Snow day

[Anonymous]

I'm fine with them calling it early, it helps me plan.

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Anonymous wrote:so when should we expect the call for tomorrow?

First one must make the call for the post where someone complains that they can’t believe FCPS hasn’t announced anything yet and how incompetent everyone is.

Then comes the actual call for closure, which we already know will be the call.

I say 2:07 for the complaining post and 4:30 for the actual call by FCPS.

Called at 3:00pm

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Anonymous wrote:The real question is whether or not the custodians were called in. If they were not called in, then they will absolutely NOT be school tomorrow.

They were not. And custodians don’t plow parking lots anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:The real question is whether or not the custodians were called in. If they were not called in, then they will absolutely NOT be school tomorrow.

They were not. And custodians don’t plow parking lots anyway.

But they do sidewalks.

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Anonymous wrote:It's obvious we will have tomorrow off and back to school Wednesday.

It’s not going to get above 30F until Saturday at the earliest, and will be 20f or below every night. Are you aware of what happens to plowed roads when it’s that temperature, or do you get your weather information from RFK Jr?

Yet millions will make their daily commute.

There aren’t “millions” commuting on a daily basis in this area on a regular day, but whatever makes you feel better.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to go against the grain and say we will have a 2 hr delay tomorrow.

I highly doubt it, mainly because if even a couple of inches are predicted for later today they won’t have the plow trucks off the main roads until after that falls and is cleared.

For some reason my culdesac that usually never get plowed was plowed at 7:30am today.

Similar here. We have 8 kids on the culdesac and we were hoping to keep it closed off and let them sled on it. Why are they being efficient today of all days, dangit!

We(all of the parents on our culdesac) are letting the kids shovel some extra snow onto it so that they can sled safely.

[Anonymous]

It's only the privileged and the teachers who are enjoying hot chocolqte and games. People don't realize school closures heavily impacts families who have to work in person, or be on calls all day and shift workers (restaurants, grocery, hospitals).

So get out of the bubble!! We all can't be sipping hot chocolate.

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Anonymous wrote:So, in my mind, tomorrow is for sure a snow day. The question is Wednesday. Back to school? Two hour delay? Or closed?

My guess is off tomorrow, 2hr delays the rest of the week so that high schoolers don’t have to get to school in the dark with the ice

*Middle Schoolers*

[Anonymous]

Good call and post early, thanks FCPS. Kids need to be back tomorrow Wed though, maybe 2 hour delay but it is time to resume school and do some study

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers need to go in even if kids are off tomorrow. They have had two weeks already

Not happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's only the privileged and the teachers who are enjoying hot chocolqte and games. People don't realize school closures heavily impacts families who have to work in person, or be on calls all day and shift workers (restaurants, grocery, hospitals).

So get out of the bubble!! We all can't be sipping hot chocolate.

No shift workers are on this forum complaining. MAYBE doctors or RNs or PAs. My husband and I both have hybrid jobs and are working from home today. Our jobs are flexible and working with us which we appreciate. That’s likely the case of 90% of the regular fcps dcum posters.

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Anonymous wrote:Snow totals seem lower than predicted. Disappointed.

Are you just pulling s h I t from your butt or do you have some link you’d like to quote? Are you one of those “It just feels like xyz is happening…?”

Here is Capital Weather Gang’s post from 6:30am

If you're just waking up, 3-6" of snow has already fallen across much of the DC area. We're well on our way to 6-12"

Some totals are shown here.

Follow our updates today at cwg.live

(Posted at 630a Monday)

Instant gratification has fried our brains. People see a forecast of 6-12 inches over a 24 hour period and think if they don’t see all 12+ when they wake up at 6 am then we didn’t get anything.

The original forecast had the biggest batch of snow coming overnight. The snow hole seemed to delay the start of the storm and then most of us woke up to no precipitation at all when the heaviest snow was supposed to fall before 10am. It's picked back up again but I would be surprised if we hit double digits unless the heavy snow window extends later than originally. We'll likely hit the 6 inch mark and be within our prohection but the storm also clearly went further south than originally projected based on snow totals in Stafford. It's disappointing when all the models showed the DMV getting the biggest accumulations.

