Was FCCPS well attended today by both kids and teachers?

[Anonymous]

Just curious as no other public county school system in the area had school.

[Anonymous]

Lots of folks out @ Meridian. Plus, they’ve blocked off most of the already-Inadequate parking lot so more than half the teachers have nowhere to park. Typical FCCPS “planning” at work- you can tell everyone in a position of power has either never worked anywhere but Falls Church or is just using it as a temporary layover before Fairfax or Loudoun.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know many staff that were out yesterday but a lot of students were absent. Those there were not pleased about being at work or school on the observed New Year’s Day.

I agree with the above poster. Parking was a problem before and is worse now with ongoing construction.

[Anonymous]

Lots of kids out. our neighbors forgot that there was school...which understandable when parents and other kids were home.

[Anonymous]

I know at least one teacher didn’t come in because they assumed FCCPS was closed like every other non-retail entity in the region. Oops.

Re:parking, I was told that if I parked in a student spot I’d get towed but there were no staff spots left so I’d just have to “figure it out.” Next time, I’m turning around and leaving and y’all can “figure it out” re: a sub.

[Anonymous]

I find this thread, and other similar complaints, kind of odd. FCC is a small place, and its easy to get information. Do you not pay any attention to calendar discussions? Going to school on Jan 2nd was established over a year ago as a tradeoff for taking the additional religious holidays this year, but not having to go an additional week in June. I believe the original calendar proposal for this year had us in school until June 23rd. The school board then took a careful look at the calendars, did a TON of public engagement and wrote a new calendar policy. This is the only year we will go to school on federal holidays. The SB decided to have school on religious holidays and not have it on federal holidays.
I agree school Monday was kind of strange- but I was fully prepared for it and see no point in fussing about it bc I know it is not going to happen again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread, and other similar complaints, kind of odd. FCC is a small place, and its easy to get information. Do you not pay any attention to calendar discussions? Going to school on Jan 2nd was established over a year ago as a tradeoff for taking the additional religious holidays this year, but not having to go an additional week in June. I believe the original calendar proposal for this year had us in school until June 23rd. The school board then took a careful look at the calendars, did a TON of public engagement and wrote a new calendar policy. This is the only year we will go to school on federal holidays. The SB decided to have school on religious holidays and not have it on federal holidays.
I agree school Monday was kind of strange- but I was fully prepared for it and see no point in fussing about it bc I know it is not going to happen again.

Who’s fussing about Monday? I’m not aware of anyone posting in this thread that THEY had calendar issues.

If you’re going to carry water for Noonan, though, maybe ask why they can’t seem to communicate that the parking lot is hosed? THAT would’ve been nice to know but then it would require actual work from that office instead of navel-gazing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread, and other similar complaints, kind of odd. FCC is a small place, and its easy to get information. Do you not pay any attention to calendar discussions? Going to school on Jan 2nd was established over a year ago as a tradeoff for taking the additional religious holidays this year, but not having to go an additional week in June. I believe the original calendar proposal for this year had us in school until June 23rd. The school board then took a careful look at the calendars, did a TON of public engagement and wrote a new calendar policy. This is the only year we will go to school on federal holidays. The SB decided to have school on religious holidays and not have it on federal holidays.
I agree school Monday was kind of strange- but I was fully prepared for it and see no point in fussing about it bc I know it is not going to happen again.

Who’s fussing about Monday? I’m not aware of anyone posting in this thread that THEY had calendar issues.

If you’re going to carry water for Noonan, though, maybe ask why they can’t seem to communicate that the parking lot is hosed? THAT would’ve been nice to know but then it would require actual work from that office instead of navel-gazing.

ha- I think Noonan is an arrogant misogynistic a*** who appears to need a fair amount of public adulation- not about to carry his water I don't know about the parking lot issue- did they take some of it away over break for the construction? that definitely should have been communicated- I find the communications and transparency surrounding secondary campus parking/ access etc to be lacking for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread, and other similar complaints, kind of odd. FCC is a small place, and its easy to get information. Do you not pay any attention to calendar discussions? Going to school on Jan 2nd was established over a year ago as a tradeoff for taking the additional religious holidays this year, but not having to go an additional week in June. I believe the original calendar proposal for this year had us in school until June 23rd. The school board then took a careful look at the calendars, did a TON of public engagement and wrote a new calendar policy. This is the only year we will go to school on federal holidays. The SB decided to have school on religious holidays and not have it on federal holidays.
I agree school Monday was kind of strange- but I was fully prepared for it and see no point in fussing about it bc I know it is not going to happen again.

Who’s fussing about Monday? I’m not aware of anyone posting in this thread that THEY had calendar issues.

