Will schools be open tomorrow the 8th?

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Our ES principal made an exception and allowed teachers to bring ES and MS aged kids to school today. Only 1 teacher called out. Problem solved.

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Anonymous wrote:Our ES principal made an exception and allowed teachers to bring ES and MS aged kids to school today. Only 1 teacher called out. Problem solved.

Which also highlights that the major problem wasn’t roads, but other school districts staying closed. And I definitely don’t think DCPS should be bullied into staying closed because other school districts are. There is no other occupation in the world where an employer would stay closed only because it’s employees’ kids didn’t have school for a third day in a row in a different county than the company.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw many kids (mostly Hispanic and black) waiting for buses (in delayed schedule and rerouted routes) for long periods of time. This was poorly planned and only equitable/good for those who live close to school or have and can drive cars. Shame on DCPS, the Mayor, and WMATA.

Me again. Not saying school should have NOT open but the city must offer bus services if they are going to open ON TIME.

This to me is the real argument. Teachers have had to find flexibility before, like all working parents, but not working with WMATA to ensure safe access to school is a massive oversight. I know it's a balancing act but to not communicate at least the transport issues and offer alternatives is terrible.

100% agree the Mayor should have worked with WMATA. But even if she didn’t — or possibly tried and failed — you shouldn’t keep an entire school system closed because a small percentage of kids have their normal transport disrupted. Jackson Reed is right by the Tenleytown metro. Everyone can get there on public transport, it just might take longer.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, DCPS makes decisions based on DC, not surrounding districts and who may/may not be impacted by other districts’ choices. So yeah, what’s important is that DCPS opens schools when it’s appropriate for them to do so.

DC is unique in which more than 50% of employees live in surrounding counties, in every direction. They should absolutely take this into consideration because schools cannot function properly without staff. Everyone but you seems to understand this.

Well no, not everyone but me, since the mayor decided to open schools and several PP’s here seem to agree with the decision. But ok.

Your child’s school will still function. Yes, there may be some teachers out, and there may be less learning than on a regular day. But most kids at school will still learn more than if they stayed home.

Also, just like those DCPS teachers who need to use a day off today to take care of their children who attend other districts, you can choose to keep your student at home if you think it’s not appropriate to send them to school today.

lol I’d hardly use bowsers judgment as my measuring stick but that’s because I have a functioning brain. Good luck in your long road to the middle.

Just curious then, whose judgment would you use? It seems like most private schools in DC are also open today. Are those decisions wrong too?

Literally everything is open. This notion that schools should be closed when the *public library* is open is ludicrous.

Sure, but I will bet a large amount of money that the same people who are cheering school being open today will be the most irate when their kids come home and say they watched movies all day because their teachers couldn't get to school. I guarantee it.

Are you 80 years old? Have you never seen snow before? The roads are good. Stop belly aching and do your job.

This has nothing to do with roads and everything to do with teachers with kids who live in districts with a snow day today. If you weren’t such a cretinous ghoul you’d realize that.

Really? Because all the complaints here focus on how a little bit of snow makes it too dangerous to do anything.

I seem to remember there was this pandemic where teachers refused to do their jobs for a year and a half and parents who worked the entire pandemic had to figure out what to do with their kids that whole time while they worked. You'll forgive parents if they're not especially concerned now about teachers' childcare issues. Maybe they shouldnt have chosen to live in a different jurisdiction from where they worked.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, DCPS makes decisions based on DC, not surrounding districts and who may/may not be impacted by other districts’ choices. So yeah, what’s important is that DCPS opens schools when it’s appropriate for them to do so.

DC is unique in which more than 50% of employees live in surrounding counties, in every direction. They should absolutely take this into consideration because schools cannot function properly without staff. Everyone but you seems to understand this.

Well no, not everyone but me, since the mayor decided to open schools and several PP’s here seem to agree with the decision. But ok.

Your child’s school will still function. Yes, there may be some teachers out, and there may be less learning than on a regular day. But most kids at school will still learn more than if they stayed home.

Also, just like those DCPS teachers who need to use a day off today to take care of their children who attend other districts, you can choose to keep your student at home if you think it’s not appropriate to send them to school today.

lol I’d hardly use bowsers judgment as my measuring stick but that’s because I have a functioning brain. Good luck in your long road to the middle.

Just curious then, whose judgment would you use? It seems like most private schools in DC are also open today. Are those decisions wrong too?

Literally everything is open. This notion that schools should be closed when the *public library* is open is ludicrous.

Sure, but I will bet a large amount of money that the same people who are cheering school being open today will be the most irate when their kids come home and say they watched movies all day because their teachers couldn't get to school. I guarantee it.

