APS VA Snow Day Projection

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm getting stir crazy at home. Keeping fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Agree with others that it isn’t going to happen. Let go of the hope and start planning other things. County facilities are opening today (libraries, rec centers, the pool at long bridge) and friends are probably available for playdates. Yes, it seems like we should be able to figure out a way to have school after 3 days off, but we won’t. Let go of “should” and accept what is.

Always been like this.

The County busts ass to get things cleared with 24-7 crews and APS maybe shows up at some point and sorts their shi* out. Zero urgency. County posted that school routes were 95 percent passable on instagram 21 hours ago. So yes I'm sure they are all passable today and with certainty tomorrow. And yes before people chime in, we know all owners did not clear sidewalks and there are piles of snow where the pumpkins usually stand to wait for the bus. That will all be the case on Monday morning too. Those are things we should be able to work with.

Why doesn’t the county help the schools more? There’s a weird separation there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm getting stir crazy at home. Keeping fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Agree with others that it isn’t going to happen. Let go of the hope and start planning other things. County facilities are opening today (libraries, rec centers, the pool at long bridge) and friends are probably available for playdates. Yes, it seems like we should be able to figure out a way to have school after 3 days off, but we won’t. Let go of “should” and accept what is.

Always been like this.

The County busts ass to get things cleared with 24-7 crews and APS maybe shows up at some point and sorts their shi* out. Zero urgency. County posted that school routes were 95 percent passable on instagram 21 hours ago. So yes I'm sure they are all passable today and with certainty tomorrow. And yes before people chime in, we know all owners did not clear sidewalks and there are piles of snow where the pumpkins usually stand to wait for the bus. That will all be the case on Monday morning too. Those are things we should be able to work with.

Why doesn’t the county help the schools more? There’s a weird separation there

separate entities, separate budgets, separate administration, etc

I'm sure they have agreed upon and formalized separation of who does what and county does their part fast and APS does their part slow. It costs an insane amount of money to clean up after these storms so no one is going to casually say oh i'll do that for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not happening this week. Just drove past Yorktown and the parking lot is an ice rink.

They haven’t even made a first pass with a plow in the front lot and the lot connecting the front and back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's baffling that APS has lots uncleared on Wednesday. Demonstrates zero urgency or priority to get kids in school. Not enough parents care to change things though.

You know what, I think kids need this break. Days of playing in the snow and hanging with neighbors on snow days are the kinds of things most of us remember from our own childhoods with joy. Let the kids have it, the world they are growing up in is horrible right now. A little rest, joy, and time with family will do them good.

I can see how people with little kids think this. I used to think this.

High schoolers have AP classes and immovable AP exams in early May. APS already starts school a week later than other surrounding schools. So your rest now is all of their pain later. They are already working at a fast pace to get through all the material and now they will need to double up when they get back.

Also, our own childhoods filled with joy involved real snow days where employers didn't expect us all to telework the whole time. Most kids at home at this point are experiencing parents trying to juggle a lot of balls. Creating joy while working full-time from home gets a little difficult.

DP. I have a HS junior taking lots of AP classes. His teachers are either assigning work to do on snow days (which they really aren’t supposed to do), or anticipated the storm and gave them upcoming assignments in advance. So he’s been doing a lot of school work but also sleeping in, sledding, and playing board games, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's baffling that APS has lots uncleared on Wednesday. Demonstrates zero urgency or priority to get kids in school. Not enough parents care to change things though.

You know what, I think kids need this break. Days of playing in the snow and hanging with neighbors on snow days are the kinds of things most of us remember from our own childhoods with joy. Let the kids have it, the world they are growing up in is horrible right now. A little rest, joy, and time with family will do them good.

I can see how people with little kids think this. I used to think this.

High schoolers have AP classes and immovable AP exams in early May. APS already starts school a week later than other surrounding schools. So your rest now is all of their pain later. They are already working at a fast pace to get through all the material and now they will need to double up when they get back.

Also, our own childhoods filled with joy involved real snow days where employers didn't expect us all to telework the whole time. Most kids at home at this point are experiencing parents trying to juggle a lot of balls. Creating joy while working full-time from home gets a little difficult.

DP. I have a HS junior taking lots of AP classes. His teachers are either assigning work to do on snow days (which they really aren’t supposed to do), or anticipated the storm and gave them upcoming assignments in advance. So he’s been doing a lot of school work but also sleeping in, sledding, and playing board games, etc.

This. My high-acheiving teens are also enjoying the break. I thought it was usually the "we need daycare!" parents freaking out. This teen household is all good over here.

[Anonymous]

I am kind of baffled by the idea that we are waiting for the snow to melt? Its not going to be warm enough to melt for weeks. Even if we get no snow this weekend, there is no parking anywhere many sidewalks are still completely unpassable on foot. It is not going to be any different on Monday!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm getting stir crazy at home. Keeping fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Agree with others that it isn’t going to happen. Let go of the hope and start planning other things. County facilities are opening today (libraries, rec centers, the pool at long bridge) and friends are probably available for playdates. Yes, it seems like we should be able to figure out a way to have school after 3 days off, but we won’t. Let go of “should” and accept what is.

Always been like this.

The County busts ass to get things cleared with 24-7 crews and APS maybe shows up at some point and sorts their shi* out. Zero urgency. County posted that school routes were 95 percent passable on instagram 21 hours ago. So yes I'm sure they are all passable today and with certainty tomorrow. And yes before people chime in, we know all owners did not clear sidewalks and there are piles of snow where the pumpkins usually stand to wait for the bus. That will all be the case on Monday morning too. Those are things we should be able to work with.

