Loudoun Parents - prepare to be out all next week

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If we go back Thursday or Friday, it’s a bonus, but you should have a plan and preparation for the whole week if the 10-12 inches actually materializes.

Signed,
LCPS parent since 2012

Yup, same here. We’ve seen this all before. And the excuse is always “BuT wEsTeRn LoUdOuN” and their quaint gravel roads that defy plowing.

So glad ours in graduating this year.

Loudoun proposed or was considering it many years ago. Eastern half would go to school, western half would stay home. Let's just say that with all the complaining...no one actually wanted it and the initiative/proposal never passed. Loudoun also has no cap on snow days, so no worries about making up the days missed. I believe they get 15 and whatever happens after that happens.

It would be so impractical - many staff live on the “opposite” side of the county where they work, so they’d just call out if they had work and their kids didn’t have school.

Exactly. And students would have an advantage because there would be no or less loss of instruction.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This might be a dumb question, but why? Do you not have snow plows and salt trucks in your area? Chicago is off Friday because it'll be 40 below with the wind chill and that was a little surprising. Or will VA schools be out because of predicted ice storm issues and lack of electricity?

It's twofold.

Not enough snow to invest in the type and numbers of equipment you'd get in a location that gets snow all winter and can quickly handle it.

Cultural expectation from people who have never lived anywhere with snow that it is not possible and/or safe to carry on with life with snow/ice. There are people who think it is unsafe to go outdoors or have children go outdoors if there is a chance of any snow or ice anywhere under their feet. I think this reason is the main driver.

-From Buffalo

I agree with the above statement. We have not had a big snow storm in many years. So no need to invest all that money. Also, Northern VA temps are all over the place. We could be 30 degrees one day and 70 degrees the next so we just wait for the snow to melt and it does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is also a calendar out for 2027-28 It goes August 19-June 14 for students and August 13-June 16. The school years are a week too long at minimum. The teacher year goes longer than 10 months which screams year round but unlike actual year round school only has 2 breaks instead of 4 or 5. https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4461/Lcps/33240cf3-0dab-476a-a973-dd2b3e5c84b7/FY28-Calendar---Final.pdf?disposition=inline

Yeah we all noticed and they don’t care. Loudoun parents have asked for more longer breaks and less random days, but no one cares.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is also a calendar out for 2027-28 It goes August 19-June 14 for students and August 13-June 16. The school years are a week too long at minimum. The teacher year goes longer than 10 months which screams year round but unlike actual year round school only has 2 breaks instead of 4 or 5. https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4461/Lcps/33240cf3-0dab-476a-a973-dd2b3e5c84b7/FY28-Calendar---Final.pdf?disposition=inline

Yeah we all noticed and they don’t care. Loudoun parents have asked for more longer breaks and less random days, but no one cares.

Teachers have too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is also a calendar out for 2027-28 It goes August 19-June 14 for students and August 13-June 16. The school years are a week too long at minimum. The teacher year goes longer than 10 months which screams year round but unlike actual year round school only has 2 breaks instead of 4 or 5. https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4461/Lcps/33240cf3-0dab-476a-a973-dd2b3e5c84b7/FY28-Calendar---Final.pdf?disposition=inline

Yeah we all noticed and they don’t care. Loudoun parents have asked for more longer breaks and less random days, but no one cares.

Like today. When they were also off Monday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is also a calendar out for 2027-28 It goes August 19-June 14 for students and August 13-June 16. The school years are a week too long at minimum. The teacher year goes longer than 10 months which screams year round but unlike actual year round school only has 2 breaks instead of 4 or 5. https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4461/Lcps/33240cf3-0dab-476a-a973-dd2b3e5c84b7/FY28-Calendar---Final.pdf?disposition=inline

Yeah we all noticed and they don’t care. Loudoun parents have asked for more longer breaks and less random days, but no one cares.

Like today. When they were also off Monday.

