Schools opening late tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids walk to school in the snow in other cities. Any city where it snows a lot has big piles of snow afterwards. I hate to say it, but the piles of snow from the plowing are going to be here for a while. You can't just keep calling off and delaying school until everything melts and conditions are "perfect" in every single neighborhood.

People in those places ARE USED TO THIS AMOUNT OF SNOW! We don't know how to walk in such amount of snow, we don't know how to drive during this weather. Our children will be all safer if they stay at home. DC area was not prepared for this amount of snow so THIS IS AN EXCEPTION. Do you have children walking to school? I don't think so!
I'm a pedestrian and a driver in this area and I don't know what's worse. Being in my car and driving watching for irresponsible drivers and witnessing pedestrians falling or being a pedestrian myself and being splashed in every corner while I walk and having to struggle to walk between ice, water, salt and mountains of snow.
Nobody will get hurt from being at home for a couple more days or staying home a couple more hours, meaning leaving for school later.

Are you serious? I'm from LA and even I don't think anyone needs lessons on how to walk in this snow. You put one foot in front of the other, same as always, just a little more slowly. I can see why pregnant women would be concerned (but not hysterical), strollers won't work well, and very little kids may struggle in tall piles of snow. But PP needs to relax and allow a little extra time for her walk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PG County schools are CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just saw that! Anyone know why? Curious if it's because of reasons mentioned above or if there are roads in the county that are still unplowed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids walk to school in the snow in other cities. Any city where it snows a lot has big piles of snow afterwards. I hate to say it, but the piles of snow from the plowing are going to be here for a while. You can't just keep calling off and delaying school until everything melts and conditions are "perfect" in every single neighborhood.

People in those places ARE USED TO THIS AMOUNT OF SNOW! We don't know how to walk in such amount of snow, we don't know how to drive during this weather. Our children will be all safer if they stay at home. DC area was not prepared for this amount of snow so THIS IS AN EXCEPTION. Do you have children walking to school? I don't think so!
I'm a pedestrian and a driver in this area and I don't know what's worse. Being in my car and driving watching for irresponsible drivers and witnessing pedestrians falling or being a pedestrian myself and being splashed in every corner while I walk and having to struggle to walk between ice, water, salt and mountains of snow.
Nobody will get hurt from being at home for a couple more days or staying home a couple more hours, meaning leaving for school later.

Are you serious? I'm from LA and even I don't think anyone needs lessons on how to walk in this snow. You put one foot in front of the other, same as always, just a little more slowly. I can see why pregnant women would be concerned (but not hysterical), strollers won't work well, and very little kids may struggle in tall piles of snow. But PP needs to relax and allow a little extra time for her walk.

PP here. This was not my first snow but I would say 3rd or 4th and this is the biggest amount of snow I've ever seen in my life. I've seen A LOT OF PEOPLE falling and if it was not for my HM telling me about "black ice" I would never know what it is.
Pedestrians and drivers in this area are not used to such conditions, that's what I mean. People are not used to walking on the street, drivers are not used to drive in snow with people on the street. Today there was a plow truck a few cars in front of me and we had only our lane, double lines and the other way of the road. People were driving like crazy going around the truck, driving mad and not being careful with the pedestrians on the other side. I don't think that children should be exposed to such danger.
Who wants to get splashed with dirty water? Do you? I bet you're not a pedestrian!
Do you want to ran over someone? I don't think so. Why people think it's not necessary to only be prudent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PG County schools are CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just saw that! Anyone know why? Curious if it's because of reasons mentioned above or if there are roads in the county that are still unplowed.

They are. In parts of PG county people kept trying to get out and would just abandon their cars in the middle of the roads. Preventing the plows from coming through. These cars have been ticketed and many of them towed. It has really slowed things down quite a bit. I understand the frustration and need to get out to work but many of these people didn't seem to realize they were making the situation worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids walk to school in the snow in other cities. Any city where it snows a lot has big piles of snow afterwards. I hate to say it, but the piles of snow from the plowing are going to be here for a while. You can't just keep calling off and delaying school until everything melts and conditions are "perfect" in every single neighborhood.

