Solar Eclipse

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Anonymous wrote:They close for rain and can’t bother to do an early release on eclipse day?? Pathetic.

They don't close for rain.

Yea they did just this school year in anticipation of a big rain event on a Saturday that never happened.

The anticipated weather was ice. At the last minute, the temperatures warmed up.

Let it go. You seriously have a problem.

+1. Plus it ws Saturday! How exhausting to deal with these nonstop complainers.

Not complaining. Just pointing out that if they can close for rain, they can easily do a 2 hr early release due to eclipse for safety.

Oh, of course. It’s exactly the same to tell a few hundred people to stay home on a Saturday as it is for 50K elementary students to have to have arrangements made for an early release pick up.

Please stop. You sound more stupid with each post.

You sound like you use school as a babysitter. Two hours early is that much of an inconvenience for you?

Actually I’m a teacher in a Title 1 school. Not everyone can drop everything to make arrangements for an early release. Having their kids in school does allow many of our parents to work a hourly job that puts food on the table. If they don’t work, they don’t get paid. Again, you sound more stupid with each post.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I volunteered to send in a bunch of solar glasses to my elementary school and they said that FCPS made the decision not to allow it. This is one of those times where an overly litigious society really puts a damper on things.

FCPS reversed course late in the week. Viewing is now permissible with the approved eyewear.

Some HS got glasses for kids and arranging to take students outside (ex TJ)

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Bummer eclipse did not align for FCPS April 10 holiday.

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Anonymous wrote:They close for rain and can’t bother to do an early release on eclipse day?? Pathetic.

They don't close for rain.

Yea they did just this school year in anticipation of a big rain event on a Saturday that never happened.

The anticipated weather was ice. At the last minute, the temperatures warmed up.

Let it go. You seriously have a problem.

+1. Plus it ws Saturday! How exhausting to deal with these nonstop complainers.

Not complaining. Just pointing out that if they can close for rain, they can easily do a 2 hr early release due to eclipse for safety.

Oh, of course. It’s exactly the same to tell a few hundred people to stay home on a Saturday as it is for 50K elementary students to have to have arrangements made for an early release pick up.

Please stop. You sound more stupid with each post.

You sound like you use school as a babysitter. Two hours early is that much of an inconvenience for you?

Actually I’m a teacher in a Title 1 school. Not everyone can drop everything to make arrangements for an early release. Having their kids in school does allow many of our parents to work a hourly job that puts food on the table. If they don’t work, they don’t get paid. Again, you sound more stupid with each post.

Safety trumps the needs of working parents always, sorry. It is safer to have an early dismissal when there is a solar eclipse happening outside at dismissal.

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Anonymous wrote:They close for rain and can’t bother to do an early release on eclipse day?? Pathetic.

They don't close for rain.

Yea they did just this school year in anticipation of a big rain event on a Saturday that never happened.

The anticipated weather was ice. At the last minute, the temperatures warmed up.

Let it go. You seriously have a problem.

+1. Plus it ws Saturday! How exhausting to deal with these nonstop complainers.

Not complaining. Just pointing out that if they can close for rain, they can easily do a 2 hr early release due to eclipse for safety.

Oh, of course. It’s exactly the same to tell a few hundred people to stay home on a Saturday as it is for 50K elementary students to have to have arrangements made for an early release pick up.

Please stop. You sound more stupid with each post.

You sound like you use school as a babysitter. Two hours early is that much of an inconvenience for you?

Actually I’m a teacher in a Title 1 school. Not everyone can drop everything to make arrangements for an early release. Having their kids in school does allow many of our parents to work a hourly job that puts food on the table. If they don’t work, they don’t get paid. Again, you sound more stupid with each post.

Safety trumps the needs of working parents always, sorry. It is safer to have an early dismissal when there is a solar eclipse happening outside at dismissal.

🤦‍♀️ Yet somehow we’ve all managed to survive decades of eclipses without early dismissals and no one going blind. It’s this catastrophic-sizing of everything that makes having nice things nearly impossible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bummer eclipse did not align for FCPS April 10 holiday.

it would never align. An eclipse happens around a new moon and Eid is a few days after.

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Anonymous wrote:They close for rain and can’t bother to do an early release on eclipse day?? Pathetic.

They don't close for rain.

Yea they did just this school year in anticipation of a big rain event on a Saturday that never happened.

The anticipated weather was ice. At the last minute, the temperatures warmed up.