Are you 80 years old? Have you never seen snow before? The roads are good. Stop belly aching and do your job.

This has nothing to do with roads and everything to do with teachers with kids who live in districts with a snow day today. If you weren’t such a cretinous ghoul you’d realize that.

Really? Because all the complaints here focus on how a little bit of snow makes it too dangerous to do anything.

I seem to remember there was this pandemic where teachers refused to do their jobs for a year and a half and parents who worked the entire pandemic had to figure out what to do with their kids that whole time while they worked. You'll forgive parents if they're not especially concerned now about teachers' childcare issues. Maybe they shouldnt have chosen to live in a different jurisdiction from where they worked.

I had to work both of the last 2 days with my kids in tow. My suburban colleagues have their kids at work for the 3rd day in a row or are burning still more leave. At some point when schools are the HUGE outlier to everything else, there's a childcare problem the other way. I'm very glad the Mayor opened schools today.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, DCPS makes decisions based on DC, not surrounding districts and who may/may not be impacted by other districts’ choices. So yeah, what’s important is that DCPS opens schools when it’s appropriate for them to do so.

DC is unique in which more than 50% of employees live in surrounding counties, in every direction. They should absolutely take this into consideration because schools cannot function properly without staff. Everyone but you seems to understand this.

Well no, not everyone but me, since the mayor decided to open schools and several PP’s here seem to agree with the decision. But ok.

Your child’s school will still function. Yes, there may be some teachers out, and there may be less learning than on a regular day. But most kids at school will still learn more than if they stayed home.

Also, just like those DCPS teachers who need to use a day off today to take care of their children who attend other districts, you can choose to keep your student at home if you think it’s not appropriate to send them to school today.

lol I’d hardly use bowsers judgment as my measuring stick but that’s because I have a functioning brain. Good luck in your long road to the middle.

Just curious then, whose judgment would you use? It seems like most private schools in DC are also open today. Are those decisions wrong too?

Literally everything is open. This notion that schools should be closed when the *public library* is open is ludicrous.

Sure, but I will bet a large amount of money that the same people who are cheering school being open today will be the most irate when their kids come home and say they watched movies all day because their teachers couldn't get to school. I guarantee it.

Are you 80 years old? Have you never seen snow before? The roads are good. Stop belly aching and do your job.

This has nothing to do with roads and everything to do with teachers with kids who live in districts with a snow day today. If you weren’t such a cretinous ghoul you’d realize that.

Really? Because all the complaints here focus on how a little bit of snow makes it too dangerous to do anything.

I seem to remember there was this pandemic where teachers refused to do their jobs for a year and a half and parents who worked the entire pandemic had to figure out what to do with their kids that whole time while they worked. You'll forgive parents if they're not especially concerned now about teachers' childcare issues. Maybe they shouldnt have chosen to live in a different jurisdiction from where they worked.

Let it go. Yes, some teachers showed a distinct disdain and lack of compassion for parents during the pandemic (and vice versa), but let's not paint teachers or parents with the same broad brush.

That being said, I do think a lot of districts make decisions based on what neighboring jurisdictions are doing versus actual conditions, and I am impressed DCPS made their choice based on conditions in DC. Lots of people are expected to work today in person, not just teachers. Maybe this will encourage the neighboring districts to grow a pair and open up tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, DCPS makes decisions based on DC, not surrounding districts and who may/may not be impacted by other districts’ choices. So yeah, what’s important is that DCPS opens schools when it’s appropriate for them to do so.

DC is unique in which more than 50% of employees live in surrounding counties, in every direction. They should absolutely take this into consideration because schools cannot function properly without staff. Everyone but you seems to understand this.

Well no, not everyone but me, since the mayor decided to open schools and several PP’s here seem to agree with the decision. But ok.

Your child’s school will still function. Yes, there may be some teachers out, and there may be less learning than on a regular day. But most kids at school will still learn more than if they stayed home.

Also, just like those DCPS teachers who need to use a day off today to take care of their children who attend other districts, you can choose to keep your student at home if you think it’s not appropriate to send them to school today.

lol I’d hardly use bowsers judgment as my measuring stick but that’s because I have a functioning brain. Good luck in your long road to the middle.

Just curious then, whose judgment would you use? It seems like most private schools in DC are also open today. Are those decisions wrong too?

Literally everything is open. This notion that schools should be closed when the *public library* is open is ludicrous.

Sure, but I will bet a large amount of money that the same people who are cheering school being open today will be the most irate when their kids come home and say they watched movies all day because their teachers couldn't get to school. I guarantee it.

Are you 80 years old? Have you never seen snow before? The roads are good. Stop belly aching and do your job.

