What do we think will happen on Monday?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We go to Cunningham park. There is ABSOLUTELY no way the walkers living near the cedar park shopping center can make their way on park to get to a school on Monday. I don’t think those sidewalks are even covered by residential.

Then they need to get a ride. The sidewalks aren't going to be cleared for weeks.

[Anonymous]

Can't Reid ask Spanburger to call in the Natl Guard to remove the piles of snow at intersections where kuds cross/bus stops, side streets, etc?

Clearly VDOT has tapped out and hadnt bern seen around since Wednesday and Reid's email passive aggressively asked us to do it, but that is a hard "no" from me.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any possible way to pivot to virtual or do kids just stay home with no education until we can all figure out how to get them back to school? I guess PWCS has hinted at virtual, not sure about other districts. What is different between them and us that they can stand up virtual and we can't? I know people don't like it, but it's better than nothing for days on end. My kids bring their laptops home to charge, but I know it's not consistent across schools. Seems like they could have had kids bring home devices just in case knowing that the storm was coming and likely to be pretty disruptive. The inability to do virtual may be what gets FCPS to open sooner than other districts that have apparently figured out how to implement it.

I mentioned virtual learning and people here labeled me “troll” and “teacher hater”. Their mindset is if it’s not a perfect solution for all, it’s not gonna be a solution for anyone. No way.

Seriously anyone claims “not ready” should be ashamed. This is not a pandemic, or war, or a meteor hitting the planet. How can you not be ready if this happens every year?

I am glad my youngest one is going to college soon.

We haven’t had non-melting snowcrete before. This is different. It’s so bad that it’s affecting trash removal and mail delivery. I just ordered a pickaxe because my regular snow shovel isn’t doing the job.

How are you gonna get that delivered to you then

You can get anything through Amazon - they are delivering even if USPS isn’t.

[Anonymous]

Our teacher just told us to bring the laptop back in on Monday. Going to be open!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any possible way to pivot to virtual or do kids just stay home with no education until we can all figure out how to get them back to school? I guess PWCS has hinted at virtual, not sure about other districts. What is different between them and us that they can stand up virtual and we can't? I know people don't like it, but it's better than nothing for days on end. My kids bring their laptops home to charge, but I know it's not consistent across schools. Seems like they could have had kids bring home devices just in case knowing that the storm was coming and likely to be pretty disruptive. The inability to do virtual may be what gets FCPS to open sooner than other districts that have apparently figured out how to implement it.

I don’t think it’s possible to do true virtual, synchronous instruction at this point. Maybe some asynchronous work could be posted, but I don’t know how worthwhile that would be, particularly at the lowest grade levels. Our ES didn’t send home laptops. Even if students had their laptops, teachers aren’t prepared to do it. Some have never had to teach that way.

How can other districts figure it out? I can’t imagine PWCS teachers have different training and experience. The basics of virtual instruction are not rocket science and should probably be part of teacher training (during grad school) at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We go to Cunningham park. There is ABSOLUTELY no way the walkers living near the cedar park shopping center can make their way on park to get to a school on Monday. I don’t think those sidewalks are even covered by residential.

So I'm just curious - what's your solution/recommendation then? Kids across the entire county stay home for another week? For another two weeks? Or perhaps walkers just leave a little earlier, take their time, arrive when they can and maybe figure out how to show a little resiliency? Just a thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our teacher just told us to bring the laptop back in on Monday. Going to be open!

She has no clue just like the rest of us, so don’t cancel your backup plans.

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Anonymous wrote:Our teacher just told us to bring the laptop back in on Monday. Going to be open!

She has no clue just like the rest of us, so don’t cancel your backup plans.

They'll open sooner than later. Everybody will just need to find a way to improvise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We go to Cunningham park. There is ABSOLUTELY no way the walkers living near the cedar park shopping center can make their way on park to get to a school on Monday. I don’t think those sidewalks are even covered by residential.

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My kid is a walker and there is zero way she can make her regular route in the morning. I’m planing to drive her in the AM and we talked about how she should walk home (a different route). If there was no different route to walk home, I’d figure out where she could walk so I could pick her up and message a couple other parents and do a carpool for next week.

