Were all Arlington Diocese schools closed all week?

[Anonymous]

our small Catholic k-8 was open two hour delays Thurs & Fri

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is super risk adverse in this day and age.

Also, no one thinks outside the box anymore and community ties are nonexistent. Without buses all privates should have figured out a way to open by Thurs. I would have been happy to double back and pick up kids whose neighborhoods weren't plowed. Announce that tardies won't be tracked due to road conditions. The schools could have done staggered drop-offs based on last names to ease congestion on one lane roads. Allow for uniform modifications so kids can dress more warmly, exc.

Interestingly our school opening with a two-hr delay today is having all the kids wear their PE uniform to help them stay warm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Arlington diocese doesn’t allow virtual learning - our Arlington school was all closed all week.

That said none of the streets in Arlington or Alexandria can probably handle carpool or street who park on streets. None of the schools want to be closed and extend the school year this was a massive ice storm

Nonsense. Prince William was open Thursday and Friday. As were dc schools. And they’re free. Schools that charge tuition should be opened at least as much as public schools. Poor decision on st Mary’s part.

Just send your kids to public. Seriously.

Such a stupid cop out. So parents have to accept and suck up every idiotic decision by their school, or they should just go to public?

Why don’t you try defending the substantive decision (bc you can’t)?

You complain incessantly. You will never be happy. There are multiple posts defending the decision. Some schools opened today, many did not. St. Mary’s is not an outlier on this one.

[Anonymous]

Our school followed Fairfax county M-W and closed for Thurs and Fri. Virtual learning since Tues.

They should have opened on Thurs and Fri. Totally ridiculous as the roads are fine to drive the kids and no one rides a bus or has to stand outside. The kids have all been out and about all week since school is over much earlier with virtual learning. I have driven all over and not had problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Arlington diocese doesn’t allow virtual learning - our Arlington school was all closed all week.

That said none of the streets in Arlington or Alexandria can probably handle carpool or street who park on streets. None of the schools want to be closed and extend the school year this was a massive ice storm

Our Arlington diocese k-8 has been doing virtual since Tues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our Catholic school was closed as well. No virtual learning.

Guess the better questions was any Catholic school in the area open and/or did any have virtual learning this week?

Not Arlington diocese but Visi and Gonzaga were online Tuesday-Friday.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Arlington diocese doesn’t allow virtual learning - our Arlington school was all closed all week.

That said none of the streets in Arlington or Alexandria can probably handle carpool or street who park on streets. None of the schools want to be closed and extend the school year this was a massive ice storm

Nonsense. Prince William was open Thursday and Friday. As were dc schools. And they’re free. Schools that charge tuition should be opened at least as much as public schools. Poor decision on st Mary’s part.

Just send your kids to public. Seriously.

Such a stupid cop out. So parents have to accept and suck up every idiotic decision by their school, or they should just go to public?

Why don’t you try defending the substantive decision (bc you can’t)?

You complain incessantly. You will never be happy. There are multiple posts defending the decision. Some schools opened today, many did not. St. Mary’s is not an outlier on this one.

They take any excuse to close. They were courageous during Covid with previous principal. No longer. Sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Arlington diocese doesn’t allow virtual learning - our Arlington school was all closed all week.

That said none of the streets in Arlington or Alexandria can probably handle carpool or street who park on streets. None of the schools want to be closed and extend the school year this was a massive ice storm

Nonsense. Prince William was open Thursday and Friday. As were dc schools. And they’re free. Schools that charge tuition should be opened at least as much as public schools. Poor decision on st Mary’s part.

Prince William changed their decision and closed on Thursday and Friday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is super risk adverse in this day and age.

Also, no one thinks outside the box anymore and community ties are nonexistent. Without buses all privates should have figured out a way to open by Thurs. I would have been happy to double back and pick up kids whose neighborhoods weren't plowed. Announce that tardies won't be tracked due to road conditions. The schools could have done staggered drop-offs based on last names to ease congestion on one lane roads. Allow for uniform modifications so kids can dress more warmly, exc.

People are so self important like BFD kids were out for a week. Who cares?

Let them relax they’re not gonna change their whole future cause they missed one week of education.

You guys are psychotic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is super risk adverse in this day and age.

Also, no one thinks outside the box anymore and community ties are nonexistent. Without buses all privates should have figured out a way to open by Thurs. I would have been happy to double back and pick up kids whose neighborhoods weren't plowed. Announce that tardies won't be tracked due to road conditions. The schools could have done staggered drop-offs based on last names to ease congestion on one lane roads. Allow for uniform modifications so kids can dress more warmly, exc.