People in those places ARE USED TO THIS AMOUNT OF SNOW! We don't know how to walk in such amount of snow, we don't know how to drive during this weather. Our children will be all safer if they stay at home. DC area was not prepared for this amount of snow so THIS IS AN EXCEPTION. Do you have children walking to school? I don't think so!
I'm a pedestrian and a driver in this area and I don't know what's worse. Being in my car and driving watching for irresponsible drivers and witnessing pedestrians falling or being a pedestrian myself and being splashed in every corner while I walk and having to struggle to walk between ice, water, salt and mountains of snow.
Nobody will get hurt from being at home for a couple more days or staying home a couple more hours, meaning leaving for school later.

Ok, this is just pathetic. If you want to keep your child home, that's fine. But don't make every other student suffer because of your hysteria.

[Anonymous]

City of Alexandria schools are also closed tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

From another thread:

"In snow smart areas (not here), one is responsible for their own sidewalk (in front of their house). The schools ALL have sidewalks within a one mile radius (state law) one BOTH/ALL (I know, what a concept) sides of the roads. And (get this) the towns (NOT by rip-off county) each have their own sidewalk plower or two. They are not expensive, and they cut down on missed school days. But all of this makes WAY too much sense and cuts down on all the drama, so why do that here?"

The day D.C. decides they do, in fact, get snow, the better off we'll be!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids walk to school in the snow in other cities. Any city where it snows a lot has big piles of snow afterwards. I hate to say it, but the piles of snow from the plowing are going to be here for a while. You can't just keep calling off and delaying school until everything melts and conditions are "perfect" in every single neighborhood.

People in those places ARE USED TO THIS AMOUNT OF SNOW! We don't know how to walk in such amount of snow, we don't know how to drive during this weather. Our children will be all safer if they stay at home. DC area was not prepared for this amount of snow so THIS IS AN EXCEPTION. Do you have children walking to school? I don't think so!
I'm a pedestrian and a driver in this area and I don't know what's worse. Being in my car and driving watching for irresponsible drivers and witnessing pedestrians falling or being a pedestrian myself and being splashed in every corner while I walk and having to struggle to walk between ice, water, salt and mountains of snow.
Nobody will get hurt from being at home for a couple more days or staying home a couple more hours, meaning leaving for school later.

Are you serious? I'm from LA and even I don't think anyone needs lessons on how to walk in this snow. You put one foot in front of the other, same as always, just a little more slowly. I can see why pregnant women would be concerned (but not hysterical), strollers won't work well, and very little kids may struggle in tall piles of snow. But PP needs to relax and allow a little extra time for her walk.

PP here. This was not my first snow but I would say 3rd or 4th and this is the biggest amount of snow I've ever seen in my life. I've seen A LOT OF PEOPLE falling and if it was not for my HM telling me about "black ice" I would never know what it is.
Pedestrians and drivers in this area are not used to such conditions, that's what I mean. People are not used to walking on the street, drivers are not used to drive in snow with people on the street. Today there was a plow truck a few cars in front of me and we had only our lane, double lines and the other way of the road. People were driving like crazy going around the truck, driving mad and not being careful with the pedestrians on the other side. I don't think that children should be exposed to such danger.
Who wants to get splashed with dirty water? Do you? I bet you're not a pedestrian!
Do you want to ran over someone? I don't think so. Why people think it's not necessary to only be prudent?

OK- I'm 99% pedestrian and haven't bothered to dig my car out because I've been able to get to all the parts of the city worth getting to on foot or by public transportation for the last couple of weeks. For the record, my kid is the only one who has splashed me with dirty water. Don't stand on the edge of the curb. The snow bank should actually help to separate you from passing cars.

Again, I don't think conditions are that bad. They simply call for a little extra care and some appropriate gear (although I switched back to my normal boots with heels yesterday and was fine). I'll be walking my kid to school tomorrow, probably on time. If you feel it isn't safe to venture outside the fortress, keep your kid at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids walk to school in the snow in other cities. Any city where it snows a lot has big piles of snow afterwards. I hate to say it, but the piles of snow from the plowing are going to be here for a while. You can't just keep calling off and delaying school until everything melts and conditions are "perfect" in every single neighborhood.

