is your school closed during the Papal Visit?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh please...

Agree. Irked PPs should start the private school testing/application process now. They aren't going to last in a public school setting.

Or maybe we've been living in the DC public school setting for years and are irked that we have to close because you newbies can't handle a little traffic.

[Anonymous]

Letter from Kaya confirming business as usual next week for DCPS and touting pope.dc.gov

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KIPPDC closed Wednesday, open Thursday. Got the notice today.

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Wednesday is Yom Kippur. Yu Ying is closed (and I assume Sela as well).

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Anonymous wrote:Create Arts Center in Silver Spring also has a one day camp the 23rd (and all MCPS and DCPS days off).

Can they take 3 year olds?

Usually Create Arts Center camps start at age 6 but sometimes they will take 5 year olds who are in full day kindergarten. You'd have to call/email to confirm that. www.createartscenter.org

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If kids wear their PJs inside-out and say their prayers backwards, will they get a Pope Day home from school?

[Anonymous]

John Eaton (34 St in Cleveland Park, just north of the Vatican embassy) and maybe Oyster are the schools most likely to be affected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wednesday is Yom Kippur. Yu Ying is closed (and I assume Sela as well).

Wait. The Pope didn't check whether it was Yom Kippur before scheduling his trip? The nerve.

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Anonymous wrote:On the "why should nw schools change plans because of a mass at the Basilica?" crowd: did you notice that northhbound Mass Ave between the rcp exit and Reno will also be closed for days? This is going to complicate your commutes, too, not just those of the little people eotp trying to mooch a spot in your neighborhood school...

How will I ever get to The Firm?

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS and DCPCS are primarily for low-income families. Low income families tend not to have jobs where you can telecommute. The schools will stay open so the kids have a place to go, and so they can keep learning. If a few charters right nearby want to close those days that's up to them. But most kids go to school fairly close to their homes, even if they don't go to their IB DCPS, and shouldn't have too hard of a time. If you don't want to take your kid, just get an unexcused absence and have fun at home--no big deal.

What in the holy shit are you talking about!

I will assume that this is a typo and that you meant to write "Holy Spirit."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS and DCPCS are primarily for low-income families. Low income families tend not to have jobs where you can telecommute. The schools will stay open so the kids have a place to go, and so they can keep learning. If a few charters right nearby want to close those days that's up to them. But most kids go to school fairly close to their homes, even if they don't go to their IB DCPS, and shouldn't have too hard of a time. If you don't want to take your kid, just get an unexcused absence and have fun at home--no big deal.

What in the holy shit are you talking about!

I laughed out loud at that one! I wonder who they employed to write their post?

You can laugh all you want about it, but the people in charge at DCPS and DCPCS see their mission as educating low-income and at-risk students. If some middle/upper class folks want to enroll in school that's fine, but the system is not set up to cater to them. Look at curriculum choices, snow days and other scheduling issues, uniforms, attendance policies, etc.

In 2012-3, 4 out of 5 kids in public school here qualified for free or reduced meals: http://www.21csf.org/csf-home/DocUploads/DataShop/DS_355.pdf p.13
The system is just not designed around the needs of the other 20%.

Oh for pete's sake. It does not mean 80% of the kids qualify for free lunch. It means 80% of kids attend a school in which 40% or higher gets free lunch.

Chicken fingers and fries for all!

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Anonymous wrote:This is hilarious. Absolutely, crazy when you think about it. We have less students in the school system that would ever be inconvenience of the Pope visit. Hell, we had more of an issue when the city prepared for the Superbowl Victory Parade for the Redskins than this guy coming to town. Just 20 years ago...there was more planning for the DCPS students for the Million Man March than then for this guy's visit.

We also have fewer students....

[Anonymous]

Special slogan on DC license plate on popemobile during papal visit next week.

"Yo be in DC!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS and DCPCS are primarily for low-income families. Low income families tend not to have jobs where you can telecommute. The schools will stay open so the kids have a place to go, and so they can keep learning. If a few charters right nearby want to close those days that's up to them. But most kids go to school fairly close to their homes, even if they don't go to their IB DCPS, and shouldn't have too hard of a time. If you don't want to take your kid, just get an unexcused absence and have fun at home--no big deal.

You didn't just say that, did you? Really?

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Anonymous wrote:I predict it will be like LA in the Olympics. Everyone said it would be nightmare so folks carpooled, took public transit, stayed home, left earlier, etc. Traffic in LA actually ran more smoothly than in normal circumstances.

So, start working on your plan now, folks; it's not like you weren't forewarned. Find that neighbor who you follow to school every day across the park and agree to split pickup and dropoff. Don't know anyone? Start a convo on your school's listserv and work out a plan. Who knows? Maybe you'll make a lifelong friend.

How old are you that you remember the traffic in 1984!

Hey, stop picking on that PP. I remember the predicted mess in 1984 in L.A. as well. Everyone who could left town and the roads were a breeze. But that was because of early alerts.