According to WTOP: DCPS schools are late or optional

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Anonymous wrote:FFS, do you people living in your bubble realize that for many, many kids in dcps, school breakfast and lunch are the only two solid meals they get? And how many parents who do not get paid when they don't come into work, but can't afford to miss work, have kids in dcps? Perhaps you don't, but obviously the mayor does. Plenty of streets are fine, especially for walking within the neighborhood. It's ridiculous to continue to put added stress on families and kids when conditions are safe for many to come to school. Yes, some streets are not in good shape, and for those of you who feel that way, keep your kids home and be grateful that you're fortunate enough to have that choice.

I am so tired of hearing the "they need to eat" excuse. I am a teacher at a title 1 school. Over half the free breakfast AND lunch goes into the trash because the students don't like it. Schools were opened earlier this week for meals and very few showed.

I'm a high school teacher at a Title I and a former elementary teacher at a Title I.

The high school kids don't eat the lunch. They just sit at their tables and socialize. Some go straight to the gym. I'd say about 20% get the lunch and of that 20% the majority nibble on one thing (like the pizza) and throw the rest in the trash.

The elementary school kids accepted the lunch because we were told we had to at least place it in front of them. They would play with the food or follow the "at least one bite" rule. The rest went into the trash. I've tasted the lunch. It's bland as hell. I get that it's healthy, but it tastes worse than a low budget tv dinner.

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I'm told the front of my kids school, which is already a traffic nightmare, is only operating on one lane.

We will stay home and continue doing math exercises.

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Anonymous wrote:FFS, do you people living in your bubble realize that for many, many kids in dcps, school breakfast and lunch are the only two solid meals they get? And how many parents who do not get paid when they don't come into work, but can't afford to miss work, have kids in dcps? Perhaps you don't, but obviously the mayor does. Plenty of streets are fine, especially for walking within the neighborhood. It's ridiculous to continue to put added stress on families and kids when conditions are safe for many to come to school. Yes, some streets are not in good shape, and for those of you who feel that way, keep your kids home and be grateful that you're fortunate enough to have that choice.

+1. People will bitch about anything. If it's unsafe or you hate the idea of no instruction, there's that key word OPTIONAL.

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Anonymous wrote:FFS, do you people living in your bubble realize that for many, many kids in dcps, school breakfast and lunch are the only two solid meals they get? And how many parents who do not get paid when they don't come into work, but can't afford to miss work, have kids in dcps? Perhaps you don't, but obviously the mayor does. Plenty of streets are fine, especially for walking within the neighborhood. It's ridiculous to continue to put added stress on families and kids when conditions are safe for many to come to school. Yes, some streets are not in good shape, and for those of you who feel that way, keep your kids home and be grateful that you're fortunate enough to have that choice.

+1. People will bitch about anything. If it's unsafe or you hate the idea of no instruction, there's that key word OPTIONAL.

But public schooling by law is MANDATORY.

If conditions make it optional, the school by law and commonsense should be closed.

It's either mandatory for all or closed for all.

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Anonymous wrote:Dear teachers, You are a babysitter. Signed, DCPS.

Oh, come on. They are trying to walk the line between two vastly different groups of families - those who can easily walk to school and are eager to get back to work, and those who legitimately can't make it due to the lack of plowing or bus access. They think most kids can make it, but aren't going to punish those who can't. Teachers got one more day off than all other DC government employees.

THIS! You selfish bunch of ninnies. Imagine if you cleaned hotel rooms for a living and would lose your job over these damn snow days.

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It's actually not so optional. Say you have a kid who receives special education services? You'd better make sure they're there every day school is open otherwise when you complain that they're not making progress, the school uses every day you're out against you. Miss the bus/can't wait for it to be 2 hours late? After a few of those (not many, less than a week accumulated), they cut you off from transportation. It matters. (and yes, I know this sounds totally crazy, but the schools do crazy things to avoid providing adequate services)

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Great. So we'll see a bunch of thugs and hoodlums roaming around tomorrow, knowing that no one cares if they're really in school.

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Anonymous wrote:Great. So we'll see a bunch of thugs and hoodlums roaming around tomorrow, knowing that no one cares if they're really in school.

In this snow? Probably not.

Chances are great you haven't seen them roaming since Friday.

