2 Hour Delay Monday February 9th?

[Anonymous]

Yes 9 degrees until 8am in Reston

[Anonymous]

Pretty sure we don’t close/delay just because it’s going to be cold, but I could be wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure we don’t close/delay just because it’s going to be cold, but I could be wrong.

They’ve delayed in the past because of cold.

[Anonymous]

Our street is still one lane. Horrible plow job. We haven’t seen a plow in a week after initial plow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure we don’t close/delay just because it’s going to be cold, but I could be wrong.

They’ve delayed in the past because of cold.

How recently? Not in the last three years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such a ridiculous post. They said they will be on time on Monday. End of discussion

That was before they knew about the single digit temps, nitwit. You sound like a petulant toddler: “but you promised!”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be shocked if they open on time in single digit temperatures.

Check the weather for Monday. There is no place in Fairfax County with a low temperature in the single digits, even at 3 in the morning.

Correct single digits temps dont start until 4 am. 4-8 am single digits in western fairfax

If you factor in the wind. The feels like is Zero at 6 am

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i haven’t been able to work for 2 weeks. when my kids can’t go to school until 11:15 it makes it really hard. kids need to be back for full days. fcps has had 2 weeks to clear whatever needs to be cleared. or if parents don’t like bus stops they can clear them. i shoveled our entire street because vdot never came

What is your childcare plan and why isn’t it in place? Oh I see. FCPS is your childcare.

i don’t have a childcare plan for 2 weeks. i have no family close by. my husband leaves extremely early for work. we aren’t part of SACC. what do you expect me to do? i work part time. from 9:30-3:30 while my kids are in school. on days where they are scheduled off i take off. but days where they don’t go in until 11:20 i can’t show up at work at 12. it doesn’t work. and fcps wasn’t even telling families until 4pm daily earlier in the week. i am sure a lot of families are struggling with the late starts. maybe not middle school who goes early or high school who can get themselves to school. but for elementary it’s hard. not to mention kids are behind in learning, teachers say there isn’t time to get it all done, kids are missing weeks of specials. it’s winter. we live in an area where we get snow. it’s been 2 weeks since we had snow. it’s time to go back to a normal schedule

You either have to take off work or maybe give up the part time job then. FCPS cannot make choices based on your odd work schedule, sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure we don’t close/delay just because it’s going to be cold, but I could be wrong.

They’ve delayed in the past because of cold.

Yes, but it was colder than single digit wind chills. They were below zero and problems with diesel buses were expected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our street is still one lane. Horrible plow job. We haven’t seen a plow in a week after initial plow.

Our neighborhood has a lot of single lane roads which were plowed once on that Sunday, 14 days ago, but I don’t think they’ll delay. They can’t keep delaying school until roads have room for two vehicles to pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i haven’t been able to work for 2 weeks. when my kids can’t go to school until 11:15 it makes it really hard. kids need to be back for full days. fcps has had 2 weeks to clear whatever needs to be cleared. or if parents don’t like bus stops they can clear them. i shoveled our entire street because vdot never came

What is your childcare plan and why isn’t it in place? Oh I see. FCPS is your childcare.

i don’t have a childcare plan for 2 weeks. i have no family close by. my husband leaves extremely early for work. we aren’t part of SACC. what do you expect me to do? i work part time. from 9:30-3:30 while my kids are in school. on days where they are scheduled off i take off. but days where they don’t go in until 11:20 i can’t show up at work at 12. it doesn’t work. and fcps wasn’t even telling families until 4pm daily earlier in the week. i am sure a lot of families are struggling with the late starts. maybe not middle school who goes early or high school who can get themselves to school. but for elementary it’s hard. not to mention kids are behind in learning, teachers say there isn’t time to get it all done, kids are missing weeks of specials. it’s winter. we live in an area where we get snow. it’s been 2 weeks since we had snow. it’s time to go back to a normal schedule

You either have to take off work or maybe give up the part time job then. FCPS cannot make choices based on your odd work schedule, sorry.

2 things can be true:

Delayed start because of cold.
Tough for working parents.

No need for the nasty snark. I have a husband who had to be at work for years very early. Fortunately, our financial circumstances allowed me to stay home during that period of our life. Not everyone has that option. And, child care in these circumstances is quite different from the normal.

While I understand the frustration, I think casting aspersions at people is unnecessary and says a lot more about the attacker than the attacked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be shocked if they open on time in single digit temperatures.

Check the weather for Monday. There is no place in Fairfax County with a low temperature in the single digits, even at 3 in the morning.

But wind chills will be in the mid to low single digits while kids are at bus stops. Delay is highly likely. We don’t live in the north where people are hardier in general.

How are people in the north "hardier"?

They just put on the appropriate weather gear and get on with it.

The average person in Fairfax County is weak and soft, like Reid. We will likely have a delay on Monday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i haven’t been able to work for 2 weeks. when my kids can’t go to school until 11:15 it makes it really hard. kids need to be back for full days. fcps has had 2 weeks to clear whatever needs to be cleared. or if parents don’t like bus stops they can clear them. i shoveled our entire street because vdot never came

What is your childcare plan and why isn’t it in place? Oh I see. FCPS is your childcare.

i don’t have a childcare plan for 2 weeks. i have no family close by. my husband leaves extremely early for work. we aren’t part of SACC. what do you expect me to do? i work part time. from 9:30-3:30 while my kids are in school. on days where they are scheduled off i take off. but days where they don’t go in until 11:20 i can’t show up at work at 12. it doesn’t work. and fcps wasn’t even telling families until 4pm daily earlier in the week. i am sure a lot of families are struggling with the late starts. maybe not middle school who goes early or high school who can get themselves to school. but for elementary it’s hard. not to mention kids are behind in learning, teachers say there isn’t time to get it all done, kids are missing weeks of specials. it’s winter. we live in an area where we get snow. it’s been 2 weeks since we had snow. it’s time to go back to a normal schedule

You either have to take off work or maybe give up the part time job then. FCPS cannot make choices based on your odd work schedule, sorry.

You sound like a privileged dbag.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe some of you want a delay because of the Super bowl. Do any of you want your kids educated? We have had so much closures this year. It is criminal. We are about to have another 4 day weekend.

Let this sink in!!!

[Anonymous]

Reid is a big fan of the Seahawks. If they win, we get a delay. If they lose, we’re on time. I’m calling it here.