Will schools be open next week?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s honestly a similar question to Covid. Is the benefits of attending school in person worth the risk of even one preventable student or adult death?

Covid was unprecedented and snow days have always existed. Comparing the two is preposterous.

we should go back like the 1990s go to school when its a snow a little bit..

I grew up in NoVA and graduated high school in the late 90s. We certainly had snow days!

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Feel like an ammouncement is coming at 6;02 pm...... this is why we chose a private school like langley

The announcement for Tuesday came shortly after 5 pm. They were ahead of the game.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s honestly a similar question to Covid. Is the benefits of attending school in person worth the risk of even one preventable student or adult death?

Covid was unprecedented and snow days have always existed. Comparing the two is preposterous.

we should go back like the 1990s go to school when its a snow a little bit..

I grew up in NoVA and graduated high school in the late 90s. We certainly had snow days!

we make them up

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s honestly a similar question to Covid. Is the benefits of attending school in person worth the risk of even one preventable student or adult death?

Covid was unprecedented and snow days have always existed. Comparing the two is preposterous.

we should go back like the 1990s go to school when its a snow a little bit..

I grew up in NoVA and graduated high school in the late 90s. We certainly had snow days!

we make them up

Did you have the same number of school days as they do now? More? Less?

I know that the school year seems to have been extended now, with starting in August, and ending in June.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s honestly a similar question to Covid. Is the benefits of attending school in person worth the risk of even one preventable student or adult death?

Covid was unprecedented and snow days have always existed. Comparing the two is preposterous.

we should go back like the 1990s go to school when its a snow a little bit..

I grew up in NoVA and graduated high school in the late 90s. We certainly had snow days!

we make them up

Did you have the same number of school days as they do now? More? Less?





We started the day after Labor Day and got out in June.
I know that the school year seems to have been extended now, with starting in August, and ending in June.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s honestly a similar question to Covid. Is the benefits of attending school in person worth the risk of even one preventable student or adult death?

Covid was unprecedented and snow days have always existed. Comparing the two is preposterous.

Additionally, the length of closure for COVID is completely different than a few snow days here and there.

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Anonymous wrote:I have lived in this area for 15 years and am still surprised how often they close for snow. Especially given how many kids depend on school for things like food and being warm. I know we do not prioritize education at all (see, eg, pandemic), but it still surprises me. People are too eager to throw in the towel even for important things like school.

What? We've closed once this year? Once last year? This is such an overdramatic response.

For snow. How about all the other closures? Last year, there were almost more weeks with 4 days of school than no. It's simply unacceptable to always do the bare minimum. We ought to strive for greatness. Not mediocrity.

Last year there were 180 days of school. How many more would you want?

Given how unprepared students are, a lot more.

Take a look at your own child. Are they learning? If not..it’s on you. Also what does unprepared even mean?

WHAT? That makes no sense whatsoever. Parents are not the educators. We can support education but if a kid is not learning, that's 100% on the school.

I think we found the problem. Parents are in fact in charge of their students’ education.

More days in school won’t fix a lot of the problems with education. Right now, a lot of the day is filler stuff. Kids really jsut need a few hours per day of actual instruction tailored to their level, and then time to play (not on screens). Public schools can’t provide that, especially not with such a wide range of skill levels.

And the fact that parents want babysitting for 7 hours

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Anonymous wrote:I have lived in this area for 15 years and am still surprised how often they close for snow. Especially given how many kids depend on school for things like food and being warm. I know we do not prioritize education at all (see, eg, pandemic), but it still surprises me. People are too eager to throw in the towel even for important things like school.

What? We've closed once this year? Once last year? This is such an overdramatic response.

For snow. How about all the other closures? Last year, there were almost more weeks with 4 days of school than no. It's simply unacceptable to always do the bare minimum. We ought to strive for greatness. Not mediocrity.

Last year there were 180 days of school. How many more would you want?

Given how unprepared students are, a lot more.

You're the parent start working at home....my students are not unprepared but we acknowledge that we are responsible for their learning as well.

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Anonymous wrote:I have lived in this area for 15 years and am still surprised how often they close for snow. Especially given how many kids depend on school for things like food and being warm. I know we do not prioritize education at all (see, eg, pandemic), but it still surprises me. People are too eager to throw in the towel even for important things like school.

