| We were going to take the bus but then I saw the detour and it doesn't let off anywhere near our school anymore. So, we are staying home - no way am I driving with roads in this state. |
| Our bus is not running so we will not be going. Plus I think DCPS made a bad call opening the schools today. |
| Yes. Leave early. Have fun with it. Good lesson to show kids about being resilient and flexible. |
And of course the bus driver said he didn't know why they opened - he was pretty emphatic that this is not safe....so that makes me feel really great... |
| Yes-will metro to school this morning. |
| Yes. Driving to school, road are clear. |
Not the PP you're snarking at, but I suspect the lesson she's showing her kids is that she values their lives and safety. You've chosen the lesson of not valuing children's lives and safety. Have fun with that. |
| Yes, we are two blocks from our Capitol Hill school. Hope all the teachers/staff make it in safely. |
The roads are "clear." 17th St, NE & SE a major commuter route had only 1 lane clear from C St, NE to Pennsylvania Ave. My kid went to school but it is dangerous out there, children scaling snow mountains at intersections and stumbling into the street. |
Yeah having just driven almost entirely snow emergency routes to work I'm really wondering what on earth DC did with their time - 1 lane only in most places, backed up traffic even without fed workers and plenty of places turn lanes are covered by slush/snow. Also a fair number of people (including kids on their way to school) walking in the street because that's simply where the only break in the giant snow wall dumped them. 2 hour delay would not have changed anything - taking another day making sure sidewalks and curb cuts were accessible near schools would have. |
Us too. I brought a good snow shovel to break up some curb mountains. |
| We live 3 blocks from the school. Dropped our kid off on time. Only a third of her class was there. Her class is entirely IB kids (pk4) so I thought there'd be more of a turnout since our boundary is pretty small. |
| Just dropped our kid off at the metrobus stop to school. The sidewalks were all shoveled, and we just had to hop one snow mound. Bus came on time. I'm really glad the schools opened on time today, as I had to make it into work (no delayed start for me). |
Love that response. |
| Nope. All of the parking around our DCPS is still filled with snow, and is completely unusable. The sidewalks between our house and the school (about 1 mi away) are a mess, and I'm not pushing my toddler's stroller down the middle of the street. I'm sure my little Larlo (who us currently in K) will still attend Harvard even if he misses a.few days of school this week. |