FCPS closed Monday

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like virtual lessons and hope schools will be open but safety comes first. Maybe school can open for kindergarten through 2nd or 3rd grades for parents need child care (since school bus stop situation parents may need to drop off & pick up), then 3rd grades and above can do virtual lessons ( Fcps student all have school issued laptops at home, unless some students may not have reliable home network). That way older kids can continue learning, while younger ones can get day care service from school so parents can work, and it’s easier handling kiss n ride.

I think that’s a good idea.

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Some of you are laboring under the delusion that the county requires snow removal from sidewalks!

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/stormwater/snow-removal

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t like virtual lessons and hope schools will be open but safety comes first. Maybe school can open for kindergarten through 2nd or 3rd grades for parents need child care (since school bus stop situation parents may need to drop off & pick up), then 3rd grades and above can do virtual lessons ( Fcps student all have school issued laptops at home, unless some students may not have reliable home network). That way older kids can continue learning, while younger ones can get day care service from school so parents can work, and it’s easier handling kiss n ride.

I think that’s a good idea.

It needs to be planned before the snow days. Maybe in the future it would work.

[Anonymous]

These schools and bus stops should have been cleared on Sunday and Monday when everyone else was cleaning their driveways. If you wait 7 days after sub freezing temps of course it’s going to be a block of ice. I don’t get the logic of doing nothing to clear the school areas all this time. It’s embarrassing. We should get out tax dollars back for this week due to incompetence.

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Also I suspect the 1/2 snow day counts as a full day because it’s counted as a full day of school because we force children to eat lunch at 10am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is responsible for sidewalks?

DH thinks it is VDOT. Is it FCPS? Homeowners?

We don’t have a sidewalk in front of our house.

Nobody is required to clear the walks from snow and ice. I do recommend using their reporting tool for sidewalk issues of any other kind. I have reported brush overgrowth and repairs needed and they always get fixed.

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Anonymous wrote:Good call, FCPS. Bus stops are mounds of ice. Sidewalks unshoveled. Roads around our school have 1.5 lanes with no sidewalks.

We have 10 snow days. We have used 2.5 of them.

6 OF THEM

I count 3.5:
Sept 9
Jan 26 & 27
Jan 28 (2 hour early release already scheduled)

FEB 2
AND APRIL 21

April 21 has been decided or announced. Calm yourself.

^^^Has NOT been decided or announced.

What is April 21st? Why would school be closed that day?

FCPS loves to find reasons to close.

Take it down a notch, Midge. This one is not on FCPS. The Virginia legislature is possibly proposing changes to the state constitution and to redraw district boundaries. In order for that to happen, there needs to be an election. I don’t know if this has been approved or not. IF it is, there has to be an election either on April 14 or 21. There may be some “hot” topics in the changes to the constitution which could bring the crazies out.

The good news is that if there is an election on the 21st AND districts are redrawn, there will NOT be an election on June 16. There wouldn’t be enough time to make new ballots. It would be a regular school day.

At this point, it’s all up in the air. If someone has updated information from the state legislature, please post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also I suspect the 1/2 snow day counts as a full day because it’s counted as a full day of school because we force children to eat lunch at 10am.

No, remember that we don’t count days. We count hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m very surprised. And there is a lot of anger!

You seriously cannot be surprised by the anger. No matter what was decided for Monday, people were going to rage. This was a no-win situation for any local superintendent.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m very surprised. And there is a lot of anger!

You seriously cannot be surprised by the anger. No matter what was decided for Monday, people were going to rage. This was a no-win situation for any local superintendent.

I am surprised we closed. I’m a teacher and expected a 2 hour delay.

I am just observing there is a lot of anger!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m very surprised. And there is a lot of anger!

You seriously cannot be surprised by the anger. No matter what was decided for Monday, people were going to rage. This was a no-win situation for any local superintendent.

I am surprised we closed. I’m a teacher and expected a 2 hour delay.

I am just observing there is a lot of anger!

Go on Reddit. The people on this forum are extra crazy. The nova people on Reddit are reacting much more reasonably.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good call, FCPS. Bus stops are mounds of ice. Sidewalks unshoveled. Roads around our school have 1.5 lanes with no sidewalks.

We have 10 snow days. We have used 2.5 of them.

6 OF THEM

Monday and Tuesday were full snow days. Wednesday was a 2-hour early release, hence the .5 snow day. Thursday and Friday were already scheduled days off for students, so they did not count towards our snow day count. By the end of Monday, we will have used about 3.5 of our 10 snow days, which leaves way more than enough for another storm.

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Anonymous wrote:Well with Democrats at every level of Virginia government from the most local to the state level - I guess we see what happens when they are in charge - utter failure!

Yawn

It’s true though.

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Anonymous wrote:Well with Democrats at every level of Virginia government from the most local to the state level - I guess we see what happens when they are in charge - utter failure!

Yawn

It’s true though.

I know you are but what am I

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Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. How about we fine people for not clearing their sidewalks and have school on Tuesday.

As long as we also audit the FCPS snow removal contracts. Nothing has fallen in a week.

Are FCPS grounds really the problem here?