[monkeys mum]

Would you consider keeping your kids home from school if the weather was to be 40 with extreme uv, severe fire risk in the hills, and extreme risk for the metro. As an added bonus thunder storms, one child is petrified of them due to sensory issues, and chances are another black out due to the heat- we have one now three hours in and at least min hour to go.

So would you send your kids or keep them home?

I am sure my birthday boy would love the day off to play with his new toy lol doesnt mean they will stay home though.

What temp would you keep your kids home?

[Heather11]

I would keep them home if I lived in the hills so that I could leave and have them with me if need be. I know a lot of schools actually close on catastrophic warning days anyway.

Other than that they go. They stay inside at recess/lunch time if over a certain temperature and all classrooms are air conditioned better than our house so they would actually be cooler at school.

Also, not sure if you are in SA, but it could be like today forecast of 37 degrees but only reached 33.

[squeekums]

With the fire risk in the hills (speaking of adelaide hills as example)
yes not even a question
I thought schools shut in high risk fire areas , they do in SA anyway.

[Excentrique]

depends, does the classroom have aircon? I thought there was generally a rule (when I was a kid anyway) that school closes once it gets to 40.

[Chelli]

Yes I would keep them at home.

[emnut]

fire risk in area that school is in - yes. Other reasons no

[wiggles]

I too would keep them at home.

[~Tranquillity~]

Yes I would under those circumstances. However I have never been a 'they must never miss a day of school ' type of person.

[ali27]

At this time of the year, yes I would keep them home.

[butterflydreamin...]

If fire risk in the area of school then yes otherwise no. If we kept children home for really hot weather here in Perth school wouldn't start until March.