This has nothing to do with roads and everything to do with teachers with kids who live in districts with a snow day today. If you weren’t such a cretinous ghoul you’d realize that.

Really? Because all the complaints here focus on how a little bit of snow makes it too dangerous to do anything.

I seem to remember there was this pandemic where teachers refused to do their jobs for a year and a half and parents who worked the entire pandemic had to figure out what to do with their kids that whole time while they worked. You'll forgive parents if they're not especially concerned now about teachers' childcare issues. Maybe they shouldnt have chosen to live in a different jurisdiction from where they worked.

It’s 2025. Get over the pandemic, troglydyte. If teachers could afford to live in DC, they probably would. You sound like a bitter, pathetic, person with nothing else to do but constantly troll DCUM and bash parents like it’s 2020. It’s been done to death. You’re boring. Irrelevant. *yawn*

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What I don’t appreciate is that DCPS determined LAST NIGHT that there would be no delay, without waiting to see if roadways were clear, transportation was available, neighboring school communities were operating, etc. They boxed themselves in. My road was fairly perilous and bus transportation was significantly limited for my kids. They should have had a delay.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw many kids (mostly Hispanic and black) waiting for buses (in delayed schedule and rerouted routes) for long periods of time. This was poorly planned and only equitable/good for those who live close to school or have and can drive cars. Shame on DCPS, the Mayor, and WMATA.

Me again. Not saying school should have NOT open but the city must offer bus services if they are going to open ON TIME.

This to me is the real argument. Teachers have had to find flexibility before, like all working parents, but not working with WMATA to ensure safe access to school is a massive oversight. I know it's a balancing act but to not communicate at least the transport issues and offer alternatives is terrible.

100% agree the Mayor should have worked with WMATA. But even if she didn’t — or possibly tried and failed — you shouldn’t keep an entire school system closed because a small percentage of kids have their normal transport disrupted. Jackson Reed is right by the Tenleytown metro. Everyone can get there on public transport, it just might take longer.

I think they probably should be open but it's not necessarily a small percentage and it's certainly not just JR. Even a school like Coolidge draws from a large enough area and has 60% OOB. There is a metro within a 15 minute walk but for students coming from the southern boundaries even IB that's almost an hour commute to go roughly 2.5 miles instead of the bus that runs in front of the school which is not running its regular route and instead on a route with no actual bus stops.

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Anonymous wrote:What I don’t appreciate is that DCPS determined LAST NIGHT that there would be no delay, without waiting to see if roadways were clear, transportation was available, neighboring school communities were operating, etc. They boxed themselves in. My road was fairly perilous and bus transportation was significantly limited for my kids. They should have had a delay.

They told the principals this at 4 pm and then the principals didn’t tell their staff or the public until 8:30 or whatever it was. We only found this out today. Ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents have had to work these last two days. Teachers have not.

You chose to have kids. Deal with them.

Wouldn't this also be true of teachers who have kids?

They are. By staying home tomorrow and sending subs — oops, I mean “babysitters” — to deal with your kids tomorrow. If they’re lucky, and a sub can even be found. If not, they’ll just cram them into double sized “classes” where no one learns anything. But hey, they’ll be out of your hair, and really, that’s what’s important.

Do people really not get how many hourly and low wage parents send their kids to DCPS. Nearly 50 percent of our Title 1 elementary is at risk.

I'm not the PP who said they'd prefer a delay but I also would have, but I also recognize my individual situation of being able to comfortably stay home with my kid, get more sleep, and still be able to work at flexible hours is not super common especially in this city.

Not everyone who wants their kids in school hates their kids. I really promise you that.

The people whining endlessly for three days on the internet about snow days aren’t those 50% of parents whose kids are at risk.

I really promise you that.

This is DC. Lots of people have jobs where they have to go to work no matter what. Canceling because of the weather is simply not a thing for many. If a nuclear bomb went off, they'd still have to go to work.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, DCPS makes decisions based on DC, not surrounding districts and who may/may not be impacted by other districts’ choices. So yeah, what’s important is that DCPS opens schools when it’s appropriate for them to do so.

DC is unique in which more than 50% of employees live in surrounding counties, in every direction. They should absolutely take this into consideration because schools cannot function properly without staff. Everyone but you seems to understand this.

Well no, not everyone but me, since the mayor decided to open schools and several PP’s here seem to agree with the decision. But ok.

Your child’s school will still function. Yes, there may be some teachers out, and there may be less learning than on a regular day. But most kids at school will still learn more than if they stayed home.

Also, just like those DCPS teachers who need to use a day off today to take care of their children who attend other districts, you can choose to keep your student at home if you think it’s not appropriate to send them to school today.

lol I’d hardly use bowsers judgment as my measuring stick but that’s because I have a functioning brain. Good luck in your long road to the middle.

