or like you say it could just be they are too tired to make it in on time after they party the night before???

Riots do happen after sport events sometimes – it is a shame and I don’t get why people do that but who knows???

Maybe they are afraid of riots like Oakland had a few years ago after the Super Bowl. Still, though, you’d think the school superintendent would wait until morning to make the determination whether to delay school.

…is on the top 5 list for traffic fatalities. I imagine it’s the same deal. Lots of tired or still drunk people on the road after a night of binge drinking.

In any case, it’s 2 hours, right? 2 hours worth of instruction time, on a Monday, in one city, is neither a cause nor a symptom of dysfunction in the American educational system.

Let the kids watch the game! It’s like a homeschooling lesson in local culture.

I don’t know about Pittsburgh, but most school districts I know didn’t have sessions the week of December 25 (Thursday) . If many Pittsburgh teaching or administrative staff showed up on Monday, December 22, more power to them … if a few slackers failed to show up for a non-work day, shame on them.

Monday’s forecast is “cloudy, with a high of 34″ … I think the City of Three Rivers can handle that, despite the potential catastrophe.

If educators can’t deal with hangovers, perhaps the Omni William Penn can help …. if they are still serving the most wonderful Rigstaffel I’ve had the pleasure to consume, it would not be a bad breakfast!

There hasn’t been a year yet that I haven’t wished the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday had a couple hour buffer on it. Were I a parent or student at one of these schools, I’d be pretty happy about it.

Then again, we disagree about sports as a whole. I think they’re an invaluable part of development and growing up and a fun way to unwind, be distracted, and hold on to youth as an adult.

I’d certainly skip work/school/etc. to watch or attend a Cowboys/Sooners/Braves game, which puts us at odds over the whole issue right from the off.

That has been my question to the NFL for as long as the Superbowl kickoff time has been later than 6P Eastern and the game has been artificially, excessively, tediously long.

And please, can somebody tell the promoters that no Bruce Springsteen appearance has ever been, nor will it ever be, “historic”. I know they want to generate enthusiasm, but I don’t think that being so ridiculous that it’s offensive is the way to do it.

A city-wide approval of teenage pregnancy this is not.

Many school districts also have delays and/or cancel classes on the first day of deer hunting season, recognizing the reality that LOTS of students will be “sick” that day.

Cultural phenomena, like hunting and the Super Bowl, are a little more than “just a game,” just as the Mona Lisa is a little more than “just some paint on a canvas.” You may not appreciate that, but don’t be the Puritan who ruins fun for the rest of us.

I also really can’t get excited about this one. This is a Pittsburgh issue that can best be addressed by Pittsburgh people. If they want to take 2 hours out of the school week for a Bugs Bunny festival that’s their call – the citizens of Pittsburgh can take them to task. Conservatives generally like the idea of local schools under local control. And after living in Pittsburgh myself I suspect in this case, very few Pittsburghers are going to complain about this issue.

This is Pittsburgh, remember, not some new Southern city with fair weather fans. Pittsburghers bleed black and gold. The fact that a shrinking city like Pittsburgh still has a pro football team is a little amazing.

And is a game more important than school? No.

Is a Super Bowl featuring the home town team more important than two hours of school? Yes. It’s not like the kids are going to learn the secret of the genome in those two hours or that this decision is going to slippery slope into missing school for any sporting event.

As long as the schools are accountable to measurable objectives and responsive to the local community, I don’t care how they accomplish those goals.

It’s the Super Bowl, and the hometown team is playing in it. Nothing wrong with fostering a little civic pride.

Regular games and races start at 9 AM usually. Kinda tough on Church attendance and probably a major reason that Alaska is among the lowest states in regular church attendance. Super Bowl starts at 2 PM here. I think this will be the first time we’ve ever watched it with no kids or company. Wife doesn’t know what to do with herself because she usually tries to feed an infantry division. My longtime football watching buddy moved south. Another close friend is in Hawaii, others have their own thing going and now both boys are gone. As somebody else points out, that was always one place I could get along with the boys, watching and playing sports. Even in the days when I would have gladly pinched their heads off, we could do that.

And I can’t think of a thing I like about Pittsburg, so I’m rooting for the old guy and the Cardinals – but I didn’t put any money on it.

Never have liked the Steelers ever since they beat my Cowboys in Super Bowl X. At least we beat the Steelers in Super Bowl XXX for their only Super Bowl loss. And since Obama wants the Steelers we are rooting for the Cardinals….