is your school closed during the Papal Visit?

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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.

You obviously haven't met the cabbie I talked to yesterday. He was driving me from Union station to the Library of Congress and was ticking off the streets that would be closed. Of course he has no plan to work as do none of his co-cabbies. So Metro will be a mess and don't count on cabs.

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Today's commute was awfu - if that is an indication. There was a motorcade by Farragut West, an accident at McPherson Square, and gridlock on K.

Normal 15-20 to NoMa area took 45. Awful.

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Anonymous wrote:Today's commute was awfu - if that is an indication. There was a motorcade by Farragut West, an accident at McPherson Square, and gridlock on K.

Normal 15-20 to NoMa area took 45. Awful.

And the Pope is nowhere in sight. What should we do? Close down Dcps every time there is an accident in McPherson square and gridlock on I st? News: we live in an urban area with a lot of people and a lot of traffic, learn to deal with it or move. I work on k at and my entire office is expected to be at work next week. If any of us has a problem and cannot make it to work that can happen, like it can happens during the year. We are adults and expected to plan accordingly for event like the visit of the Pope. Whoever cannot get to work or cannot get the kid to school can also plan accordingly , no need to shut down the entire system.

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If your school is closing wed and you do pay by the day aftercare, do you get reimbursed or credit back for that day? That will help me pay for a camp.

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Anonymous wrote:Today's commute was awfu - if that is an indication. There was a motorcade by Farragut West, an accident at McPherson Square, and gridlock on K.

Normal 15-20 to NoMa area took 45. Awful.

And the Pope is nowhere in sight. What should we do? Close down Dcps every time there is an accident in McPherson square and gridlock on I st? News: we live in an urban area with a lot of people and a lot of traffic, learn to deal with it or move. I work on k at and my entire office is expected to be at work next week. If any of us has a problem and cannot make it to work that can happen, like it can happens during the year. We are adults and expected to plan accordingly for event like the visit of the Pope. Whoever cannot get to work or cannot get the kid to school can also plan accordingly , no need to shut down the entire system.

Calm down. Nobody is proposing closing down DCPS. A few charter schools close to affected areas have elected to close. DCPS and the DC government is expected to operate as usual. I do think it would have been smart to close a couple of schools that will likely be seriously affected, but that is not what the chancellor is doing.

Of course your law firm or wherever you work on K is expected to come to work as usual.

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Anonymous wrote:If your school is closing wed and you do pay by the day aftercare, do you get reimbursed or credit back for that day? That will help me pay for a camp.

Who would give you a credit for daycare? Unless you are on public assistance- not sure why daycare is anyone's responsibility but your own.
I am a DCPS teacher. It makes sense to keep school open. However- I have a 2 day training on Tuesday/Wednesday that I wish they would reschedule.

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Anonymous wrote:If your school is closing wed and you do pay by the day aftercare, do you get reimbursed or credit back for that day? That will help me pay for a camp.

Ugh no. I tried that - and only our aftercare is closed, school is open. Snow days, weather emergencies, scheduled in advanced closures per the list when I signed up, fine. But random we decided it was too hard days? No. No. That should be a credit. (it doesn't even make sense - kids who can travel safely on their own don't do aftercare. Kids who do aftercare are no better off leaving with their parents at 3pm than between 3 and 6pm...).

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Anonymous wrote:If your school is closing wed and you do pay by the day aftercare, do you get reimbursed or credit back for that day? That will help me pay for a camp.

If your school uses Springboard, call and ask. They did give credits to those who paid by the day last year at my child's school.

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Anonymous wrote:If your school is closing wed and you do pay by the day aftercare, do you get reimbursed or credit back for that day? That will help me pay for a camp.

If your school uses Springboard, call and ask. They did give credits to those who paid by the day last year at my child's school.

same pp here - if you use Springboard, and know in advance that your child will miss a day they will credit you for it. You have to give them one day's notice at least (last years policy, call and check)

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Anonymous wrote:The pope is not doing any public events- .

He is too. There's a parade near the White House on the 23rd. He will address crowds at the west front of the Capitol on the 24th.

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Anonymous wrote:This is another reason to choose your neighborhood school.

The only DCPS schools with reading proficiency at or below 15% are Ballou, Harris, Hendley, and Moten. If you live in-bounds for any of these, there are absolutely closer and higher-performing charters than Brookland.

You do understand that people lottery into charters, yes? And that the lottery gives absolutely no preference based in how close people live to the school?

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Anonymous wrote:The pope is not doing any public events- .

He is too. There's a parade near the White House on the 23rd. He will address crowds at the west front of the Capitol on the 24th.

And a cozy little mass at the Basilica in Brookland for just 25,000 of his closest friends and confidants ...

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Anonymous wrote:The pope is not doing any public events- .

He is too. There's a parade near the White House on the 23rd. He will address crowds at the west front of the Capitol on the 24th.

And a cozy little mass at the Basilica in Brookland for just 25,000 of his closest friends and confidants ...

That is not a public event. You have to have a ticket.

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Anonymous wrote:The pope is not doing any public events- .

He is too. There's a parade near the White House on the 23rd. He will address crowds at the west front of the Capitol on the 24th.

And a cozy little mass at the Basilica in Brookland for just 25,000 of his closest friends and confidants ...

That is not a public event. You have to have a ticket.

I think the PP's point is that it is not a small event -- 25,000 tickets is a lot of people; not stadium size, but a lot. Not your usual Sunday Mass crowd.

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It's pretty major for those of us who live in Brooklad. They are saying it could take up to a couple hours to cycle through Brookland station. They are closing down a lot of streets. There are barricades up already.

There is also a Moral Action for Climate Rally on the 24th on the Mall which is expected to attract tens of thousands at least.