Schools closed April 21

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t have kids in buildings with hundreds of unknown people coming and going in the school building as they please. If one incident occurred this website would have 1000 topics dedicated to the ignorance FCPS displayed by not keeping their children safe.
Today’s political environment is different than it was 15 years ago. There is a segment of the population that is much more “spirited” than before. FCPS is doing the right thing.

That's such an odd take. Have you ever heard of an incident at a Fairfax County polling place? A quick search shows that the one protest that did occur was at an early voting location. This is not a thing that happens.

What's your reasoning that children being in the building would make an incident more likely?

LOL.

Why would random people entering a school building make an incident more likely? Is this a serious question...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t have kids in buildings with hundreds of unknown people coming and going in the school building as they please. If one incident occurred this website would have 1000 topics dedicated to the ignorance FCPS displayed by not keeping their children safe.
Today’s political environment is different than it was 15 years ago. There is a segment of the population that is much more “spirited” than before. FCPS is doing the right thing.

That's such an odd take. Have you ever heard of an incident at a Fairfax County polling place? A quick search shows that the one protest that did occur was at an early voting location. This is not a thing that happens.

What's your reasoning that children being in the building would make an incident more likely?

LOL.

Why would random people entering a school building make an incident more likely? Is this a serious question...

Are there incidences from the 2000s and before when schools were open that I'm missing? I'm very interested to hear about the major problems that occurred.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t have kids in buildings with hundreds of unknown people coming and going in the school building as they please. If one incident occurred this website would have 1000 topics dedicated to the ignorance FCPS displayed by not keeping their children safe.
Today’s political environment is different than it was 15 years ago. There is a segment of the population that is much more “spirited” than before. FCPS is doing the right thing.

That's such an odd take. Have you ever heard of an incident at a Fairfax County polling place? A quick search shows that the one protest that did occur was at an early voting location. This is not a thing that happens.

What's your reasoning that children being in the building would make an incident more likely?

LOL.

Why would random people entering a school building make an incident more likely? Is this a serious question...

Careful, your shadow is behind you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t have kids in buildings with hundreds of unknown people coming and going in the school building as they please. If one incident occurred this website would have 1000 topics dedicated to the ignorance FCPS displayed by not keeping their children safe.
Today’s political environment is different than it was 15 years ago. There is a segment of the population that is much more “spirited” than before. FCPS is doing the right thing.

That's such an odd take. Have you ever heard of an incident at a Fairfax County polling place? A quick search shows that the one protest that did occur was at an early voting location. This is not a thing that happens.

What's your reasoning that children being in the building would make an incident more likely?

LOL.

Why would random people entering a school building make an incident more likely? Is this a serious question...

I wonder what the odds are of incidents from voters supervised by security and election staff vs. the pedophiles that FCPS keeps managing to hire and put in as staff...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t have kids in buildings with hundreds of unknown people coming and going in the school building as they please. If one incident occurred this website would have 1000 topics dedicated to the ignorance FCPS displayed by not keeping their children safe.
Today’s political environment is different than it was 15 years ago. There is a segment of the population that is much more “spirited” than before. FCPS is doing the right thing.

That's such an odd take. Have you ever heard of an incident at a Fairfax County polling place? A quick search shows that the one protest that did occur was at an early voting location. This is not a thing that happens.

What's your reasoning that children being in the building would make an incident more likely?

LOL.

Why would random people entering a school building make an incident more likely? Is this a serious question...

I wonder what the odds are of incidents from voters supervised by security and election staff vs. the pedophiles that FCPS keeps managing to hire and put in as staff...

I don't know about other schools, but at the school where I vote, no one "wanders around" in the school. Even on days when there are no kids there, the area is supervised and controlled. You walk in and are directed to the polling area--there is no opportunity to go in another direction. They could easily have voting there on a school day.

[Anonymous]

It’s common sense that you shouldn’t allow free entry to random visitors into a place that operates with locked doors and a visual buzzer verifications all other days of the year. If something were to happen you would be found negligent. Even if it is unlikely it is not worth the risk for a government controlled entity.
You could argue the HS could pull it off, but the elementary schools are not possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can’t have kids in buildings with hundreds of unknown people coming and going in the school building as they please. If one incident occurred this website would have 1000 topics dedicated to the ignorance FCPS displayed by not keeping their children safe.
Today’s political environment is different than it was 15 years ago. There is a segment of the population that is much more “spirited” than before. FCPS is doing the right thing.

