What do we think will happen on Monday?

[Anonymous]

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

Teachers don’t know that yet. I also have teachers emailing stuff about next week but it’s clear these are plans for if they open on Monday, not a guaranteed sign we will.

[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.

My mom was a teacher and my dad always had to leave for work early in the morning. I remember going to a neighbor’s house to catch the bus or be driven to school in situations like this. It’s bizarre to me that nobody wants to reach out and ask for help. It’s really not a big ask to have a kid who is all ready for school to hang out at your house for a short period of time before the bus comes, or to see if they can hitch a ride if another parent is driving. People are usually happy to help out teachers, nurses, other people who don’t have a choice, but to be at work by a certain time. Why have we lost this sense of community spirit?

[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.

You don’t have ANY neighborw or class friends you could reach out to to get a ride for a couple days?

[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.

DP here. My child goes to an elementary where about 60% of the kids are walkers. Even in great weather, traffic and kids and ride are backed up. The sidewalk is all ice. There is no way these walkers can walk to school safely.

We live 3 miles away and our bus stop is a pile of ice. Sidewalk also untouched. I can drive my kids to school.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Have you tried, recently? I am a 40 year old reasonably fit woman and was not able to break the ice even with a metal shovel. I could probably work at it all day and get a few feet done.

Getting rid of all the ice on sidewalks isn’t reasonable at this point. It won’t happen. Better to start mobilizing carpools and shared watching of kids, trading bus stop monitoring duties, etc. We are sharing drop off/pick up with another family this week. We will reevaluate next week.

[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.

My mom was a teacher and my dad always had to leave for work early in the morning. I remember going to a neighbor’s house to catch the bus or be driven to school in situations like this. It’s bizarre to me that nobody wants to reach out and ask for help. It’s really not a big ask to have a kid who is all ready for school to hang out at your house for a short period of time before the bus comes, or to see if they can hitch a ride if another parent is driving. People are usually happy to help out teachers, nurses, other people who don’t have a choice, but to be at work by a certain time. Why have we lost this sense of community spirit?

Growing up my sisters best friend, her mom was a teacher. For years she got dropped at our house in the morning before school.

If you are seriously so isolated you have no one to ask for help, take this as a moment to reflect and work on it.

[Anonymous]

Everyone just needs to expect that kiss and ride lines are going to be terrible and a mess until this stuff melts. I’m sure schools can apply common sense and keep the line open a bit longer until everyone has moved through. Our principal is out there every morning. You can have the principal and assistant principal(s) stand out there so that other staff can get to where they need to be with the students.

[Anonymous]

I’ll be surprised if schools open Monday. They’ve closed for much less.

[Anonymous]

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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.

The time for this energy was last Monday, the day after the storm. We did help elderly neighbors on Monday. You don’t go tackle the sidewalks a week later. Even without the terrible nature of this snow, it’s very difficult to remove walked on and melted and refrozen snow.

[Anonymous]

I think the VDOT needs to get its act together - start ordering and using flamethrowers if need be.

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher and can’t drive my kids but we did help shovel so they will have a safe spot to stand on the sidewalk for the bus.

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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.

My mom was a teacher and my dad always had to leave for work early in the morning. I remember going to a neighbor’s house to catch the bus or be driven to school in situations like this. It’s bizarre to me that nobody wants to reach out and ask for help. It’s really not a big ask to have a kid who is all ready for school to hang out at your house for a short period of time before the bus comes, or to see if they can hitch a ride if another parent is driving. People are usually happy to help out teachers, nurses, other people who don’t have a choice, but to be at work by a certain time. Why have we lost this sense of community spirit?

I haven’t vetted my neighbors to see if they have guns in the house. We had a horrible accidental gun death in the family and I don’t send my kid over u til now. The world is different now. That is why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone just needs to expect that kiss and ride lines are going to be terrible and a mess until this stuff melts. I’m sure schools can apply common sense and keep the line open a bit longer until everyone has moved through. Our principal is out there every morning. You can have the principal and assistant principal(s) stand out there so that other staff can get to where they need to be with the students.

It’s the busses and the walkers that pose the biggest problem. FCPS would never tell those kids to “just get a ride,” even if the parents in this community would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone just needs to expect that kiss and ride lines are going to be terrible and a mess until this stuff melts. I’m sure schools can apply common sense and keep the line open a bit longer until everyone has moved through. Our principal is out there every morning. You can have the principal and assistant principal(s) stand out there so that other staff can get to where they need to be with the students.

This is it. Traffic is going to suck. No turn lanes, people in a hay. It is just going to suck. Let’s hope that is all that happens. Our roads are overloaded as it is. We have the worst traffic in the nation with it all in working order. Good luck to all!

[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.

My mom was a teacher and my dad always had to leave for work early in the morning. I remember going to a neighbor’s house to catch the bus or be driven to school in situations like this. It’s bizarre to me that nobody wants to reach out and ask for help. It’s really not a big ask to have a kid who is all ready for school to hang out at your house for a short period of time before the bus comes, or to see if they can hitch a ride if another parent is driving. People are usually happy to help out teachers, nurses, other people who don’t have a choice, but to be at work by a certain time. Why have we lost this sense of community spirit?

I haven’t vetted my neighbors to see if they have guns in the house. We had a horrible accidental gun death in the family and I don’t send my kid over u til now. The world is different now. That is why.

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You need therapy.