If you’re going to carry water for Noonan, though, maybe ask why they can’t seem to communicate that the parking lot is hosed? THAT would’ve been nice to know but then it would require actual work from that office instead of navel-gazing.

ha- I think Noonan is an arrogant misogynistic a*** who appears to need a fair amount of public adulation- not about to carry his water I don't know about the parking lot issue- did they take some of it away over break for the construction? that definitely should have been communicated- I find the communications and transparency surrounding secondary campus parking/ access etc to be lacking for sure.

I’m a different PP. Parking has been a hassle all year. Students complained in the fall about not having enough spaces so they took additional spots away from the teachers. That made it tight and created resentment for obvious reasons. Now that additional spots are gone for construction, there have not been enough spaces. We received an email today saying that they would convert some student spots back to teacher spots since they were not issued and we could park in them immediately. We were assured there was plenty of space, which is not true to anyone who actually parks in that lot. It was poor planning to issue any student spots this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread, and other similar complaints, kind of odd. FCC is a small place, and its easy to get information. Do you not pay any attention to calendar discussions? Going to school on Jan 2nd was established over a year ago as a tradeoff for taking the additional religious holidays this year, but not having to go an additional week in June. I believe the original calendar proposal for this year had us in school until June 23rd. The school board then took a careful look at the calendars, did a TON of public engagement and wrote a new calendar policy. This is the only year we will go to school on federal holidays. The SB decided to have school on religious holidays and not have it on federal holidays.
I agree school Monday was kind of strange- but I was fully prepared for it and see no point in fussing about it bc I know it is not going to happen again.

Who’s fussing about Monday? I’m not aware of anyone posting in this thread that THEY had calendar issues.

If you’re going to carry water for Noonan, though, maybe ask why they can’t seem to communicate that the parking lot is hosed? THAT would’ve been nice to know but then it would require actual work from that office instead of navel-gazing.

ha- I think Noonan is an arrogant misogynistic a*** who appears to need a fair amount of public adulation- not about to carry his water I don't know about the parking lot issue- did they take some of it away over break for the construction? that definitely should have been communicated- I find the communications and transparency surrounding secondary campus parking/ access etc to be lacking for sure.

I’m a different PP. Parking has been a hassle all year. Students complained in the fall about not having enough spaces so they took additional spots away from the teachers. That made it tight and created resentment for obvious reasons. Now that additional spots are gone for construction, there have not been enough spaces. We received an email today saying that they would convert some student spots back to teacher spots since they were not issued and we could park in them immediately. We were assured there was plenty of space, which is not true to anyone who actually parks in that lot. It was poor planning to issue any student spots this year.

I would say “poor planning” is FCCPS’ mantra but that implies there’s some planning occurring in the first place, which doesn’t seem to be the case. Maybe if there was, the brand new building wouldn’t be falling apart already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread, and other similar complaints, kind of odd. FCC is a small place, and its easy to get information. Do you not pay any attention to calendar discussions? Going to school on Jan 2nd was established over a year ago as a tradeoff for taking the additional religious holidays this year, but not having to go an additional week in June. I believe the original calendar proposal for this year had us in school until June 23rd. The school board then took a careful look at the calendars, did a TON of public engagement and wrote a new calendar policy. This is the only year we will go to school on federal holidays. The SB decided to have school on religious holidays and not have it on federal holidays.
I agree school Monday was kind of strange- but I was fully prepared for it and see no point in fussing about it bc I know it is not going to happen again.

Who’s fussing about Monday? I’m not aware of anyone posting in this thread that THEY had calendar issues.

If you’re going to carry water for Noonan, though, maybe ask why they can’t seem to communicate that the parking lot is hosed? THAT would’ve been nice to know but then it would require actual work from that office instead of navel-gazing.

ha- I think Noonan is an arrogant misogynistic a*** who appears to need a fair amount of public adulation- not about to carry his water I don't know about the parking lot issue- did they take some of it away over break for the construction? that definitely should have been communicated- I find the communications and transparency surrounding secondary campus parking/ access etc to be lacking for sure.

I’m a different PP. Parking has been a hassle all year. Students complained in the fall about not having enough spaces so they took additional spots away from the teachers. That made it tight and created resentment for obvious reasons. Now that additional spots are gone for construction, there have not been enough spaces. We received an email today saying that they would convert some student spots back to teacher spots since they were not issued and we could park in them immediately. We were assured there was plenty of space, which is not true to anyone who actually parks in that lot. It was poor planning to issue any student spots this year.

So now folks are getting nails in tires and other fun debris issues because the parking lot is effectively a live construction site. Admin’s response? “That’s too bad, now go away.”

