Will schools be open tomorrow the 8th?

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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.

I also give credit to the Mayor for making the call to open school on time. It fine getting my kid to school, I dropped him off. He was eager to get back - mom & dad stressed about work while trying to juggle his baby brother was not fun (because, of course, federal daycares were closed).

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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.

You would rather they waited until 6am today to make the call? Get real - you'd be furious.

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It was annoying getting my kid to school today but not dangerous. I would have preferred a two hour delay but it worked out so it's fine. My kid did wind up being about 20 minutes late but no one cares and now they are at school learning (and their teacher is there as are most of their classmates).

I don't know what the fuss is about. Some of you just look for stuff to complain about.

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Anonymous wrote:It was annoying getting my kid to school today but not dangerous. I would have preferred a two hour delay but it worked out so it's fine. My kid did wind up being about 20 minutes late but no one cares and now they are at school learning (and their teacher is there as are most of their classmates).

I don't know what the fuss is about. Some of you just look for stuff to complain about.

DCPS/OSSE employees wanted another paid day off. They know OSSE won't force them to make up the snow days (per last year's precedent).

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Anonymous wrote:It was annoying getting my kid to school today but not dangerous. I would have preferred a two hour delay but it worked out so it's fine. My kid did wind up being about 20 minutes late but no one cares and now they are at school learning (and their teacher is there as are most of their classmates).

I don't know what the fuss is about. Some of you just look for stuff to complain about.

You do realize your personal experience is not universal across the city, right? I mean, it's clear you are completely deaf and blind to your privilege, but you have to realize that not everyone was able to do what you did. Right?

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Anonymous wrote:It was annoying getting my kid to school today but not dangerous. I would have preferred a two hour delay but it worked out so it's fine. My kid did wind up being about 20 minutes late but no one cares and now they are at school learning (and their teacher is there as are most of their classmates).

I don't know what the fuss is about. Some of you just look for stuff to complain about.

You do realize your personal experience is not universal across the city, right? I mean, it's clear you are completely deaf and blind to your privilege, but you have to realize that not everyone was able to do what you did. Right?

But most people were.

Some people struggle with getting their kids to school every single day. Should we cancel school altogether as a result?

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OPM also determined to be open last night based on the weather report of no further snow. It is also perfectly fine for some individual elementary school families to stay home today despite schools being open if that is the best decision for them.

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It's so funny to pop over here from the MCPS board.... all of us suburban parents are jealous of you guys! But you're complaining about schools being *open*?!

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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.

I have no problem with school being open but I totally disagree that DC was prepared. All of the side streets in my neighborhood were not plowed. They are sheets of ice. Many schools have parking lots that were sheets of ice this morning. You may think this is no big deal but where are people supposed to park?

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Anonymous wrote:It's so funny to pop over here from the MCPS board.... all of us suburban parents are jealous of you guys! But you're complaining about schools being *open*?!

It's just the teachers. They want schools to stay closed until every single flake of snow melts away. Everyone else is thrilled schools are open.

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Anonymous wrote:It's so funny to pop over here from the MCPS board.... all of us suburban parents are jealous of you guys! But you're complaining about schools being *open*?!

If the reverse decisions were made, these boards would be have opposite posts.

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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.

I have no problem with school being open but I totally disagree that DC was prepared. All of the side streets in my neighborhood were not plowed. They are sheets of ice. Many schools have parking lots that were sheets of ice this morning. You may think this is no big deal but where are people supposed to park?

How many school parking lots did you visit?

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Anonymous wrote:It's so funny to pop over here from the MCPS board.... all of us suburban parents are jealous of you guys! But you're complaining about schools being *open*?!

It's just the teachers. They want schools to stay closed until every single flake of snow melts away. Everyone else is thrilled schools are open.

Please stop with the blanket statements. Many of us wanted to get back and try to get kids back into routines and procedures. We're a week or so away from MOY and that data will drive most of our work leading up to CAPE (Whose deadline does not get pushed back, no matter how many useless june dates are added on)

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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.

I have no problem with school being open but I totally disagree that DC was prepared. All of the side streets in my neighborhood were not plowed. They are sheets of ice. Many schools have parking lots that were sheets of ice this morning. You may think this is no big deal but where are people supposed to park?

How many school parking lots did you visit?

The FB page for dcps teachers has been crowd sourcing pictures. They are icy.

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Anonymous wrote:It's so funny to pop over here from the MCPS board.... all of us suburban parents are jealous of you guys! But you're complaining about schools being *open*?!

It's just the teachers. They want schools to stay closed until every single flake of snow melts away. Everyone else is thrilled schools are open.

Your hatred for teachers is pathetic. You just wanted your free babysitting, time off from your kids, and angry because you had to work. Get a life.