APS VA Snow Day Projection

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was an epic weather event. Show some grace.

We have (or some of us), all week. But my kid played 3 sports games this weekend in APS buildings, so it was okay enough for that, and there's no magical reason to believe the outdoor conditions are going to change for the next several days. This has been an entirely foreseeable situation (as far as melting conditions, or lack thereof) that they've made little attempt to address, and now we're a week+ into it.

Did they walk there? I don’t think so.

No way they walked there. They also didn’t need to take the bus. And I’m positive if the parents said getting there was unsafe, the coach wouldn’t hold it against the athlete.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was an epic weather event. Show some grace.

I feel this. But also I’d feel more grace if it wasn’t so illogical and the communication was more honest and timely.

I’d be fine with we didn’t have the staff to work on this over the weekend and tomorrow we’re going back to work. We know conditions won’t be much different Tuesday so take tomorrow to figure out a plan.

Or say they’re going to send out some altered bus stops.

Anything from planet earth.

Nothing “illogical” about it.



Some people will aggressively complain about anything. It’s like a compulsion.

As the PP said, show some grace, FFS.

It’s not logical anything major will be different Tuesday morning. I believe they could clear a couple bus stops maybe? Walkers are screwed for weeks.

They can clear out more parking lots for staff to park. They can work to clear out more of the major bus routes. The county probably used the heavy equipment for main roads first.

They need teachers in the building (place to park) and buses to run to open. More time = more roads & parking lots cleared.

You think they are going to pull all this off tomorrow when they’ve had multiple days to do it and haven’t. Why?

[Anonymous]

2 options:

They have the capability to fix a bunch of these issues and inexplicably have not been doing all that work and will somehow get it done tomorrow. (Things have been pretty steady state since about Thursday/Friday in my neck of the woods at least. Not any significant improvement.)

OR

Things won’t look much different Tuesday.

I guess we will see.

I’m fine with it since they committed to Tuesday open.

[Anonymous]

I’d love my trash to get picked up, too, but that’s the nature of this storm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 options:

They have the capability to fix a bunch of these issues and inexplicably have not been doing all that work and will somehow get it done tomorrow. (Things have been pretty steady state since about Thursday/Friday in my neck of the woods at least. Not any significant improvement.)

OR

Things won’t look much different Tuesday.

I guess we will see.

I’m fine with it since they committed to Tuesday open.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they change their mind about the Tuesday opening. It wouldn’t be the first time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d love my trash to get picked up, too, but that’s the nature of this storm.

Good news. Unlike schools, trash pickup back to regular schedule this week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 options:

They have the capability to fix a bunch of these issues and inexplicably have not been doing all that work and will somehow get it done tomorrow. (Things have been pretty steady state since about Thursday/Friday in my neck of the woods at least. Not any significant improvement.)

OR

Things won’t look much different Tuesday.

I guess we will see.

I’m fine with it since they committed to Tuesday open.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they change their mind about the Tuesday opening. It wouldn’t be the first time.

Agree. I’d be more surprised if they don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d love my trash to get picked up, too, but that’s the nature of this storm.

Good news. Unlike schools, trash pickup back to regular schedule this week.

So… that’ll be two full weeks for me. My pickups are on Fridays. APS made the right call.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was an epic weather event. Show some grace.

We have (or some of us), all week. But my kid played 3 sports games this weekend in APS buildings, so it was okay enough for that, and there's no magical reason to believe the outdoor conditions are going to change for the next several days. This has been an entirely foreseeable situation (as far as melting conditions, or lack thereof) that they've made little attempt to address, and now we're a week+ into it.

Did they walk there? I don’t think so.

They didn't, but everyone was able to field full teams with subs (minus the people who were traveling out of town because of the planned long weekend). So seems safe to assume people can find a way to get kids to school, even under less-than-optimal conditions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was an epic weather event. Show some grace.

We have (or some of us), all week. But my kid played 3 sports games this weekend in APS buildings, so it was okay enough for that, and there's no magical reason to believe the outdoor conditions are going to change for the next several days. This has been an entirely foreseeable situation (as far as melting conditions, or lack thereof) that they've made little attempt to address, and now we're a week+ into it.

what do you want them to do? I like near 4 APS schools. There isn't enough parking lot parking for teachers and they normally park on the street. There is NO street parking at all! Where are the teachers supposed to park?

What is your suggestion? Waiting for it to melt so that the teachers can park?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d love my trash to get picked up, too, but that’s the nature of this storm.

Trash pickup started on Thursday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was an epic weather event. Show some grace.

I feel this. But also I’d feel more grace if it wasn’t so illogical and the communication was more honest and timely.

I’d be fine with we didn’t have the staff to work on this over the weekend and tomorrow we’re going back to work. We know conditions won’t be much different Tuesday so take tomorrow to figure out a plan.

Or say they’re going to send out some altered bus stops.

Anything from planet earth.

Nothing “illogical” about it.



Some people will aggressively complain about anything. It’s like a compulsion.

As the PP said, show some grace, FFS.

I don’t know. I think complaining about a school district not being able to open a full week after a snow storm is pretty fair. I’m shocked some of you are so whatever about it. Very low expectations.

I wish they were opening, but I’ve spent quite a bit of time shoveling in the last week. This stuff is very hard to move. I’ve also been out and about this weekend and know that the roads cannot safely accommodate buses and kids walking in the streets during rush hour.

[Anonymous]

Screw the schools, pick up the damn trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Practical question. They were allowing sports practices and after school activities last week. Will they tomorrow too?

yes buildings are open for staff

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was an epic weather event. Show some grace.

We have (or some of us), all week. But my kid played 3 sports games this weekend in APS buildings, so it was okay enough for that, and there's no magical reason to believe the outdoor conditions are going to change for the next several days. This has been an entirely foreseeable situation (as far as melting conditions, or lack thereof) that they've made little attempt to address, and now we're a week+ into it.

They did foresee it. We have 13 snow days in the calendar.