I don’t understand the mindset that if you can’t do everything you normally would, school should be closed. Pivot. Figure it out. That’s what people will need to do unless you want to be out of school for multiple weeks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We go to Cunningham park. There is ABSOLUTELY no way the walkers living near the cedar park shopping center can make their way on park to get to a school on Monday. I don’t think those sidewalks are even covered by residential.

Then they need to get a ride. The sidewalks aren't going to be cleared for weeks.

My kids go to a different school but it’s the same situation and will be home. DH isn’t a teacher but has been back to work all week. I can’t drive them because I’ll be at work too, as a teacher at a different school. No, I can’t drop them off before I go to my school. There are others in the same situation and at least mine are old enough to stay home alone. Many of us can’t just drive them.

But school can’t stay shut forever and I’m in favor of opening for those who can get there at this point. We need to be back.

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Anonymous wrote:We go to Cunningham park. There is ABSOLUTELY no way the walkers living near the cedar park shopping center can make their way on park to get to a school on Monday. I don’t think those sidewalks are even covered by residential.

So I'm just curious - what's your solution/recommendation then? Kids across the entire county stay home for another week? For another two weeks? Or perhaps walkers just leave a little earlier, take their time, arrive when they can and maybe figure out how to show a little resiliency? Just a thought.

Seriously the lack of problem solving skills. Unreal. God forbid these children have anything truly terrible happen. This is an inconvenience for sure. Sort it out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We go to Cunningham park. There is ABSOLUTELY no way the walkers living near the cedar park shopping center can make their way on park to get to a school on Monday. I don’t think those sidewalks are even covered by residential.

So I'm just curious - what's your solution/recommendation then? Kids across the entire county stay home for another week? For another two weeks? Or perhaps walkers just leave a little earlier, take their time, arrive when they can and maybe figure out how to show a little resiliency? Just a thought.

Seriously the lack of problem solving skills. Unreal. God forbid these children have anything truly terrible happen. This is an inconvenience for sure. Sort it out.

Exactly. Make it a homework problem for your kid this weekend if you want. Your home is Point A, school is Point B. Figure out how to get from Point A to Point B.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We go to Cunningham park. There is ABSOLUTELY no way the walkers living near the cedar park shopping center can make their way on park to get to a school on Monday. I don’t think those sidewalks are even covered by residential.

Then they need to get a ride. The sidewalks aren't going to be cleared for weeks.

My kids go to a different school but it’s the same situation and will be home. DH isn’t a teacher but has been back to work all week. I can’t drive them because I’ll be at work too, as a teacher at a different school. No, I can’t drop them off before I go to my school. There are others in the same situation and at least mine are old enough to stay home alone. Many of us can’t just drive them.

But school can’t stay shut forever and I’m in favor of opening for those who can get there at this point. We need to be back.

Time to use the device you’re typing on to reach out to some neighbors and friends and see who can help you out. If I knew someone in your shoes, I’d gladly pick up your kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We go to Cunningham park. There is ABSOLUTELY no way the walkers living near the cedar park shopping center can make their way on park to get to a school on Monday. I don’t think those sidewalks are even covered by residential.

Then they need to get a ride. The sidewalks aren't going to be cleared for weeks.

My kids go to a different school but it’s the same situation and will be home. DH isn’t a teacher but has been back to work all week. I can’t drive them because I’ll be at work too, as a teacher at a different school. No, I can’t drop them off before I go to my school. There are others in the same situation and at least mine are old enough to stay home alone. Many of us can’t just drive them.

But school can’t stay shut forever and I’m in favor of opening for those who can get there at this point. We need to be back.

So your answer is I give up and they’ll sit home until all this snow melts?

Astonishing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s hilarious FCPS is asking the community to essentially provide free labor to shovel sidewalks and bus stops. WTF are our tax dollars going to? That will be a no from me.

Are you serious? "Free labor"?

Shoveling sidewalks has ALWAYS been the responsibility of the community, not of VDOT, FCPS, or Fairfax County. ALWAYS.

You are a complete jerk if you seriously have the attitude "that will be a no from me." How selfish and self-serving you are!

Go out and shovel even just 20 feet of sidewalk. If every able-bodied person would shovel 20 feet of sidewalks, we could make them safe for all pedestrians, including for school children.