Bets on late start Monday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reid just sent her weekly email. Here is the first paragraph:

I trust this note finds each of you well, especially as we deal with really cold temperatures this weekend. I want to share that staff have been driving our roads this afternoon and evening and all looks ready for school tomorrow. I trust that you each will dress warmly and travel safely in the morning. Please give yourselves plenty of time to drive given our winter conditions.

LOL I saw that last night and I thought it was funny that she waited so long to put it out there- it usually comes earlier in the evening. She’s made it clear- we are not missing school for weather!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is it outside on side walks?

Not good. I'm a teacher and just went outside to warm up my car. Sidewalks are very icy. I don't care what other people do but I'm not sending my kid to school today. He's in HS and has all his non-AP classes today. I see no reason for him to risk him driving or risk someone else plowing into him at the bus stop.

The drama! Why can’t he go in later?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is it outside on side walks?

Not good. I'm a teacher and just went outside to warm up my car. Sidewalks are very icy. I don't care what other people do but I'm not sending my kid to school today. He's in HS and has all his non-AP classes today. I see no reason for him to risk him driving or risk someone else plowing into him at the bus stop.

The drama! Why can’t he go in later?

DP. Where’s the drama? She made a choice that works for her family and moved on.

These snow threads are always filled with the advice to keep your kid home if you want to. So she did. Big deal.

[Anonymous]

Just dropped my middle schooler off at the bus stop and, despite the fact that our roads were treated, there was a huge sheet of black ice at the bus stop. It was like a skating rink. It was so bad the bus driver had to move the bus so DC could get on. I was born and raised in the northeast and we are avid skiers so I’m not opposed to a bit of ice, but trying to navigate it in the pitch black with a 50lb backpack and an instrument was ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Where are the roads bad? I’m generally curious. We live in a rural area of the county, on a hill and roads are fine. We were out and about doing Christmas stuff last night. There are few patches of ice but minimal.

I see these arguments every snow day / ice day and just trying to understand where things are so bad?

It is cold and I’d much rather not venture out but I can’t find a legit reason not to send kids on time. But I just don’t get where the roads are bad.

[Anonymous]

NO CALL, NO ISSUS!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know how you people manage to survive on a day to day basis. It's going to be 20, not -20.

It will be 16 in the morning, and it will feel like 1. This is Virginia, not Alaska, so yes, this is cold for us.

I’m a transplant from a colder state and for every year of the 15 years I’ve lived here, there has been some cold weather. Polar vortex, snowmaggedon, etc. It doesn’t last all winter but there are always a few days.

Have the proper equipment to clear your driveway *early* so the sun can melt any residue and you don’t get ice, buy some wool socks for your kids (and you) to wear on cold days, and have proper footwear. It’s not an emergency.

It’s not the cold or the sidewalk ice, it’s the ice on the streets. There wasn’t enough snow to plow and secondary roads weren’t treated. It didn’t get above freezing yesterday, so there are many patches of ice on the secondary roads where the bus stops are. I was out driving yesterday and saw it for myself.

I also grew up in a colder climate than here, and I think not having a delay today was irresponsible.

The post I’m responding to specifically says the issue is the fact that it would be 16 degrees. That’s something easy enough to prepare for and be perfectly safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is it outside on side walks?

I took a two-mile walk this morning, 100% on sidewalks and bike trails.

The majority of sidewalks looked better than people's driveways, but the sidewalks right in front of people's driveways were slick where cars had driven on the snow. The long stretches between homes, however, were dry as a bone.

It is brutally cold, though. Two layers of pants, three layers of tops (including a coat), warm socks and shoes, gloves, and a hat were not enough to keep me warm. It is extremely cold.

I'm going to drive my middle school kid to school this morning. She just got over a respiratory infection that landed her in the ER three times in seven days, so I don't want her in the cold more than necessary.

Kids don't wear coats..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is it outside on side walks?

I took a two-mile walk this morning, 100% on sidewalks and bike trails.

The majority of sidewalks looked better than people's driveways, but the sidewalks right in front of people's driveways were slick where cars had driven on the snow. The long stretches between homes, however, were dry as a bone.

It is brutally cold, though. Two layers of pants, three layers of tops (including a coat), warm socks and shoes, gloves, and a hat were not enough to keep me warm. It is extremely cold.

I'm going to drive my middle school kid to school this morning. She just got over a respiratory infection that landed her in the ER three times in seven days, so I don't want her in the cold more than necessary.

Kids don't wear coats..

Yep.
It's aura loss. You clearly dont have a teen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is it outside on side walks?

I took a two-mile walk this morning, 100% on sidewalks and bike trails.

The majority of sidewalks looked better than people's driveways, but the sidewalks right in front of people's driveways were slick where cars had driven on the snow. The long stretches between homes, however, were dry as a bone.

It is brutally cold, though. Two layers of pants, three layers of tops (including a coat), warm socks and shoes, gloves, and a hat were not enough to keep me warm. It is extremely cold.

I'm going to drive my middle school kid to school this morning. She just got over a respiratory infection that landed her in the ER three times in seven days, so I don't want her in the cold more than necessary.

Kids don't wear coats..

Yep.
It's aura loss. You clearly dont have a teen.

Well, then I guess the natural consequence is that they’re cold for 5 minutes while waiting for the bus or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are the roads bad? I’m generally curious. We live in a rural area of the county, on a hill and roads are fine. We were out and about doing Christmas stuff last night. There are few patches of ice but minimal.

I see these arguments every snow day / ice day and just trying to understand where things are so bad?

It is cold and I’d much rather not venture out but I can’t find a legit reason not to send kids on time. But I just don’t get where the roads are bad.

It’s fine. This area is full of very soft people.

[Anonymous]

No issues for us whatsoever. Sidewalks had no ice and neither did the roads. See issues getting to school on time or with the bus. Happy we didn’t have a delay!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No issues for us whatsoever. Sidewalks had no ice and neither did the roads. See issues getting to school on time or with the bus. Happy we didn’t have a delay!

This should say “No”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No issues for us whatsoever. Sidewalks had no ice and neither did the roads. See issues getting to school on time or with the bus. Happy we didn’t have a delay!

This should say “No”[/quote

Here is the list of bus delays https://busdelay.fcps.edu/

For context, my older son's hs bus was listed as being 10 minutes late, but it was 20 minutes late. My other son's bus was 10 minutes late and is not on list at all. Lots of bus issues this morning.

[Anonymous]

My kid’s bus is not on the list and was 20 minutes late.