Allison Flaherty - Newsela : Officials Differ When It's Too Cold to Go to School Brrrrr! The thermostat says it’s freezing out there. Will we have school today? That is a question that many people ask themselves on days in which the temperature is extremely low. The people who make the call on whether or not to close school, however, do not rely on only temperature to make their decision. Many factors are considered when school officials try to decide if they should close school or not. In the article “Newsela : Officials Differ When It's Too Cold to Go to School” on page 1 it asks, “how cold is too cold to keep schools open?” Unfortunately, there aren’t any official regulations in place to answer that question, so superintendents and
