Snow day Monday?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:i hope they cancel monday and tuesday.

it was wonderful last week when kids came for three days.

So you're a teacher who wants the kids to be in school for fewer days so you don't have to work as hard? Please quit for everyone's sake.

why must i be a teacher?

i have two kids, one in middle and another in hs...

when they are at home on snow days, they get rest, we bake cookies, we get to go out and walk the dogs in the normal daylight.

i love my children.

maybe you had rotten parents or are a ghastly parent who abhors the predicament you got yourself into by have unwanted kids.

teachers deserve time with their families too.

That sounds nice. I’m a full time working single mom. When school is closed my MS kid sits on the couch and watches YouTube all day because I can’t take time off to bake cookies and go for snowy walks.

NP and it’s really tough when your kids are young and need daycare. I remember those days well. I am not a single parent but we had to work during snowdays and it was so stressful, finding last minute daycare.

If they are in middle school, surely they can stay home alone. I will have to go to work tomorrow but my youngest is in HS. I am now hoping for a snow day after years of dreading them and you will get there too. She is always exhausted from the AP classes and will take any time she can get to sleep in a little! And now she can bake on her own.

Snow days are stressful for working parents of little kids. The older kids love any extra time to sleep.

You sound like an amazing mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i hope they cancel monday and tuesday.

it was wonderful last week when kids came for three days.

So you're a teacher who wants the kids to be in school for fewer days so you don't have to work as hard? Please quit for everyone's sake.

why must i be a teacher?

i have two kids, one in middle and another in hs...

when they are at home on snow days, they get rest, we bake cookies, we get to go out and walk the dogs in the normal daylight.

i love my children.

maybe you had rotten parents or are a ghastly parent who abhors the predicament you got yourself into by have unwanted kids.

teachers deserve time with their families too.

STFU

I’m not the pp but I do have HS kids who enjoy the break. My kids have a full AP courseload plus sports. They will happily sleep in and take a rest day.

I can still sympathize for parents with younger kids scrambling for childcare.

I get this if we'd had a normal schedule but so far, it's been a long series of fractured weeks-starting in October. Your kids do NOT need a break from anything.

[Anonymous]

Any major updates to the forecast?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i hope they cancel monday and tuesday.

it was wonderful last week when kids came for three days.

So you're a teacher who wants the kids to be in school for fewer days so you don't have to work as hard? Please quit for everyone's sake.

why must i be a teacher?

i have two kids, one in middle and another in hs...

when they are at home on snow days, they get rest, we bake cookies, we get to go out and walk the dogs in the normal daylight.

i love my children.

maybe you had rotten parents or are a ghastly parent who abhors the predicament you got yourself into by have unwanted kids.

teachers deserve time with their families too.

But constancy and repetition is needed for learning. There breaks are a disaster for actual learning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i hope they cancel monday and tuesday.

it was wonderful last week when kids came for three days.

So you're a teacher who wants the kids to be in school for fewer days so you don't have to work as hard? Please quit for everyone's sake.

why must i be a teacher?

i have two kids, one in middle and another in hs...

when they are at home on snow days, they get rest, we bake cookies, we get to go out and walk the dogs in the normal daylight.

i love my children.

maybe you had rotten parents or are a ghastly parent who abhors the predicament you got yourself into by have unwanted kids.

teachers deserve time with their families too.

But constancy and repetition is needed for learning. There breaks are a disaster for actual learning.

I teach kindergarten and it’s been very hard and it’s hard for them to retain much when they have been out of school so many days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i hope they cancel monday and tuesday.

it was wonderful last week when kids came for three days.

So you're a teacher who wants the kids to be in school for fewer days so you don't have to work as hard? Please quit for everyone's sake.

why must i be a teacher?

i have two kids, one in middle and another in hs...

when they are at home on snow days, they get rest, we bake cookies, we get to go out and walk the dogs in the normal daylight.

i love my children.

maybe you had rotten parents or are a ghastly parent who abhors the predicament you got yourself into by have unwanted kids.

teachers deserve time with their families too.

But constancy and repetition is needed for learning. There breaks are a disaster for actual learning.

I teach kindergarten and it’s been very hard and it’s hard for them to retain much when they have been out of school so many days.

+1
I sub a lot at my former ES and I a lot of ES teachers are saying this.

[Anonymous]

I think we should prepare for a delay. If it actually accumulates, then a possible closure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think we should prepare for a delay. If it actually accumulates, then a possible closure.

+1

Suspect they will announce a delay this evening with the potential for a closure depending if the snow accumulates overnight.

[Anonymous]

Just let us know early FCPS. None of the last minute notice, we’d all like to plan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just let us know early FCPS. None of the last minute notice, we’d all like to plan

Genuinely that’s not how this storm is going to work. It is so iffy they can’t even properly forecast what it’ll do. Plus the accumulating snow is only going to fall overnight. You’ll know in the morning once they see what’s accumulated and can make a good decision based on that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just let us know early FCPS. None of the last minute notice, we’d all like to plan

Genuinely that’s not how this storm is going to work. It is so iffy they can’t even properly forecast what it’ll do. Plus the accumulating snow is only going to fall overnight. You’ll know in the morning once they see what’s accumulated and can make a good decision based on that.

And yet I’m sure Loudoun and the surrounding jurisdictions will make the call earlier than Fairfax. Loudoun typically can make the call the night before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just let us know early FCPS. None of the last minute notice, we’d all like to plan

Genuinely that’s not how this storm is going to work. It is so iffy they can’t even properly forecast what it’ll do. Plus the accumulating snow is only going to fall overnight. You’ll know in the morning once they see what’s accumulated and can make a good decision based on that.

And yet I’m sure Loudoun and the surrounding jurisdictions will make the call earlier than Fairfax. Loudoun typically can make the call the night before.

My guess is all the districts will call a delay tonight but nothing will accumulate til overnight so they will all wait til tomorrow to see if a closure is needed. If it busts we will just go in late. If a lot accumulates they can switch to close. But it would be foolish to call it either way at 5 pm today when it won’t be sticking yet. No district will do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just let us know early FCPS. None of the last minute notice, we’d all like to plan

Genuinely that’s not how this storm is going to work. It is so iffy they can’t even properly forecast what it’ll do. Plus the accumulating snow is only going to fall overnight. You’ll know in the morning once they see what’s accumulated and can make a good decision based on that.

And yet I’m sure Loudoun and the surrounding jurisdictions will make the call earlier than Fairfax. Loudoun typically can make the call the night before.

Eh, Loudon gets most of our storms first and harder, because of the weather patterns here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just let us know early FCPS. None of the last minute notice, we’d all like to plan

Capital Weather Gang has been making updates 3-4 times a day, the track on this one is all over the place.

[Anonymous]

CWG puts us at 80% chance of closure, so i'd start planning now.