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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.

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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.

So you are new here. Thanks for confirming.

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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.

Precisely.

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It's very sunny out. I think we will have a 2 hour delay tomorrow, announced tonight.

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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.

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.

What the hell? Maybe try some actual parenting and consequences for “screaming at each other.” Cruise director, my butt.

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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.

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

Your desperation is noted and mocked.

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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.

My nextdoor neighbor's sidewalks are right in front of the bus stop in our neighborhood and he never clears them. So I went out today with my shovel and cleared them all. And I made a path thru the mountain of snow on the corner so the kids can get safely from the bus stop to the bus, whenever it comes again. We can do this, people. It just requires some hard work and understanding that some people suck and you just need to clear off their snow for the sake of your community.

Thank you! If people spent less time arguing with each other on DCUM or focused on allowing their kids to overcharge their neighbors for shoveling, it could make a difference.

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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.

My nextdoor neighbor's sidewalks are right in front of the bus stop in our neighborhood and he never clears them. So I went out today with my shovel and cleared them all. And I made a path thru the mountain of snow on the corner so the kids can get safely from the bus stop to the bus, whenever it comes again. We can do this, people. It just requires some hard work and understanding that some people suck and you just need to clear off their snow for the sake of your community.

Thank you! If people spent less time arguing with each other on DCUM or focused on allowing their kids to overcharge their neighbors for shoveling, it could make a difference.

I am LOL, and my kids are asking me what's so funny. show this tread to my 11 year old.

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If every school and bus lot gets cleared out now the sun will help. But just because those staff were called in doesn’t mean they went.

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Anonymous wrote:It's very sunny out. I think we will have a 2 hour delay tomorrow, announced tonight.

It’s sunny, but the sun angle is low and we’re not likely to get above freezing today. I think closed tomorrow.

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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.

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.

True, and the complainers (of why school closing) here are the quickest to sue the school if their Larla and Larlo slip and broke their bones.

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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.

Yes, pick one of the zillion other arguments to open schools because this one isn’t it.

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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.

My nextdoor neighbor's sidewalks are right in front of the bus stop in our neighborhood and he never clears them. So I went out today with my shovel and cleared them all. And I made a path thru the mountain of snow on the corner so the kids can get safely from the bus stop to the bus, whenever it comes again. We can do this, people. It just requires some hard work and understanding that some people suck and you just need to clear off their snow for the sake of your community.

Thank you! If people spent less time arguing with each other on DCUM or focused on allowing their kids to overcharge their neighbors for shoveling, it could make a difference.

Unless people start shoveling some of these neighborhood roads, I’m guessing “closed” for tomorrow

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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

LOL

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Anonymous wrote:Yep no school Wednesday . This snow dump tonight has set us back.

Yeah I’m starting to think that too but Reid may push for it!

I don't know....safety will come first sorry to burst all of your bubbles.