FCPS School Activities Canceled on Saturday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has FCPS ever closed for the morning only on a Saturday (said school grounds could open at noon, for example)? Or is it always all or nothing?

They have done this in the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has FCPS ever closed for the morning only on a Saturday (said school grounds could open at noon, for example)? Or is it always all or nothing?

We have a school sponsored activity tomorrow (music related), and were told if FCPS opens by 11 it will still be on. So at least one teacher is thinking it might happen?

Sorry, in the past it was always, they opened at noon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS has a basketball game Saturday in the afternoon, we are expecting it to be cancelled. Such is life. It sucks but it is not the end of the world.

The Washington Post is projecting up to 5 inches in areas.

WTOP is calling for 1-3 inches with areas in Loudoun getting closer to 5 inches. Wind gusts will keep the temperatures below freezing.

https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/02/dc-area-may-see-a-snowy-blustery-presidents-day-weekend/

The volunteers who run his league have been scrambling all season dealing with closures and reschedules and ref re-staffing and gyms unexpectedly locked etc in addition to all the regular work. It definitely does suck. Its honestly amazing anyone volunteers to run these leagues and deal with FCPS on top of parents.

PP who pointed to FCAC above. Those volunteers should be complaining to NCS and their sport counsel representative on NCS. The sport counsel representatives should bring it up at a meeting. FCPS has people at all those meetings. There are avenues to work this.

As a volunteer who works for a league (not winter), I empathize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has FCPS ever closed for the morning only on a Saturday (said school grounds could open at noon, for example)? Or is it always all or nothing?

They have delayed openings on weekends and they absolutely should do that tomorrow if they even feel compelled to close early. It is so upsetting to all the kids who have games scheduled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS has a basketball game Saturday in the afternoon, we are expecting it to be cancelled. Such is life. It sucks but it is not the end of the world.

The Washington Post is projecting up to 5 inches in areas.

WTOP is calling for 1-3 inches with areas in Loudoun getting closer to 5 inches. Wind gusts will keep the temperatures below freezing.

https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/02/dc-area-may-see-a-snowy-blustery-presidents-day-weekend/

The volunteers who run his league have been scrambling all season dealing with closures and reschedules and ref re-staffing and gyms unexpectedly locked etc in addition to all the regular work. It definitely does suck. Its honestly amazing anyone volunteers to run these leagues and deal with FCPS on top of parents.

PP who pointed to FCAC above. Those volunteers should be complaining to NCS and their sport counsel representative on NCS. The sport counsel representatives should bring it up at a meeting. FCPS has people at all those meetings. There are avenues to work this.

As a volunteer who works for a league (not winter), I empathize.

The FCAC has been working with SB and FCPS on this. They point fingers at the individual schools. The schools don't really support community use. For profit groups-or at least fake non profits like private AAU teams-- keep getting permits in our area and reducing the amount of gym space. If you don't give county financial aid, you aren't a non-profit and should be last on the list to get space.

[Anonymous]

I really hope they open at noon, at least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS has a basketball game Saturday in the afternoon, we are expecting it to be cancelled. Such is life. It sucks but it is not the end of the world.

The Washington Post is projecting up to 5 inches in areas.

WTOP is calling for 1-3 inches with areas in Loudoun getting closer to 5 inches. Wind gusts will keep the temperatures below freezing.

https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/02/dc-area-may-see-a-snowy-blustery-presidents-day-weekend/

The volunteers who run his league have been scrambling all season dealing with closures and reschedules and ref re-staffing and gyms unexpectedly locked etc in addition to all the regular work. It definitely does suck. Its honestly amazing anyone volunteers to run these leagues and deal with FCPS on top of parents.

PP who pointed to FCAC above. Those volunteers should be complaining to NCS and their sport counsel representative on NCS. The sport counsel representatives should bring it up at a meeting. FCPS has people at all those meetings. There are avenues to work this.

As a volunteer who works for a league (not winter), I empathize.

The FCAC has been working with SB and FCPS on this. They point fingers at the individual schools. The schools don't really support community use. For profit groups-or at least fake non profits like private AAU teams-- keep getting permits in our area and reducing the amount of gym space. If you don't give county financial aid, you aren't a non-profit and should be last on the list to get space.

As far as the individual schools, that's an issue. They should be required to support community use, especially given that the superintendent has been touting the benefits of sports for kids in her middle school athletics push.

The fake non-profits issue is hairer. Our league is literally too disorganized to send the applications for county financial aid in on time (wish I was joking), but we're a recognized non-profit and we have documentation to prove it. So I think the criteria would need to be broader than "does this league issue county aid."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS has a basketball game Saturday in the afternoon, we are expecting it to be cancelled. Such is life. It sucks but it is not the end of the world.

The Washington Post is projecting up to 5 inches in areas.

WTOP is calling for 1-3 inches with areas in Loudoun getting closer to 5 inches. Wind gusts will keep the temperatures below freezing.

https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/02/dc-area-may-see-a-snowy-blustery-presidents-day-weekend/

The volunteers who run his league have been scrambling all season dealing with closures and reschedules and ref re-staffing and gyms unexpectedly locked etc in addition to all the regular work. It definitely does suck. Its honestly amazing anyone volunteers to run these leagues and deal with FCPS on top of parents.

