Snow day

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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.

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.

Kids use those sidewalks to get to the bus stop and to get to the school if they’re a walker. This has been a reason that they have kept schools closed in the past.

[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.

If a student has an F at this point, they should have been working to remedy that over break. It is REALLY hard to get an F in Fairfax County with the 50 minimum for any effort and the D- added.

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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.

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.

It’s always hard for parents who have challenging kids, due to various reasons; but the solution is not driving on dangerous road so that they can get back to school.

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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.

We all know public schools don't fail anyone.

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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.

If a student has an F at this point, they should have been working to remedy that over break. It is REALLY hard to get an F in Fairfax County with the 50 minimum for any effort and the D- added.

Maybe they could use the snow days to make up or redo assignments. If they have enough, they probably have at least 10 missing assignments.

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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.

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.

Kids use those sidewalks to get to the bus stop and to get to the school if they’re a walker. This has been a reason that they have kept schools closed in the past.

Citation?

[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.

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.

I enjoy my kids, but they are at the age (mid-elementary) where they scream at each other over minor things. So I end up either playing referee or cruise director to list all the possible things they could do that doesn't involve screens so they don't spend the entire day in front of the TV or on devices.

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DH & I took a walk about an hour ago. Our road is a main access to our neighborhood and a bus route. It is passible but not clear. The other roads are not clear at all. We walked out to Rt 50 just to see the status. 50 is fine to drive, but the sidewalks are covered. When the parking lots are plowed for shopping centers, they pile it up at the driveway access and it completely blocks the sidewalks. Yesterday, I was saying 2hour delay Wednesday. Now I think closed tomorrow and 2 hour delay Thursday & Friday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I just did a 1.5 mile loop of my neighborhood and this is accurate. There’s 2 plows going up and down the main road which is all pavement now, but the neighborhood streets haven’t been touched. The sidewalks are still shin deep and the corners where bus stops would be , kids would be clambering on snow piles. I think a call tonight saying 2 hour delay with possibility to change but anything the sun melts today will freeze so, who knows. I wouldn’t be surprised with a full close or a 2 hour delay.

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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.

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.

Kids use those sidewalks to get to the bus stop and to get to the school if they’re a walker. This has been a reason that they have kept schools closed in the past.

Citation?

Wdym citation… it’s common knowledge. Sidewalks have to be clear enough for walkers to reasonably be safe and there can’t be 4 foot snow piles on bus stop corners because then kids are a) obstructed or b) on the street. It’s a huge factor in whether they choose to close or not.

[Anonymous]

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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.

If a student has an F at this point, they should have been working to remedy that over break. It is REALLY hard to get an F in Fairfax County with the 50 minimum for any effort and the D- added.

The kids who have F’s now will have F’s at the end of the quarter. I’m a high school teacher. Your average F student doesn’t turn things around … they just fail and claim “I’ll bring it up in quarter 3 when I lock in.” (They never lock in.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

Dp. But that’s what they do. I’m guessing you are new here because historically they have kept schools closed due to icy sidewalk concerns.

[Anonymous]

Just stop with the arguing. Take a time-out and watch the FCPS snow closure video.

[Anonymous]

VDOT’s timeline for plowing is to make things passable by Friday. Maybe they will move faster but my neighborhood hasn’t seen a plow yet (they focus on main roads first). But sidewalks on main roads aren’t anyone’s responsibility so get out there and shovel them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Kids use those sidewalks to get to the bus stop and to get to the school if they’re a walker. This has been a reason that they have kept schools closed in the past.

Citation?

Wdym citation… it’s common knowledge. Sidewalks have to be clear enough for walkers to reasonably be safe and there can’t be 4 foot snow piles on bus stop corners because then kids are a) obstructed or b) on the street. It’s a huge factor in whether they choose to close or not.

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So no cite. "Common knowledge" is a poor source and often wrong.