Snow Day next Tuesday?

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Anonymous wrote:Could they at least cancel the elementary school early release tomorrow so the kids can have a full day on Monday?

Not going to happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Make Tueaday a 2hr delay (declared Monday evening as a heads-up with an explanation it may lead to cancellation so folks are warned) so they can buy themselves time to see if the forecast comes to fruition. Then cancel if needed.

That makes no sense considering the snow isn't even starting until at least 11. It's not going to be bad until Tuesday night.

I normally root for us to stay open as much as possible, but afternoon snowfall is the worst. Early release is great in theory, but elementary dismissal plans fall apart because parents haven’t truly got back-up care and parents get caught in traffic, and kids end up stranded well past regular time.

This is my first week in the office downtown this week (RTO). I'm 1.5 hours away at minimum before any early release is called, probably more with everyone else trying to get home as well. I'd take leave but I don't really have much to liberally burn.

Tough titty said the kitty when the milk ran dry. You were supposed to have child care lined up even if working from home. Just have your kid do their normal childcare that they were doing whil you worked all day.

You all are really just a hateful jealous bunch aren't you. With an early release working from home you would only need to take 2 hours of leave. Now you either take a whole day because of uncertainty or you leave at lunch time with everyone else and only work half a day.

DP. This is what many of us have been doing for years. It’s challenging and disruptive, but you’re in good company. I have to take leave all the time to take care of my own children.

Sure but how does having more cars in the road slowing down your commute to get home in time make your life any better?

DP, but

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Anonymous wrote:Make Tueaday a 2hr delay (declared Monday evening as a heads-up with an explanation it may lead to cancellation so folks are warned) so they can buy themselves time to see if the forecast comes to fruition. Then cancel if needed.

That makes no sense considering the snow isn't even starting until at least 11. It's not going to be bad until Tuesday night.

I normally root for us to stay open as much as possible, but afternoon snowfall is the worst. Early release is great in theory, but elementary dismissal plans fall apart because parents haven’t truly got back-up care and parents get caught in traffic, and kids end up stranded well past regular time.

This is my first week in the office downtown this week (RTO). I'm 1.5 hours away at minimum before any early release is called, probably more with everyone else trying to get home as well. I'd take leave but I don't really have much to liberally burn.

Tough titty said the kitty when the milk ran dry. You were supposed to have child care lined up even if working from home. Just have your kid do their normal childcare that they were doing whil you worked all day.

No, that's actually incorrect. It's written into our guidelines that while actively caring for a child is prohibited, simply being in the house with a child is permissible. So them going outside and playing in the snow or watching a movie is fair game. I'm really just there to make sure the house doesn't burn down. But there's no way they can be home alone all day.

Ok so you didn’t have childcare lined up. Got it. You relied on you actually being present. Bad idea.

I work part time and do pay for before care SACC. That's closed on snow days and doesn't help me on early release days. Please enlighten me as to what other option is there for early elementary that opens by 7 am or earlier?

Hiiiii, take time off. That's what your annual leave is for, stupid.

But…but…they wanted to use that for vacaaaaaations, not their kiiiiiiiids.

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Anonymous wrote:Make Tueaday a 2hr delay (declared Monday evening as a heads-up with an explanation it may lead to cancellation so folks are warned) so they can buy themselves time to see if the forecast comes to fruition. Then cancel if needed.

That makes no sense considering the snow isn't even starting until at least 11. It's not going to be bad until Tuesday night.

I normally root for us to stay open as much as possible, but afternoon snowfall is the worst. Early release is great in theory, but elementary dismissal plans fall apart because parents haven’t truly got back-up care and parents get caught in traffic, and kids end up stranded well past regular time.

This is my first week in the office downtown this week (RTO). I'm 1.5 hours away at minimum before any early release is called, probably more with everyone else trying to get home as well. I'd take leave but I don't really have much to liberally burn.

Tough titty said the kitty when the milk ran dry. You were supposed to have child care lined up even if working from home. Just have your kid do their normal childcare that they were doing whil you worked all day.

You all are really just a hateful jealous bunch aren't you. With an early release working from home you would only need to take 2 hours of leave. Now you either take a whole day because of uncertainty or you leave at lunch time with everyone else and only work half a day.

DP. This is what many of us have been doing for years. It’s challenging and disruptive, but you’re in good company. I have to take leave all the time to take care of my own children.

Great, because you've doing it, we all must do it. Eyeroll. We really should encourage as much workplace flexibility for this sort of stuff as possible as it does benefit society... this isn't 1950 or even 1990 anymore.

The world changes, sweetheart. Get with the times.

Well, it hasn’t changed for those who have RTO, so they had better maje a childcare plan for the week now. Sweetheart.

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Tough forecast with the snow starting later. Right now it SEEMS like the schools will be ok for a full day Tuesday, but with cancellation of after school activities. that is based on the latest forecasts that show the snow moving in to the immediate area between 11 am-3 pm with little to no accumulation, and accumulating snow not starting until after dark. That would point to cancellations Wednesday and a 2 hour delay or cancellation Thursday, depending on road conditions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/02/09/dc-area-snow-forecast-timeline-map/

“The timing of the storm has implications for schools on Tuesday. Snow may not begin until the afternoon in parts of the region, and even then, it may not stick at first because of temperatures near or above freezing. Some schools may be able to hold classes Tuesday or consider an early dismissal.

The most snow accumulation will probably occur Tuesday night into early Wednesday, so Wednesday will probably have more school closings. Thursday could be another day off, given the possible additional frozen precipitation Wednesday night.“

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Anonymous wrote:I am an LCPS teacher and we got an email today from the assistant superintendent that they’re putting together materials and activities for us to give the kids next week in anticipation of closures. They’re optional and can’t be graded. They’ve NEVER done this so I think they’re assuming we will be out T-F with that bear of a forecast. Yeah yeah I know this is FCPS but they aren’t that different in closures … felt it was worth mentioning here as a heads up.

