APS VA Snow Day Projection

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is where it becomes a little tricky for those of us whose bus stops are a mile away. I’m at peace with whatever APS decides to do, but realistically, it wouldn’t be safe for my kids to walk to their stops and I’d be driving them in.

My kid is a walker whose MS is a mile away. No way she's walking given the conditions of the sidewalks on our block alone. But our road hasn't been plowed and I hear our neighborhood is rough until we get to the main street. That's why I think they're not going tomorrow.

Any sidewalk that isn't clear by now likely isn't going to be cleared. And it's supposed to stay cold so they can't keep schools closed until it melts.

They will keep them closed this week though.

If you want to speed up the kids going back, get out there and start hacking away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is where it becomes a little tricky for those of us whose bus stops are a mile away. I’m at peace with whatever APS decides to do, but realistically, it wouldn’t be safe for my kids to walk to their stops and I’d be driving them in.

My kid is a walker whose MS is a mile away. No way she's walking given the conditions of the sidewalks on our block alone. But our road hasn't been plowed and I hear our neighborhood is rough until we get to the main street. That's why I think they're not going tomorrow.

Any sidewalk that isn't clear by now likely isn't going to be cleared. And it's supposed to stay cold so they can't keep schools closed until it melts.

They will keep them closed this week though.

If you want to speed up the kids going back, get out there and start hacking away.

I drove by Nottingham and saw parents shoveling, lol. There's no where for the teachers to park though....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:...but I do like Arlington's real-time plowing map. https://arlgis.arlingtonva.us/Apps/Snow/SnowActivityMap/#16/38.8784/-77.1426

It doesn’t match what I see out my window though. It says my street was plowed and treated but it’s still completely covered.

Mine too.

Same. And I’m at the bottom of a huge hill.

I’m PP, and the plow just came! I see asphalt again.

[Anonymous]

APS is closed Wednesday. Just posted.

[Anonymous]

This is the portion of the snowstorm where the people start slowly turning on APS. Predictable.

It's hard when you go out and see everyone out and about and roads clear etc. No sidewalks aren't clear but they're not going to be. Not next week either. I think today is about as good as conditions are going to get for a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the portion of the snowstorm where the people start slowly turning on APS. Predictable.

It's hard when you go out and see everyone out and about and roads clear etc. No sidewalks aren't clear but they're not going to be. Not next week either. I think today is about as good as conditions are going to get for a bit.

That’s kind of the point though, starting tomorrow it’s going to be bitterly cold and everything that melted today is going to freeze overnight

[Anonymous]

I remember in years past we didn't have school on days when the mornings were in the single digits or there was wind chill in the single digits.

Also, I was driving around today. I only went a mile and many residential streets are not passable and sidewalks are hit or miss. Sometimes snowplow = undo sidewalk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember in years past we didn't have school on days when the mornings were in the single digits or there was wind chill in the single digits.

Also, I was driving around today. I only went a mile and many residential streets are not passable and sidewalks are hit or miss. Sometimes snowplow = undo sidewalk.

My kids just watched a plow cause the sidewalk to be blocked. Its inevitable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the portion of the snowstorm where the people start slowly turning on APS. Predictable.

It's hard when you go out and see everyone out and about and roads clear etc. No sidewalks aren't clear but they're not going to be. Not next week either. I think today is about as good as conditions are going to get for a bit.

That’s kind of the point though, starting tomorrow it’s going to be bitterly cold and everything that melted today is going to freeze overnight

So are they not going to go back to school next Monday? High of 33 Monday. In the 20s all weekend.

The difference next Monday is everyone will realize we can't just never go to school again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the portion of the snowstorm where the people start slowly turning on APS. Predictable.

It's hard when you go out and see everyone out and about and roads clear etc. No sidewalks aren't clear but they're not going to be. Not next week either. I think today is about as good as conditions are going to get for a bit.

That’s kind of the point though, starting tomorrow it’s going to be bitterly cold and everything that melted today is going to freeze overnight

So are they not going to go back to school next Monday? High of 33 Monday. In the 20s all weekend.

The difference next Monday is everyone will realize we can't just never go to school again.

Right? Is the plan here to just wait for spring?

They need to figure out what they can do given the current and forecasted conditions. In my mind, it's making sure building heat is working reasonably well, buses can start, school parking lots and walkways clean, and perhaps figure out how to run bus routes on main roads only since some of the residential streets are still a mess. And then they need to work on making those things happen, now, not just admiring the problem. (And engage the community if necessary - I'm sure our neighborhood would have some volunteers to help chip away at school sidewalks.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the portion of the snowstorm where the people start slowly turning on APS. Predictable.

It's hard when you go out and see everyone out and about and roads clear etc. No sidewalks aren't clear but they're not going to be. Not next week either. I think today is about as good as conditions are going to get for a bit.

That’s kind of the point though, starting tomorrow it’s going to be bitterly cold and everything that melted today is going to freeze overnight

So are they not going to go back to school next Monday? High of 33 Monday. In the 20s all weekend.

The difference next Monday is everyone will realize we can't just never go to school again.

Missing ANOTHER day of school on Groundhog Day is fitting..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the portion of the snowstorm where the people start slowly turning on APS. Predictable.

It's hard when you go out and see everyone out and about and roads clear etc. No sidewalks aren't clear but they're not going to be. Not next week either. I think today is about as good as conditions are going to get for a bit.

That’s kind of the point though, starting tomorrow it’s going to be bitterly cold and everything that melted today is going to freeze overnight

So are they not going to go back to school next Monday? High of 33 Monday. In the 20s all weekend.

The difference next Monday is everyone will realize we can't just never go to school again.

Right? Is the plan here to just wait for spring?

They need to figure out what they can do given the current and forecasted conditions. In my mind, it's making sure building heat is working reasonably well, buses can start, school parking lots and walkways clean, and perhaps figure out how to run bus routes on main roads only since some of the residential streets are still a mess. And then they need to work on making those things happen, now, not just admiring the problem. (And engage the community if necessary - I'm sure our neighborhood would have some volunteers to help chip away at school sidewalks.)

School is not that important to people. We learned that lesson during Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the portion of the snowstorm where the people start slowly turning on APS. Predictable.

It's hard when you go out and see everyone out and about and roads clear etc. No sidewalks aren't clear but they're not going to be. Not next week either. I think today is about as good as conditions are going to get for a bit.

That’s kind of the point though, starting tomorrow it’s going to be bitterly cold and everything that melted today is going to freeze overnight

So are they not going to go back to school next Monday? High of 33 Monday. In the 20s all weekend.

The difference next Monday is everyone will realize we can't just never go to school again.

Perhaps. But they built in 13 snow days (via hours) that kids don’t get back if they go unused. So who knows how much urgency APS will feel.

[Anonymous]

Kids not going back tomorrow (Thursday). No point bringing them in for one day when they already have Friday off. There are literally dump trucks picking up ice to dump elsewhere because nothing is melting. If you don’t see how unprecedented this is for our area and want to blame APS you must really really hate being around your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids not going back tomorrow (Thursday). No point bringing them in for one day when they already have Friday off. There are literally dump trucks picking up ice to dump elsewhere because nothing is melting. If you don’t see how unprecedented this is for our area and want to blame APS you must really really hate being around your kids.

There is a point for high school kids as seniors need to submit mid year grades to colleges. That being said I still think Thursday will pose a safety issue.