Let it go. You seriously have a problem.

+1. Plus it ws Saturday! How exhausting to deal with these nonstop complainers.

Not complaining. Just pointing out that if they can close for rain, they can easily do a 2 hr early release due to eclipse for safety.

Oh, of course. It’s exactly the same to tell a few hundred people to stay home on a Saturday as it is for 50K elementary students to have to have arrangements made for an early release pick up.

Please stop. You sound more stupid with each post.

You sound like you use school as a babysitter. Two hours early is that much of an inconvenience for you?

Actually I’m a teacher in a Title 1 school. Not everyone can drop everything to make arrangements for an early release. Having their kids in school does allow many of our parents to work a hourly job that puts food on the table. If they don’t work, they don’t get paid. Again, you sound more stupid with each post.

Safety trumps the needs of working parents always, sorry. It is safer to have an early dismissal when there is a solar eclipse happening outside at dismissal.

what makes it unsafe?

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Anonymous wrote:Why is my child’s teacher having a test during the freaking eclipse?? Ridiculous.

Is the eclipse going to interfere with brain waves? If not, why is this an issue that your child's teacher scheduled a test during the eclipse?

It’ll interfere with me picking my child up early.

If you want to pick up your child early, do it. Your child can make up the test later.

If a parent found out that for TWO DAYS (due to keeping blocks on the same schedule), a teacher did nothing but fluff in order to accommodate for the eclipse, they'd complain. But if that teacher actually taught and assessed content, parents would complain because they can't pick up their children early. It'd be another reason to complain about teachers.

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Before anyone comments that blocks don't need to kept on the same schedule, let me explain why I need to keep my blocks aligned:

On Red days, I teach one section of Subject 1, one section of Subject 2, and one section of Subject 3. On Blue days, I teach one section of Subject 1 and one section of Subject 2.

Teaching three different subjects is very difficult anyway. If I allow my two blocks of Subject 1 and two blocks of Subject 2 to get misaligned, it is a nightmare for me as a teacher. In order to be my most effective, I need to keep those blocks aligned with each other.

Think of it this way (though these aren't the subjects I teach, this is similar to what I actually teach):
-- Subject 1 is AP Computer Science
-- Subject 2 is Algebra 2
-- Subject 3 is Geometry HN

So your needs trump student safety? Who tf gives a test on a Monday anyway?! When we literally have only been back 3 days from Spring Break.

Trumping student safety? What on earth are you talking about? How is keeping blocks aligned at all relayed to stident safety?

In high school, most teachers give tests on Mondays at some point in the marking period. It is pretty common to have at least one test in one class every day of the week. And time back from Spring Break is irrelevant. We continue with curriculum and assessment.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is my child’s teacher having a test during the freaking eclipse?? Ridiculous.

Is the eclipse going to interfere with brain waves? If not, why is this an issue that your child's teacher scheduled a test during the eclipse?

It’ll interfere with me picking my child up early.

If you want to pick up your child early, do it. Your child can make up the test later.

If a parent found out that for TWO DAYS (due to keeping blocks on the same schedule), a teacher did nothing but fluff in order to accommodate for the eclipse, they'd complain. But if that teacher actually taught and assessed content, parents would complain because they can't pick up their children early. It'd be another reason to complain about teachers.

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Before anyone comments that blocks don't need to kept on the same schedule, let me explain why I need to keep my blocks aligned:

On Red days, I teach one section of Subject 1, one section of Subject 2, and one section of Subject 3. On Blue days, I teach one section of Subject 1 and one section of Subject 2.

Teaching three different subjects is very difficult anyway. If I allow my two blocks of Subject 1 and two blocks of Subject 2 to get misaligned, it is a nightmare for me as a teacher. In order to be my most effective, I need to keep those blocks aligned with each other.

Think of it this way (though these aren't the subjects I teach, this is similar to what I actually teach):
-- Subject 1 is AP Computer Science
-- Subject 2 is Algebra 2
-- Subject 3 is Geometry HN

So your needs trump student safety? Who tf gives a test on a Monday anyway?! When we literally have only been back 3 days from Spring Break.

Trumping student safety? What on earth are you talking about? How is keeping blocks aligned at all relayed to stident safety?

In high school, most teachers give tests on Mondays at some point in the marking period. It is pretty common to have at least one test in one class every day of the week. And time back from Spring Break is irrelevant. We continue with curriculum and assessment.

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I am not sure why those words auto corrected to words that aren't even words.

