Snow day

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our road is icy AF, and the plows haven’t done much at all due to the underlying ice. No sidewalks currently available for any of the kids, which means they’d be walking on the road to get anywhere.

See you tomorrow for Thursday predictions.

tell the neighbors to clean, call VDOT AND ASK THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT.... KIDS NEEDS TO BE BACK

Why do kids need to be back? The annual schedule includes extra days for weather cancelations. Let the kids use them.

It doesn't really. The time comes from counting extra minutes for arrival, departure, and in between bells, not days.

I am not in a rush but my kid is as easy going kid who has friends in walking distance or a short drive. He is doing well in school and can stand to miss a few days without it hurting him. It also helps that I have some telework flexibility and my DH now works from home so we don't have to stress about child care plans or be annoyed at losing PTO. And yes, we know snow days are a part of parenting and we made it work when we did not have telework flexibility and losing PTO days was annoying but we did some grumbling.

There are other kids who are more high maintenance at home who are probably driving their parents crazy. There are a lot of kids who need all the time in school in order to retain and learn new material. Missing days of school is legitimately detrimental to those kids. There are kids who thrive on structure and all the time off is problematic for them, they need the structure that comes from school. There are parents who work who took time off during the break and need to get back to work to pay the bills that might be struggling.

I don't understand why people cannot see that their situation is not everyone else's situation and let people be grumpy over something that maybe is not a problem for you. I do get mocking the people from other parts of the country that live with snow and super cold temperatures for 4-6 months. We don't live in those areas and you need to adjust to a different normal. Kids don't get as many chances to play in the snow so snow days are really special for them. Accept the situation with some bewilderment and let it go, we don't live in a Mid West or Northern state.

This is true and I also feel for these kids and their families. However, safety must come first. If there's so much ice that kids cannot safely get to the bus stops or busses are skidding on the roads, it's not safe to send students to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our road is icy AF, and the plows haven’t done much at all due to the underlying ice. No sidewalks currently available for any of the kids, which means they’d be walking on the road to get anywhere.

See you tomorrow for Thursday predictions.

tell the neighbors to clean, call VDOT AND ASK THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT.... KIDS NEEDS TO BE BACK

Why do kids need to be back? The annual schedule includes extra days for weather cancelations. Let the kids use them.

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you ever want to go back? IF SO WHEN? We used 3 snows days this year counting tomorrow.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our road is icy AF, and the plows haven’t done much at all due to the underlying ice. No sidewalks currently available for any of the kids, which means they’d be walking on the road to get anywhere.

See you tomorrow for Thursday predictions.

tell the neighbors to clean, call VDOT AND ASK THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT.... KIDS NEEDS TO BE BACK

Why do kids need to be back? The annual schedule includes extra days for weather cancelations. Let the kids use them.

It doesn't really. The time comes from counting extra minutes for arrival, departure, and in between bells, not days.

I am not in a rush but my kid is as easy going kid who has friends in walking distance or a short drive. He is doing well in school and can stand to miss a few days without it hurting him. It also helps that I have some telework flexibility and my DH now works from home so we don't have to stress about child care plans or be annoyed at losing PTO. And yes, we know snow days are a part of parenting and we made it work when we did not have telework flexibility and losing PTO days was annoying but we did some grumbling.

There are other kids who are more high maintenance at home who are probably driving their parents crazy. There are a lot of kids who need all the time in school in order to retain and learn new material. Missing days of school is legitimately detrimental to those kids. There are kids who thrive on structure and all the time off is problematic for them, they need the structure that comes from school. There are parents who work who took time off during the break and need to get back to work to pay the bills that might be struggling.

I don't understand why people cannot see that their situation is not everyone else's situation and let people be grumpy over something that maybe is not a problem for you. I do get mocking the people from other parts of the country that live with snow and super cold temperatures for 4-6 months. We don't live in those areas and you need to adjust to a different normal. Kids don't get as many chances to play in the snow so snow days are really special for them. Accept the situation with some bewilderment and let it go, we don't live in a Mid West or Northern state.

It’s the COVID parental hysteria all over again. Same advice stands: Get busy raising kids you can stand.

[Anonymous]

My husband drove in to work in DC today (essential worker) and he said the main highways are fine but all the neighborhood streets, including the busier ones, are pretty rough. I think we'll have Wednesday off to give VDOT one more day to get things cleaned up.

[Anonymous]

DH commuted to DC today and said that most of the neighborhoods he passed were unplowed. Expecting closure tomorrow but two hour delay at best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our road is icy AF, and the plows haven’t done much at all due to the underlying ice. No sidewalks currently available for any of the kids, which means they’d be walking on the road to get anywhere.

