The weather can cause quiet a strain over our lives. This uncontrollable factor seems to create our daily plans and influence our lives more than any other. In fact, the weather conditions can even be a great influencing factor when it comes to educating our school children.
Schools close and cancel classes due to snow and blizzard icy conditions. They close due to tornados and storms. They close due to flooding. And now schools have closed early due to too much sunshine.
Connecticut has been experiencing extreme heat conditions over the past few days. Many schools decided Monday that it was too dangerous to expose the students to the heat. Schools began closing on Monday when the temperature rose above 90 degrees for the second day in a row.
The National Weather Service had issues a heat and air advisory for almost all of the state. Some cities have even set up free cooling stations in which its citizen can attempt to escape the heat.
There were at least 75 school districts that took part in the closing. They included Catholic schools, technical schools, and early and afternoon closings.
Some of the schools were not equipped with enough air conditioning and ventilation to handle the heat.
Shortening the days will actually be a better bet for the state. It is required to get in 900 hours of instructional time for its students. However the state has been given the right to close school early or shorten the day at any given time that is needed and on a case by case basis.
Therefore the school system may continue cancelling afternoon activities and shortening the school days until the heat passes. However according to the National Weather Service the heat wave may cause temperatures to rise to over 100 degrees before it is over.