People in those places ARE USED TO THIS AMOUNT OF SNOW! We don't know how to walk in such amount of snow, we don't know how to drive during this weather. Our children will be all safer if they stay at home. DC area was not prepared for this amount of snow so THIS IS AN EXCEPTION. Do you have children walking to school? I don't think so!
I'm a pedestrian and a driver in this area and I don't know what's worse. Being in my car and driving watching for irresponsible drivers and witnessing pedestrians falling or being a pedestrian myself and being splashed in every corner while I walk and having to struggle to walk between ice, water, salt and mountains of snow.
Nobody will get hurt from being at home for a couple more days or staying home a couple more hours, meaning leaving for school later.

Are you serious? I'm from LA and even I don't think anyone needs lessons on how to walk in this snow. You put one foot in front of the other, same as always, just a little more slowly. I can see why pregnant women would be concerned (but not hysterical), strollers won't work well, and very little kids may struggle in tall piles of snow. But PP needs to relax and allow a little extra time for her walk.

PP here. This was not my first snow but I would say 3rd or 4th and this is the biggest amount of snow I've ever seen in my life. I've seen A LOT OF PEOPLE falling and if it was not for my HM telling me about "black ice" I would never know what it is.
Pedestrians and drivers in this area are not used to such conditions, that's what I mean. People are not used to walking on the street, drivers are not used to drive in snow with people on the street. Today there was a plow truck a few cars in front of me and we had only our lane, double lines and the other way of the road. People were driving like crazy going around the truck, driving mad and not being careful with the pedestrians on the other side. I don't think that children should be exposed to such danger.
Who wants to get splashed with dirty water? Do you? I bet you're not a pedestrian!
Do you want to ran over someone? I don't think so. Why people think it's not necessary to only be prudent?

OK- I'm 99% pedestrian and haven't bothered to dig my car out because I've been able to get to all the parts of the city worth getting to on foot or by public transportation for the last couple of weeks. For the record, my kid is the only one who has splashed me with dirty water. Don't stand on the edge of the curb. The snow bank should actually help to separate you from passing cars.

Again, I don't think conditions are that bad. They simply call for a little extra care and some appropriate gear (although I switched back to my normal boots with heels yesterday and was fine). I'll be walking my kid to school tomorrow, probably on time. If you feel it isn't safe to venture outside the fortress, keep your kid at home.

Unfortunately not all of us are your neighbors and the conditions here are not that great. We barely have sidewalks, most of them are in front of parks and they have not being plowed. We're all sharing the road with cars, bikes and trucks and getting splashed around here is "common" now.
Cars are not respecting the double lines and are passing, they're not respecting ped-X signs and it's not safe for children to wait for the bus on the street like this during rush hour. It was my choice to have children and I don't bank on school to be sane. I don't mind having them around 2 extra hours per day for the next couple of weeks. I actually like my children. Sorry if you can't stand yours.

[Anonymous]

Well, now that the fed. gov. announced a 2 hour delay it defeats the purpose of the school districts' delays to avoid having the students walking along the sides of roads during rush hour. Now the buses, students, and commuters will all be on the roads at the same time. Not safe!

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I think they need to not allow walking during snow situations like this. Drop off only; maybe stagger arrival times by grade. Wouldn't be that hard if they had a plan already in place.

We live too close for bus service and are officially walkers, but it's just not safe or practical and the whole school should not be shut down because of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I think they need to not allow walking during snow situations like this. Drop off only; maybe stagger arrival times by grade. Wouldn't be that hard if they had a plan already in place.

We live too close for bus service and are officially walkers, but it's just not safe or practical and the whole school should not be shut down because of us.

Isn't the rule that if one school in the county can't open, none of them can? This seems stupid to me. The school districts shouldn't encompass the entire county it's just not practical.

[Anonymous]

Well, be careful everyone. The new Australian Ambassador to the US arrived to his new home in DC just before the first storm and promptly slipped on ice, now requiring key hole surgery to both knees. Bet he wishes his plane got delayed!

[Anonymous]

My children go to St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in DC and we got an email that they are opening ON TIME tomorrow.

ALLELUJAH! (or however you spell it...)

[Anonymous]

Be careful, everyone. Be safe.