Snow day

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Anonymous wrote:I am going to say Wednesday will be off too.

Wrong!

No they aren’t!

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Anonymous wrote:CWG calling for 4-8” for much of the area https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/01/03/dc-region-snow-winter-storm-forecast-ice/

Stfu. Everyone else says 10-12 inches.

Weather.com says 3-5 in

That’s still 1-2 day cancellation

Yep. I want at least 2 days. Happy with 3.

Explain why you need 3 days after two weeks. Are you a teacher? Because surely your kids have had enough rest.

I don’t owe you any explanation. I want 3 days after a very busy and exhausting break.

So you want 3 more days of that busy and exhausting break? what? lol

You’re so stupid. Now that Christmas and New Years are over, yes we finally relax and need a real break.

Sorry your holidays were so miserable.
Ours were cozy and amazing! But we are ready to be back in our routines, and I need to get back to work.

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Anonymous wrote:CWG calling for 4-8” for much of the area https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/01/03/dc-region-snow-winter-storm-forecast-ice/

Stfu. Everyone else says 10-12 inches.

Weather.com says 3-5 in

That’s still 1-2 day cancellation

Yep. I want at least 2 days. Happy with 3.

Explain why you need 3 days after two weeks. Are you a teacher? Because surely your kids have had enough rest.

PP, no one needs to explain anything to you.

+1

+2. The gall.

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Anonymous wrote:Monday and Tuesday or for sure going to be off. Get prepared now so we don’t have to hear you cry 😢

Oh, they’ll cry anyway. “But…but…I already had to deal with my kids for TWO WHOLE WEEKS! WAH!”

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Anonymous wrote:I am going to say Wednesday will be off too.

Wrong!

LOL. Calm down, Becky.

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Anonymous wrote:CWG calling for 4-8” for much of the area https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/01/03/dc-region-snow-winter-storm-forecast-ice/

Stfu. Everyone else says 10-12 inches.

Weather.com says 3-5 in

That’s still 1-2 day cancellation

Yep. I want at least 2 days. Happy with 3.

Explain why you need 3 days after two weeks. Are you a teacher? Because surely your kids have had enough rest.

I don’t owe you any explanation. I want 3 days after a very busy and exhausting break.

So you want 3 more days of that busy and exhausting break? what? lol

You’re so stupid. Now that Christmas and New Years are over, yes we finally relax and need a real break.

Sorry your holidays were so miserable.
Ours were cozy and amazing! But we are ready to be back in our routines, and I need to get back to work.

So go, and arrange for childcare if you need it. Done.

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If there are no snow days, teachers work 13 additional days with no extra pay. For those who don’t teach, you can at least attempt to empathize. Don’t blame teachers, blame governments that can’t figure out how to make an instructional calendar. We all know your local school board will never shorten the year if we use zero snow days.

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Anonymous wrote:Empty nester here who’s obsessively monitoring the weather…and this thread!

I’m pulling for a Snow Week!

Let’s get cozy! Charge those devices! Gas up your cars! Do laundry!

My husband and I both work in health care and our kids just had 2 weeks off school. I truly don’t know what we will do if we get a week of snow days. You sound like the sort of person who is wistful about Covid lockdowns and how cozy it was

Best comment today!

I was working all during Covid in healthcare support thank you very much.

Must have been really difficult for you as an empty nester. (Or, maybe some high school aged kids still home). I had infant twins and a 4 year old when lockdown started and was (still am) working as a nurse. Nothing about lockdown was pleasant. Nothing about a week off of school right after a 2 week break will be pleasant. (These kids are now in K and 4th so they still need child care). And boomers wonder why younger working parents are stressed out.

I’ve never uttered these words or entertained this thought. Surely we can make the best of it. Sledding, ⛄️, hot chocolate, baking cookies. Something (not nothing).

That sounds like a cozy and amazing day. I’m scheduled to work in the ER and so is my husband, on Monday. I’m 7-7 and he is 12-12. So, we won’t be doing any of that, we will be begging friends and neighbors to take our kids.

Planning for snow days is a part of being a parent, we all do it.

Sure. Lots of people clamoring to switch shifts with us for Monday so one of us can be home. Haha.

No “clamoring” required by anyone. Just planning by parents.

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Anonymous wrote:If there are no snow days, teachers work 13 additional days with no extra pay. For those who don’t teach, you can at least attempt to empathize. Don’t blame teachers, blame governments that can’t figure out how to make an instructional calendar. We all know your local school board will never shorten the year if we use zero snow days.

Yes.

And don’t forget that FCPS fashions itself as the “employer of choice” in northern Virginia

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Anonymous wrote:Empty nester here who’s obsessively monitoring the weather…and this thread!

I’m pulling for a Snow Week!

Let’s get cozy! Charge those devices! Gas up your cars! Do laundry!

My husband and I both work in health care and our kids just had 2 weeks off school. I truly don’t know what we will do if we get a week of snow days. You sound like the sort of person who is wistful about Covid lockdowns and how cozy it was

Best comment today!

