Frigid Baltimore City schools: The racism we haven't confronted

[iluvatar5150]

I remember in science classes when it got too cold (no heaters), the teacher would just have us light up the bunsen burners for the duration.

Amazing how many things you can set fire too when the teacher's back is turned.

/good times

I once heard a story on the radio about prisoners smoking spinach swiped from the cafeteria and using the electrical outlets as an ignition source. I used that concept to light the carpet on fire when the teacher was out of the room. When she came back and asked what the burning smell was, we said someone down the hall had a birthday cake with a bunch of candles.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Frigid Baltimore City schools: The racism we haven't confronted

The heating units are racist?

 

[He is Risen 72]

All schools are suffering from budget shortfalls after years of neglect and mismanagement under the previous administration. Winter comes every year; it is not a surprise, so these students should have jackets and gloves. The families also have the option of private schools or moving to either a better funded school that turns the heat on or a warmer location. It really just depends on how badly the parents want their children to get educated.

 

[Nithavela]

All schools are suffering from budget shortfalls after years of neglect and mismanagement under the previous administration. Winter comes every year; it is not a surprise, so these students should have jackets and gloves. The families also have the option of private schools or moving to either a better funded school that turns the heat on or a warmer location. It really just depends on how badly the parents want their children to get educated.

Enlighten us, what has the current administration done for schools? It's been a year.

 

[MyOwnSockPuppet]

This strikes me as a bit odd - in the UK if there's a severe weather issue (to the extent that the students and staff cannot get safely to and from the school, or the school cannot be maintained above 16 degrees Celcius (about 61 F)) then the local authority is obliged to close the school for the day.
Usually this happens once a year or thereabouts either way (either the roads will be cleared, or the boiler will be given a sufficiently good kicking to get it to start up properly and heat the place up overnight).

In the cold snap we had just before Christmas there were of the order 3,000 schools closed for the day, it's basic health and safety. Does this not happen in the US?

 

[TLK Valentine]

In the cold snap we had just before Christmas there were of the order 3,000 schools closed for the day, it's basic health and safety. Does this not happen in the US?

It's supposed to happen... the fact that it's not is what's making this newsworthy.