4 Day weekend?

[Anonymous]

I wish everyone would give up trying to get more days off. We have had plenty. Get back to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are Some People who *always* want FCPS to close on the weekends at the slightly hint of bad weather, b/c it makes no difference to their lives AND they are secretly hoping that this means Monday will be a closure or delay. I suspect these people work for FCPS as even the students want the buildings open on weekends for their activities.

Yup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Custodians were called in today, apparently, so maybe they're leaning towards opening on time. It's ridiculous to me that they weren't off on a federal holiday.

How do you know? That's cap.

School- wide or a specific school (ex: emergency call to repair the hvac or the like)?

What would there be to clean if they were just there on Friday? I cant imagine that the handful of the Sat rec leagues' gym use or the random church use before 12 noon yesterday warranted custodians to report today .

“Cap” or crap? You know that people on this forum are teachers, admin, and front office staff who communicate with custodians, right?

You obviously don't have a teenager otherwise you'd know "cap" means untrue, false, fake.

[Anonymous]

Many of our neighborhood roads in Burke are icy. And of course the sidewalks are too. We had rain, then sleet, then snow on Sunday.

[Anonymous]

Our road is pretty icy in the spots that don't get sun but the areas that do get sun are dry and clear.

[Anonymous]

We just had a cold advisory issued for tomorrow until 10 am.
"COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... ...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 5 below expected. For the second Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 10 below expected."

That could give them the justification for a delay tue-thu.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just had a cold advisory issued for tomorrow until 10 am.
"COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... ...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TUESDAY TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 5 below expected. For the second Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 10 below expected."

That could give them the justification for a delay tue-thu.

I'd like to know what they will do because of middle schoolers. The usual bus times are around 6:30, so a 2-hour delay would be 8:30, and the advisory says it is from 7 pm to 10 am.

[Anonymous]

What about kids who don't have coats, hats, gloves, boots. This isn't Chicago or Boston. I think that's the problem with single digit temps and opening. Some kids don't have proper clothing for that weather. I don't even own gloves for myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about kids who don't have coats, hats, gloves, boots. This isn't Chicago or Boston. I think that's the problem with single digit temps and opening. Some kids don't have proper clothing for that weather. I don't even own gloves for myself.

My very, very high FARMs school staff works hard with local organizations and churches to provide all our students with the appropriate cold weather gear. This has been true at every Title I school I’ve worked at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about kids who don't have coats, hats, gloves, boots. This isn't Chicago or Boston. I think that's the problem with single digit temps and opening. Some kids don't have proper clothing for that weather. I don't even own gloves for myself.

My very, very high FARMs school staff works hard with local organizations and churches to provide all our students with the appropriate cold weather gear. This has been true at every Title I school I’ve worked at.

It's not just kids who qualify for free lunch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about kids who don't have coats, hats, gloves, boots. This isn't Chicago or Boston. I think that's the problem with single digit temps and opening. Some kids don't have proper clothing for that weather. I don't even own gloves for myself.

My very, very high FARMs school staff works hard with local organizations and churches to provide all our students with the appropriate cold weather gear. This has been true at every Title I school I’ve worked at.

My school is not title 1. However, there are many families with low income and children who don’t have proper winter gear (coats, hats/gloves, shoes besides crocs). Title 1 schools may have more resources and preparation for this type of support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about kids who don't have coats, hats, gloves, boots. This isn't Chicago or Boston. I think that's the problem with single digit temps and opening. Some kids don't have proper clothing for that weather. I don't even own gloves for myself.

My very, very high FARMs school staff works hard with local organizations and churches to provide all our students with the appropriate cold weather gear. This has been true at every Title I school I’ve worked at.

My school is not title 1. However, there are many families with low income and children who don’t have proper winter gear (coats, hats/gloves, shoes besides crocs). Title 1 schools may have more resources and preparation for this type of support.

Sounds like you need to organize a winter gear drive and stop expecting a school district to solve every problem on your community. It’s not a sustainable mentality.

[Anonymous]

Of course it’s not only Title I. But schools know their students and do work to supply them with basic needs. It’s silly to argue that every elementary kid should stay inside for months when a small portion of those kids not having adequate cold gear is a very solvable problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about kids who don't have coats, hats, gloves, boots. This isn't Chicago or Boston. I think that's the problem with single digit temps and opening. Some kids don't have proper clothing for that weather. I don't even own gloves for myself.

My very, very high FARMs school staff works hard with local organizations and churches to provide all our students with the appropriate cold weather gear. This has been true at every Title I school I’ve worked at.

My school is not title 1. However, there are many families with low income and children who don’t have proper winter gear (coats, hats/gloves, shoes besides crocs). Title 1 schools may have more resources and preparation for this type of support.

Sounds like you need to organize a winter gear drive and stop expecting a school district to solve every problem on your community. It’s not a sustainable mentality.

Ha. Right. I’ll get right on that. Because I’m responsible for making sure students have proper clothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids' basketball games were cancelled today and it didn't start snowing until after 1pm. Ridiculous, everyone is so freaking paranoid here.

What are you complaining about? FCPS buildings were open until 12noon. You’re here saying everyone is “freaking paranoid” over ONE HOUR. Get some help, please.

It was ridiculous to cancel basketball games before 4pm.

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