Will FCPS ever Reopem?

[Anonymous]

They will be closed tomorrow cause its too cold.

On Monday we might have an ice storm.. Will they go back on Tuesday?

[Anonymous]

I am betting on next Weds.

[Anonymous]

Where are you hearing about an ice storm Monday? I am supposed to travel for work Monday morning - weather issues would be a problem. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

I agree. The cold is a problem. I also think the trailers are an issue. They are slippery when it rains. With this cold and precipitation they won’t be able to make the ramps to get into those classrooms safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree. The cold is a problem. I also think the trailers are an issue. They are slippery when it rains. With this cold and precipitation they won’t be able to make the ramps to get into those classrooms safe.

Pipes burst in the bathrooms for our schools trailers so they had not bathroom access and had to walk across campus to use the restroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are you hearing about an ice storm Monday? I am supposed to travel for work Monday morning - weather issues would be a problem. Ugh.

That’s been in the weather forecast for a couple of days now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are you hearing about an ice storm Monday? I am supposed to travel for work Monday morning - weather issues would be a problem. Ugh.

Monday
Rain, freezing rain, and sleet likely, becoming all rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. The cold is a problem. I also think the trailers are an issue. They are slippery when it rains. With this cold and precipitation they won’t be able to make the ramps to get into those classrooms safe.

Pipes burst in the bathrooms for our schools trailers so they had not bathroom access and had to walk across campus to use the restroom.

That's awful. Which school?

[Anonymous]

This what January and February looks like.

[Anonymous]

FCPS covers such a wide area, it isn't fair to areas where nothing prevents them from opening. I say each school principal should make the call. Our area got dusting, not even a half inch of snow. Meanwhile, I'm paying for extra childcare costs, because I can't take leave last minute like that with all my afternoon meetings.

[Anonymous]

So what are we thinking about tomorrow? I'm trying to get sitters and need an over under before calling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS covers such a wide area, it isn't fair to areas where nothing prevents them from opening. I say each school principal should make the call. Our area got dusting, not even a half inch of snow. Meanwhile, I'm paying for extra childcare costs, because I can't take leave last minute like that with all my afternoon meetings.

+1. Our daycare nominally follows FCPS for closures but so often, the roads are perfectly fine in our area while FCPS closes because it's crap out in Sterling or wherever so daycare will send out a notice saying they're still opening.

DH was shocked that FCPS doesn't split the county into zones for closures. Back home (in the great white north) closures are called on a town by town or school by school basis since the county is so large, weather varies widely from one end of the county to the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS covers such a wide area, it isn't fair to areas where nothing prevents them from opening. I say each school principal should make the call. Our area got dusting, not even a half inch of snow. Meanwhile, I'm paying for extra childcare costs, because I can't take leave last minute like that with all my afternoon meetings.

+1. Our daycare nominally follows FCPS for closures but so often, the roads are perfectly fine in our area while FCPS closes because it's crap out in Sterling or wherever so daycare will send out a notice saying they're still opening.

DH was shocked that FCPS doesn't split the county into zones for closures. Back home (in the great white north) closures are called on a town by town or school by school basis since the county is so large, weather varies widely from one end of the county to the other.

FCPS alumna and native here. This has been a suggestion since, well, 1976. The answer always has been and still is that precisely because of the sheer size and expanse of the county, this is not a viable solution. Consider now that fewer schools are neighborhood-only schools/serve as SACC/Head Start preschool sites, are center/magnet schools/serve free-and-reduced price breakfast and lunches, are staffed with commuters. You'd have base schools open but AAP kids unable to safely be transported, or some siblings home and others at school. Logistical nightmare for all adults involved.

Maybe, possibly a grid or area plan would have worked circa pre-1975, in the dark ages when most FCPS kids walked to school and/or could run home or climb a fence at lunch or recess to grab a forgotten lunchbox!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS covers such a wide area, it isn't fair to areas where nothing prevents them from opening. I say each school principal should make the call. Our area got dusting, not even a half inch of snow. Meanwhile, I'm paying for extra childcare costs, because I can't take leave last minute like that with all my afternoon meetings.

+1. Our daycare nominally follows FCPS for closures but so often, the roads are perfectly fine in our area while FCPS closes because it's crap out in Sterling or wherever so daycare will send out a notice saying they're still opening.

DH was shocked that FCPS doesn't split the county into zones for closures. Back home (in the great white north) closures are called on a town by town or school by school basis since the county is so large, weather varies widely from one end of the county to the other.

FCPS alumna and native here. This has been a suggestion since, well, 1976. The answer always has been and still is that precisely because of the sheer size and expanse of the county, this is not a viable solution. Consider now that fewer schools are neighborhood-only schools/serve as SACC/Head Start preschool sites, are center/magnet schools/serve free-and-reduced price breakfast and lunches, are staffed with commuters. You'd have base schools open but AAP kids unable to safely be transported, or some siblings home and others at school. Logistical nightmare for all adults involved.

Maybe, possibly a grid or area plan would have worked circa pre-1975, in the dark ages when most FCPS kids walked to school and/or could run home or climb a fence at lunch or recess to grab a forgotten lunchbox!

I would counter that, because of the sheer size and expanse of the county, the current method is not a viable solution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. The cold is a problem. I also think the trailers are an issue. They are slippery when it rains. With this cold and precipitation they won’t be able to make the ramps to get into those classrooms safe.

Pipes burst in the bathrooms for our schools trailers so they had not bathroom access and had to walk across campus to use the restroom.

Look at you with the fancy indoor plumbing for your trailers. I bet that's why you're such a TJ feeder - while us poors are trudging back and forth to the john, Larla's doing her Kumon work.