At least this principal is on his way out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread, and other similar complaints, kind of odd. FCC is a small place, and its easy to get information. Do you not pay any attention to calendar discussions? Going to school on Jan 2nd was established over a year ago as a tradeoff for taking the additional religious holidays this year, but not having to go an additional week in June. I believe the original calendar proposal for this year had us in school until June 23rd. The school board then took a careful look at the calendars, did a TON of public engagement and wrote a new calendar policy. This is the only year we will go to school on federal holidays. The SB decided to have school on religious holidays and not have it on federal holidays.
I agree school Monday was kind of strange- but I was fully prepared for it and see no point in fussing about it bc I know it is not going to happen again.

Who’s fussing about Monday? I’m not aware of anyone posting in this thread that THEY had calendar issues.

If you’re going to carry water for Noonan, though, maybe ask why they can’t seem to communicate that the parking lot is hosed? THAT would’ve been nice to know but then it would require actual work from that office instead of navel-gazing.

ha- I think Noonan is an arrogant misogynistic a*** who appears to need a fair amount of public adulation- not about to carry his water I don't know about the parking lot issue- did they take some of it away over break for the construction? that definitely should have been communicated- I find the communications and transparency surrounding secondary campus parking/ access etc to be lacking for sure.

I’m a different PP. Parking has been a hassle all year. Students complained in the fall about not having enough spaces so they took additional spots away from the teachers. That made it tight and created resentment for obvious reasons. Now that additional spots are gone for construction, there have not been enough spaces. We received an email today saying that they would convert some student spots back to teacher spots since they were not issued and we could park in them immediately. We were assured there was plenty of space, which is not true to anyone who actually parks in that lot. It was poor planning to issue any student spots this year.

So now folks are getting nails in tires and other fun debris issues because the parking lot is effectively a live construction site. Admin’s response? “That’s too bad, now go away.”

At least this principal is on his way out.

Which principal is going?

[Anonymous]

FCCPS parent here, not a staff person....don't understand all the agonizing over parking at the secondary schools and complaints about construction. Maybe some of you never saw the HS building before? it was horrendous. We needed a new school; development of the adjacent land was absolutely necessary to pay for the new school. We have to live with the inconvenience for a few years (for example, I personally hate having to turn right every time I leave campus, but just suck it up and do it...)

All this complaining - what is your proposed solution?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCCPS parent here, not a staff person....don't understand all the agonizing over parking at the secondary schools and complaints about construction. Maybe some of you never saw the HS building before? it was horrendous. We needed a new school; development of the adjacent land was absolutely necessary to pay for the new school. We have to live with the inconvenience for a few years (for example, I personally hate having to turn right every time I leave campus, but just suck it up and do it...)

All this complaining - what is your proposed solution?

Ah, because it REALLY sucked before, you shouldn’t complain now that it sucks less. Are you a school board member?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find this thread, and other similar complaints, kind of odd. FCC is a small place, and its easy to get information. Do you not pay any attention to calendar discussions? Going to school on Jan 2nd was established over a year ago as a tradeoff for taking the additional religious holidays this year, but not having to go an additional week in June. I believe the original calendar proposal for this year had us in school until June 23rd. The school board then took a careful look at the calendars, did a TON of public engagement and wrote a new calendar policy. This is the only year we will go to school on federal holidays. The SB decided to have school on religious holidays and not have it on federal holidays.
I agree school Monday was kind of strange- but I was fully prepared for it and see no point in fussing about it bc I know it is not going to happen again.

Who’s fussing about Monday? I’m not aware of anyone posting in this thread that THEY had calendar issues.

If you’re going to carry water for Noonan, though, maybe ask why they can’t seem to communicate that the parking lot is hosed? THAT would’ve been nice to know but then it would require actual work from that office instead of navel-gazing.

ha- I think Noonan is an arrogant misogynistic a*** who appears to need a fair amount of public adulation- not about to carry his water I don't know about the parking lot issue- did they take some of it away over break for the construction? that definitely should have been communicated- I find the communications and transparency surrounding secondary campus parking/ access etc to be lacking for sure.

I’m a different PP. Parking has been a hassle all year. Students complained in the fall about not having enough spaces so they took additional spots away from the teachers. That made it tight and created resentment for obvious reasons. Now that additional spots are gone for construction, there have not been enough spaces. We received an email today saying that they would convert some student spots back to teacher spots since they were not issued and we could park in them immediately. We were assured there was plenty of space, which is not true to anyone who actually parks in that lot. It was poor planning to issue any student spots this year.

So now folks are getting nails in tires and other fun debris issues because the parking lot is effectively a live construction site. Admin’s response? “That’s too bad, now go away.”

At least this principal is on his way out.

Which principal is going?

The grapevine says Mr Serentis is on his way out, not necessarily of his own choosing.