Just curious then, whose judgment would you use? It seems like most private schools in DC are also open today. Are those decisions wrong too?

Literally everything is open. This notion that schools should be closed when the *public library* is open is ludicrous.

Sure, but I will bet a large amount of money that the same people who are cheering school being open today will be the most irate when their kids come home and say they watched movies all day because their teachers couldn't get to school. I guarantee it.

Are you 80 years old? Have you never seen snow before? The roads are good. Stop belly aching and do your job.

This has nothing to do with roads and everything to do with teachers with kids who live in districts with a snow day today. If you weren’t such a cretinous ghoul you’d realize that.

Really? Because all the complaints here focus on how a little bit of snow makes it too dangerous to do anything.

I seem to remember there was this pandemic where teachers refused to do their jobs for a year and a half and parents who worked the entire pandemic had to figure out what to do with their kids that whole time while they worked. You'll forgive parents if they're not especially concerned now about teachers' childcare issues. Maybe they shouldnt have chosen to live in a different jurisdiction from where they worked.

I had to work both of the last 2 days with my kids in tow. My suburban colleagues have their kids at work for the 3rd day in a row or are burning still more leave. At some point when schools are the HUGE outlier to everything else, there's a childcare problem the other way. I'm very glad the Mayor opened schools today.

It hasn't even snowed for 36 hours. The mayor did the right thing. Some of these people act like we got hit by a hurricane. This is a normal amount of snow in most of the country and DC was prepared.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, DCPS makes decisions based on DC, not surrounding districts and who may/may not be impacted by other districts’ choices. So yeah, what’s important is that DCPS opens schools when it’s appropriate for them to do so.

DC is unique in which more than 50% of employees live in surrounding counties, in every direction. They should absolutely take this into consideration because schools cannot function properly without staff. Everyone but you seems to understand this.

Well no, not everyone but me, since the mayor decided to open schools and several PP’s here seem to agree with the decision. But ok.

Your child’s school will still function. Yes, there may be some teachers out, and there may be less learning than on a regular day. But most kids at school will still learn more than if they stayed home.

Also, just like those DCPS teachers who need to use a day off today to take care of their children who attend other districts, you can choose to keep your student at home if you think it’s not appropriate to send them to school today.

lol I’d hardly use bowsers judgment as my measuring stick but that’s because I have a functioning brain. Good luck in your long road to the middle.

Just curious then, whose judgment would you use? It seems like most private schools in DC are also open today. Are those decisions wrong too?

Literally everything is open. This notion that schools should be closed when the *public library* is open is ludicrous.

Sure, but I will bet a large amount of money that the same people who are cheering school being open today will be the most irate when their kids come home and say they watched movies all day because their teachers couldn't get to school. I guarantee it.

Are you 80 years old? Have you never seen snow before? The roads are good. Stop belly aching and do your job.

This has nothing to do with roads and everything to do with teachers with kids who live in districts with a snow day today. If you weren’t such a cretinous ghoul you’d realize that.

Really? Because all the complaints here focus on how a little bit of snow makes it too dangerous to do anything.

I seem to remember there was this pandemic where teachers refused to do their jobs for a year and a half and parents who worked the entire pandemic had to figure out what to do with their kids that whole time while they worked. You'll forgive parents if they're not especially concerned now about teachers' childcare issues. Maybe they shouldnt have chosen to live in a different jurisdiction from where they worked.

I had to work both of the last 2 days with my kids in tow. My suburban colleagues have their kids at work for the 3rd day in a row or are burning still more leave. At some point when schools are the HUGE outlier to everything else, there's a childcare problem the other way. I'm very glad the Mayor opened schools today.

It hasn't even snowed for 36 hours. The mayor did the right thing. Some of these people act like we got hit by a hurricane. This is a normal amount of snow in most of the country and DC was prepared.

WMATA is acting like we got hit by a hurricane. Why aren't all bus routes running three days after the storm hit? It's ridiculous that a sizable number of kids couldn't get to school today because buses that run entirely on busy roads were not operational.

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WMTA is not responsible for plowing the roads, I live on a fairly major bus route and my street is still a sheet of ice.

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Anonymous wrote:What I don’t appreciate is that DCPS determined LAST NIGHT that there would be no delay, without waiting to see if roadways were clear, transportation was available, neighboring school communities were operating, etc. They boxed themselves in. My road was fairly perilous and bus transportation was significantly limited for my kids. They should have had a delay.

They told the principals this at 4 pm and then the principals didn’t tell their staff or the public until 8:30 or whatever it was. We only found this out today. Ridiculous.

This is untrue and not the way information is disseminated. DCPS makes the public announcement and admin comes in after