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Anonymous wrote:They close for rain and can’t bother to do an early release on eclipse day?? Pathetic.

They don't close for rain.

Yea they did just this school year in anticipation of a big rain event on a Saturday that never happened.

The anticipated weather was ice. At the last minute, the temperatures warmed up.

Let it go. You seriously have a problem.

+1. Plus it ws Saturday! How exhausting to deal with these nonstop complainers.

Not complaining. Just pointing out that if they can close for rain, they can easily do a 2 hr early release due to eclipse for safety.

Oh, of course. It’s exactly the same to tell a few hundred people to stay home on a Saturday as it is for 50K elementary students to have to have arrangements made for an early release pick up.

Please stop. You sound more stupid with each post.

You sound like you use school as a babysitter. Two hours early is that much of an inconvenience for you?

Actually I’m a teacher in a Title 1 school. Not everyone can drop everything to make arrangements for an early release. Having their kids in school does allow many of our parents to work a hourly job that puts food on the table. If they don’t work, they don’t get paid. Again, you sound more stupid with each post.

Safety trumps the needs of working parents always, sorry. It is safer to have an early dismissal when there is a solar eclipse happening outside at dismissal.

🤦‍♀️ Yet somehow we’ve all managed to survive decades of eclipses without early dismissals and no one going blind. It’s this catastrophic-sizing of everything that makes having nice things nearly impossible.

I dont know my history of early releases and solar eclipses, cant really say what happened for decades. Last eclipse my kids were infants or un born. Other school districts this year, whose dismissal coincidences with the eclipse are making adjustments. I know of several dismissing early, one closing, and one staying 20 minutes later. The point in this thread is the county isnt planning or communicating. And most schools dismiss at peak viewing time.

Even if they want to do nothing, they should communicate that. If they want parents to pick their kids up early if they chose, say something about how best to do that. I have no idea if my child's school will be indoors, if they are allowed to view, or anything. Its odd.

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Anonymous wrote:They close for rain and can’t bother to do an early release on eclipse day?? Pathetic.

They don't close for rain.

Yea they did just this school year in anticipation of a big rain event on a Saturday that never happened.

The anticipated weather was ice. At the last minute, the temperatures warmed up.

Let it go. You seriously have a problem.

+1. Plus it ws Saturday! How exhausting to deal with these nonstop complainers.

Not complaining. Just pointing out that if they can close for rain, they can easily do a 2 hr early release due to eclipse for safety.

Oh, of course. It’s exactly the same to tell a few hundred people to stay home on a Saturday as it is for 50K elementary students to have to have arrangements made for an early release pick up.

Please stop. You sound more stupid with each post.

You sound like you use school as a babysitter. Two hours early is that much of an inconvenience for you?

Actually I’m a teacher in a Title 1 school. Not everyone can drop everything to make arrangements for an early release. Having their kids in school does allow many of our parents to work a hourly job that puts food on the table. If they don’t work, they don’t get paid. Again, you sound more stupid with each post.

Safety trumps the needs of working parents always, sorry. It is safer to have an early dismissal when there is a solar eclipse happening outside at dismissal.

🤦‍♀️ Yet somehow we’ve all managed to survive decades of eclipses without early dismissals and no one going blind. It’s this catastrophic-sizing of everything that makes having nice things nearly impossible.

I dont know my history of early releases and solar eclipses, cant really say what happened for decades. Last eclipse my kids were infants or un born. Other school districts this year, whose dismissal coincidences with the eclipse are making adjustments. I know of several dismissing early, one closing, and one staying 20 minutes later. The point in this thread is the county isnt planning or communicating. And most schools dismiss at peak viewing time.

Even if they want to do nothing, they should communicate that. If they want parents to pick their kids up early if they chose, say something about how best to do that. I have no idea if my child's school will be indoors, if they are allowed to view, or anything. Its odd.

Where are all these districts located?

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Anonymous wrote:They close for rain and can’t bother to do an early release on eclipse day?? Pathetic.

They don't close for rain.

Yea they did just this school year in anticipation of a big rain event on a Saturday that never happened.

The anticipated weather was ice. At the last minute, the temperatures warmed up.

Let it go. You seriously have a problem.

+1. Plus it ws Saturday! How exhausting to deal with these nonstop complainers.

Not complaining. Just pointing out that if they can close for rain, they can easily do a 2 hr early release due to eclipse for safety.

