Is there any chance that FCPS would be closed Friday?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If FCPS is waiting for the ice to melt, we're going to be waiting a looooong time.

again, I feel like if that is the criteria, we just shouldn't plan to go to school in winter. It MIGHT be icy...and cold. OHHH NOOOO!!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If FCPS is waiting for the ice to melt, we're going to be waiting a looooong time.

again, I feel like if that is the criteria, we just shouldn't plan to go to school in winter. It MIGHT be icy...and cold. OHHH NOOOO!!!!

Yes, and quite a few kids and teachers can break bones slipping. It's not all about you. When I taught in another area several teachers ended up in the ER from breaking bones slipping on the ice. Kids were injured too. There were also traffic accidents near the school. Wait till the people declaring everyone a "wus" fall. They probably won't bat an eyelash suing the school system for deciding to have schools open.

[Anonymous]

It was easier to walk around yesterday actually. There is a lot more ice out now it seems.

Roads in my neighborhood (at least the ones I've been on) are passable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If FCPS is waiting for the ice to melt, we're going to be waiting a looooong time.

again, I feel like if that is the criteria, we just shouldn't plan to go to school in winter. It MIGHT be icy...and cold. OHHH NOOOO!!!!

Yes, and quite a few kids and teachers can break bones slipping. It's not all about you. When I taught in another area several teachers ended up in the ER from breaking bones slipping on the ice. Kids were injured too. There were also traffic accidents near the school. Wait till the people declaring everyone a "wus" fall. They probably won't bat an eyelash suing the school system for deciding to have schools open.

I twisted my ankle severely in my school's parking lot in one of the many potholes. I didn't once think of suing the goddamn county.

We went to school today in Arlington. Nobody died, nobody was maimed. We used caution on ice. We drove slower.

For chrissake--you might as well wrap yourself in bubble wrap. There are numerous studies that show all of this over-regulation and playground regulation of childhood hobbies--tag, tree-climbing results in much more severe injuries to these same children when they reach adulthood. There is balance you learn from living life...and being allowed to live life like a normal person (not a fearful freak) early on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a single mom and have two kids in a school that follows FCPS. I have to work as well...or I can't pay for the things they need.

While I have childcare covered (I have a live-in au pair), my beef is that they are losing precious learning days. My kids' private school doesn't 'make up' snow days...so I am assuming they have to squeeze in the material in the days they have left.

I like the PP's comment about what they are doing about the roads. I have not seen any action on my neighborhood street past the first 'pass'.

I'm SURE that there will not be school tomorrow. Why would there be?

So infuriating.

Herein lies the problem: Some roads have still not been properly treated. So why open schools when only PART of the county is 'free and clear' to attend?

And what's stopping you or your au pair from reading to/with the kids, assigning math/science problems, having them play educational games online, etc.

In the end, PARENTS are 100% responsible for every aspect of their children's lives. NO WAY would I put my child's education 100% in the hands of the state. Are you crazy?!

They're going to teach them what they want. The school curriculum needs to be supplemented at home. That's something I'd do whether there were snow days or not.

I recognize you, crazy sancti-mommy. Shouldn't you be busy with your precious children that you are oh-so-100% responsible for and not posting on a message board? Do you care more about DCUM than your children who you gave birth to and must sacrifice everything for???

You sound so bitter.

Pot, meet kettle.

[Anonymous]

Everybody lives in fear of lawsuits, so now we can't live normal lives.

Good to know.

I don't remember this level of fear of anything scary happening when we were kids. And I wouldn't for one second think to sue the school if we slipped on ice.

Stupid litigious culture leading us to extreme coddling of the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everybody lives in fear of lawsuits, so now we can't live normal lives.

Good to know.

I don't remember this level of fear of anything scary happening when we were kids. And I wouldn't for one second think to sue the school if we slipped on ice.

Stupid litigious culture leading us to extreme coddling of the kids.

You might sue if you had a debilitating injury that would affect you for the rest of your life, for example if you could not type on a keyboard because of chronic pain and you could not work or needed costly supports for the rest of your life. You would sue not to be petty or vindictive but because you needed to make up for lost livelihood or crushing expenses, and you needed to support your family. People have died from slipping on ice. I think that some people are not aware of the severity of the injuries that could happen.

[Anonymous]

And any lawyer would throw this suit out in court. There is the possibility of falling on ice at all times. Unless FCPS or Fairfax County was particularly negligent, the suit wouldn't go forward. Sorry, but you can't sue every time you get hurt and expect to be compensated.

[Anonymous]

Ilryong Moon just announced at the Fairfax County School Board meeting that there is school tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ilryong Moon just announced at the Fairfax County School Board meeting that there is school tomorrow.

And there is a 2 hour delay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And any lawyer would throw this suit out in court. There is the possibility of falling on ice at all times. Unless FCPS or Fairfax County was particularly negligent, the suit wouldn't go forward. Sorry, but you can't sue every time you get hurt and expect to be compensated.

Lawyers would salivate for that case. The chance to sue a school system that 'required' students to attend school but didn't take care of the ice in the parking lot?

People have won lawsuits because laymen didn't shovel the snow from in front of their homes.