MASON CITY – Extreme cold on its way to North Iowa has school district officials in Mason City planning ahead today, as students will not be attending classes on Monday, January 6th.
Due to the extreme weather predictions for Monday, January 6, 2014, the Mason City Community School District has cancelled school and classes for that day. The Administrative Offices located at 1515 S. Pennsylvania Ave. will be open.
Already cold temps will soon be nosediving in the North Iowa region, weather forecasters are predicting. Temps for Monday will reach double-digits below zero and extremely dangerous wind chills.
Already in North Iowa, wind chill warnings and blowing snow advisories are in effect with no relief is sight for days.
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I do agree with the decision to not have school as some kids have to stand outside for sometimes up to 10-15 minutes waiting for the bus. Lets just all think safety.
@LVS- You and I must be about the same age. Hell I remember walking to the ice skating rink @ east park and about 2-3 hours later having to walk home about 16 blocks and sometimes it was very cold and also very,very fun, I for one have pampered my grown up children but I have to say my boys ran 5-6 miles every nite after wrestling practice. I thought they were nuts but they got most of their college payed for by their hard work
There are a few superintendents in Minnesota that are pretty upset with their governor calling off the schools. They say that is their decision and by calling it off 3 days ahead of the potential problem sets a precedent that they don’t want or need. It is just another example of the government trying to control our lives. That being said, I just find it hard to believe that we survived to get old with all the things we did wrong like walking to school no matter what the weather (they never shut down the schools when I was young, riding in cars without seat belts, eating the wrong food, smoking cigarettes, drinking 3.2% beer, riding in the back of pickups, no child seats for kids, playing with toy guns and BB guns, going outside to play and not coming home until after dark, and on and on. We are raising a bunch of sissy’s.
It’s not safe for all those kids who walk to their bus stops and wait up to 5 or 10 minutes outside. 50 below wind chill is dangerous!
I heard The governor of Minnesota shut down all schools and government offices for Monday to keep people off the roads.
The day will be made up on President’s Day most likely, so they are missing out on anything.
Less people on the roads and that’s good.
Say what, isn’t there any heat in the schools.