Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Pennsylvania Leads the Way

Some Harrisburg schools closing early because of heat - PennLive.com: "Harrisburg's SciTech High in Harrisburg will dismiss at 10 a.m. today and William Penn ACTS and Career and Technology Academy at 11:30 a.m., due to unseasonable heat, according to Harrisburg School District spokeswoman Lisa Paige.

Temperatures in the Harrisburg area are forecast to be near record highs, topping 90 today and in the upper 80s tomorrow."

8 comments:

Todd Mason said...

And your point, Bill? I assume, or at least hope, your schools down in the Swelter Zone are air-conditioned. Guess what about schools in the likes of Harrisburg?

Unknown said...

I went to school in the days before a/c. In fact, the first two years after I graduated from college, I taught in a school w/o a/c. And it was a lot hotter than that. In the winter, of course, I walked to school barefoot in the snow. Uphill.

Janet Rudolph said...

I'm from Philly, and we went to school despite high temps and 100% humidity. Of course, we also walked 5 miles in the snow...

Todd Mason said...

Yeah, yeah. And I went to school w/o a/c in Oklahoma, Connecticut, and some buildings in Hawaii. (Massachusetts and New Hampshire and other buildings in Hawaii had often inadequate a/c.) And I had to swim to school with the sharks, scraping my fists up pretty raw on their snouts. (And then there was Hawaii.)

If you're crazy enough to live in southern Texas, you're used to 90 degrees (Celsius) in the shade. In Harrisburg, PA, not so much. I know that conditions in a 90 degree building are not too conducive to tuition, perhaps even with a Crider in the tank suffering along with the charges.

Unknown said...

Believe me, we all suffered, and not just from the heat. I've often wondered how my young charges (and I) survived those years.

Ivan G Shreve Jr said...

I have a feeling this is all some sort of socialist plot to make American students more stupid (not that they would need any help).

Cap'n Bob said...

What a bunch of cream puffs.

Hall Monitor said...

This story made DetentionSlip.org! Check it out for all the crazy headlines from our schools.