Risk of snow days in APS this week (2/10 - 2/14)

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Anonymous wrote:Early release is a mistake. They just need to close.

No. They really don't. Students an still have a significant school day tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a totally wasted day. It’s babysitting

Not in high school.

Yes also in high school. My school made classes 31 minutes each to account for all the lunches. I can’t do anything meaningful in 31 minutes. It’s a wasted day instructionally.

FCCPS gets around that by not having lunch on early dismissal days. I’m not sure how they do it but they have longer classes, no lunch in HS.

Then I guess it doesn’t count as an instructional day? I thought lunch needed to be served for it to count.

They probably do grab and go.
Arlington used to do that.

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Anonymous wrote:Normally, APS HS block classes are 90 minutes. They shave 30 off per class and get out 2 hours early. That's how math works. I'm literally looking at the schedule. Readers, please disregard the 30 minute class report. It is misinformation.

30 is accurate. not all high schools have the same schedule you know. just because it's not 30 in your kid's school doesn't mean it's not 30 in someone else's.

Yes it is accurate because today was a 3 hour early release in nova not 2. Normally it’s 2 hour so classes are a little longer. Our classes were 31/31/90/31 to accommodate 4 lunches and to to leave 3 hours early.

Fairfax did this. You are on an APS thread. APS followed their normal early release schedule.

Simmer down, my APS kid had 30 min classes today.

this person is talking about 3 hour early release which was Fairfax not APS.

If your kid had 30 minute classes it was some other reason.

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Anonymous wrote:Normally, APS HS block classes are 90 minutes. They shave 30 off per class and get out 2 hours early. That's how math works. I'm literally looking at the schedule. Readers, please disregard the 30 minute class report. It is misinformation.

30 is accurate. not all high schools have the same schedule you know. just because it's not 30 in your kid's school doesn't mean it's not 30 in someone else's.

Yes it is accurate because today was a 3 hour early release in nova not 2. Normally it’s 2 hour so classes are a little longer. Our classes were 31/31/90/31 to accommodate 4 lunches and to to leave 3 hours early.

Fairfax did this. You are on an APS thread. APS followed their normal early release schedule.

Simmer down, my APS kid had 30 min classes today.

this person is talking about 3 hour early release which was Fairfax not APS.

If your kid had 30 minute classes it was some other reason.

No I'm not, this is in at least one APS school too. Schools are not all the same you know.

[Anonymous]

Can someone please tell me which APS school had 30 min classes? I am a school admin and I have no idea. All middle schools and HS are on block (and today would not be an "anchor" day).

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Anonymous wrote:Normally, APS HS block classes are 90 minutes. They shave 30 off per class and get out 2 hours early. That's how math works. I'm literally looking at the schedule. Readers, please disregard the 30 minute class report. It is misinformation.

30 is accurate. not all high schools have the same schedule you know. just because it's not 30 in your kid's school doesn't mean it's not 30 in someone else's.

Yes it is accurate because today was a 3 hour early release in nova not 2. Normally it’s 2 hour so classes are a little longer. Our classes were 31/31/90/31 to accommodate 4 lunches and to to leave 3 hours early.

Fairfax did this. You are on an APS thread. APS followed their normal early release schedule.

Simmer down, my APS kid had 30 min classes today.

this person is talking about 3 hour early release which was Fairfax not APS.

If your kid had 30 minute classes it was some other reason.

No I'm not, this is in at least one APS school too. Schools are not all the same you know.

I’ll be clearer. No APS schools had a 3 hour early release today.

[Anonymous]

Are we thinking closure or just delay tomorrow??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone please tell me which APS school had 30 min classes? I am a school admin and I have no idea. All middle schools and HS are on block (and today would not be an "anchor" day).

If I were PP claiming to have 30 minute classes, I'd drop the name of the school so it wouldn't look like I was lying.

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Anonymous wrote:Are we thinking closure or just delay tomorrow??

They will close because of their commitment to tell parents the night before. They won’t have enough information until earlier tomorrow. Rain should wash most of this away tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

But the rain isn’t starting until late afternoon tomorrow right?

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Anonymous wrote:Normally, APS HS block classes are 90 minutes. They shave 30 off per class and get out 2 hours early. That's how math works. I'm literally looking at the schedule. Readers, please disregard the 30 minute class report. It is misinformation.

30 is accurate. not all high schools have the same schedule you know. just because it's not 30 in your kid's school doesn't mean it's not 30 in someone else's.

Yes it is accurate because today was a 3 hour early release in nova not 2. Normally it’s 2 hour so classes are a little longer. Our classes were 31/31/90/31 to accommodate 4 lunches and to to leave 3 hours early.

Fairfax did this. You are on an APS thread. APS followed their normal early release schedule.

Simmer down, my APS kid had 30 min classes today.

Which school? My APS high school kid had 65 min classes today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But the rain isn’t starting until late afternoon tomorrow right?

Correct and then not below freezing all night with rain.

[Anonymous]

HB had 35min classes today.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please tell me which APS school had 30 min classes? I am a school admin and I have no idea. All middle schools and HS are on block (and today would not be an "anchor" day).

No not all of them, you really don't know and you are a school admin in APS? Where do you work?

[Anonymous]

When will APS call this? Hoping to know whether I need to clean off the car tonight one way of the other.

[Anonymous]

Also, when it snows in the evening like this, should I shovel once before I go to bed, or will that just allow a light layer of what's left to freeze into ice overnight, and better to shovel in the morning when the sun will help melt that light layer remaining? help ha.