2 Hour Delay Monday February 9th?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in New England. My street had no sidewalks. It snowed alot. We went to school

Who cares about New England?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in New England. My street had no sidewalks. It snowed alot. We went to school

When was that? The 1980s? Parents in this area at this time are rabidly litigious, so if a kid gets badly hurt… well, FCPS would want to avoid that scenario.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in New England. My street had no sidewalks. It snowed alot. We went to school

Who cares about New England?

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why? It's going to be fine.

Yeah, that’s my dad would say, too, when catastrophe was on the horizon, so, I’m sorry, but those words are not reassuring.

[Anonymous]

My kids still cannot walk to school due to the uncleared sidewalks and massive ice piles at intersections. But that isnt going to change any time soon. I have to drive them because we are too close for bus service. But walking is hazardous. Its so frustrating.

I wouldn't mind a 2 hour delay after the super bowl personally.

[Anonymous]

Oh my god, they'd better be on time.

[Anonymous]

This is such a ridiculous post. They said they will be on time on Monday. End of discussion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such a ridiculous post. They said they will be on time on Monday. End of discussion

They said that they plan to open on time and will give an update on Sunday afternoon, so not quite end of discussion.

[Anonymous]

I’ll be shocked if they open on time in single digit temperatures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i haven’t been able to work for 2 weeks. when my kids can’t go to school until 11:15 it makes it really hard. kids need to be back for full days. fcps has had 2 weeks to clear whatever needs to be cleared. or if parents don’t like bus stops they can clear them. i shoveled our entire street because vdot never came

What is your childcare plan and why isn’t it in place? Oh I see. FCPS is your childcare.

i don’t have a childcare plan for 2 weeks. i have no family close by. my husband leaves extremely early for work. we aren’t part of SACC. what do you expect me to do? i work part time. from 9:30-3:30 while my kids are in school. on days where they are scheduled off i take off. but days where they don’t go in until 11:20 i can’t show up at work at 12. it doesn’t work. and fcps wasn’t even telling families until 4pm daily earlier in the week. i am sure a lot of families are struggling with the late starts. maybe not middle school who goes early or high school who can get themselves to school. but for elementary it’s hard. not to mention kids are behind in learning, teachers say there isn’t time to get it all done, kids are missing weeks of specials. it’s winter. we live in an area where we get snow. it’s been 2 weeks since we had snow. it’s time to go back to a normal schedule

get your husband's mistress to take them. he probably leaves early every day to go see her; or maybe, him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in New England. My street had no sidewalks. It snowed alot. We went to school

Who cares about New England?

The kids are heartier there. It's not relevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i haven’t been able to work for 2 weeks. when my kids can’t go to school until 11:15 it makes it really hard. kids need to be back for full days. fcps has had 2 weeks to clear whatever needs to be cleared. or if parents don’t like bus stops they can clear them. i shoveled our entire street because vdot never came

What is your childcare plan and why isn’t it in place? Oh I see. FCPS is your childcare.

i don’t have a childcare plan for 2 weeks. i have no family close by. my husband leaves extremely early for work. we aren’t part of SACC. what do you expect me to do? i work part time. from 9:30-3:30 while my kids are in school. on days where they are scheduled off i take off. but days where they don’t go in until 11:20 i can’t show up at work at 12. it doesn’t work. and fcps wasn’t even telling families until 4pm daily earlier in the week. i am sure a lot of families are struggling with the late starts. maybe not middle school who goes early or high school who can get themselves to school. but for elementary it’s hard. not to mention kids are behind in learning, teachers say there isn’t time to get it all done, kids are missing weeks of specials. it’s winter. we live in an area where we get snow. it’s been 2 weeks since we had snow. it’s time to go back to a normal schedule

get your husband's mistress to take them. he probably leaves early every day to go see her; or maybe, him?

There are really two meanings of “using the schools as your childcare.” The first is when someone has no involvement in their kids’ education, doesn’t enforce homework, doesn’t read to their kids, and sends their kids exclusively to get them out of the house. I agree that this version of using the schools as childcare is bad. The second version is to shame two-career families that are invested in their kids’ education, but need the money or want the professional opportunities and plan their work around a reliable school schedule. It’s very hard to keep a babysitter on retainer for winter weather events, and there’s no way there are enough babysitters in the city to watch all of the kids whose parents need to go to work on snow days. There’s a strong undertone of “women shouldn’t work outside the home” to the second version…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in New England. My street had no sidewalks. It snowed alot. We went to school

Who cares about New England?

GO PATS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i haven’t been able to work for 2 weeks. when my kids can’t go to school until 11:15 it makes it really hard. kids need to be back for full days. fcps has had 2 weeks to clear whatever needs to be cleared. or if parents don’t like bus stops they can clear them. i shoveled our entire street because vdot never came

What is your childcare plan and why isn’t it in place? Oh I see. FCPS is your childcare.

i don’t have a childcare plan for 2 weeks. i have no family close by. my husband leaves extremely early for work. we aren’t part of SACC. what do you expect me to do? i work part time. from 9:30-3:30 while my kids are in school. on days where they are scheduled off i take off. but days where they don’t go in until 11:20 i can’t show up at work at 12. it doesn’t work. and fcps wasn’t even telling families until 4pm daily earlier in the week. i am sure a lot of families are struggling with the late starts. maybe not middle school who goes early or high school who can get themselves to school. but for elementary it’s hard. not to mention kids are behind in learning, teachers say there isn’t time to get it all done, kids are missing weeks of specials. it’s winter. we live in an area where we get snow. it’s been 2 weeks since we had snow. it’s time to go back to a normal schedule

get your husband's mistress to take them. he probably leaves early every day to go see her; or maybe, him?

There are really two meanings of “using the schools as your childcare.” The first is when someone has no involvement in their kids’ education, doesn’t enforce homework, doesn’t read to their kids, and sends their kids exclusively to get them out of the house. I agree that this version of using the schools as childcare is bad. The second version is to shame two-career families that are invested in their kids’ education, but need the money or want the professional opportunities and plan their work around a reliable school schedule. It’s very hard to keep a babysitter on retainer for winter weather events, and there’s no way there are enough babysitters in the city to watch all of the kids whose parents need to go to work on snow days. There’s a strong undertone of “women shouldn’t work outside the home” to the second version…

What an odd take. Your first meaning basically shames a single income parent for expecting schools to educate them. Maybe they don’t have the money to pay for endless enriching extracurriculars and
Tutors.

[Anonymous]

2 hour delay after the superbowl just makes too much sense.

As for the weather, I’ve been up and out for work by 8 for over a week and don’t care either way about that. My HS kids love the late starts and it’s made the house so much more pleasant.