N.J. school district will close before
solar eclipse due to ‘concern’ about
kids looking at the sun
NJ Advance Media,
by
Tina Kelly
Original Article
Posted By: Scottyboy,
3/9/2024 9:04:37 AM
Livingston schools will close early on April 8 to avoid any danger to students and families from the solar eclipse, according to a letter Superintendent Matthew J. Block sent home to families Wednesday.
The Essex County school district’s four schools will dismiss at noon or 12:45 p.m., hours before the eclipse, so students are not tempted to look directly at the sun without protective eyewear during their usual dismissal time, the superintendent said.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
franq 3/9/2024 9:15:22 AM (No. 1673881)
Better watch it, or they'll drink water from the garden hose too.
Just don't suspend any troublemakers contrary to DEI.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 3/9/2024 9:15:49 AM (No. 1673883)
New Jersey snowflakes, who woulda known that the students are not smart enough to look at the sun during an eclipse? Did the educators teach them why? If not, why not? So close the school down. Easy fix. Kids are at home, they look at the sun. Problem solved. Educational administrators - well thought out plan. Whose dumber - the educators or the kids? My bet is on the educators.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
padiva 3/9/2024 9:17:31 AM (No. 1673884)
Of course, the kids will have the whole afternoon to look at the sun front their own backyards.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Catfur27 3/9/2024 9:20:45 AM (No. 1673893)
..here in Buffalo , NY.... a "prime" location for viewing the eclipse....the local pols ( ALL dems) are in full-panic mode ... ( All in the name of "safety" , of course)
...schools will be closed ...businesses are asked to close early...police and fire dept at extra strength...and the the dem leaders are advising people to "stay at home".
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JackBurton 3/9/2024 9:24:09 AM (No. 1673897)
My first partial eclipse, when i was in high school, there was a mountain of information about pinhole cameras... made with a cardboard box, a white sheet of paper and a hole that was covered with aluminum foil with a single hole in it for safe viewing. I remember leaving the box in my car, looking down at the sidewalk below a tree and there, right there, were a thousand images of the partially eclipsed sun formed by the tiny spaces left for the sun to make it thru the tree leaves.
It isn't rocket science. It's simple do it at home stuff.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
edgar 3/9/2024 9:24:15 AM (No. 1673898)
Why not keep them in school and provide a lesson on what a solar eclipse is and the related danger? Instead, let them go outside and learn for themselves. What could go wrong?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
hershey 3/9/2024 9:28:54 AM (No. 1673905)
Well Jeez Louise, just don't let them outside??? These are 'educated' educators????
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 3/9/2024 9:30:57 AM (No. 1673911)
Talk about the nanny state. Let’s end it there.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
minuteman 3/9/2024 9:37:15 AM (No. 1673919)
It is about avoiding lawsuits, not protecting children.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
anniebc 3/9/2024 9:38:36 AM (No. 1673921)
Any reason for kids to be safely away from indoctrination and dumb-down centers is probably a good thing.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 3/9/2024 9:42:10 AM (No. 1673926)
Any excuse not to teach.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
LadyHen 3/9/2024 9:46:13 AM (No. 1673928)
If it is too hard for these "teachers" to teach the students about a solar eclipse, why not to look directly at it, and how to look at it safely... why would you trust these "teachers" to teach your kids ANYTHING?
My first eclipse was when I was in elementary school. The teachers used it as an OPPORTUNITY to teach about the sun, the moon, and everything having to do with the eclipse. We had a whole week of special lessons. We went outside during the eclipse. We were told to listen for animal night noises, we measured the temperature change, we had built pinhole cameras.. it was a great and very memorable experience.
When my son was in HS (and homeschooled) we did the same and then had a big family grill out and everyone had the special glasses. Again, educational and memorable.
We recently had a partial eclipse here. Daughter was 5. We explained in simple terms what was happening and that she had to wear special glasses to watch. A 5 year old got it and she observed it safely.
These NJ "teachers" and these educational bureaucrats are lazy bums who don't want to do their job!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 3/9/2024 9:57:00 AM (No. 1673936)
The Aztecs used to perform human sacrifice to stop the moon from swallowing the sun. How soon before liberals go down the same path?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Banjo Willy 3/9/2024 9:57:57 AM (No. 1673937)
For the love of God, will somebody
take off the friggin training wheels..?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 3/9/2024 9:59:06 AM (No. 1673938)
Ha Ha some of you think that by telling kids not to do something they won't then do it. hahahah
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 3/9/2024 10:11:16 AM (No. 1673950)
Everyone knows an eclipse is when a celestial dragon attacks and devours the Sun.
To frighten away the dragon and save the Sun, children should be instructed to bang drums and make loud noises during the eclipse.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 3/9/2024 10:15:49 AM (No. 1673953)
When I was a youngster - - the only time I looked at the sun - - was when I was dismissed from school.
