Snow day

[Anonymous]

The whining is relentless. Everyone has options. You can keep your kids home. They probably won’t miss much in their one-hour long classes today. They can go, which is probably good for them to get out of the house. You have free will here. This one day isn’t going to make or break anyone. Teachers will show up and do SOMETHING. Reid couldn’t win with this decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bus drivers are in a terrible position. So many routes are ICE. Not snow-ICE. The fedex truck got stuck on my street this afternoon in Burke on the ice. It’s going to be a mess. I can’t even think of the walkers who have to walk on a busy road to get to school. It’s so dangerous. Completely unsafe. I’m horrified FCPS made this decision. Any parent or decision maker who isn’t worried about the kids is not thinking clearly. The risk is way too high here.

Then stay home. Your horror solved.

I can’t. I’m a teacher who will babysit your kids tomorrow. And my teenager will now miss new content and be behind if I don’t send them. Think much? Jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bus drivers are in a terrible position. So many routes are ICE. Not snow-ICE. The fedex truck got stuck on my street this afternoon in Burke on the ice. It’s going to be a mess. I can’t even think of the walkers who have to walk on a busy road to get to school. It’s so dangerous. Completely unsafe. I’m horrified FCPS made this decision. Any parent or decision maker who isn’t worried about the kids is not thinking clearly. The risk is way too high here.

Then stay home. Your horror solved.

I can’t. I’m a teacher who will babysit your kids tomorrow. And my teenager will now miss new content and be behind if I don’t send them. Think much? Jerk.

I’m a teacher mom as well and I think you and I can both agree that the amount of truly new content that your kid would miss today in a one hour class, the only one this week after 3 weeks of a break, is negligible. If you really feel he can’t safely get himself to school at like 10:30 am, you and I both know he is really not going to miss much today and whatever is covered today will certainly be gone over again next week due to time constraints/absences caused by todays schedule. In other words, this is not that serious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bus drivers are in a terrible position. So many routes are ICE. Not snow-ICE. The fedex truck got stuck on my street this afternoon in Burke on the ice. It’s going to be a mess. I can’t even think of the walkers who have to walk on a busy road to get to school. It’s so dangerous. Completely unsafe. I’m horrified FCPS made this decision. Any parent or decision maker who isn’t worried about the kids is not thinking clearly. The risk is way too high here.

Then stay home. Your horror solved.

I can’t. I’m a teacher who will babysit your kids tomorrow. And my teenager will now miss new content and be behind if I don’t send them. Think much? Jerk.

I’m a teacher mom as well and I think you and I can both agree that the amount of truly new content that your kid would miss today in a one hour class, the only one this week after 3 weeks of a break, is negligible. If you really feel he can’t safely get himself to school at like 10:30 am, you and I both know he is really not going to miss much today and whatever is covered today will certainly be gone over again next week due to time constraints/absences caused by todays schedule. In other words, this is not that serious.

Not accurate. I already received messages on talking points that teen will be learning new materials and starting new lessons in his class. Not right. And it is serious to send students to school on icy roads in buses or walking on icy sidewalks.

[Anonymous]

Ohhh you’re right, wow. This is a crisis. Who do you think will play you in the movie about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ohhh you’re right, wow. This is a crisis. Who do you think will play you in the movie about?

Your mockery and sarcasm are immature and show your ignorance and lack of perspective.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a school board meeting tonight. I think they rushed the decision to get ahead of it, and so part of me still thinks Reid might reconsider.

A 2 hour delay also moves the decision time from 4am to 6am or something like that. I'm fully expecting a text around 5:45 am saying based in the conditions on the ground in the morning, they have to close schools. They made a good show of trying their best by relocating bus stops from the iciest roads as a CYA move for those who say they aren't trying hard enough but I don't know if it will be enough.

This. I still stand by my prediction - in all caps - NO SCHOOL THIS ENTIRE WEEK!
Setting alarm for 5:45!