PP who pointed to FCAC above. Those volunteers should be complaining to NCS and their sport counsel representative on NCS. The sport counsel representatives should bring it up at a meeting. FCPS has people at all those meetings. There are avenues to work this.

As a volunteer who works for a league (not winter), I empathize.

The FCAC has been working with SB and FCPS on this. They point fingers at the individual schools. The schools don't really support community use. For profit groups-or at least fake non profits like private AAU teams-- keep getting permits in our area and reducing the amount of gym space. If you don't give county financial aid, you aren't a non-profit and should be last on the list to get space.

As far as the individual schools, that's an issue. They should be required to support community use, especially given that the superintendent has been touting the benefits of sports for kids in her middle school athletics push.

The fake non-profits issue is hairer. Our league is literally too disorganized to send the applications for county financial aid in on time (wish I was joking), but we're a recognized non-profit and we have documentation to prove it. So I think the criteria would need to be broader than "does this league issue county aid."

So all the FARMs kids in your area can't participate in your league?

[Anonymous]

One of the schools in our area is downright hostile to community use and unfortunately its one of the main schools our rec leagues is assigned permits to. They lock up and leave frequently even when we have permits and they block use the day of sometimes. The custodian won't let us borrow the mop so we can clean the floors, says we should bring our own mop. Its ridiculous. Our players are kids who attend this school.

[Anonymous]

bring your own mop! lol.

[Anonymous]

They will almost certainly close all day tomorrow, even though I agree a noon opening should be feasible.

Pray they don't close Sunday as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS has a basketball game Saturday in the afternoon, we are expecting it to be cancelled. Such is life. It sucks but it is not the end of the world.

The Washington Post is projecting up to 5 inches in areas.

WTOP is calling for 1-3 inches with areas in Loudoun getting closer to 5 inches. Wind gusts will keep the temperatures below freezing.

https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/02/dc-area-may-see-a-snowy-blustery-presidents-day-weekend/

The volunteers who run his league have been scrambling all season dealing with closures and reschedules and ref re-staffing and gyms unexpectedly locked etc in addition to all the regular work. It definitely does suck. Its honestly amazing anyone volunteers to run these leagues and deal with FCPS on top of parents.

PP who pointed to FCAC above. Those volunteers should be complaining to NCS and their sport counsel representative on NCS. The sport counsel representatives should bring it up at a meeting. FCPS has people at all those meetings. There are avenues to work this.

As a volunteer who works for a league (not winter), I empathize.

The FCAC has been working with SB and FCPS on this. They point fingers at the individual schools. The schools don't really support community use. For profit groups-or at least fake non profits like private AAU teams-- keep getting permits in our area and reducing the amount of gym space. If you don't give county financial aid, you aren't a non-profit and should be last on the list to get space.

As far as the individual schools, that's an issue. They should be required to support community use, especially given that the superintendent has been touting the benefits of sports for kids in her middle school athletics push.

The fake non-profits issue is hairer. Our league is literally too disorganized to send the applications for county financial aid in on time (wish I was joking), but we're a recognized non-profit and we have documentation to prove it. So I think the criteria would need to be broader than "does this league issue county aid."

So all the FARMs kids in your area can't participate in your league?

No. We give scholarships and just don't get reimbursed for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS has a basketball game Saturday in the afternoon, we are expecting it to be cancelled. Such is life. It sucks but it is not the end of the world.

The Washington Post is projecting up to 5 inches in areas.

WTOP is calling for 1-3 inches with areas in Loudoun getting closer to 5 inches. Wind gusts will keep the temperatures below freezing.

https://wtop.com/weather-news/2024/02/dc-area-may-see-a-snowy-blustery-presidents-day-weekend/

The volunteers who run his league have been scrambling all season dealing with closures and reschedules and ref re-staffing and gyms unexpectedly locked etc in addition to all the regular work. It definitely does suck. Its honestly amazing anyone volunteers to run these leagues and deal with FCPS on top of parents.

PP who pointed to FCAC above. Those volunteers should be complaining to NCS and their sport counsel representative on NCS. The sport counsel representatives should bring it up at a meeting. FCPS has people at all those meetings. There are avenues to work this.

As a volunteer who works for a league (not winter), I empathize.

The FCAC has been working with SB and FCPS on this. They point fingers at the individual schools. The schools don't really support community use. For profit groups-or at least fake non profits like private AAU teams-- keep getting permits in our area and reducing the amount of gym space. If you don't give county financial aid, you aren't a non-profit and should be last on the list to get space.

As far as the individual schools, that's an issue. They should be required to support community use, especially given that the superintendent has been touting the benefits of sports for kids in her middle school athletics push.

The fake non-profits issue is hairer. Our league is literally too disorganized to send the applications for county financial aid in on time (wish I was joking), but we're a recognized non-profit and we have documentation to prove it. So I think the criteria would need to be broader than "does this league issue county aid."

So all the FARMs kids in your area can't participate in your league?

DP. We don't have county financial aid forms, but we do advertise financial aid. We just waive fees for anyone who applies without question. We're a rec league and we build in the assumption that we're waiving 10% of fees so it works.

[Anonymous]

Looking at FCBYL championship dates and the date that my kid's volleyball league gets gym space, I think there may be one week of wiggle room where gyms are open

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They will almost certainly close all day tomorrow, even though I agree a noon opening should be feasible.

Pray they don't close Sunday as well.

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