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In some places in the world, including where the author is from, it was dangerously cold this week. Here in Chicago the temperature was around -5F (-20C) all week, which is dangerously cold for anyone outside in prolonged periods without proper attire.

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No temperature is "dangerously cold" on a playground with proper adult supervision. -20C is really really cold, yes, and dangerously so if you're lost in the middle of the night somewhere with no phone or shelter, but in the middle of the day, in a school, where you can go back inside at any time? Not really.

But not allowing someone to go out, with proper attire, is still weird.

(Over here, the rule's that it's mandatory to go out for breaks, except if temperature is below -15C (+5F). Everyone has proper attire.)

> Everyone has proper attire.

I think that's probably a big component of the policy, I regularly see kids on the train or out walking to school without proper attire to be outside in the bitter cold.

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