People are so self important like BFD kids were out for a week. Who cares?

Let them relax they’re not gonna change their whole future cause they missed one week of education.

You guys are psychotic

Your attitude would’ve made sense 25 years ago when kids actually went to school mon-fri regularly. A loss of 5 days — no biggie.

But nowadays, they have off or half days for one BS reason or another all the freakin time. So the loss of instructional time adds up.

Nobody would care if the school were free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Arlington diocese doesn’t allow virtual learning - our Arlington school was all closed all week.

That said none of the streets in Arlington or Alexandria can probably handle carpool or street who park on streets. None of the schools want to be closed and extend the school year this was a massive ice storm

Our Arlington Diocese k-8 school follows Fairfax County Public Schools, but only regarding whether the school will physically open or not. This week there was an added complexity because FCPS schools had planned no school, teacher work days Thursday and Friday because of end-of-quarter.

While we have not physically been to school this week, only Monday was a snow day for our school. Starting Tuesday of this week, our school switched to asynchronous learning days, with teachers assigning work via email or Schoology. Middle school students have been required to submit completed work the day it was assigned - unless a different due date was specified - and lower school students will submit their work when they return to school. Because they are still completing work, asynchronous learning days do not count as snow days for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Arlington diocese doesn’t allow virtual learning - our Arlington school was all closed all week.

That said none of the streets in Arlington or Alexandria can probably handle carpool or street who park on streets. None of the schools want to be closed and extend the school year this was a massive ice storm

Our Arlington Diocese k-8 school follows Fairfax County Public Schools, but only regarding whether the school will physically open or not. This week there was an added complexity because FCPS schools had planned no school, teacher work days Thursday and Friday because of end-of-quarter.

While we have not physically been to school this week, only Monday was a snow day for our school. Starting Tuesday of this week, our school switched to asynchronous learning days, with teachers assigning work via email or Schoology. Middle school students have been required to submit completed work the day it was assigned - unless a different due date was specified - and lower school students will submit their work when they return to school. Because they are still completing work, asynchronous learning days do not count as snow days for us.

Our 2-track Catholic hasn't switched to virtual. We got one vague email from the principal about why they would close Thursday (nothing for why closed today). No emails from teachers. I am extremely disappointed in the response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is super risk adverse in this day and age.

Also, no one thinks outside the box anymore and community ties are nonexistent. Without buses all privates should have figured out a way to open by Thurs. I would have been happy to double back and pick up kids whose neighborhoods weren't plowed. Announce that tardies won't be tracked due to road conditions. The schools could have done staggered drop-offs based on last names to ease congestion on one lane roads. Allow for uniform modifications so kids can dress more warmly, exc.

People are so self important like BFD kids were out for a week. Who cares?

Let them relax they’re not gonna change their whole future cause they missed one week of education.

You guys are psychotic

Especially true for grade school. Missing a few more days of sixth grade just does not matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is super risk adverse in this day and age.

Also, no one thinks outside the box anymore and community ties are nonexistent. Without buses all privates should have figured out a way to open by Thurs. I would have been happy to double back and pick up kids whose neighborhoods weren't plowed. Announce that tardies won't be tracked due to road conditions. The schools could have done staggered drop-offs based on last names to ease congestion on one lane roads. Allow for uniform modifications so kids can dress more warmly, exc.

People are so self important like BFD kids were out for a week. Who cares?

Let them relax they’re not gonna change their whole future cause they missed one week of education.

You guys are psychotic

The faux “I’m so cool and laid back and don’t care about school” attitude is so obvious. This poster probably had their kids studying for the SAT all week and is on DCUM all day obsessing over rankings. But pretends not to care about school. Too funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is super risk adverse in this day and age.

Also, no one thinks outside the box anymore and community ties are nonexistent. Without buses all privates should have figured out a way to open by Thurs. I would have been happy to double back and pick up kids whose neighborhoods weren't plowed. Announce that tardies won't be tracked due to road conditions. The schools could have done staggered drop-offs based on last names to ease congestion on one lane roads. Allow for uniform modifications so kids can dress more warmly, exc.

People are so self important like BFD kids were out for a week. Who cares?

Let them relax they’re not gonna change their whole future cause they missed one week of education.

You guys are psychotic

The faux “I’m so cool and laid back and don’t care about school” attitude is so obvious. This poster probably had their kids studying for the SAT all week and is on DCUM all day obsessing over rankings. But pretends not to care about school. Too funny.

Your insecurities are showing babe.