Is this the county employees doing this work? It’s a great idea!

Complete waste of time. If you were a teacher you would know that students don't do anything that's not graded. It's hard enough to get them to do things for a grade.

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Anonymous wrote:Make Tueaday a 2hr delay (declared Monday evening as a heads-up with an explanation it may lead to cancellation so folks are warned) so they can buy themselves time to see if the forecast comes to fruition. Then cancel if needed.

That makes no sense considering the snow isn't even starting until at least 11. It's not going to be bad until Tuesday night.

I normally root for us to stay open as much as possible, but afternoon snowfall is the worst. Early release is great in theory, but elementary dismissal plans fall apart because parents haven’t truly got back-up care and parents get caught in traffic, and kids end up stranded well past regular time.

This is my first week in the office downtown this week (RTO). I'm 1.5 hours away at minimum before any early release is called, probably more with everyone else trying to get home as well. I'd take leave but I don't really have much to liberally burn.

Tough titty said the kitty when the milk ran dry. You were supposed to have child care lined up even if working from home. Just have your kid do their normal childcare that they were doing whil you worked all day.

You all are really just a hateful jealous bunch aren't you. With an early release working from home you would only need to take 2 hours of leave. Now you either take a whole day because of uncertainty or you leave at lunch time with everyone else and only work half a day.

DP. This is what many of us have been doing for years. It’s challenging and disruptive, but you’re in good company. I have to take leave all the time to take care of my own children.

Great, because you've doing it, we all must do it. Eyeroll. We really should encourage as much workplace flexibility for this sort of stuff as possible as it does benefit society... this isn't 1950 or even 1990 anymore.

I’m not seeing how your WFH benefits society more than RTO?

You’ll survive. Plenty of us have been doing it for years. We are proof that it can be done. You’ll be okay.

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Anonymous wrote:Did no one here have a job or children before Covid? Are you ALL new parents in the past 5 years?

In the past, the school would issue notice of an early release, and we'd all leave work early to be home to get our kids. It's not hard, ladies. Millennial and get Z mommas think that the world revolves around them and no one has ever been through this before. Newsflash: we all worked full time in the office before Covid. Been there, done that, dummies.

Do you also believe women should still hand-wash dishes and clothes because that's how your great grandmother did it?

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Anonymous wrote:Make Tueaday a 2hr delay (declared Monday evening as a heads-up with an explanation it may lead to cancellation so folks are warned) so they can buy themselves time to see if the forecast comes to fruition. Then cancel if needed.

That makes no sense considering the snow isn't even starting until at least 11. It's not going to be bad until Tuesday night.

I normally root for us to stay open as much as possible, but afternoon snowfall is the worst. Early release is great in theory, but elementary dismissal plans fall apart because parents haven’t truly got back-up care and parents get caught in traffic, and kids end up stranded well past regular time.

This is my first week in the office downtown this week (RTO). I'm 1.5 hours away at minimum before any early release is called, probably more with everyone else trying to get home as well. I'd take leave but I don't really have much to liberally burn.

Tough titty said the kitty when the milk ran dry. You were supposed to have child care lined up even if working from home. Just have your kid do their normal childcare that they were doing whil you worked all day.

No, that's actually incorrect. It's written into our guidelines that while actively caring for a child is prohibited, simply being in the house with a child is permissible. So them going outside and playing in the snow or watching a movie is fair game. I'm really just there to make sure the house doesn't burn down. But there's no way they can be home alone all day.

Ok so you didn’t have childcare lined up. Got it. You relied on you actually being present. Bad idea.

I work part time and do pay for before care SACC. That's closed on snow days and doesn't help me on early release days. Please enlighten me as to what other option is there for early elementary that opens by 7 am or earlier?

Hiiiii, take time off. That's what your annual leave is for, stupid.

+1 exactly. Prioritize your kids, not your effing job.

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Shut up about RTO/WFH

This is about the upcoming storm

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember the last time they did an early weather dismissal? It hasn't been in the past 6 years that my kid has been in school.

2018 is the last one I remember

January 7, 2020. Looks like they called it around 9:40am.

https://www.facebook.com/fcpsva/posts/10158026941747500/
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/VAEDUFCPS/bulletins/274de96

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Accuweather has the snow starting 10am Tuesday.

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Anonymous wrote:Accuweather has the snow starting 10am Tuesday.

Weather.com now shows 2 pm.

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Anonymous wrote:Accuweather has the snow starting 10am Tuesday.

Weather.com now shows 2 pm.

As I said pages ago, the track of this storm has shifted a hunch and it’s very clear they don’t know exactly when it’ll start or how much will actually accumulate because of the temperatures. The ranges are seriously like 3-9, with snow starting anywhere from 11-4. It’s impossible for schools to call this one in a way that makes everyone happy
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Anonymous wrote:No school next week and 4 days the week after. It's the eternal winter break.

aka winter

Which is why FCPS should NOT have 2 week winter break. You know this $h!t is coming.

like every six years....calm down

Not going to calm down. Every year or so, FCPS has a reason to close schools for long periods of time. Snow, COVID, snow....
Long winter breaks are not necessary because weather does happen. School after SOLs does NOT count.

What are you talking about? Of course school after SOLs counts. My kids' teachers have always continued teaching actual curriculum until the very end of the year.

Your sweeping generalizations are a sign of either extreme immaturity, low ability, or mental illness. You might want to consider getting some help.