstorm at least once a year.

@latinbutterfly half the students come in from buses in the country and the roads aren’t paved. They can’t have kids in them and risk getting stuck in that weather. Most of the teachers don’t live here and have to travel so if the highways are closed they can’t come but they don’t want people travelling when it’s -50 C (-58 F). We don’t shut down here for a little snow either. It’s gotta be a blizzard.