Schools close for 1st day of hunting season but not for Election Day???

[madamvlb]

Do your schools close for hunting day? I live in NE Pennsylvania.

[pugetres]

1. Attendance-based funding formulas?

If a school districts knows that many families will take their kids out of school for a family hunting trip on a particular day, it makes sense to not have classes that day.

I've not heard of families planning activities on election days but that would be wonderful if they did. Family Spirit Civics Day! No school!

[Phlem]

2. WTF?

That is a sad state of priorities. But I'm sure it's setup that way on purpose.

[ReRe]

3. No, but I lived....

... in the deep south once where they let the kids out for Fat Tuesday,
but made them go to school on Memorial Day!

[etherealtruth]

4. Our schools close for election day; hunting does not impact the schedule n/t

[kiva]

5. Probably because a large number of students hunt,

but only a small number are old enough to vote...makes sense to me, but I grew up in an area with a lot of hunters.

[H2O Man]

6. Right.

That is exactly why. It's not a problem.

[madinmaryland]

8. That begs the question...

If they are old enough to handle a firearm, shouldn't they also be old enough to vote (and drive)

[kiva]

11. I'm not sure if your point is that

people should be a certain age before they handle guns, or if you think the age for driving and voting should be lowered.

[madinmaryland]

16. I guess my question could go either way...

but it makes you think that if a child is mature enough to handle a gun, shouldn't they also be mature enough to drive and vote?

[Jenoch]

21. No, 12 and 13 year olds are able

to hunt deer in Minnesota if accompanied by an adult hunter. I don't want them driving cars on our roads.

[kiva]

23. I'd like to think that only mature, responsible people handle guns.

I'd also like to think that Santa will bring me a new car this Christmas, that the tooth fairy will pay me the money she still owes (my parents were going through a tight money phase while I was losing molars), the Easter bunny will bring me mounds of Cadbury bars, and that the Great Pumpkin will bring joy to all children.

[RebelOne]

9. No schools closed for hunting day here in Georgia.

I don't think there is an official hunting day here. But the schools were closed for voting day because many of the voting precincts are at schools.

[Go Vols]

10. Close for both here

opening day for deer and election

[Township75]

12. It's a shame all those 1rst graders are kept from voting due to school

Funding is impacted by attendance in most schools. Since most students are not old enough to vote but many can hunt it makes more sense to make the first day of hunting season a holiday and avoid the financial penalty.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

13. What if we merged the two and hunted politicians?

[giftedgirl77]

14. Schools closed here in SC.

[UTUSN]

15. In my Voter Suppression state, weapons permits are accepted but not student IDs.

I had the pleasure of saying within earshot of a hostile poll watcher, "I'm using my passport because I feel like I'm in a foreign country." The friendly poll worker said, "Now, don't get us in trouble..."

[Duckhunter935]

17. Do student IDs

Have proof of residency as a requirement? Gun permits require background checks and fingerprinting to receive one.

[UTUSN]

18. Photo IDs are for identity. Voter registrations are for other (residency) things.`

Other accepted IDs (military ID, passport, whatever else) don't have proof of residency.

I repeat: It's about voter suppression.

[NickB79]

19. In MN, they don't close, but absences are often excused for hunting opener

Hell, even a lot of teachers take the day off to be out in the field.

[Jenoch]

22. Some schools in northern

Minnesota close on the Friday before the opener.

[KamaAina]

20. Some schools do

mostly those that double as polling places.