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Anonymous wrote:FFS, do you people living in your bubble realize that for many, many kids in dcps, school breakfast and lunch are the only two solid meals they get? And how many parents who do not get paid when they don't come into work, but can't afford to miss work, have kids in dcps? Perhaps you don't, but obviously the mayor does. Plenty of streets are fine, especially for walking within the neighborhood. It's ridiculous to continue to put added stress on families and kids when conditions are safe for many to come to school. Yes, some streets are not in good shape, and for those of you who feel that way, keep your kids home and be grateful that you're fortunate enough to have that choice.

I've seen the children in these "underfed" "food desert" neighborhoods. How come they're fat? If you're 13 and your BMI is 31, you can live without a free waffle from DCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:Great. So we'll see a bunch of thugs and hoodlums roaming around tomorrow, knowing that no one cares if they're really in school.

Besides being black, what makes them "thugs and hoodlums"?

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Anonymous wrote:FFS, do you people living in your bubble realize that for many, many kids in dcps, school breakfast and lunch are the only two solid meals they get? And how many parents who do not get paid when they don't come into work, but can't afford to miss work, have kids in dcps? Perhaps you don't, but obviously the mayor does. Plenty of streets are fine, especially for walking within the neighborhood. It's ridiculous to continue to put added stress on families and kids when conditions are safe for many to come to school. Yes, some streets are not in good shape, and for those of you who feel that way, keep your kids home and be grateful that you're fortunate enough to have that choice.

I've seen the children in these "underfed" "food desert" neighborhoods. How come they're fat? If you're 13 and your BMI is 31, you can live without a free waffle from DCPS.

They're all fat, huh?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear teachers, You are a babysitter. Signed, DCPS.

Oh, come on. They are trying to walk the line between two vastly different groups of families - those who can easily walk to school and are eager to get back to work, and those who legitimately can't make it due to the lack of plowing or bus access. They think most kids can make it, but aren't going to punish those who can't. Teachers got one more day off than all other DC government employees.

THIS! You selfish bunch of ninnies. Imagine if you cleaned hotel rooms for a living and would lose your job over these damn snow days.

So teachers become babysitters? Clearly no instruction is expected to occur. DPR should have some special snow day camps/ drop offs. I think it's a slap in teachers face to minimize them to just babysitting.

The streets around our school are clear, and the major bus line that many people take is running. I anticipate that most people will be there tomorrow

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear teachers, You are a babysitter. Signed, DCPS.

Oh, come on. They are trying to walk the line between two vastly different groups of families - those who can easily walk to school and are eager to get back to work, and those who legitimately can't make it due to the lack of plowing or bus access. They think most kids can make it, but aren't going to punish those who can't. Teachers got one more day off than all other DC government employees.

This is so, so unfair to teachers. They'll be docked a day if they don't come in for minimal attendance. Either open all the way or close.

How do you know what attendance is going to be like? DCUM is seething with angry, affluent parents who want their kids back in school so they can get to work. Parents who are wage workers want their kids to be back in school. School is open; teachers need to figure out how to get in.

Teachers are the least of my concern too.

The real issue is that the city is under a snow emergency and all kids can't get to school through no fault of their own. It's not fair to them.

DCPS KNOWS the roads arent safe and ready so why bother?

Because many of the roads are safe, and because students can either walk or take public transportation. Which is the whole point of living in a city.

Many?????

ALL of the roads should be safe before schools are opened.

Public transportation should be FULLY functioning.

And the snow emergency should be lifted.

DC's gonna be more embarrassed tomorrow than they were last Wednesday. The liability they're taking upon themselves is ridiculous.

Oh, please. It is going to be days more before ALL the sidewalks and roads are perfectly clear. At some point you just have to pull the trigger. A snow emergency merely means that you can't park on major arteries, which makes sense because those streets are either not completely at full width or people will be sticking to the big roads versus taking their special cutoffs and using Waze to shave off a few minutes. Giving families who don't want to send their kids the option to keep them home minimizes their liability, not increases it.

And... the gun analogy with respect to school children is where you went off the rails.

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Anonymous wrote:Great. So we'll see a bunch of thugs and hoodlums roaming around tomorrow, knowing that no one cares if they're really in school.

Besides being black, what makes them "thugs and hoodlums"?

PP didn't mention color. Have you missed the groups of teens running amok in DC lately? That's what makes them thugs and hoodlums.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great. So we'll see a bunch of thugs and hoodlums roaming around tomorrow, knowing that no one cares if they're really in school.

Besides being black, what makes them "thugs and hoodlums"?

PP didn't mention color. Have you missed the groups of teens running amok in DC lately? That's what makes them thugs and hoodlums.

Oh spare me! You know what the fuck PP meant. I'm sure a group of loud, rowdy, white teens wouldn't be referred to as such.