Will FCPS ever Reopem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the problem with having a huge, County-wide school system. East of 95 and along 95 we’re getting nothing but a light rain. It’s 35 degrees out. I believe that people way out west and north experienced sleet/freezing rain, but in Springfield we got nothing. The students in this section of the county also tend to be lower SES and I’m sure they could have really benefited from having school today in so many ways.

I also think this is a huge part of the problem. This is the first state we have been in that it has been like this (military). In each of the other states, schools were set up by smaller districts (Pennsylvania and Georgia)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the problem with having a huge, County-wide school system. East of 95 and along 95 we’re getting nothing but a light rain. It’s 35 degrees out. I believe that people way out west and north experienced sleet/freezing rain, but in Springfield we got nothing. The students in this section of the county also tend to be lower SES and I’m sure they could have really benefited from having school today in so many ways.

I also think this is a huge part of the problem. This is the first state we have been in that it has been like this (military). In each of the other states, schools were set up by smaller districts (Pennsylvania and Georgia)

Nope, they’re just pussies. Even Loudoun (where I am) is completely fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the problem with having a huge, County-wide school system. East of 95 and along 95 we’re getting nothing but a light rain. It’s 35 degrees out. I believe that people way out west and north experienced sleet/freezing rain, but in Springfield we got nothing. The students in this section of the county also tend to be lower SES and I’m sure they could have really benefited from having school today in so many ways.

We're in Great Falls - well west of 95 - and got quite a bit of freezing sleet/rain. Our roads were like an ice rink this afternoon and are still slippery in areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the problem with having a huge, County-wide school system. East of 95 and along 95 we’re getting nothing but a light rain. It’s 35 degrees out. I believe that people way out west and north experienced sleet/freezing rain, but in Springfield we got nothing. The students in this section of the county also tend to be lower SES and I’m sure they could have really benefited from having school today in so many ways.

I also think this is a huge part of the problem. This is the first state we have been in that it has been like this (military). In each of the other states, schools were set up by smaller districts (Pennsylvania and Georgia)

I grew up in Ohio and generally each city had its own school district as well. There were County-wide districts, but they were smaller and more rural. If we could split FCPS for purposes of closings so West Potomac and Hayfield could stay open while Langley and McLean close, that would be ideal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the problem with having a huge, County-wide school system. East of 95 and along 95 we’re getting nothing but a light rain. It’s 35 degrees out. I believe that people way out west and north experienced sleet/freezing rain, but in Springfield we got nothing. The students in this section of the county also tend to be lower SES and I’m sure they could have really benefited from having school today in so many ways.

I also think this is a huge part of the problem. This is the first state we have been in that it has been like this (military). In each of the other states, schools were set up by smaller districts (Pennsylvania and Georgia)

I grew up in Ohio and generally each city had its own school district as well. There were County-wide districts, but they were smaller and more rural. If we could split FCPS for purposes of closings so West Potomac and Hayfield could stay open while Langley and McLean close, that would be ideal.

Yes exactly. We are PWCS but Woodbridge could be an area, Gainesville and bristow an area and manassas an area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the problem with having a huge, County-wide school system. East of 95 and along 95 we’re getting nothing but a light rain. It’s 35 degrees out. I believe that people way out west and north experienced sleet/freezing rain, but in Springfield we got nothing. The students in this section of the county also tend to be lower SES and I’m sure they could have really benefited from having school today in so many ways.

We're in Great Falls - well west of 95 - and got quite a bit of freezing sleet/rain. Our roads were like an ice rink this afternoon and are still slippery in areas.

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Us too - just went out and it’s a sheet of ice on the drive way etc - which makes me think we are headed towards another day off .... ughhhhh

[Anonymous]

20171 - driveway is a sheet of ice.
I really hope not, but I don’t see them opening.
Maybe a delay, but that’s still early for high school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:20171 - driveway is a sheet of ice.
I really hope not, but I don’t see them opening.
Maybe a delay, but that’s still early for high school

Noooooooo!

[Anonymous]

Driveways are not roads. Roads are fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Driveways are not roads. Roads are fine.

And sidewalks are not roads either.

HOW ARE SIDEWALKS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? Please share what area of the county you're in.
-A sheet of ice?
-Fine?
-Wet, but not icy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Driveways are not roads. Roads are fine.

And sidewalks are not roads either.

HOW ARE SIDEWALKS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? Please share what area of the county you're in.
-A sheet of ice?
-Fine?
-Wet, but not icy?

We don’t have sidewalks in Great Falls but everything is covered in ice sadly - we are from Boston and were prepared to scoff at the storm but alas the ice is bad and I think bus stops will be a problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Driveways are not roads. Roads are fine.

And sidewalks are not roads either.

HOW ARE SIDEWALKS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? Please share what area of the county you're in.
-A sheet of ice?
-Fine?
-Wet, but not icy?

Sheet of ice on sidewalks. We are in Oak Hill.

[Anonymous]

Falls church - sidewalks and driveways are a sheet of ice. Don’t know about roads.

[Anonymous]

sidewalks and driveways are sheets of ice in western Fairfax.

Getting to bus stops and into schools could be dicey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the problem with having a huge, County-wide school system. East of 95 and along 95 we’re getting nothing but a light rain. It’s 35 degrees out. I believe that people way out west and north experienced sleet/freezing rain, but in Springfield we got nothing. The students in this section of the county also tend to be lower SES and I’m sure they could have really benefited from having school today in so many ways.

I also think this is a huge part of the problem. This is the first state we have been in that it has been like this (military). In each of the other states, schools were set up by smaller districts (Pennsylvania and Georgia)

I grew up in Ohio and generally each city had its own school district as well. There were County-wide districts, but they were smaller and more rural. If we could split FCPS for purposes of closings so West Potomac and Hayfield could stay open while Langley and McLean close, that would be ideal.

I keep saying fcps needs to be divided by cluster (or whatever buzz word they use to describe each groups of high schools).

We already have a separate superintendent for each cluster. What are we paying them for if everything is.so uniform? The county is very diverse: student needs, interests, weather, etc.

We need to actually make cluster superintendents start working and figure out how to fix this recurring issue.

There was no justification for shutting down the entire county today.

Big programs like special ed could be managed county wide, along with any magnet programs. Everything else should be done by geographic clusters of 2-3 high schools and their respective feeders. AAP centers should be by clusters. Boundary patterns of elementary and middle schools should be done by cluster. The only programs that should result in crossover between clusters are high school academy classes, magnet schools like TJ or language immersion, and centers for the extreme special needs kids like Key Center.