Did your alarm go off since the text alert buzz did not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nah. Not in bed. I have to take off of work entirely in order to manage the two hour delay and all the drop offs. My kids are walkers and it’s not safe. My sophomore has 4 AP classes and I have no doubt they will PILE on the work. They were already supposed to have a midnight assignment for Friday (also the Friday night through Sunday night assignments are gross and need to stop).

Your high schooler (who takes 4 AP classes) cannot manage to navigate to school by himself because of some icy sidewalks? Have you bubble-wrapped them all like this? It's embarrassing how some of you treat your kids...

[Anonymous]

Getting the popcorn ready for this morning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ohhh you’re right, wow. This is a crisis. Who do you think will play you in the movie about?

Your mockery and sarcasm are immature and show your ignorance and lack of perspective.

Oh please. My kids are going to get to school just fine, as will I, as will you, as will yours. We might learn something there, we might not. Whoever is absent will, like always, be our problem to catch up later. You’re being incredibly dramatic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bus drivers are in a terrible position. So many routes are ICE. Not snow-ICE. The fedex truck got stuck on my street this afternoon in Burke on the ice. It’s going to be a mess. I can’t even think of the walkers who have to walk on a busy road to get to school. It’s so dangerous. Completely unsafe. I’m horrified FCPS made this decision. Any parent or decision maker who isn’t worried about the kids is not thinking clearly. The risk is way too high here.

Then stay home. Your horror solved.

I can’t. I’m a teacher who will babysit your kids tomorrow. And my teenager will now miss new content and be behind if I don’t send them. Think much? Jerk.

You will not babysit them, you will do your job, which you accepted voluntarily and for which you are paid. If your teenager(!) can't deal with some ice or catch up on a mere 5 hours of work, then you have a much more serious problem on your hands. Stop catastrophizing everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bus drivers are in a terrible position. So many routes are ICE. Not snow-ICE. The fedex truck got stuck on my street this afternoon in Burke on the ice. It’s going to be a mess. I can’t even think of the walkers who have to walk on a busy road to get to school. It’s so dangerous. Completely unsafe. I’m horrified FCPS made this decision. Any parent or decision maker who isn’t worried about the kids is not thinking clearly. The risk is way too high here.

Then stay home. Your horror solved.

I can’t. I’m a teacher who will babysit your kids tomorrow. And my teenager will now miss new content and be behind if I don’t send them. Think much? Jerk.

You complain teachers aren’t respected, then you call yourself a babysitter. Ironic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids will be at mS and HS tomorrow, ready to learn!!!

That won’t be happening. At best, with so many students out, it’ll be review. I guess if your kids are behind, it’ll be good for them. Insert multiple exclamation points here.

+1, my HS kid is going so she can touch base with teachers for the even day. She also wants to go back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bus drivers are in a terrible position. So many routes are ICE. Not snow-ICE. The fedex truck got stuck on my street this afternoon in Burke on the ice. It’s going to be a mess. I can’t even think of the walkers who have to walk on a busy road to get to school. It’s so dangerous. Completely unsafe. I’m horrified FCPS made this decision. Any parent or decision maker who isn’t worried about the kids is not thinking clearly. The risk is way too high here.

Then stay home. Your horror solved.

I can’t. I’m a teacher who will babysit your kids tomorrow. And my teenager will now miss new content and be behind if I don’t send them. Think much? Jerk.

You complain teachers aren’t respected, then you call yourself a babysitter. Ironic.

I doubt it's really a teacher. It's the same posting style as somebody else who has been relentlessly ranting, raving, and whining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bus drivers are in a terrible position. So many routes are ICE. Not snow-ICE. The fedex truck got stuck on my street this afternoon in Burke on the ice. It’s going to be a mess. I can’t even think of the walkers who have to walk on a busy road to get to school. It’s so dangerous. Completely unsafe. I’m horrified FCPS made this decision. Any parent or decision maker who isn’t worried about the kids is not thinking clearly. The risk is way too high here.

Then stay home. Your horror solved.

I can’t. I’m a teacher who will babysit your kids tomorrow. And my teenager will now miss new content and be behind if I don’t send them. Think much? Jerk.

So it is the teachers who are upset that they have to work!!!!! No surprise.