Early Release tomorrow?

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw Doug Kammerer's weather report (local weather reporter) and he says 3 lines of storms around 11, 1, 7. 1 is the time to watch for tornadoes. Right during the 3 hour early release.
It was a hard call for FCPS, but looks like kids would be safer at school til the normal release time.

Yes kids would be safer in schools than on busses than in cars/walking outdoors.

But this isn’t about students safety, it’s about giving teachers more PTO.

Meanwhile, in the real world, OPM has told federal workers to leave by 2 p.m. today. Almost every district in the DMV and Baltimore area has an early release. There is also an active tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warning for the area. But yes, FCPS having an early release today is clearly about giving teachers some extra time off.

ABSOLUTELY NO ONE has said. We have complained about the cumulative effect of all the other days off. So stop the gaslighting

Not true. I am in fact, the poster who said it was about giving teachers time to get home. Because that is what I was told and I still believe it is true. Absolutely none of this was about keeping students safe— LCPS stayed open with no issues even with the tornado warning. It can be done!

Way too early to say that LCPS has had no issues.

Mother of a LCPS middle schooler here. My child spent a substantial period of their day on the floor with their head down by the interior locker bays as the school got a tornado alert. I’m not aware of any academic instruction that took place during this time LOL.

So yes, safe to say there was “issues”.

How many children were injured? How much damage was done to the school?

Your kid lost 40 minutes and got home fine. Congratulations of living in a sane district.

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Well that was a letdown. A huge waste of the day and the weather has been just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:That was nothing. I can’t believe it closed for this

But at the time (ie yesterday), when a decision had to be made, all the forecast models showed severe weather/tornados more probable moreso than a typical spring thunderstorm.

Hindsight is 20/20 and all.

Not questioning the decision, but the models were not aligned. Two of the short-range models (HRRR and 3k NAM) were showing an outcome close to what actually happened today. They were just discounted because (a) other (and generally better) models were showing much more significant outcomes and (b) the overall atmospheric setup was very conducive to severe weather.

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Anonymous wrote:You slow folks haven't realized the 60-75 mph straight line winds still have arrived yet. They closed early to avoid the issues of kids being dismissed right when it arrives.

Those winds (more likely 30-50 mph) are coming with, or just ahead of, the cold front, which isn't coming through until after sunset tonight.

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Anonymous wrote:That was nothing. I can’t believe it closed for this

So, I receive Fairfax Alerts and there are multiple roads closed across the county for downed trees and flooding. Furthermore, you can’t really just wait until the conditions are absolutely right to make the call — especially when dealing with tornados. Seven children were killed during the Moore Oklahoma) tornado that hit a school. Weather is ridiculously difficult to predict — even the federal government closed early, and they made the call at 11:00 a.m.

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Anonymous wrote:You slow folks haven't realized the 60-75 mph straight line winds still have arrived yet. They closed early to avoid the issues of kids being dismissed right when it arrives.

Kids would be home now. You could have canceled after school activities in an abundance of caution and done more than enough.

Not all kids and I'm not sure if you realized there was an actual tornado warning in Loudoun at 11 am. Those were always going to be randomly placed and not everyone impacted, but you'd be mad as hell if it touched down at your kid's school.

Even with an early release the kids are still in school at 11 am.

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It’s honestly exhausting watching the same handful of people complain about every single decision FCPS makes, as if there’s some magical option that would satisfy them. I’m sorry to break it to you, but FCPS does not own a crystal ball. They can’t predict the exact path of a storm, the timing of a tornado warning, or the minute‑by‑minute whims of Virginia weather. They make the best decisions they can with the information they have at the time—just like every other school system in the country.

And let’s be real:
If FCPS hadn’t sent students home early and something catastrophic had happened—say a tornado actually touched down—you would be the very first people online screaming about negligence, incompetence, and “putting children in danger.” The outrage would be deafening.

So which is it?

Do you want them to act with caution, or do you want them to gamble with kids’ safety so you don’t have to adjust your afternoon schedule?

Because from the outside, it looks like some folks simply enjoy being angry. No matter what FCPS does—close, open, delay, dismiss early, hold steady—you find a way to twist it into a personal affront. That’s not civic engagement. That’s not advocacy. That’s just chronic dissatisfaction dressed up as concern.

If you’re genuinely worried about student safety, great—join the conversation in good faith. But if your only contribution is perpetual outrage, maybe take a step back and ask yourself why you’re so committed to being unhappy and being such a malcontent. There are healthier, more productive ways to engage with your community than tearing down every decision made by people who are trying to keep 180,000 students safe.

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I just came to say that the storm was a dud.

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Anonymous wrote:I just came to say that the storm was a dud.

