School Cancelation

[Anonymous]

This thread is amazing. It’s as though you can fully categorize people based off their snow removal/school reactions.

-Covid Nerds 2.0 are in the mix
-Pretty sure I heard some useless amoeba claim that some homeowners don’t have garden shovels.
-Definitely a few SAH/WFH parents who are simply thrilled for extra special time with their Darling Children.
- Someone took enough time off from one of the local activist threads to weave the word “ableist” in to the mix.
- The “why is everyone else so poor” crew is in here intentionally failing to understand that 400 on a crew to shovel your steps is a bit much
- the I shoveled my owns snow uphill both ways barefoot niche is also in here. Half of whom are probably wondering why the professional private ice removers aren’t being scooped up by the unprofessional ICE removers.

Honestly it’s beautiful.

What’s notably absent is the normal people who just think one snow day is fun, two is a party, and three is failure. Some teachers won’t make it. Some kids won’t either.

[Anonymous]

Our school has very effective virtual school that kicked in on Tuesday. It’s been more disruptive to things like choir and theater that can’t go online, and one class has swapped a test to a day next week. All other classes have been largely unaffected.

Admittedly this is HS; it would be far more disruptive for young kids for whom synchronous classes don’t work well.

Parents should advocate for better online school for these infrequent events of multi-day campus closures.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

Screw off.

Ice is heavy. Not everyone can keep shoveling.

Roads are still blocked in areas.

No place for kids to wait for buses. Buses getting stuck all over the county.

If you didn't want to take care of your kids you should not have had them.

I am tired of the BS on these threads complaining about schools not opening. It is called ice get a god dammed dictionary already and shut the hell up. Ice is not snow.... For the MAGA morons or the Mom4Liberty BS all over this thread. We all know that is who is complaining.

So aggressive. Cabin fever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school has very effective virtual school that kicked in on Tuesday. It’s been more disruptive to things like choir and theater that can’t go online, and one class has swapped a test to a day next week. All other classes have been largely unaffected.

Admittedly this is HS; it would be far more disruptive for young kids for whom synchronous classes don’t work well.

Parents should advocate for better online school for these infrequent events of multi-day campus closures.

Why can't choir and theater go online? They do so at other schools.

Obviously there are specific skills that can't be taught online, but that's true in almost every subject. If science teachers are required to rework their curriculum so that a scheduled lab day becomes a lecture or worksheet day, choir and theater teachers can rework their curriculum too.

[Anonymous]

Have you ever taught choir?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is amazing. It’s as though you can fully categorize people based off their snow removal/school reactions.

-Covid Nerds 2.0 are in the mix
-Pretty sure I heard some useless amoeba claim that some homeowners don’t have garden shovels.
-Definitely a few SAH/WFH parents who are simply thrilled for extra special time with their Darling Children.
- Someone took enough time off from one of the local activist threads to weave the word “ableist” in to the mix.
- The “why is everyone else so poor” crew is in here intentionally failing to understand that 400 on a crew to shovel your steps is a bit much
- the I shoveled my owns snow uphill both ways barefoot niche is also in here. Half of whom are probably wondering why the professional private ice removers aren’t being scooped up by the unprofessional ICE removers.

Honestly it’s beautiful.

What’s notably absent is the normal people who just think one snow day is fun, two is a party, and three is failure. Some teachers won’t make it. Some kids won’t either.

I am the PP who shoveled the alley in 2 people so I guess I am in your shoveled uphill barefoot category. But I also walked around my neighborhood and even if everyone shoveled around their own property there would still be streets that were not plowed yet by the city all, those that were plowed became one way and there are mountains of ice at every crosswalk making it very difficult for pedestrians to cross. So overall I still do not think the city would be quite ready to fully reopen. My area gets clogged up with rush hour traffic even if there is no snow and ice everywhere. So I am fully OK with my kid doing his virtual learning.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

3 days to dig one car out? What are you using a child’s plastic sand shovel?

Did you do it? How old are you? Did the snow plow bury your car when it passed through? Are you in direct sunlight or does your side of the street never see sun until summer?

Your street’s been plowed? What are you complaining about?

Be nice to the “three days to dig out their car” poster. At least they eventually dug out it out, which beats many of the people in this thread.

I agree. It is hard without the right tools. I was observing people trying to do it with the plastic snow shovels which are only useful once you have broken up the ice with a metal shovel. I can see how it would take them days to get anywhere.

Are people really that foolish to not have a snow shovel with a metal blade? They might as well have no snow shovel at all.

My snow shovel has a metal blade that is not close to a match for the three inches of solid ice bonded to the pavement. Only my pickaxe is adequate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our school has very effective virtual school that kicked in on Tuesday. It’s been more disruptive to things like choir and theater that can’t go online, and one class has swapped a test to a day next week. All other classes have been largely unaffected.

Admittedly this is HS; it would be far more disruptive for young kids for whom synchronous classes don’t work well.

Parents should advocate for better online school for these infrequent events of multi-day campus closures.

Why can't choir and theater go online? They do so at other schools.

Obviously there are specific skills that can't be taught online, but that's true in almost every subject. If science teachers are required to rework their curriculum so that a scheduled lab day becomes a lecture or worksheet day, choir and theater teachers can rework their curriculum too.

