Snow day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spouse texted. 6 students in first period, 15 absent.

What class in MS or Hs only has 21 kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spouse texted. 6 students in first period, 15 absent.

Is this HS? Is it AP class?

MS, not an AP class

Not fake news, but the school has attendance issues even in a good day.

[Anonymous]

I’d love to hear from various HS parents how many kids were out in different periods.

[Anonymous]

A few buses were no shows for MS. The kiss and ride line was a mile long at 9:35 am….for a 9:30 start. Stupid call to open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know, reading the 211 pages of this, I think of my own childhood. No social media. We got up, watched the tv screen like the nba draft board for our school to pop up. Or listen for 20 minutes to the radio to hear our district announced.

Sometimes they would open and my mom would say, wow, I can’t believe you’re going. Well, go get ready. Sometimes they would close and mom would say, “there’s nothing there! They just want a snow day!”

Either way, we moved on. I went or stayed home depending on the district’s decision. 10 minutes later, it was over, and just became a distant memory.

However, if mom knew there were so many crazy parents out there, I’m not sure I would have ever been allowed back in a school building.

Question- did social media create these crazy behaviors or were they always there with no where to let it all out? Or is this a post-covid consequence-nobody ever feels safe. Interested to hear how this went as a kid in your house!

I get it as I am old also and have the same memories. But, my mom, like nearly every other mother of my classmates, did not have a full time job until I was in middle/high school and didn't need supervision. Now I would guess that the vast majority of families have two working parents - this means that closures and delays do cause more logistical problems than they used to and the need to announce early is more critical for these families. Same goes for instructional time - we didn't take end of year tests in MCPS that the schools got evaluated on. So while I agree social media provides a forum for venting from either side, the times have changed in many ways.

I grew up in Reston and I attended Fairfax public schools from 1982 to 1992. My mom had a full-time job as did the moms of all of my friends. Again, your story is not representative of everybody else’s. Back then, our moms took PTO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few buses were no shows for MS. The kiss and ride line was a mile long at 9:35 am….for a 9:30 start. Stupid call to open.

Never going to please everyone so they should do what they want and tell the complainers to leave if they can't deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few buses were no shows for MS. The kiss and ride line was a mile long at 9:35 am….for a 9:30 start. Stupid call to open.

Oh, the hardship you must have endured. How did you manage through it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d love to hear from various HS parents how many kids were out in different periods.

How would anyone know until their kids get home? They have their cells put away for the day.

[Anonymous]

That entire mess was a shitshow. I think the middle school lineup was a mile long. People dumping their kids out of the car in the middle of the street before reaching the intersection before the school. Otherwise, no walkers, would've been impossible, the sidewalks were absolute garbage. I barely got back in time to take high school kid. I had to take the entire day off because of this absolute bullshit. Told my kids to message me [middle school one emails the high school one, who can gchat or text me] if they aren't actually doing stuff. Oh and the high school parking lot had an entire lot not full at school start time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That entire mess was a shitshow. I think the middle school lineup was a mile long. People dumping their kids out of the car in the middle of the street before reaching the intersection before the school. Otherwise, no walkers, would've been impossible, the sidewalks were absolute garbage. I barely got back in time to take high school kid. I had to take the entire day off because of this absolute bullshit. Told my kids to message me [middle school one emails the high school one, who can gchat or text me] if they aren't actually doing stuff. Oh and the high school parking lot had an entire lot not full at school start time.

Why don't you go knock on the doors of the people who didn't clean off their sidewalks? Sounds like you've got plenty of time since you took the whole day off work.

[Anonymous]

Our MS kiss and ride ran smoothly, per normal.
Plenty of walkers. Nothing unusual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That entire mess was a shitshow. I think the middle school lineup was a mile long. People dumping their kids out of the car in the middle of the street before reaching the intersection before the school. Otherwise, no walkers, would've been impossible, the sidewalks were absolute garbage. I barely got back in time to take high school kid. I had to take the entire day off because of this absolute bullshit. Told my kids to message me [middle school one emails the high school one, who can gchat or text me] if they aren't actually doing stuff. Oh and the high school parking lot had an entire lot not full at school start time.

Parenting's hard, amirite?

[Anonymous]

Check the comments and photos on FCPS Facebook this morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check the comments and photos on FCPS Facebook this morning.

Who still uses Facebook

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That entire mess was a shitshow. I think the middle school lineup was a mile long. People dumping their kids out of the car in the middle of the street before reaching the intersection before the school. Otherwise, no walkers, would've been impossible, the sidewalks were absolute garbage. I barely got back in time to take high school kid. I had to take the entire day off because of this absolute bullshit. Told my kids to message me [middle school one emails the high school one, who can gchat or text me] if they aren't actually doing stuff. Oh and the high school parking lot had an entire lot not full at school start time.

Why don't you go knock on the doors of the people who didn't clean off their sidewalks? Sounds like you've got plenty of time since you took the whole day off work.

The law does not require anyone to clear their sidewalk. One of the very many massive problems with snow removal in this county.