Oh, of course. It’s exactly the same to tell a few hundred people to stay home on a Saturday as it is for 50K elementary students to have to have arrangements made for an early release pick up.

Please stop. You sound more stupid with each post.

You sound like you use school as a babysitter. Two hours early is that much of an inconvenience for you?

Actually I’m a teacher in a Title 1 school. Not everyone can drop everything to make arrangements for an early release. Having their kids in school does allow many of our parents to work a hourly job that puts food on the table. If they don’t work, they don’t get paid. Again, you sound more stupid with each post.

Safety trumps the needs of working parents always, sorry. It is safer to have an early dismissal when there is a solar eclipse happening outside at dismissal.

🤦‍♀️ Yet somehow we’ve all managed to survive decades of eclipses without early dismissals and no one going blind. It’s this catastrophic-sizing of everything that makes having nice things nearly impossible.

I dont know my history of early releases and solar eclipses, cant really say what happened for decades. Last eclipse my kids were infants or un born. Other school districts this year, whose dismissal coincidences with the eclipse are making adjustments. I know of several dismissing early, one closing, and one staying 20 minutes later. The point in this thread is the county isnt planning or communicating. And most schools dismiss at peak viewing time.

Even if they want to do nothing, they should communicate that. If they want parents to pick their kids up early if they chose, say something about how best to do that. I have no idea if my child's school will be indoors, if they are allowed to view, or anything. Its odd.

Exactly. The last eclipse we experience was back in August 2017 and school hadn’t started yet. Before that we didn’t have any near us that impacted us.

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Anonymous wrote:They close for rain and can’t bother to do an early release on eclipse day?? Pathetic.

They don't close for rain.

Yea they did just this school year in anticipation of a big rain event on a Saturday that never happened.

The anticipated weather was ice. At the last minute, the temperatures warmed up.

Let it go. You seriously have a problem.

+1. Plus it ws Saturday! How exhausting to deal with these nonstop complainers.

Not complaining. Just pointing out that if they can close for rain, they can easily do a 2 hr early release due to eclipse for safety.

Oh, of course. It’s exactly the same to tell a few hundred people to stay home on a Saturday as it is for 50K elementary students to have to have arrangements made for an early release pick up.

Please stop. You sound more stupid with each post.

You sound like you use school as a babysitter. Two hours early is that much of an inconvenience for you?

Actually I’m a teacher in a Title 1 school. Not everyone can drop everything to make arrangements for an early release. Having their kids in school does allow many of our parents to work a hourly job that puts food on the table. If they don’t work, they don’t get paid. Again, you sound more stupid with each post.

Safety trumps the needs of working parents always, sorry. It is safer to have an early dismissal when there is a solar eclipse happening outside at dismissal.

🤦‍♀️ Yet somehow we’ve all managed to survive decades of eclipses without early dismissals and no one going blind. It’s this catastrophic-sizing of everything that makes having nice things nearly impossible.

I dont know my history of early releases and solar eclipses, cant really say what happened for decades. Last eclipse my kids were infants or un born. Other school districts this year, whose dismissal coincidences with the eclipse are making adjustments. I know of several dismissing early, one closing, and one staying 20 minutes later. The point in this thread is the county isnt planning or communicating. And most schools dismiss at peak viewing time.

Even if they want to do nothing, they should communicate that. If they want parents to pick their kids up early if they chose, say something about how best to do that. I have no idea if my child's school will be indoors, if they are allowed to view, or anything. Its odd.

Where are all these districts located?

So you’re saying that you’ve received zero communication from your child’s school? What school does your child attend?

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Anonymous wrote:Can we flood Dr. Reid with emails requesting an early release?? An early release makes the most sense!

Why don't you just taking your kids out early yourself? You don't need permission to do so.

I will but there are going to be so many other kids leaving it will be a huge hassle and line I’m sure.

So... just as there would be if there was an official early dismissal??

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to see what it will look like (through solar glasses) here's a link:

https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse-simulator/2024/index.html?city_id=41570

Slide the bottom slider to adjust the time. It starts at 2pm and ends at 4:33pm with the peak eclipse (88%) at 3:22pm.

Note that it shows the sky getting dark then but it really won't be terribly noticeable as it will be gradual and your eyes will adjust.

Still cool to see and I hope everybody gets a chance to check it out. I was able to be in the path of totality for the last one in 2018 and it was spectacular.

Very cool! I so wish we were within the path of totality. There's nothing like it. But this will still be cool.