See you tomorrow for Thursday predictions.

tell the neighbors to clean, call VDOT AND ASK THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT.... KIDS NEEDS TO BE BACK

Why do kids need to be back? The annual schedule includes extra days for weather cancelations. Let the kids use them.

It doesn't really. The time comes from counting extra minutes for arrival, departure, and in between bells, not days.

I am not in a rush but my kid is as easy going kid who has friends in walking distance or a short drive. He is doing well in school and can stand to miss a few days without it hurting him. It also helps that I have some telework flexibility and my DH now works from home so we don't have to stress about child care plans or be annoyed at losing PTO. And yes, we know snow days are a part of parenting and we made it work when we did not have telework flexibility and losing PTO days was annoying but we did some grumbling.

There are other kids who are more high maintenance at home who are probably driving their parents crazy. There are a lot of kids who need all the time in school in order to retain and learn new material. Missing days of school is legitimately detrimental to those kids. There are kids who thrive on structure and all the time off is problematic for them, they need the structure that comes from school. There are parents who work who took time off during the break and need to get back to work to pay the bills that might be struggling.

I don't understand why people cannot see that their situation is not everyone else's situation and let people be grumpy over something that maybe is not a problem for you. I do get mocking the people from other parts of the country that live with snow and super cold temperatures for 4-6 months. We don't live in those areas and you need to adjust to a different normal. Kids don't get as many chances to play in the snow so snow days are really special for them. Accept the situation with some bewilderment and let it go, we don't live in a Mid West or Northern state.

This is true and I also feel for these kids and their families. However, safety must come first. If there's so much ice that kids cannot safely get to the bus stops or busses are skidding on the roads, it's not safe to send students to school.

While I understand the concern, they aren't going to close schools because of sidewalks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our road is icy AF, and the plows haven’t done much at all due to the underlying ice. No sidewalks currently available for any of the kids, which means they’d be walking on the road to get anywhere.

See you tomorrow for Thursday predictions.

tell the neighbors to clean, call VDOT AND ASK THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT.... KIDS NEEDS TO BE BACK

My youngest is in 8th grade. I want as many snow days as possible to have fewer 6:30 bus pick up days. You will too when your kid gets to MS. It is hard now but this is the payoff for all of those days you suffered with daycare struggles in elementary school when you were trying to work. Bring on the snow days. How many do I want? All of them please.

[Anonymous]

Something that would help FCPS open faster is if people shoveled sidewalks, especially around bus stops and popular paths to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our road is icy AF, and the plows haven’t done much at all due to the underlying ice. No sidewalks currently available for any of the kids, which means they’d be walking on the road to get anywhere.

See you tomorrow for Thursday predictions.

tell the neighbors to clean, call VDOT AND ASK THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT.... KIDS NEEDS TO BE BACK

Why do kids need to be back? The annual schedule includes extra days for weather cancelations. Let the kids use them.

It doesn't really. The time comes from counting extra minutes for arrival, departure, and in between bells, not days.

I am not in a rush but my kid is as easy going kid who has friends in walking distance or a short drive. He is doing well in school and can stand to miss a few days without it hurting him. It also helps that I have some telework flexibility and my DH now works from home so we don't have to stress about child care plans or be annoyed at losing PTO. And yes, we know snow days are a part of parenting and we made it work when we did not have telework flexibility and losing PTO days was annoying but we did some grumbling.

There are other kids who are more high maintenance at home who are probably driving their parents crazy. There are a lot of kids who need all the time in school in order to retain and learn new material. Missing days of school is legitimately detrimental to those kids. There are kids who thrive on structure and all the time off is problematic for them, they need the structure that comes from school. There are parents who work who took time off during the break and need to get back to work to pay the bills that might be struggling.

I don't understand why people cannot see that their situation is not everyone else's situation and let people be grumpy over something that maybe is not a problem for you. I do get mocking the people from other parts of the country that live with snow and super cold temperatures for 4-6 months. We don't live in those areas and you need to adjust to a different normal. Kids don't get as many chances to play in the snow so snow days are really special for them. Accept the situation with some bewilderment and let it go, we don't live in a Mid West or Northern state.

This is true and I also feel for these kids and their families. However, safety must come first. If there's so much ice that kids cannot safely get to the bus stops or busses are skidding on the roads, it's not safe to send students to school.

While I understand the concern, they aren't going to close schools because of sidewalks.

Aww, you’re cute. New here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our road is icy AF, and the plows haven’t done much at all due to the underlying ice. No sidewalks currently available for any of the kids, which means they’d be walking on the road to get anywhere.

See you tomorrow for Thursday predictions.

tell the neighbors to clean, call VDOT AND ASK THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT.... KIDS NEEDS TO BE BACK

Why do kids need to be back? The annual schedule includes extra days for weather cancelations. Let the kids use them.

