Falls Church City schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why fccps closed for tomorrow. The announced plan of making the call at 530 based on actual road conditions was a much better one. I can see a delay but the closure seems ridiculous right now.

You think FCC teachers would enjoy scrambling for what do with their FCPS and APS kids at 5:30 am? It was hard enough for them the last two days. Not everyone has a spouse nor do all spouses work from home.

Not to mention not all FCC teachers live in FCC, how would they drive out of their non plowed roads?

At least according to Noonan with the calendar discussion, a significant portion of Fccps teachers live in fcc. As to what to do with kids, cry me a river, this has been our constant struggle over the last year. I have to work tomorrow. Closing bc of ‘childcare issues’ just creates more childcare issues, as well as learning issues, for everyone else.

This is true. They don’t care about childcare issues, nor do most employers. We had the option to bring our school age kids to work with us but as all of you working parents know, it’s difficult to work with your kids there and we need to teach. No, most FCCPS teachers do not live in the district and while we don’t complain it is a consideration for some of us if we want to stay here for the duration of our careers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why fccps closed for tomorrow. The announced plan of making the call at 530 based on actual road conditions was a much better one. I can see a delay but the closure seems ridiculous right now.

You think FCC teachers would enjoy scrambling for what do with their FCPS and APS kids at 5:30 am? It was hard enough for them the last two days. Not everyone has a spouse nor do all spouses work from home.

Do you think the rest of us who still had to work outside the home enjoyed scrambling for childcare for our kids for 3/4 of the school year last year while school was virtual? But once again teachers’ childcare needs are prioritized while everyone else is just left high and dry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why fccps closed for tomorrow. The announced plan of making the call at 530 based on actual road conditions was a much better one. I can see a delay but the closure seems ridiculous right now.

You think FCC teachers would enjoy scrambling for what do with their FCPS and APS kids at 5:30 am? It was hard enough for them the last two days. Not everyone has a spouse nor do all spouses work from home.

Do you think the rest of us who still had to work outside the home enjoyed scrambling for childcare for our kids for 3/4 of the school year last year while school was virtual? But once again teachers’ childcare needs are prioritized while everyone else is just left high and dry.

As a working parents scrambling for childcare, you must also not want to scramble in the morning if they didn’t announce until 5:30. You would not know when you went to bed tonight if school was opening on time, delayed or cancelled. 5:30am announcements are not good for parents either.