I never - - NEVER EVER - - looked at the sun any other time. But - - I was surrounded by dozens of children my age - - who went blind looking at the sun when they were home. So - - this is a really smart move - - to save a whole generation of children from a life of blindness.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
pensom2 3/9/2024 10:25:18 AM (No. 1673962)
I am certain this decision arises from #9's observation: "It is about avoiding lawsuits, not protecting children." #11 is likewise correct: "Any excuse not to teach," but that's just a bonus. It's the same thing as letting the kids go home early because of a threatening snowstorm: so long as the kids have been in school until noon or so, to warrant the federal money disbursed to the state for every student that attends school for at least half a day, the school districts are happy to give the teachers the rest of the day off.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
DVC 3/9/2024 10:30:43 AM (No. 1673964)
Yeah, because they can't possibly look at the sun today, or tomorrow or ......during the eclipse at home.
Union teachers ALWAYS looking for ANY excuse to not work and get paid.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Rama41 3/9/2024 10:31:41 AM (No. 1673967)
Ridiculous, although I wouldn't have been surprised to read that racism deprives inner city schools of opportunities to experience solar eclipses.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
downnout 3/9/2024 10:33:23 AM (No. 1673968)
Hey, it’s another day off with pay!!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
FLCracker 3/9/2024 10:39:01 AM (No. 1673976)
More likely, if the kids are released from school before the eclipse, parents can't later sue the schools, saying that their kids went blind because the school didn't properly supervise their eclipse-viewing.
I think it ought to be a day off for, at least, every state in the eclipse path. For very many people, this will be a once-in-a-lifetime event.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
mc squared 3/9/2024 10:47:05 AM (No. 1673985)
Alligators in the sewa', exploding golf balls, and now this.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Hazymac 3/9/2024 10:55:54 AM (No. 1673993)
This story brings to mind SNL's crusty old man character played by the great Dana Carvey. In one skit the old man said that where he comes from, people stare at the sun until their heads burst into flames .. "And we liked it! We loved it!" One-quarter of my blood is from New Jersey. Camden, if you can dig it. Are my distant relatives there in any danger from having their heads burst into flames as they squint at the eclipse? Lord have mercy on their souls.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
kennedylaw 3/9/2024 11:18:24 AM (No. 1673999)
Sending kids home alone while their parents are working to afford groceries in the world of Bidenomics will keep the kids safe from looking at the sun because ...? Or is the school district simply trying to protect themselves from liability since their teachers have lost all control over students?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
chumley 3/9/2024 11:31:25 AM (No. 1674005)
Professional days, snow days, holidays, pep rallies, spring break, summer break, the list goes on and on. Just another excuse not to teach. How many instructional days are there in a year now? 3?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Rather Read 3/9/2024 11:32:48 AM (No. 1674007)
The last time we had an eclipse, the students all ran out to look at it. They had their solar shields. For heavens sake - TEACH them!!!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Nimby 3/9/2024 12:02:38 PM (No. 1674022)
Teachers want to party, huh?
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 3/9/2024 12:42:00 PM (No. 1674043)
But, but...what if they go home and eat Tide pods?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 3/9/2024 12:55:26 PM (No. 1674045)
good idea..
send them home where they'll use binoculars
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
DVC 3/9/2024 1:21:15 PM (No. 1674053)
Re #4, time for the ecocrazies to claim that "the sun will go dark if you continue to support Trump" or if we continue to drive normal cars and trucks, right?
The witch docs always used to get a bunch of virgins to spend a few nights in their huts and then toss them into the volcano. I don't see a lot of difference with the climate crazies.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
LadyHen 3/9/2024 1:48:45 PM (No. 1674060)
By the by, avoid Florida and cruises from anywhere on the East Coast at all costs the first week of November. In the travel industry, it is known as "Jersey Week" because it is a unique NJ school holiday (for their "educator" convention). This hellish mob of NJ "teachers" and families descends on Florida and cruise ships from NYC down to Miami like a plague of exceptionally rude and loud locusts. You have been warned.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
formerNYer 3/9/2024 2:17:02 PM (No. 1674069)
if you keep them in their classrooms away from the windows wouldn't that protect them more than letting them stay home doing whatever?? just saying
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
RussZilla 3/9/2024 2:44:08 PM (No. 1674079)
To be fair, this probably came from administrators, not teachers. In the nineties, there was an eclipse, but the principal prohibited going outside to watch. This was in a public school outside Boston. I disagreed with the decision, and I was not the only one. It was just a regular day for students and teachers, with the shades down.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
curious1 3/9/2024 3:22:04 PM (No. 1674093)
How did kids ever survive in the past without these virtue-signaling morons in 'indoctrination & brainwashing' being there trying to justify their existence.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 3/9/2024 4:35:41 PM (No. 1674143)
So, they can't look at the eclipsed sun if they are out of class?!?!?
How about keeping them in the classroom with closed drapes, or in the Gym or something like that so they can't 'blind themselves;
There was a big eclipse when I was a kid, and our teachers were very emphatic in making sure that we didn't look, without protective devices.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 3/9/2024 7:09:41 PM (No. 1674220)
Our county is very rural. Most kids parents are either farmer or meth heads. Sad to say we’re closing school that day too.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
mifla 3/10/2024 8:58:21 AM (No. 1674479)
At some point, public school teachers gave up on teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic, and opted instead for nonsense such as this. I guess it beats working, and they still get summers off.
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How to these idiots get teaching certificates? Teach the kids not to stare at the sun and explain why. This is going to make them paranoid…. Like I suspect the Superintendent who came up with this stupid idea most likely is. This is just plain dumb - even for New Jersey.