Will FCPS be closed Tuesday?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a sahm who is about to go back to work. Telecommuting is not an option. What do all you working moms do for childcare when we have so many snowdays like we've had this year?

The options seem to be:

Take a vacation day
See if spouse can take a vacation day
See if a snow day camp is open and has space and you can afford it
See if a neighbor can watch them for the day

SAHM here.

I'm thinking if I took vacation days for all the snowdays we've had the past few weeks, I'd be fired!
My spouse is a surgeon so its difficult for him to take vacation days.
Where do you find snowday camps? Sounds like a good idea.
We're not close to our neighbors.

Let us know where you are located and we can pass along some of the snow day camp locations.

This is very difficult situation when both parents are working outside the home. It's not easy to make arranagements with neighbors for repetitive snow day closure.

I live in Hoco ... Clarksville.

Try the MD public school board then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a sahm who is about to go back to work. Telecommuting is not an option. What do all you working moms do for childcare when we have so many snowdays like we've had this year?

Husband stays home, of course.

We made arrangements with another family and swap snow days. All four of us take turns taking a day whenever schools close for weather. It works out really well. It can also work if it's just you and another mom or dad.

[Anonymous]

Another option is to find a teenager who can watch the kids on snow days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a sahm who is about to go back to work. Telecommuting is not an option. What do all you working moms do for childcare when we have so many snowdays like we've had this year?

Husband stays home, of course.

We made arrangements with another family and swap snow days. All four of us take turns taking a day whenever schools close for weather. It works out really well. It can also work if it's just you and another mom or dad.

She said that her husband is a surgeon so I don't think it would be so easy for him to cancel all his operations to stay home with the kids on a snow day. But maybe it would!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 kids in EM school. 1 in pre school. Both parents work and did not quit jobs. No nannies, no family near by. We made it work through alternating days off, SACC(open on 2 hour delays) snow day camps. Alternated one or two days with friends. And we still had two family vacations. Sucked it up and made it work. 10 snow days just would not be reason to quit our jobs even with other school breaks.[/quote]


Yes, but can we concede that 10 snow days is stupid when places like Chicago, etc. get more snow and have less time off? People here need to stop making excuses for the pathetic efforts made to clear snow away here and demand better. The way so many shrug their shoulders and just take it is pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:sure, let's go ahead and have another 4 day weekend....that should be great for my sanity.

Damn stupid ass winter.

Damn stupid ass inability of this area to deal with winter, you mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but can we concede that 10 snow days is stupid when places like Chicago, etc. get more snow and have less time off? People here need to stop making excuses for the pathetic efforts made to clear snow away here and demand better. The way so many shrug their shoulders and just take it is pathetic.

I agree. Best for you to move back to Chicago where they know how to clear snow.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a sahm who is about to go back to work. Telecommuting is not an option. What do all you working moms do for childcare when we have so many snowdays like we've had this year?

Husband stays home, of course.

We made arrangements with another family and swap snow days. All four of us take turns taking a day whenever schools close for weather. It works out really well. It can also work if it's just you and another mom or dad.

[b]She said that her husband is a surgeon so I don't think it would be so easy for him to cancel all his operations to stay home with the kids on a snow day. But maybe it would!

Exactly, not everyone's spouse has a flexible job. DH travels for work. If/when they announce a school closure tomorrow, he will not be able to magically show up at the house and be off from work. I have several things scheduled tomorrow for work that will not be well accepted if I tell my boss that I have to re-schedule due to yet another snow closure.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:2 kids in EM school. 1 in pre school. Both parents work and did not quit jobs. No nannies, no family near by. We made it work through alternating days off, SACC(open on 2 hour delays) snow day camps. Alternated one or two days with friends. And we still had two family vacations. Sucked it up and made it work. 10 snow days just would not be reason to quit our jobs even with other school breaks.

Yes, but can we concede that 10 snow days is stupid when places like Chicago, etc. get more snow and have less time off? People here need to stop making excuses for the pathetic efforts made to clear snow away here and demand better. The way so many shrug their shoulders and just take it is pathetic.

No, we are happy with the way we prioritize spending and prefer not to waste money on plows and personnel that are unneeded four winters out of five.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but can we concede that 10 snow days is stupid when places like Chicago, etc. get more snow and have less time off? People here need to stop making excuses for the pathetic efforts made to clear snow away here and demand better. The way so many shrug their shoulders and just take it is pathetic.

I agree. Best for you to move back to Chicago where they know how to clear snow.[/quote]


People always give this nice flippant answer, but we know people don't have that kind of mobility. Moreover, it doesn't solve a problem that can and should be solved with a little will. Sure, it takes a while to dig out after a snowstorm dumps two feet of snow on the area. But FCPS closing schools any time there's a whiff of slipperiness is beyond the pale. It's weak. It's soft. And it fosters a real helplessness in kids who grow up here.

That's fine for those who plan to stay in this little bubble, but I'd like my kids to be a bit more resilient.

[Anonymous]

No one has touched the ES near my house. The street is plowed, but I have not seen any sign of clearing parking lots or sidewalks. CWG says it could be icy tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

My guess is 2 hour delay.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but can we concede that 10 snow days is stupid when places like Chicago, etc. get more snow and have less time off? People here need to stop making excuses for the pathetic efforts made to clear snow away here and demand better. The way so many shrug their shoulders and just take it is pathetic.

I agree. Best for you to move back to Chicago where they know how to clear snow.[/quote]


People always give this nice flippant answer, but we know people don't have that kind of mobility. Moreover, it doesn't solve a problem that can and should be solved with a little will. Sure, it takes a while to dig out after a snowstorm dumps two feet of snow on the area. But FCPS closing schools any time there's a whiff of slipperiness is beyond the pale. It's weak. It's soft. And it fosters a real helplessness in kids who grow up here.

That's fine for those who plan to stay in this little bubble, but I'd like my kids to be a bit more resilient.

Says the woman whining her heart out on the internet about snow. Physician, heal thyself.

[Anonymous]

Now I'm thinking the rain will wash everything away. Not supposed to get below freezing tonight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, but can we concede that 10 snow days is stupid when places like Chicago, etc. get more snow and have less time off? People here need to stop making excuses for the pathetic efforts made to clear snow away here and demand better. The way so many shrug their shoulders and just take it is pathetic.

I agree. Best for you to move back to Chicago where they know how to clear snow.

+1 Simple fact we don't live in Chicago. Different area completely. FCPS also has 187,000 students over miles and miles of area so it is a tricky call. It has been this way for a long time and probably will not change any time soon. Also if you actually look into these snow belt ,cold areas every one loves to say they were from and can deal with snow so much better you would see that these areas also have more snow days than they used to.