You wanted inclusion right? So you get all religions’ holidays. And other random stuff like lunar new year for Chinese or lighting candles Diwali lmao

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is also a calendar out for 2027-28 It goes August 19-June 14 for students and August 13-June 16. The school years are a week too long at minimum. The teacher year goes longer than 10 months which screams year round but unlike actual year round school only has 2 breaks instead of 4 or 5. https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4461/Lcps/33240cf3-0dab-476a-a973-dd2b3e5c84b7/FY28-Calendar---Final.pdf?disposition=inline

Yeah we all noticed and they don’t care. Loudoun parents have asked for more longer breaks and less random days, but no one cares.

Like today. When they were also off Monday.

You wanted inclusion right? So you get all religions’ holidays. And other random stuff like lunar new year for Chinese or lighting candles Diwali lmao

There was no holiday yesterday. And no, a school system should follow local government holidays and that’s it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is also a calendar out for 2027-28 It goes August 19-June 14 for students and August 13-June 16. The school years are a week too long at minimum. The teacher year goes longer than 10 months which screams year round but unlike actual year round school only has 2 breaks instead of 4 or 5. https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4461/Lcps/33240cf3-0dab-476a-a973-dd2b3e5c84b7/FY28-Calendar---Final.pdf?disposition=inline

Yeah we all noticed and they don’t care. Loudoun parents have asked for more longer breaks and less random days, but no one cares.

Like today. When they were also off Monday.

You wanted inclusion right? So you get all religions’ holidays. And other random stuff like lunar new year for Chinese or lighting candles Diwali lmao

There was no holiday yesterday. And no, a school system should follow local government holidays and that’s it.

It was a teacher workday which is always built in at the end of the quarter to allow teachers time to grade the final assignments and post grades for the quarter. Irrelevant to the larger issues with the calendar. Or snow days for that matter.

[Anonymous]

Every school district will be closed all week. Not limited to Loudoun. Just ask Chuck Bell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every school district will be closed all week. Not limited to Loudoun. Just ask Chuck Bell.

APS already has Friday off, no way we go back this week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every school district will be closed all week. Not limited to Loudoun. Just ask Chuck Bell.

APS already has Friday off, no way we go back this week

What does APS having a pre-planned Friday off have to do with weather related closures in Loudoun? I think there’s a 50/50 chance we get 2 hour delays Thursday/Friday but if we don’t, it will be because streets, sidewalks, parking lots haven’t meaningfully gotten better and because of the single digit temps, not because of Arlington’s calendar which has nothing to do with us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every school district will be closed all week. Not limited to Loudoun. Just ask Chuck Bell.

APS already has Friday off, no way we go back this week

What does APS having a pre-planned Friday off have to do with weather related closures in Loudoun? I think there’s a 50/50 chance we get 2 hour delays Thursday/Friday but if we don’t, it will be because streets, sidewalks, parking lots haven’t meaningfully gotten better and because of the single digit temps, not because of Arlington’s calendar which has nothing to do with us.

Loudoun will be out all week because VDOT's contractors screwed the pooch this year and have failed to plow many large scale neighborhoods full of school children and bus routes. Proper plowing and we'd be having 2 hour delays tomorrow and Friday.

[Anonymous]

Idk… im in Leesburg and the roads are great and the two schools near me completely cleared. Obviously I could be in an exceptionally treated area that doesn’t match the rest of the county but if most of the county looks like where I am… we absolutely will have only a 2 hour delay tomorrow for temps. A full cancel would actually surprise me at this point.

[Anonymous]

I live in Sterling, and my daughter's HS parking lot is cleared, as well as the roads around it. However, the sidewalks and paths that walkers use are definietly not clear, so I expect we're out the rest of the week. And that's not even considering WeStErN lOuDoUn and their quaint gravel roads that defy plowing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Sterling, and my daughter's HS parking lot is cleared, as well as the roads around it. However, the sidewalks and paths that walkers use are definietly not clear, so I expect we're out the rest of the week. And that's not even considering WeStErN lOuDoUn and their quaint gravel roads that defy plowing.

But that’s not going to change - there’s no HOA in Sterling Park so those streets are not getting plowed. If residents won’t get out there and shovel I’m not sure the whole county should just stay closed. Western Loudoun probably got out there and used farm equipment to plow and at a minimum had shovels. No way is eastern Loudoun keeping us closed.