The temperature at which school is canceled can range from -25 to -35 degrees. You will learn more detailed information on this topic from the materials of the presented article.
General information
As you know, children and adolescents spend almost all their time in educational institutions. That is why the conditions in which they live are very important for their parents. After all, room lighting and sanitary-hygienic indicators play a huge role for children's health and immunity. This is due to the fact that the features of a small organism are such that even minor changes in the microclimate affect thermoregulation. Therefore, all students are in dire need of providing maximum comfort and the appropriate temperature. If such conditions in the educational institution are not observed, then the heat transfer of the growing organism is markedly increased. This often leads to hypothermia, which in most cases contributes to the emergence of colds.
In connection with the foregoing, it should be noted that almost every parent of a schoolchild is interested in the question of what should be the temperature at which school is canceled? To answer it, you should turn to sanitary standards.
Sanitary standards
Surely every child knows in what weather the school is canceled. After all, such changes allow you to "legally" skip classes. But in addition to the general condition (“severe cold”), there is a more specific temperature at which the school is canceled.
As you know, the microclimate of any room depends on humidity, air temperature and speed of its movement. Some of these indicators are fairly easy to adjust. However, air temperature in schools depends on several factors. One of them is the heat dissipation of the heating system. Thus, if a general educational institution is connected to a central heating system, then for a comfortable stay in the building, its management can additionally install radiators that will have high efficiency.
It should also be noted that tight-fitting doors and high-quality double-glazed windows quite effectively help maintain a normal temperature at school. If such measures are not provided, then the educational institution is recommended to keep a temperature log. To fill it, you should take measurements every day. In the future, the results should be presented to the heat supply company.
Existing Indoor Standards
What is the temperature at which school is canceled? This question concerns not only the temperature of the air outside, but also indoors. According to current standards, you can attend a general education institution in the following mode:
- from 15 degrees in school workshops and workshops;
- from 17 degrees in ordinary classrooms;
- from 15 degrees in the gym for physical education;
- from 16 degrees in the school’s shared library;
- from 19 degrees in dressing rooms and locker rooms;
- from 17 degrees in latrines;
- from 17 degrees in the halls for cultural development (assembly halls);
- from the 21st degree in the medical office.
If the existing temperature in classrooms and other rooms of the educational institution is lower than the indicated norm, then the question of canceling all classes may well arise.
Does nature have bad weather?
When is school canceled? When you ask this question to a student, you will hear the answer that most often this happens in the winter. Indeed, the temperature inside the school building cannot but depend on the external temperature. After all, as practice shows, even the thickest and highest quality doors and windows cannot save from the strongest cold. That is why winter frosts are very often the reason for the "legitimate" absenteeism from school.
Existing Standards
In our country, the following standards exist: if the temperature outside the window varies between -25 ...- 40 degrees, then all educational institutions are obliged to cancel classes.
By the way, parents of schoolchildren are often interested in the question of when the wind is canceled. After all, this parameter is also of great importance. So, if the wind is less than 2 meters per second, then all training sessions are canceled in the following mode:
- -30 degrees for those children who are studying in grades 1-4;
- -35 degrees for those children who are studying in grades 5-9;
- -40 degrees for those studying in grades 10-11.
Cancellation of classes in very strong winds
If the wind speed on the street exceeds 7 meters per second, then classes in schools are canceled at the following temperature values:
- -25 degrees for those children who are studying in grades 1-4;
- -30 degrees for those children who are studying in grades 5-9;
- -35 degrees for those children who are studying in grades 10-11.
Why cancel classes?
Some people are puzzled why sometimes in the winter, classes in schools are canceled. As you know, such approximate standards are introduced in order to protect the health of schoolchildren, to prevent their hypothermia and frostbite.
How to learn about extreme air temperatures?
Severe frosts that are unusual for certain regions of our country are reported by local television channels, print media and radio. Sometimes, with the help of the media, the population is informed about the closure of educational institutions for a certain period of time. However, the best way to find out if your school has been canceled is to phone the teacher, head teacher, or class teacher.
It should also be noted that parents need to be guided by common sense. After all, if there is severe frost on the street, and the road to an educational institution turns into an extreme way, then you should not let your child go to classes, even if they are not officially canceled. It is better to learn with your child the training material passed in his absence, rather than treat it later after hypothermia.
Will the six-day school be canceled?
Talk about the introduction of a five-day school week in schools in our country has been going on for quite some time. And just recently, the party “Fair Russia” introduced a bill to the State Duma. As you know, it provides for a mandatory five-day school week, but only for students who are studying from 1st to 9th grades. As for older students (grades 10 and 11), it is up to the school administration to decide whether to cancel their six days or not, relying on their own discretion.
As you know, the data of the Ministry of Health pushed the party to such a bill. Indeed, as practice shows, recently, the load in educational institutions has grown so much that children have become much more likely to get sick.
So when will the six days of school be canceled? It is proposed to introduce such a school week from September 1 of this (2014) year.
Advantages and disadvantages
Of course, the fact that students will get an extra day off and be able to spend more time with their parents is the main advantage of this change. However, it also has significant disadvantages. Now the entire training load will be distributed not for six days, as before, but for five. In other words, the number of lessons will increase markedly. Moreover, students will have to do more homework.