PA Homepage: Scranton School District dismissing early for former President Trump’s visit – by: Vivian Muniz – Posted: Oct 7, 2024 The school district announced Monday that due to former President Trmup’s [sic] visit to Scranton on Wednesday, October 9, schools will be dismissing early to accommodate traffic concerns. The district said concerns over congestion that may interfere with student transportation were the reason for letting school out early, as well as other safety and security concerns.
I think it’s a good idea to let the kids out of class early for safety reasons. But I want to refer to this the next time someone says that any early dismissal for health and safety reasons, such as infectious disease outbreaks or a head lice infestation, is supposedly an unacceptable “burden” and will lead to that debunked “learning loss” propaganda, or whatever other woke-washing argument they use, like kids not getting their school meals. Remember that there have been multiple op-eds suggesting kids should never be dismissed early, not even for bomb threats!! But when a Trump rally is in town – it’s fine, right? I don’t expect we’ll see a bunch of op-eds lamenting this early dismissal. (And there shouldn’t be.) But it just goes to show that all those op-eds saying kids shouldn’t be sent home with lice or covid or even when there’s a bomb reported in the building… it’s b.s. and it’s not really about the kids or the learning. But we already knew that of course when some states made it legal for schools to use cafeteria staff or school bus drivers as substitute teachers during covid outbreaks to avoid needing to go remote, because of business interests hostile to remote options. It’s all ridiculous because of course safety should come first, and of course kids aren’t going to lose the game of life because they missed a half day of school because of some rally being in town, and not definitely not because they needed to get treated for lice.
Traffic changes, early dismissals for Trump stop in Scranton By Sarah Scinto | WVIA News Published October 8, 2024 at 3:33 PM EDT Both the Scranton and Dunmore school districts will release students early on Wednesday. In the Scranton School District, elementary and high school students will be dismissed at 10:50 a.m., and students at Intermediate Schools will leave at 11:30 a.m. All after-school activities and sports will also be canceled. In Dunmore, the Dunmore Junior/Senior High School will dismiss at 11:15 a.m. followed by the Elementary Center at 11:30 a.m., according to post from Director of Transportation Michelle Kokindo. She said breakfast is not served on early dismissal days, but lunch will be provided to students before they leave.