Snow day

[Anonymous]

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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.

Well, then maybe it's time to talk to the Board of Supervisors about that. Because having such a rule, like they have in Arlington and DC, would be quite helpful for these situations moving forward.

[Anonymous]

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

Who still uses Facebook

The olds

[Anonymous]

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

Who still uses Facebook

The olds

And whiny teachers and people with anxiety disorders

[Anonymous]

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

Why, to see a bunch of upset HS students and safety mommies? Who cares?

[Anonymous]

Kiss and ride at our ES was a zoo. Sidewalks weren’t clear surrounding the school so I’m assuming walkers had to be driven.

[Anonymous]

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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!

Social media amplifies the craziness, plus many of the really crazy would be safely contained in local institutions. But we closed those down and gave wackos an anonymous voice on the internet.

I get if you think kids should attend school today, although I disagree. But instead of articulating why it makes sense for the kids to go in, you imply that those who don’t think the roads are safe enough for reopening today should be institutionalized. Oy!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kiss and ride at our ES was a zoo. Sidewalks weren’t clear surrounding the school so I’m assuming walkers had to be driven.

Ours wasn’t bad at all, at least not any worse than the usual zoo. I’ve seen worse on a rainy day. We have a lot of parents who drive their kids to school instead of the bus, or drive their walkers when there’s a drop of rain.

[Anonymous]

Imagine all the high schoolers that will be forced to walk on a little bit of ice today. How can we shelter them from activities fraught with so much risk and danger?

[Anonymous]

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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.

i grew up in reston and went to fcps in the 90s and most of our moms worked, too. but we all just stayed home alone lol. what 80s/90s parents were taking PTO bc their kids had snow days? we were latchkey kids, nobody cared.

this would never happen today. times are different. it’s okay to acknowledge that.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Reid for again not thinking about working parents. The sidewalks were absolutely not safe for walkers and bus riders and parents had to drive. All for what? Less than 5 hours on a Friday?

[Anonymous]

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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.

It's not. There's an unhinged SAHM and another who is upset that their Friday workday has been upended because they have to parent their kids to school.

Always a lack of concern for safety,...today was a mess and for what a half day. You people all sound unhinged and yes like you are still mad that you had to parent this week-the horror.

How about adding me? Kiss and ride road is a sheet of ice. The sidewalk that the students have to use to walk to school hasn’t been cleared and kids will need to walk along a busy road to avoid the sidewalk.

Why haven't you gone out an shoveled it if you are so concerned? Nobody is stopping you.

Kids can walk on a little bit of snow, it's not lava.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

i grew up in reston and went to fcps in the 90s and most of our moms worked, too. but we all just stayed home alone lol. what 80s/90s parents were taking PTO bc their kids had snow days? we were latchkey kids, nobody cared.

this would never happen today. times are different. it’s okay to acknowledge that.

No most of the moms actually didn’t work in the 90s. Way more SAHM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks Reid for again not thinking about working parents. The sidewalks were absolutely not safe for walkers and bus riders and parents had to drive. All for what? Less than 5 hours on a Friday?

This. No one is learning-they are sitting worrying about lunch schedules...for what a bunch of stay at home moms crying and whining that they had to parent. This morning was a mess for a half day. End of story.

[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.

You took the whole day off for that? And here you are using that day off to rant? Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

i grew up in reston and went to fcps in the 90s and most of our moms worked, too. but we all just stayed home alone lol. what 80s/90s parents were taking PTO bc their kids had snow days? we were latchkey kids, nobody cared.

this would never happen today. times are different. it’s okay to acknowledge that.

No most of the moms actually didn’t work in the 90s. Way more SAHM.

i meant “our” as in the people i grew up with. and yes, most of our moms worked. two kids in my class had a SAHM, one was the room parent.