Snow day

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing 2 hour delay tomorrow

Even though entire neighborhoods aren’t cleared?

yes, there will be enough melt today.

Yes enough melt, some flow to the drainage and some will stay as stand still water, and tonight it will be re-freeze as sheet of ice.

[Anonymous]

Don’t have kids! They are your kids you made that choice ! Nobody cares about your work schedule. You had humans and you have to take care of them. Enjoy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just got an email from our school about tomorrow, they are planning to be open.

Directly from the school admin? Are you a staff member?

It said Wednesday will be an X day and Thursday will be a Y day, even if there's no school on Wednesday. So they are planning out the whole week and preparing for school tomorrow or the next day.

I don’t see how that predicts anything about tomorrow.

I’m a principal who is contact with many colleagues across the county. We have received NO communications about school opening/closure. My guess is that this person received an email from their MS or HS principal saying that the BUILDING will be open on Wednesday for staff who can or would like to come in.

Some schools are cleared and others are a mess. My guess at this point is that offices will be open tomorrow, but schools will still be closed. We’ll all know in good time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got an email from our school about tomorrow, they are planning to be open.

Directly from the school admin? Are you a staff member?

It said Wednesday will be an X day and Thursday will be a Y day, even if there's no school on Wednesday. So they are planning out the whole week and preparing for school tomorrow or the next day.

I don’t see how that predicts anything about tomorrow.

I’m a principal who is contact with many colleagues across the county. We have received NO communications about school opening/closure. My guess is that this person received an email from their MS or HS principal saying that the BUILDING will be open on Wednesday for staff who can or would like to come in.

Some schools are cleared and others are a mess. My guess at this point is that offices will be open tomorrow, but schools will still be closed. We’ll all know in good time.

Traditionally, they have opened offices a day ahead of opening the schools to give more time for readiness and make sure everything is ready. I know some principals have had to get in there and shovel too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suspect the largest % of parents with concerns is the cohort with both parents working in an office. Other than government workers, most people do not get "snow days". So when school is closed and there are kids, then someone has to take PTO for child care. Even where telework is a theoretical possibility, it can be hard or impossible to juggle that with child care.

Those both parents working at office usually bring home big 2 paychecks for comfortable living (I said usually, not always).
I am single mom with 2 school age kids, stay at home and also self employed. I made a little, somewhat live uncomfortable, but I can be very flexible in situation like this. Fair enough.

[Anonymous]

I'm in Falls Church (FFX Co). Some of our side roads are totally fine. Others have a lot of mature tree coverage and don't get any direct sun. Those streets are a mess. And they are bus routes. I don't see schools opening tomorrow, as much as I would love them to.

[Anonymous]

My school’s parking lot doesn’t have enough space for everyone to park under normal circumstances. If they’re just pushing snow off to the side in big piles, A LOT of staff aren’t going to be able to park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect the largest % of parents with concerns is the cohort with both parents working in an office. Other than government workers, most people do not get "snow days". So when school is closed and there are kids, then someone has to take PTO for child care. Even where telework is a theoretical possibility, it can be hard or impossible to juggle that with child care.

Government workers do not get "snow days" . It's max telework and with young kids at home that means taking PTO.

I know MANY Federal civil service workers who still get snow days. The key is that those employees do NOT have a telework agreement. In several cases, the employee has declined to sign a telework agreement precisely because they have school-age kids. In their parts of the government, telework agreements are not required as a condition of employment. I gather that different departments/offices/sites in the government have different policies in this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t have kids! They are your kids you made that choice ! Nobody cares about your work schedule. You had humans and you have to take care of them. Enjoy.

wow it mush be so nice living life from you high horse of privilege.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got an email from our school about tomorrow, they are planning to be open.

Directly from the school admin? Are you a staff member?

It said Wednesday will be an X day and Thursday will be a Y day, even if there's no school on Wednesday. So they are planning out the whole week and preparing for school tomorrow or the next day.

I don’t see how that predicts anything about tomorrow.

I’m a principal who is contact with many colleagues across the county. We have received NO communications about school opening/closure. My guess is that this person received an email from their MS or HS principal saying that the BUILDING will be open on Wednesday for staff who can or would like to come in.

Some schools are cleared and others are a mess. My guess at this point is that offices will be open tomorrow, but schools will still be closed. We’ll all know in good time.

Traditionally, they have opened offices a day ahead of opening the schools to give more time for readiness and make sure everything is ready. I know some principals have had to get in there and shovel too.

12-month non-teacher here. I’ve never had the office open a day early like this.

I’m also LOLing at the idea of my principal holding a shovel for anything other than a staged photo op.

[Anonymous]

This must be a very hard decision, to be compassionate to superintendents. Literally all it takes is one bus crash on a slippery road and the district forever regrets their decision to be open. That being said, the pressure to re-open asap is IMMENSE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in Mclean. Our neighborhood is still not plowed. We are new here… so do some just never get plowed at all or will they eventually come?

State roads eventually will be plowed by VDOT or a VDOT contractor. Public roads located within an incorporated town/city are the responsibility of the town/city. VDOT is responsible for all other public roads in Fairfax County. Private roads or pipe stems are outside VDOT’s responsibility. McLean is not a incorporated town or city, and most roads are public in McLean.

[Anonymous]

When do you think the decision will be announced?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t have kids! They are your kids you made that choice ! Nobody cares about your work schedule. You had humans and you have to take care of them. Enjoy.

wow it mush be so nice living life from you high horse of privilege.

Did someone force them to have kids? They made a choice. Unselfish people consider work, finances, and life styles before having kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our entire McLean neighborhood (secondary roads) has not been plowed yet. This is not private or HOA streets.

Check the vdot plow map. https://plows.vdot.virginia.gov/public/map Most of McLean neighborhoods aren’t complete. Chantilly area hasn’t even started yet. Reston looks mostly done.