+1 this is getting old.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s honestly exhausting watching the same handful of people complain about every single decision FCPS makes, as if there’s some magical option that would satisfy them. I’m sorry to break it to you, but FCPS does not own a crystal ball. They can’t predict the exact path of a storm, the timing of a tornado warning, or the minute‑by‑minute whims of Virginia weather. They make the best decisions they can with the information they have at the time—just like every other school system in the country.

And let’s be real:
If FCPS hadn’t sent students home early and something catastrophic had happened—say a tornado actually touched down—you would be the very first people online screaming about negligence, incompetence, and “putting children in danger.” The outrage would be deafening.

So which is it?

Do you want them to act with caution, or do you want them to gamble with kids’ safety so you don’t have to adjust your afternoon schedule?

Because from the outside, it looks like some folks simply enjoy being angry. No matter what FCPS does—close, open, delay, dismiss early, hold steady—you find a way to twist it into a personal affront. That’s not civic engagement. That’s not advocacy. That’s just chronic dissatisfaction dressed up as concern.

If you’re genuinely worried about student safety, great—join the conversation in good faith. But if your only contribution is perpetual outrage, maybe take a step back and ask yourself why you’re so committed to being unhappy and being such a malcontent. There are healthier, more productive ways to engage with your community than tearing down every decision made by people who are trying to keep 180,000 students safe.

I agree with this. FCPS was far from the only organization to close, my work ordered everyone to leave the building by 2 today. They knew there was the potential for dangerous storms but whether the potential results in dangerous storms is pretty impossible to predict. They're not wizards.

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Anonymous wrote:I just came to say that the storm was a dud.

thanks for your ... whatever the opposite of insight is. Oh I know: hindsight.

[Anonymous]

I think people would have more goodwill to FFX schools if kids didn't have yet another day off on Friday and then whatever is going on at Memorial Day

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Anonymous wrote:It’s honestly exhausting watching the same handful of people complain about every single decision FCPS makes, as if there’s some magical option that would satisfy them. I’m sorry to break it to you, but FCPS does not own a crystal ball. They can’t predict the exact path of a storm, the timing of a tornado warning, or the minute‑by‑minute whims of Virginia weather. They make the best decisions they can with the information they have at the time—just like every other school system in the country.

And let’s be real:
If FCPS hadn’t sent students home early and something catastrophic had happened—say a tornado actually touched down—you would be the very first people online screaming about negligence, incompetence, and “putting children in danger.” The outrage would be deafening.

So which is it?

Do you want them to act with caution, or do you want them to gamble with kids’ safety so you don’t have to adjust your afternoon schedule?

Because from the outside, it looks like some folks simply enjoy being angry. No matter what FCPS does—close, open, delay, dismiss early, hold steady—you find a way to twist it into a personal affront. That’s not civic engagement. That’s not advocacy. That’s just chronic dissatisfaction dressed up as concern.

If you’re genuinely worried about student safety, great—join the conversation in good faith. But if your only contribution is perpetual outrage, maybe take a step back and ask yourself why you’re so committed to being unhappy and being such a malcontent. There are healthier, more productive ways to engage with your community than tearing down every decision made by people who are trying to keep 180,000 students safe.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s honestly exhausting watching the same handful of people complain about every single decision FCPS makes, as if there’s some magical option that would satisfy them. I’m sorry to break it to you, but FCPS does not own a crystal ball. They can’t predict the exact path of a storm, the timing of a tornado warning, or the minute‑by‑minute whims of Virginia weather. They make the best decisions they can with the information they have at the time—just like every other school system in the country.

And let’s be real:
If FCPS hadn’t sent students home early and something catastrophic had happened—say a tornado actually touched down—you would be the very first people online screaming about negligence, incompetence, and “putting children in danger.” The outrage would be deafening.

So which is it?

Do you want them to act with caution, or do you want them to gamble with kids’ safety so you don’t have to adjust your afternoon schedule?

Because from the outside, it looks like some folks simply enjoy being angry. No matter what FCPS does—close, open, delay, dismiss early, hold steady—you find a way to twist it into a personal affront. That’s not civic engagement. That’s not advocacy. That’s just chronic dissatisfaction dressed up as concern.

If you’re genuinely worried about student safety, great—join the conversation in good faith. But if your only contribution is perpetual outrage, maybe take a step back and ask yourself why you’re so committed to being unhappy and being such a malcontent. There are healthier, more productive ways to engage with your community than tearing down every decision made by people who are trying to keep 180,000 students safe.

No I think you’re wrong. The perennial complaint is that FCPS always closes. Always. So yes they’re mad at every bad call because they never EVER err on the side of keeping students in classrooms.

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Anonymous wrote:I just came to say that the storm was a dud.

+1 this is getting old.

I know, how lame. We all wish it had killed people!