What? We've closed once this year? Once last year? This is such an overdramatic response.

For snow. How about all the other closures? Last year, there were almost more weeks with 4 days of school than no. It's simply unacceptable to always do the bare minimum. We ought to strive for greatness. Not mediocrity.

Last year there were 180 days of school. How many more would you want?

Given how unprepared students are, a lot more.

Take a look at your own child. Are they learning? If not..it’s on you. Also what does unprepared even mean?

WHAT? That makes no sense whatsoever. Parents are not the educators. We can support education but if a kid is not learning, that's 100% on the school.

100%... WOW....this is an amazing post. I wish I knew this as a parent man I could have just put my feet up told my kids sorry you are struggling not my fault talk to the educators.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s honestly a similar question to Covid. Is the benefits of attending school in person worth the risk of even one preventable student or adult death?

Covid was unprecedented and snow days have always existed. Comparing the two is preposterous.

we should go back like the 1990s go to school when its a snow a little bit..

I grew up in NoVA and graduated high school in the late 90s. We certainly had snow days!

we make them up

Did you have the same number of school days as they do now? More? Less?

I know that the school year seems to have been extended now, with starting in August, and ending in June.

DP
I started teaching for FCPS 31 years ago and I believe every year has been between 180 and 183 or 185 days. They used to build in a few full days over the 180.

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Closed

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This is a Joke, they used to wait till 5 am to make the call they can’t even do that

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Anonymous wrote:Closing schools is a VERY difficult decision that I'm certain NONE of you would want to make. NONE of you have the information that Dr. Reid and the decision makers have. You have a small perspective and agenda.

Please consider that there are many many children who need to be in school today. Perhaps they have a disability or mental health condition and school is critical. Perhaps they have no food or heat at home, and school food and heat is critical. FCPS just spend a million hours, resources and dollars on "compensatory"- which only FOUR School systems in the country were subjected to. FCPS was subjected to this in large part because of "advocates." That is the nature of this county. Please have some perspective. Appreciate that not everyone agrees. What is important for you, might not be important for others.

I appreciate that some roads are icy, some busses had trouble, some people were injured. Also realize that if FCPS closed schools today, some people would really suffer. I believe that Dr. Reid has good intent with the decisions she makes.

No decision would make everybody happy. It is alose-lose scenario. The comments, trolls, disrespect, and rudeness on DCUM (and facebook) is just truy appalling.

So, according to you, what do kids who depend on schools for food and shelter during the week do on weekends and holidays to meet those needs? And, how about kids who can’t afford a decent warm coat - or any coat - and have to walk to school in these weather conditions, or have to freeze as they wait for the delayed buses? Should their safety matter to us, or in your myopic virtual signaling charade these students don’t matter?

We send them home with bags of staples. My students go home with shopping bags filled with rice, beans, cereal, etc. every Friday. We have a whole tiny classroom on campus that has been turned into a food pantry and the students the social worker has identified as the neediest take home weekend food packs each week. Before school break they take home backpacks full of food to help keep them sustained. I am grateful our school community helps fill the pantry.

We also provide them coats, access to dental care, help finding apartments and filling out applications, etc. The schools do a LOT for families beyond educate their kids.

You still haven’t addressed why the safety of such students - along with others who don’t depend on the school system to meet their needs for food and shelter - should be disregarded during weather inclement days, by not treating such days the way they already do on weekends, holidays, and so on. The generous school community of Fairfax cares not only about the security of such students, but also about their safety, along with the safety of all students and school personnel.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a Joke, they used to wait till 5 am to make the call they can’t even do that

Why do parents and students need to find out at 5:00 AM whether school is closed or not? They have all the information they need, by now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s honestly a similar question to Covid. Is the benefits of attending school in person worth the risk of even one preventable student or adult death?

Covid was unprecedented and snow days have always existed. Comparing the two is preposterous.

we should go back like the 1990s go to school when its a snow a little bit..

I grew up in NoVA and graduated high school in the late 90s. We certainly had snow days!

+1 yep! Remember the blizzard of ‘96?! We had like at least a week off. And didn’t we have to add like 30 minutes to the end of the school day to make it all up?