All that said, this is the most snow my kids have ever seen in person so they're already up and out having a great time in what we do have.

Current forecast is for heavy snow to continue until noon, then let up, and then an additional heavy band in the evening giving an additional 1-2" of snow.

The snow storm isn't done yet.

No, but locally we are not getting more than another 2” or so than we have now. Meaning where I am we are looking at 7” max.

I have 8 on my back patio now. And all these side roads will be sheets of ice in the morning.

Sorry to all y’all who see school as childcare. Maybe you shouldn’t have had kids?

I hate comments like this. They are so rude and dismissive. Many families have 2 working parents because that is what is needed to live in this area or for a variety of reasons. Snow days when you are trying to get to work or working from home are a pain. It isn't that we don't want the kids home, it's that it makes other parts of life harder. And it should be ok to complain about that without people saying "You shouldn't have had kids." And there is nothing wrong with thinking that kids should be in school when they are scheduled to be in school. That is where they go to develop the skills needed to be functional adults. It isn't child care, it is an important part of their growth and development.

We are lucky that both of us can work from home today so we are not taking a hit on our pay checks or PTO allowance. We would have been fine if our son stayed home with us. Luckily he has a good friend who lives by the sledding hill who invited him over and his Dad has a 4 wheel drive truck who came to get my kid. It will be more fun for him, sledding with his friends and hanging out, then it would be at home with both of us working. A lot of families don't have the choices that my family has and it is hard.

Cool story. Welcome to parenting.

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Anonymous wrote:Snow totals seem lower than predicted. Disappointed.

Are you just pulling s h I t from your butt or do you have some link you’d like to quote? Are you one of those “It just feels like xyz is happening…?”

Here is Capital Weather Gang’s post from 6:30am

If you're just waking up, 3-6" of snow has already fallen across much of the DC area. We're well on our way to 6-12"

Some totals are shown here.

Follow our updates today at cwg.live

(Posted at 630a Monday)

Instant gratification has fried our brains. People see a forecast of 6-12 inches over a 24 hour period and think if they don’t see all 12+ when they wake up at 6 am then we didn’t get anything.

The original forecast had the biggest batch of snow coming overnight. The snow hole seemed to delay the start of the storm and then most of us woke up to no precipitation at all when the heaviest snow was supposed to fall before 10am. It's picked back up again but I would be surprised if we hit double digits unless the heavy snow window extends later than originally. We'll likely hit the 6 inch mark and be within our prohection but the storm also clearly went further south than originally projected based on snow totals in Stafford. It's disappointing when all the models showed the DMV getting the biggest accumulations.

All that said, this is the most snow my kids have ever seen in person so they're already up and out having a great time in what we do have.

Current forecast is for heavy snow to continue until noon, then let up, and then an additional heavy band in the evening giving an additional 1-2" of snow.

The snow storm isn't done yet.

No, but locally we are not getting more than another 2” or so than we have now. Meaning where I am we are looking at 7” max.

I have 8 on my back patio now. And all these side roads will be sheets of ice in the morning.

Sorry to all y’all who see school as childcare. Maybe you shouldn’t have had kids?

This is honestly such an obnoxious comment. Society is set up in the way that kids go to school during the day and parents work during the day. Many families need both parents to work. We do not see school as merely "childcare", but it's de facto where kids spend the majority of their day!

And snow days are a thing, have been a thing for decades, and having plans for that is part of parenting. Deal.

[Anonymous]

Love all the parents in here who had kids and now can’t deal with parenting.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers need to go in even if kids are off tomorrow. They have had two weeks already

And do what? Can’t really teach without kids there.

I had my whole week prepped, calendar changed over, classroom clean and ready to go. A waste for 2 days since a lot of it was review materials and now we jump back into benchmark when we return. And re shuffle the rest of the subjects.

ARE YOU OKAY WITH GOING BACK NEXT WEEK? OR DO YOU WANT A 4TH WEEK OFF

WHY ARE YOU SO DRAMATIC?