Whether you like it or not, this is the reality we're in right now. The level of anxiety around student safety is through the roof. Combine this with unhinged wackos who think it's their right to storm a capitol or carry an AR-15 into the store or go after a supposed child sex ring in the basement of a pizza place in NWDC. There is no choice but to close schools.

Yes, this was not an issue 15 years ago. We had elections in the gym or the library during the school day. It wasn't an issue. Today is very different. No one wants to do this.

[Anonymous]

Could we cancel all remaining 3 hour early release days as compromise? Why does FCPS think that the bare minimum is acceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could we cancel all remaining 3 hour early release days as compromise? Why does FCPS think that the bare minimum is acceptable.

When you say compromise, what exactly do you mean?

FCPS has already announced what is going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could we cancel all remaining 3 hour early release days as compromise? Why does FCPS think that the bare minimum is acceptable.

FCPS is exceeding the state minimum number of hours. They are already providing above and beyond what they are legally required to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could we cancel all remaining 3 hour early release days as compromise? Why does FCPS think that the bare minimum is acceptable.

FCPS is exceeding the state minimum number of hours. They are already providing above and beyond what they are legally required to do.

Basically. So long as FCPS “exceeds” the state threshold. Even if we end up with 990.1 hours this year, they will not get rid of the 3 hour early release. They do not care that half of elementary students will be in school on Monday that week, then off Tuesday, then only in school for half a day on Wednesday. They could provide more structure in the face of unexpected closures. But they aren’t required to. The race is to 990. It doesn’t matter how they get there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could we cancel all remaining 3 hour early release days as compromise? Why does FCPS think that the bare minimum is acceptable.

FCPS is exceeding the state minimum number of hours. They are already providing above and beyond what they are legally required to do.

Can you stop saying this? FCPS has more or less failed students this year with their calendar. It has been disruptive to the point of being negligent. So what if they're meeting a cobbled legal floor? It does not mean they're doing more than the bare minimum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could we cancel all remaining 3 hour early release days as compromise? Why does FCPS think that the bare minimum is acceptable.

FCPS is exceeding the state minimum number of hours. They are already providing above and beyond what they are legally required to do.

Can you stop saying this? FCPS has more or less failed students this year with their calendar. It has been disruptive to the point of being negligent. So what if they're meeting a cobbled legal floor? It does not mean they're doing more than the bare minimum.

Can you provide academic based evidence that shows that FCPS has "more or less failed students this year".

Are SAT scores down? Are graduation rates dropping? Are SOL scores predicted to be lower than in previous years? Are students projected to be held back at a higher rate?

I understand that you personally are angry, but appealing to emotion instead of providing actual data that supports your claim is what is needed to actually signal there is a need for change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could we cancel all remaining 3 hour early release days as compromise? Why does FCPS think that the bare minimum is acceptable.

FCPS is exceeding the state minimum number of hours. They are already providing above and beyond what they are legally required to do.

Can you stop saying this? FCPS has more or less failed students this year with their calendar. It has been disruptive to the point of being negligent. So what if they're meeting a cobbled legal floor? It does not mean they're doing more than the bare minimum.

Literally by the definition of "bare minimum", they are doing more.

You can use a phrase improperly all you want, but you can't change the actual definition of words.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could we cancel all remaining 3 hour early release days as compromise? Why does FCPS think that the bare minimum is acceptable.

FCPS is exceeding the state minimum number of hours. They are already providing above and beyond what they are legally required to do.

Can you stop saying this? FCPS has more or less failed students this year with their calendar. It has been disruptive to the point of being negligent. So what if they're meeting a cobbled legal floor? It does not mean they're doing more than the bare minimum.

Can you provide academic based evidence that shows that FCPS has "more or less failed students this year".

Are SAT scores down? Are graduation rates dropping? Are SOL scores predicted to be lower than in previous years? Are students projected to be held back at a higher rate?

I understand that you personally are angry, but appealing to emotion instead of providing actual data that supports your claim is what is needed to actually signal there is a need for change.

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