Community Chat

[Nataliesgramma]

Common sense isn't so common anymore.....BAD decision

[Perkup]

A group from here in S.E. Louoisiana left by bus before the storm. They spent two full days heading for DC.  When they got there the storm was beginning and it finally occured to someone that they should probably get back home. They did, and spent two more full days heading for New Orleans again. Four days on a bus - kids who were chosen to make this trip spent four days of their school year on a bus to nowhere.  Why didn't someone in authority go to the Weather Channel and see what was about to happen in DC?  

Apparently common sense is missing in all  parts of the country.

[nun ya]

I don't know if those who were stuck were just trying to beat the storm or what. But obviously not familiar with the PA Turnpike to know better. Once you are on, the exits are few are far between, and mountainous roads for miles. 

[brii]

It doesn't seem like a smart move to head out in the path of a storm...

[IamMrsG]

Weather aside, this march seems totally inappropriate for school students' participation.  So there's the primary reason my child would not attend.  The weather would have been the secondary reason, but it certainly would have been a reason.

 Edited to correct an error.

[AngusandBuddhasMom]

I know our church had a bus going not sure if they actually went. And heck no I would not let my kid go. 

They should of postponed it or cancelled it. 

[Lipstickdiva]

These were high school students so I see nothing inappropriate with these school children attending such a march.

I do see a big problem with them heading out into a storm that everyone knew was coming.   I wouldn't have let my child attend.  Churches and schools in the Cleveland area were set to go also but it was all cancelled. There was a service in downtown Cleveland that ended up with a much larger attendance than expected because many who were supposed to go to DC came to the service instead.

[Mominohio]

I, too, think that having high school students, who support some type of program, policy or philosophy, exercise their first amendment rights to be heard, to make a difference in something they find important, to be a good thing. The trip, regardless of their view (side) or their topic, allowing them to have access to our nation's capital, is a very valuable learning experience at this age.

But, going out, knowing the storm possibilities as they were forecast well in advance, was not a smart move by the organizers, the parents, the bus lines that transported them, or the students themselves.  Somewhere in that chain of people who had to approve/provide transportation/give permission, someone should have come up with a little common sense and pulled the plug on the whole thing.

Thankfully all ended well, but it just as easily could have gone the other way. As a parent, my child would not have participated, simply because of the weather forecast and possibility of danger on the roads.

[goldensrbest]

The trip should had been cancelled.

[ChynnaBlue]

As near as I can tell, right to life groups only care about a life before it's born. They seem very hypocritical. I've never seen the right to life people at rallies against the dealth penalty, rallies to protect healthcare, rallies to fund education, programs to help children, or to help the homeless or anything else.

They don't care about those kids on the bus, they only care that those kids show up and be seen serving their needs.