Persuasive Essay: Should Schools Have A Snow Day

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A debate has arisen due to the decision to not have a snow day today. When winter comes this debate always seems to be a common disagreement. Should schools have a snow day, or should they keep the doors open?
When snow hits the ground and the roads become icy should you really risk your life just to go to school? The second killer of teens worldwide is accidents, 57% of these accidents are caused by ice. In addition the temperature, at the moment, is 24 degrees and the degrees in order to get frostbite, is only 32 degrees, and the temperature for freezing, or ice, is only 32 percent. Therefore we should have had a snow day today in order to keep children from the risk of freezing. Education is one of the main reasons for still having school