4 Day weekend?

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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.

Sound like you need to go see the wizard and ask for a heart and a brain.

[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.

You really feel like the world is against you huh....such a weird sickness.

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Anonymous wrote:The messaging this generation gets is nuts. Everything is unsafe or they need to be protected. No wonder they are all hot messes. Zero resilience.

Well yeah.

It was only yesterday they were told they would unalive grandma if they went to school or hung out with their friends, and later that they would unalive grandma if they didn't sit in school all day wearing an ill-fitting paper mask.

Anxiety on 100.

Almost 5 years ago was “yesterday”? You’ve got problems, troll.

Not as many as the kids who were kept constantly on edge believing a sneeze would wipe out their family and who were isolated from friends for months.
Not as many as the teachers who had to deal with these kids' anxieties, social regression and academic problems and then got blamed when they couldn't work miracles.
Not as many as the parents who actively kept their kids isolated and anxious and now have to deal with the aftermath. I suggest apologizing to the kid, explaining that everyone makes mistakes and then actively working on undoing the damage. Snapping at strangers online because they accidentally hit your sore spot won't help.


Anyway, FCPS may close one or two days this week. Figure out a plan if you don't already have one.

Seriously find a therapist

[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.

They're cold. You don't shut down an entire school district because a small minority don't have proper clothes.

And by the way most do through coat drives the schools do.

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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.

Sound like you need to go see the wizard and ask for a heart and a brain.

Right, I forgot you’d rather drink hot chocolate and be cozy then do some actual work. But you will tell yourself and anyone who will listen that keeping the schools closed is the equitable thing to do! You’re not fooling anyone.

[Anonymous]

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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.

They're cold. You don't shut down an entire school district because a small minority don't have proper clothes.

And by the way most do through coat drives the schools do.

Kids may or may not have a coat. More importantly, kids do not have knowledge here about cold temps. Even if you think they should.

[Anonymous]

Looks like at least a 2 hour delay. We’ll see if they escalate tomorrow.

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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.

I teach MS, but the use of cap isn’t really used appropriately here, thus the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Who’s staying home for months? It’s a 2-hour delay.

[Anonymous]

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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.

You really feel like the world is against you huh....such a weird sickness.

+1, using schools for activities on the weekend affects a very, very small population of FCPS students. No one cares except for that small percentage.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Sound like you need to go see the wizard and ask for a heart and a brain.

Right, I forgot you’d rather drink hot chocolate and be cozy then do some actual work. But you will tell yourself and anyone who will listen that keeping the schools closed is the equitable thing to do! You’re not fooling anyone.

Sir or Madam, you have a serious problem…or are an obnoxious troll; but it’s definitely one of those two things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Who’s staying home for months? It’s a 2-hour delay.

exactly. It's not "silly" either to consider the safety of a "small minority" either.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Sound like you need to go see the wizard and ask for a heart and a brain.

Right, I forgot you’d rather drink hot chocolate and be cozy then do some actual work. But you will tell yourself and anyone who will listen that keeping the schools closed is the equitable thing to do! You’re not fooling anyone.

Sir or Madam, you have a serious problem…or are an obnoxious troll; but it’s definitely one of those two things.

+1

And lady is conflating multiple posters. I'm coat glove boot lady. This isn't Chicago. We aren't prepared, sorry not sorry.

[Anonymous]

My HS kids are so happy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You really feel like the world is against you huh....such a weird sickness.

+1, using schools for activities on the weekend affects a very, very small population of FCPS students. No one cares except
for that small percentage.

Hmm, almost every school is booked solid for community use every weekend. Including churches, scouts, sports using the cafeteria, auditorium, fields gyms. That's thousands and thousands of kids easily.