Why doesn’t the county help the schools more? There’s a weird separation there

separate entities, separate budgets, separate administration, etc

I'm sure they have agreed upon and formalized separation of who does what and county does their part fast and APS does their part slow. It costs an insane amount of money to clean up after these storms so no one is going to casually say oh i'll do that for you.

It is weird how the county just pretends like it has nothing to do with the schools even though they are obviously very interconnected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not happening this week. Just drove past Yorktown and the parking lot is an ice rink.

They haven’t even made a first pass with a plow in the front lot and the lot connecting the front and back.

Nottingham hasn't been plowed either. Sidewalks are clear though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm getting stir crazy at home. Keeping fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Agree with others that it isn’t going to happen. Let go of the hope and start planning other things. County facilities are opening today (libraries, rec centers, the pool at long bridge) and friends are probably available for playdates. Yes, it seems like we should be able to figure out a way to have school after 3 days off, but we won’t. Let go of “should” and accept what is.

Always been like this.

The County busts ass to get things cleared with 24-7 crews and APS maybe shows up at some point and sorts their shi* out. Zero urgency. County posted that school routes were 95 percent passable on instagram 21 hours ago. So yes I'm sure they are all passable today and with certainty tomorrow. And yes before people chime in, we know all owners did not clear sidewalks and there are piles of snow where the pumpkins usually stand to wait for the bus. That will all be the case on Monday morning too. Those are things we should be able to work with.

Why doesn’t the county help the schools more? There’s a weird separation there

separate entities, separate budgets, separate administration, etc

I'm sure they have agreed upon and formalized separation of who does what and county does their part fast and APS does their part slow. It costs an insane amount of money to clean up after these storms so no one is going to casually say oh i'll do that for you.

It is weird how the county just pretends like it has nothing to do with the schools even though they are obviously very interconnected.

Who is pretending that? They have a working relationship and one partner handles their business better on this issue. What do you do at work when someone you work with sucks at their job? You do all their work for them?

[Anonymous]

APS is not motivated to spend money to do any better because no one cares. See responses on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Cardinal not plowed fully.

One decent truck could go around and hit these all in 1 day. It’s a small county. It’s unreal 2.5 days out to have done nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cardinal not plowed fully.

One decent truck could go around and hit these all in 1 day. It’s a small county. It’s unreal 2.5 days out to have done nothing.

Weird, someone posted on FB today that is was plowed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cardinal not plowed fully.

One decent truck could go around and hit these all in 1 day. It’s a small county. It’s unreal 2.5 days out to have done nothing.

Weird, someone posted on FB today that is was plowed.

It's half the loop. So the buses couldn't make it all the way around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's baffling that APS has lots uncleared on Wednesday. Demonstrates zero urgency or priority to get kids in school. Not enough parents care to change things though.

You know what, I think kids need this break. Days of playing in the snow and hanging with neighbors on snow days are the kinds of things most of us remember from our own childhoods with joy. Let the kids have it, the world they are growing up in is horrible right now. A little rest, joy, and time with family will do them good.

I can see how people with little kids think this. I used to think this.

High schoolers have AP classes and immovable AP exams in early May. APS already starts school a week later than other surrounding schools. So your rest now is all of their pain later. They are already working at a fast pace to get through all the material and now they will need to double up when they get back.

Also, our own childhoods filled with joy involved real snow days where employers didn't expect us all to telework the whole time. Most kids at home at this point are experiencing parents trying to juggle a lot of balls. Creating joy while working full-time from home gets a little difficult.

DP. I have a HS junior taking lots of AP classes. His teachers are either assigning work to do on snow days (which they really aren’t supposed to do), or anticipated the storm and gave them upcoming assignments in advance. So he’s been doing a lot of school work but also sleeping in, sledding, and playing board games, etc.

This. My high-acheiving teens are also enjoying the break. I thought it was usually the "we need daycare!" parents freaking out. This teen household is all good over here.

I have a teen with AP classes who hasn't heard a peep from teachers. Also stuff like AP science labs they can't do outside of school anyway. And some of the teachers do actually teach during school. It's not all just independent work.

4 days is fine but next week they need to be back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's baffling that APS has lots uncleared on Wednesday. Demonstrates zero urgency or priority to get kids in school. Not enough parents care to change things though.

You know what, I think kids need this break. Days of playing in the snow and hanging with neighbors on snow days are the kinds of things most of us remember from our own childhoods with joy. Let the kids have it, the world they are growing up in is horrible right now. A little rest, joy, and time with family will do them good.

I can see how people with little kids think this. I used to think this.

High schoolers have AP classes and immovable AP exams in early May. APS already starts school a week later than other surrounding schools. So your rest now is all of their pain later. They are already working at a fast pace to get through all the material and now they will need to double up when they get back.

Also, our own childhoods filled with joy involved real snow days where employers didn't expect us all to telework the whole time. Most kids at home at this point are experiencing parents trying to juggle a lot of balls. Creating joy while working full-time from home gets a little difficult.

DP. I have a HS junior taking lots of AP classes. His teachers are either assigning work to do on snow days (which they really aren’t supposed to do), or anticipated the storm and gave them upcoming assignments in advance. So he’s been doing a lot of school work but also sleeping in, sledding, and playing board games, etc.

This. My high-acheiving teens are also enjoying the break. I thought it was usually the "we need daycare!" parents freaking out. This teen household is all good over here.

I have a teen with AP classes who hasn't heard a peep from teachers. Also stuff like AP science labs they can't do outside of school anyway. And some of the teachers do actually teach during school. It's not all just independent work.

4 days is fine but next week they need to be back.

Agreed. There are also some midterms still looming. Not sure how they’ll deal with grading, but going back tomorrow doesn’t do much to solve that problem, as most teachers promised not to administer big exams until at least the second day back (everyone knew extended closure was a possibility when they left the building on Friday).