is your school closed during the Papal Visit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:commute to work CC to Kst: perfect, fast and smooth (I rode by Eaton, one of the schools some posters thought would be most affected because close to the Vatican embassy, which is at least half a mile away), there were plenty of kids going to school, walking or by car and no issues)

kids' commute to school (Murch) - no prob.

I met a colleague who lives in Brookland, she had no issues either, other than leaving earlier than usual to make sure to be on time


as anticipated, no reason whatsoever to close down all schools as some posters were asking. glad for once DCPS kept its head on the shoulders.

I don't recall anyone asking for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:commute to work CC to Kst: perfect, fast and smooth (I rode by Eaton, one of the schools some posters thought would be most affected because close to the Vatican embassy, which is at least half a mile away), there were plenty of kids going to school, walking or by car and no issues)

kids' commute to school (Murch) - no prob.

I met a colleague who lives in Brookland, she had no issues either, other than leaving earlier than usual to make sure to be on time


as anticipated, no reason whatsoever to close down all schools as some posters were asking. glad for once DCPS kept its head on the shoulders.

I don't recall anyone asking for that.

you have a short memory. start from the 4th poster on page 1 and go down the thread

[Anonymous]

Very, very few posters argued for this. Read the thread again, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that only charters closed? Agree that DCPS made the right call.

The charters that are impacted by closures (many within blocks from Basilica) closed. Charters have students from al around the city. There are maybe 2-3 DCPS schools slightly impacted due to traffic and charters act independently so they could make case by case calls.

[Anonymous]

Yu Ying, Inspired, Lee, Stokes are all in the greater Brookland area. At least for YY, Lee, and Inspired, the roads to them are closed today. Stokes is very close to road closures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:commute to work CC to Kst: perfect, fast and smooth (I rode by Eaton, one of the schools some posters thought would be most affected because close to the Vatican embassy, which is at least half a mile away), there were plenty of kids going to school, walking or by car and no issues)

kids' commute to school (Murch) - no prob.

I met a colleague who lives in Brookland, she had no issues either, other than leaving earlier than usual to make sure to be on time


as anticipated, no reason whatsoever to close down all schools as some posters were asking. glad for once DCPS kept its head on the shoulders.

I don't recall anyone asking for that.

you have a short memory. start from the 4th poster on page 1 and go down the thread

I still don't see anyone calling for all schools to be shut down. Some people felt their upper NW schools would be immune because kids walk to school, others reminded them that students aren't the only ones who have to reach those schools and that streets in upper NW would be shut down.

Hyperbole in all directions, but no one said all schools should be closed.

[Anonymous]

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I still don't see anyone calling for all schools to be shut down. Some people felt their upper NW schools would be immune because kids walk to school, others reminded them that students aren't the only ones who have to reach those schools and that streets in upper NW would be shut down.

Hyperbole in all directions, but no one said all schools should be closed.

I don't either!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying, Inspired, Lee, Stokes are all in the greater Brookland area. At least for YY, Lee, and Inspired, the roads to them are closed today. Stokes is very close to road closures.

All those schools are very close to road closures. Stokes is probably the furthest from closure but rightfully closed due to streets leading to it being closed. YY is on Taylor and Harewood (both streets closed). IT/Lee is basically off Michigan & 4th (closed) but closer cross streets are Lincoln and Franklin (closed). Those schools definitely made the right call as even park and walk solution wasn't possible. I don't think there are any DCPS schools actually on the streets that are closed like the school above. Sure there are some within .5 mile like Noyes.

[Anonymous]

Our kids are at John Eaton which, together with Oyster, are the closest public schools to the Vatican residence. Pope Francis' visit so far has had no impact getting to the school. It would be nice if his motorcade passes by Eaton, as Pope Benedict did several years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that only charters closed? Agree that DCPS made the right call.

Where do you live?

SS came by my house and told me I wouldn't be receiving mail for 3 days and when my neighbor asked about leaving for Rush Hashona services this morning, they told her - most likely she "could" leave, but that it could take her 2-3 hours for her to get back home.

I completely agree with closing the charter schools up in Ward 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying, Inspired, Lee, Stokes are all in the greater Brookland area. At least for YY, Lee, and Inspired, the roads to them are closed today. Stokes is very close to road closures.

All those schools are very close to road closures. Stokes is probably the furthest from closure but rightfully closed due to streets leading to it being closed. YY is on Taylor and Harewood (both streets closed). IT/Lee is basically off Michigan & 4th (closed) but closer cross streets are Lincoln and Franklin (closed). Those schools definitely made the right call as even park and walk solution wasn't possible. I don't think there are any DCPS schools actually on the streets that are closed like the school above. Sure there are some within .5 mile like Noyes.

Yu Ying always closes for Yom Kippur. Lucky that it coincides with the Pope's visit to Brookland this year. The barriers on Taylor for the Pope's visit have been up since Friday.

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Yu Ying always closes for Yom Kippur. Lucky that it coincides with the Pope's visit to Brookland this year. The barriers on Taylor for the Pope's visit have been up since Friday.

Yes, but I'm sure YY would have closed anyway, even if not prescheduled. No choice really with Taylor closed part of today (YY is on Taylor and second).

In fact Taylor was closed yesterday during peak aftercare pickup time (5:30ish).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yu Ying always closes for Yom Kippur. Lucky that it coincides with the Pope's visit to Brookland this year. The barriers on Taylor for the Pope's visit have been up since Friday.

Yes, but I'm sure YY would have closed anyway, even if not prescheduled. No choice really with Taylor closed part of today (YY is on Taylor and second).

In fact Taylor was closed yesterday during peak aftercare pickup time (5:30ish).

Yes a large amount of people take Harewood to get to the school.