Will DCPS be closed on Tuesday?

[Anonymous]

Have you tried walking around outside at all today? Good luck. Very slow.

[Anonymous]

It is going to be bitter cool and many routes buses are cancelled.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We live across the street from a DCPS elementary reasonably close to center city. As of this morning, none of the roads around us are plowed. Closest plowed street is three blocks from the school. There is a bus line that runs past the school, it is obviously not running. School is not accessible via metro (closest stop about a mile away).

I'll watch throughout the day, but given the temps, I'd be a little surprised if schools were open tomorrow.

FYI, a mile walk is metro accessible. But given that people in suburbs or even off arterials in DC won’t be able to drive, I think schools will be closed tomorrow.

A mile walk on unplowed sidewalks by elemenrary school students should not be considered accessible

PP here and this. I considered our home reasonably metro accessible and do take metro regularly. But I could not take metro today because I could not safely walk to the metro.

I also only consider the school metro accessible for kids when buses are running. Walking a mile with a child under age 8 is not really realistic. I guess PK kids could ride in a stroller. But a K or 1st grader? As a daily school commute? Without the bus connect, no.

[Anonymous]

Schools can’t wait till it’s above freezing to open. Nothing will be changing for the next week. Doubtful schools will stay closed for next week?

[Anonymous]

An extra day or two gives folks more time to shovel and the city more time to keep plowing and salting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schools can’t wait till it’s above freezing to open. Nothing will be changing for the next week. Doubtful schools will stay closed for next week?

NBC4 weather guy said he didn’t think any district in the dc area would be able to open this week.

[Anonymous]

Tuesday, yes, but I feel like if they wanted to Wednesday is doable.

[Anonymous]

We had a less messy snowstorm in early January 2025 and we were closed for two days. Neighborhood roads and sidewalks are sheets of ice. We'll be closed tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Another snow storm expected Saturday, expect quite a bit of closures/delays

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another snow storm expected Saturday, expect quite a bit of closures/delays

It's low probability for now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tuesday, yes, but I feel like if they wanted to Wednesday is doable.

I agree, but it depends how well they plow today and tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live across the street from a DCPS elementary reasonably close to center city. As of this morning, none of the roads around us are plowed. Closest plowed street is three blocks from the school. There is a bus line that runs past the school, it is obviously not running. School is not accessible via metro (closest stop about a mile away).

I'll watch throughout the day, but given the temps, I'd be a little surprised if schools were open tomorrow.

FYI, a mile walk is metro accessible. But given that people in suburbs or even off arterials in DC won’t be able to drive, I think schools will be closed tomorrow.

A mile walk on unplowed sidewalks by elemenrary school students should not be considered accessible

PP here and this. I considered our home reasonably metro accessible and do take metro regularly. But I could not take metro today because I could not safely walk to the metro.

I also only consider the school metro accessible for kids when buses are running. Walking a mile with a child under age 8 is not really realistic. I guess PK kids could ride in a stroller. But a K or 1st grader? As a daily school commute? Without the bus connect, no.

You can’t walk over a snow drift?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live across the street from a DCPS elementary reasonably close to center city. As of this morning, none of the roads around us are plowed. Closest plowed street is three blocks from the school. There is a bus line that runs past the school, it is obviously not running. School is not accessible via metro (closest stop about a mile away).

I'll watch throughout the day, but given the temps, I'd be a little surprised if schools were open tomorrow.

FYI, a mile walk is metro accessible. But given that people in suburbs or even off arterials in DC won’t be able to drive, I think schools will be closed tomorrow.

A mile walk on unplowed sidewalks by elemenrary school students should not be considered accessible

PP here and this. I considered our home reasonably metro accessible and do take metro regularly. But I could not take metro today because I could not safely walk to the metro.

I also only consider the school metro accessible for kids when buses are running. Walking a mile with a child under age 8 is not really realistic. I guess PK kids could ride in a stroller. But a K or 1st grader? As a daily school commute? Without the bus connect, no.

My kid walked a mile by 4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live across the street from a DCPS elementary reasonably close to center city. As of this morning, none of the roads around us are plowed. Closest plowed street is three blocks from the school. There is a bus line that runs past the school, it is obviously not running. School is not accessible via metro (closest stop about a mile away).

I'll watch throughout the day, but given the temps, I'd be a little surprised if schools were open tomorrow.

FYI, a mile walk is metro accessible. But given that people in suburbs or even off arterials in DC won’t be able to drive, I think schools will be closed tomorrow.

A mile walk on unplowed sidewalks by elemenrary school students should not be considered accessible

PP here and this. I considered our home reasonably metro accessible and do take metro regularly. But I could not take metro today because I could not safely walk to the metro.

I also only consider the school metro accessible for kids when buses are running. Walking a mile with a child under age 8 is not really realistic. I guess PK kids could ride in a stroller. But a K or 1st grader? As a daily school commute? Without the bus connect, no.

You can’t walk over a snow drift?

Yes, but not a sheet of ice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools can’t wait till it’s above freezing to open. Nothing will be changing for the next week. Doubtful schools will stay closed for next week?

NBC4 weather guy said he didn’t think any district in the dc area would be able to open this week.

Oh ffs. But I guess post-Covid this is the new reality about how much people care about schools. meanwhile my kid is walking to school today to meet friends to sled.