It doesn't really. The time comes from counting extra minutes for arrival, departure, and in between bells, not days.

I am not in a rush but my kid is as easy going kid who has friends in walking distance or a short drive. He is doing well in school and can stand to miss a few days without it hurting him. It also helps that I have some telework flexibility and my DH now works from home so we don't have to stress about child care plans or be annoyed at losing PTO. And yes, we know snow days are a part of parenting and we made it work when we did not have telework flexibility and losing PTO days was annoying but we did some grumbling.

There are other kids who are more high maintenance at home who are probably driving their parents crazy. There are a lot of kids who need all the time in school in order to retain and learn new material. Missing days of school is legitimately detrimental to those kids. There are kids who thrive on structure and all the time off is problematic for them, they need the structure that comes from school. There are parents who work who took time off during the break and need to get back to work to pay the bills that might be struggling.

I don't understand why people cannot see that their situation is not everyone else's situation and let people be grumpy over something that maybe is not a problem for you. I do get mocking the people from other parts of the country that live with snow and super cold temperatures for 4-6 months. We don't live in those areas and you need to adjust to a different normal. Kids don't get as many chances to play in the snow so snow days are really special for them. Accept the situation with some bewilderment and let it go, we don't live in a Mid West or Northern state.

It’s the COVID parental hysteria all over again. Same advice stands: Get busy raising kids you can stand.

You are most likely blessed with a kid who is not challenging. I am blessed with a kid who is not challenging, at the moment, we all know things can change. There are kids whose parents are parenting as best as they can and whose kids are still a struggle. I understand their frustration and how hard it is because I see them trying their hardest and their kids still struggling. Maybe stop judging them. Not every challenging kid is challenging because the parents are absent or too lenient or choosing not to parent.

I think they made the right call to close schools today, the roads are not ready for busses. More clean up needs to be done. I think tomorrow will be a 2 hour delay.

[Anonymous]

Let's think about all the kids that have F's want to go back to school so they can make up work? If they keep closing they will fail the semester.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Something that would help FCPS open faster is if people shoveled sidewalks, especially around bus stops and popular paths to school.

It's sort of weird that it's not mandatory here. It would be ok to require this by ordinance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our road is icy AF, and the plows haven’t done much at all due to the underlying ice. No sidewalks currently available for any of the kids, which means they’d be walking on the road to get anywhere.

See you tomorrow for Thursday predictions.

tell the neighbors to clean, call VDOT AND ASK THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT.... KIDS NEEDS TO BE BACK

Why do kids need to be back? The annual schedule includes extra days for weather cancelations. Let the kids use them.

It doesn't really. The time comes from counting extra minutes for arrival, departure, and in between bells, not days.

I am not in a rush but my kid is as easy going kid who has friends in walking distance or a short drive. He is doing well in school and can stand to miss a few days without it hurting him. It also helps that I have some telework flexibility and my DH now works from home so we don't have to stress about child care plans or be annoyed at losing PTO. And yes, we know snow days are a part of parenting and we made it work when we did not have telework flexibility and losing PTO days was annoying but we did some grumbling.

There are other kids who are more high maintenance at home who are probably driving their parents crazy. There are a lot of kids who need all the time in school in order to retain and learn new material. Missing days of school is legitimately detrimental to those kids. There are kids who thrive on structure and all the time off is problematic for them, they need the structure that comes from school. There are parents who work who took time off during the break and need to get back to work to pay the bills that might be struggling.

I don't understand why people cannot see that their situation is not everyone else's situation and let people be grumpy over something that maybe is not a problem for you. I do get mocking the people from other parts of the country that live with snow and super cold temperatures for 4-6 months. We don't live in those areas and you need to adjust to a different normal. Kids don't get as many chances to play in the snow so snow days are really special for them. Accept the situation with some bewilderment and let it go, we don't live in a Mid West or Northern state.

This is true and I also feel for these kids and their families. However, safety must come first. If there's so much ice that kids cannot safely get to the bus stops or busses are skidding on the roads, it's not safe to send students to school.

While I understand the concern, they aren't going to close schools because of sidewalks.

Aww, you’re cute. New here?

Spare me. If they closed schools because of sidewalks they would never open.

[Anonymous]

Also, I was actually afraid we'd all get norovirus on restarting. The snow days have likely eradicated mass outbreaks (because we're all essentially quarantined). I'm really happy about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's think about all the kids that have F's want to go back to school so they can make up work? If they keep closing they will fail the semester.

With few exceptions, the kids who have Fs more than halfway through the quarter are the same kids who put in minimal effort when they are in school. They should be getting on Schoology and completing missing assignments while they're home or studying the material so they don't fail the next test.