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Back in high school on a -40 deg morning my friend's Mom gave us a ride to school in their 390 engined Ford pickup. The coolant had froze and the engine overheated so badly that it started knocking and then quit. We had to walk the remaining couple of blocks to school, while she knocked on someone's door to phone for help (this was a long time ago).
I was surprised in that bitter cold that an engine could overheat so badly. I found out later that it had to be rebuilt.
Holy crap, that's hardcore! Was that in Canada?
Even long ago I would imagine that most schools would close and give kids a "snow day" if it were that cold. Having kids walking to school and/or standing at a bus stop can easily turn into a dangerous situation at those temperatures.
I just looked up the rules for the school that my kids go to (in Minnesota), and their policy is to call off school if the temperature and/or windchill is forecasted to be -35°F, which is a bit surprising to me since I know they have called it off at warmer temperatures than that.