Well theater can’t go online because it’s the afterschool activity and it’s very hard to build sets at home. My guess is maybe the actors are meeting but my techie kid is not.

And yeah, choir online is not functional. Clearly you’ve never tried it.

[Anonymous]

Incredible how helpless the population is.

Even seemingly high functioning private school parents are not nearly as high functioning as one would expect.

We were dug out by 9am on Monday. Our country club was open on Tuesday. Our school finally opened on Thursday.

The excuses people post on here are like a window into their personal flaws. Aim higher people.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

Screw off.

Ice is heavy. Not everyone can keep shoveling.

Roads are still blocked in areas.

No place for kids to wait for buses. Buses getting stuck all over the county.

If you didn't want to take care of your kids you should not have had them.

I am tired of the BS on these threads complaining about schools not opening. It is called ice get a god dammed dictionary already and shut the hell up. Ice is not snow.... For the MAGA morons or the Mom4Liberty BS all over this thread. We all know that is who is complaining.

So aggressive. Cabin fever?

DP. Probably just frustration with the rude and dismissive posters on this thread. I’m guessing you’re one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Incredible how helpless the population is.

Even seemingly high functioning private school parents are not nearly as high functioning as one would expect.

We were dug out by 9am on Monday. Our country club was open on Tuesday. Our school finally opened on Thursday.

The excuses people post on here are like a window into their personal flaws. Aim higher people.

Sadly, I can't tell if this is satire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you ever taught choir?

No, but I have a kid who is applying to college for vocal music, and was already heavily involved during the days of virtual learning.

Would a choir that's completely virtual work? Not particularly well.

Do choir classes generally incorporate work on rhythm, and music theory? Yes. Do choir classes include memorizing lyrics, listening to other artists to learn about their techniques? Yes.

Is it possible to design one or two lesson plans that focus on those elements of the curriculum, and translate OK to virtual? Yes.

That's what every other teacher is doing. Looking ahead through their lesson plans, figuring what works virtually, pulling it out and making specific lesson plans. It's a lot of work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Incredible how helpless the population is.

Even seemingly high functioning private school parents are not nearly as high functioning as one would expect.

We were dug out by 9am on Monday. Our country club was open on Tuesday. Our school finally opened on Thursday.

The excuses people post on here are like a window into their personal flaws. Aim higher people.

Thank God your country club was open. That’s almost more important than school being open.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our school has very effective virtual school that kicked in on Tuesday. It’s been more disruptive to things like choir and theater that can’t go online, and one class has swapped a test to a day next week. All other classes have been largely unaffected.

Admittedly this is HS; it would be far more disruptive for young kids for whom synchronous classes don’t work well.

Parents should advocate for better online school for these infrequent events of multi-day campus closures.

Why can't choir and theater go online? They do so at other schools.

Obviously there are specific skills that can't be taught online, but that's true in almost every subject. If science teachers are required to rework their curriculum so that a scheduled lab day becomes a lecture or worksheet day, choir and theater teachers can rework their curriculum too.

Well theater can’t go online because it’s the afterschool activity and it’s very hard to build sets at home. My guess is maybe the actors are meeting but my techie kid is not.

And yeah, choir online is not functional. Clearly you’ve never tried it.

My theater tech kid is sketching ideas, talking to friends, etc . . .

No, they can't hammer and saw, or hang lights. I agree with you on that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I find it impossible to believe there are still streets that are not drivable. There has to be tire paths you can drive on by now, that you can access with a little shoveling of the path out of your driveway. Trucks and SUVs are just driving wherever they want.

There is no point trying to reason with them. Most of the posters on this thread want schools closed until the last of the snow melts.

Our street has seen two plows come through (NW DC) over the entire storm. Most folks do not have driveways, if they do they are accessible from the alley. It took three days to dig out one car on the street and the alley hasn’t had a plow come through nor will it ever. I have a car that is low to the ground and not 4 wheel drive as do most of my neighbors. What about this is so difficult to understand. We are not within walking distance of school.

I mean, honestly how is this not your fault? Have you never seen snow in your life?

My street had one plow come through and we are fine.

You need to invest in solutions like a car that can handle snow. Professional snow removal or a snowblower. Or at the very least learn how to use a shovel.

Neither a snowblower nor a shovel works on this stuff. It's blocks of ice on top of compacted snow.

People need to figure out a way to get themselves out but those that didn't do it themselves need to STFU because this wasn't normal snow.

I am shocked that our private was open today given the temps and road conditions, but…

You should have been keeping up with the shoveling early on as everyone recommended. If you waited until it became blocks of ice that’s on you.

Screw off.

Ice is heavy. Not everyone can keep shoveling.

Roads are still blocked in areas.

No place for kids to wait for buses. Buses getting stuck all over the county.

If you didn't want to take care of your kids you should not have had them.

I am tired of the BS on these threads complaining about schools not opening. It is called ice get a god dammed dictionary already and shut the hell up. Ice is not snow.... For the MAGA morons or the Mom4Liberty BS all over this thread. We all know that is who is complaining.

So aggressive. Cabin fever?

DP. Probably just frustration with the rude and dismissive posters on this thread. I’m guessing you’re one of them.

The “screw off” PP is the rude one: gdamn dictionary, shut the hell up, MAGA moron.