Dcps 2 hour delay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work in a Title 1 DCPS. 70% of the teachers are fine. We have a total of 50 kids here today. 50 kids for an entire PS-8 campus. Tell me again how the kids need somewhere to go on days like this.

We could work at the same school PP, except we only had 22 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in a Title 1 DCPS. 70% of the teachers are fine. We have a total of 50 kids here today. 50 kids for an entire PS-8 campus. Tell me again how the kids need somewhere to go on days like this.

We could work at the same school PP, except we only had 22 kids.

No one in my class showed

[Anonymous]

At least 60% of kids showed at our upper NW school as of 10:40. Many more were making their way through the snow on foot. It was pretty impressive.

[Anonymous]

Lots of parents whose kids are at schools with privately run aftercare won't necessarily know that aftercare is canceled. If DCPS cancels its after school activities does that automatically mean privately run aftercare too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of parents whose kids are at schools with privately run aftercare won't necessarily know that aftercare is canceled. If DCPS cancels its after school activities does that automatically mean privately run aftercare too?

It depends on the aftercare. Our school has 2 private run programs. The one on site is closed the one off site is open. The teacher emailed the class to let us know otherwise I would have missed it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least 60% of kids showed at our upper NW school as of 10:40. Many more were making their way through the snow on foot. It was pretty impressive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both my husband and I can work from home. I had already prepared a project to work on a robot today. We have s new car. Now my FH wants to drive the kids to school. Roads are a slushy mess and I can imagine what happens when car will hit the streets. We had no snow this year , this would have been just one snow day. I know in Minnesota prople do this every day, but we are not in Minnesota and people do not know how to drive in the snow in DC. WTF

They clean the roads quickly in Minnesota because they can afford to invest $ on equipment that will be used every year. DC can't. Not to mention we're dealing with ice with this storm, not snow. Two different animals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of parents whose kids are at schools with privately run aftercare won't necessarily know that aftercare is canceled. If DCPS cancels its after school activities does that automatically mean privately run aftercare too?

our school sent out a note to ignore the robocall from DCPS and that aftercare is still happening.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You need to think of DCPs as a social service agency, not just a school system. The community needs its hot lunch!

For the 100000th time. THE KIDS DONT EAT THE LUNCH! They say it's nasty. You would be surprised how much is thrown away. If it's not pizza, it's trash.

This was the first thing that shocked me when I became a teacher. They throw so much food in the trash. Some just punch in their code, grab a nugget or two off the tray, and throw the rest in the trash. When I taught at a charter, we used to make them put their fruit in a separate bin and sit it at the front during dismissal next to those small clear trash bags. A handful of parents would load up with dozens of apples, pears, bananas, and oranges. We don't have that at my current school. Everything goes in the trash.

[Anonymous]

My friend was a teacher in Oklahoma in a low income area. When schools were closed for snow, they opened the cafeterias for those who needed food. I feel like if DCPS tried they could figure out a solution to this problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to think of DCPs as a social service agency, not just a school system. The community needs its hot lunch!

For the 100000th time. THE KIDS DONT EAT THE LUNCH! They say it's nasty. You would be surprised how much is thrown away. If it's not pizza, it's trash.

This was the first thing that shocked me when I became a teacher. They throw so much food in the trash. Some just punch in their code, grab a nugget or two off the tray, and throw the rest in the trash. When I taught at a charter, we used to make them put their fruit in a separate bin and sit it at the front during dismissal next to those small clear trash bags. A handful of parents would load up with dozens of apples, pears, bananas, and oranges. We don't have that at my current school. Everything goes in the trash.

I take fruit from my sons charter all the time! I make applesauce with the free apples a few times a month, pear sauce sometimes, and I could do pies and other things. It's great!

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know how many students attended DCPS schools today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend was a teacher in Oklahoma in a low income area. When schools were closed for snow, they opened the cafeterias for those who needed food. I feel like if DCPS tried they could figure out a solution to this problem.

Kids who are in need don't even eat the food when they're at school so they're hardly like to trudge through inclement weather to school to eat. Cheap junk food and corner stores in DC, urban areas are different from suburban or rural. It's shocking the amount of food they trash!

[Anonymous]

CMI just announced a 2 hr delay tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

My kid's DC public school, which has a lot of Maryland and Virginia residents illegally attending, only had 1/4 of the students show up. So, not only teachers from the suburbs have trouble getting in, so to the students.