I was working all during Covid in healthcare support thank you very much.

Must have been really difficult for you as an empty nester. (Or, maybe some high school aged kids still home). I had infant twins and a 4 year old when lockdown started and was (still am) working as a nurse. Nothing about lockdown was pleasant. Nothing about a week off of school right after a 2 week break will be pleasant. (These kids are now in K and 4th so they still need child care). And boomers wonder why younger working parents are stressed out.

I’ve never uttered these words or entertained this thought. Surely we can make the best of it. Sledding, ⛄️, hot chocolate, baking cookies. Something (not nothing).

That sounds like a cozy and amazing day. I’m scheduled to work in the ER and so is my husband, on Monday. I’m 7-7 and he is 12-12. So, we won’t be doing any of that, we will be begging friends and neighbors to take our kids.

Oh and I forgot, risking our lives driving to and from work too.

If only you’d know that would be the expectation when you chose your professions.

Oh wait…

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Anonymous wrote:If there are no snow days, teachers work 13 additional days with no extra pay. For those who don’t teach, you can at least attempt to empathize. Don’t blame teachers, blame governments that can’t figure out how to make an instructional calendar. We all know your local school board will never shorten the year if we use zero snow days.

There are 13 snow days built in for Fairfax??
We used to live in Fairfax but live in Baltimore county now and I think there are 3 built in. And yes the year does shorten if we don’t use them. 13!!!! Lol

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Anonymous wrote:Empty nester here who’s obsessively monitoring the weather…and this thread!

I’m pulling for a Snow Week!

Let’s get cozy! Charge those devices! Gas up your cars! Do laundry!

My husband and I both work in health care and our kids just had 2 weeks off school. I truly don’t know what we will do if we get a week of snow days. You sound like the sort of person who is wistful about Covid lockdowns and how cozy it was

Best comment today!

I was working all during Covid in healthcare support thank you very much.

Must have been really difficult for you as an empty nester. (Or, maybe some high school aged kids still home). I had infant twins and a 4 year old when lockdown started and was (still am) working as a nurse. Nothing about lockdown was pleasant. Nothing about a week off of school right after a 2 week break will be pleasant. (These kids are now in K and 4th so they still need child care). And boomers wonder why younger working parents are stressed out.

I’ve never uttered these words or entertained this thought. Surely we can make the best of it. Sledding, ⛄️, hot chocolate, baking cookies. Something (not nothing).

That sounds like a cozy and amazing day. I’m scheduled to work in the ER and so is my husband, on Monday. I’m 7-7 and he is 12-12. So, we won’t be doing any of that, we will be begging friends and neighbors to take our kids.

Oh and I forgot, risking our lives driving to and from work too.

If only you’d know that would be the expectation when you chose your professions.

Oh wait…

Of course we did. Im not blaming the snow. I’m pointing out why it’s tone deaf to gloat about national weather emergencies giving you a couple days off work and school. Weather emergencies that cause crises for others and , in fact, kill others. But you’re all like, “I can’t wait to not work for a few more days after not working for 2 weeks this is amazing and you are a total buzzkill if you don’t agree!!!!” Like have some self awareness. Would it be appropriate to crow happily about days off work for hurricanes as your neighbors house floods? Or about getting to stay home for weeks and make sourdough and not work as people were dying from covid? This is the same thing, on a smaller scale. I’m fine with driving into work on Monday. We will make it work. But you are tone deaf to brag about how amazing a snowstorm will be for you, in your WFH bubble in your house with heat and your very non essential job

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Empty nester here who’s obsessively monitoring the weather…and this thread!

I’m pulling for a Snow Week!

Let’s get cozy! Charge those devices! Gas up your cars! Do laundry!

My husband and I both work in health care and our kids just had 2 weeks off school. I truly don’t know what we will do if we get a week of snow days. You sound like the sort of person who is wistful about Covid lockdowns and how cozy it was

Best comment today!

I was working all during Covid in healthcare support thank you very much.

Must have been really difficult for you as an empty nester. (Or, maybe some high school aged kids still home). I had infant twins and a 4 year old when lockdown started and was (still am) working as a nurse. Nothing about lockdown was pleasant. Nothing about a week off of school right after a 2 week break will be pleasant. (These kids are now in K and 4th so they still need child care). And boomers wonder why younger working parents are stressed out.

Hi! DP here. This Pity Seeking Olympics thing you’re doing here? Not a good look.

You’re welcome.

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Anonymous wrote:If the are still closed on Thursday I will email the governor

And the governor’s intern will laugh and laugh.

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Anonymous wrote:If there are no snow days, teachers work 13 additional days with no extra pay. For those who don’t teach, you can at least attempt to empathize. Don’t blame teachers, blame governments that can’t figure out how to make an instructional calendar. We all know your local school board will never shorten the year if we use zero snow days.

That’s not true. We are contracted for 195 days. We have 195 days on our work calendar. The district builds in extra instructional hours, but no extra days.