Snow day

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Why haven't they called it yet 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

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: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.

I’m a teacher so I don’t care either way. I would rather go in because adjusting the plans is stressful for me (doesn’t mean it is for everyone- type A who likes my routine).

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i just drove around everything is fine, no need to waste a snow day on wed

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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.

This...becasue they will complain and blame FCPS not matter what.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Wednesday will be off too.

Agreed. We are untouched and a pretty urban community. I’m sure those further out will take some time to dig out tomorrow and Wednesday. Def won’t be ready for kids/buses

WTF? No, school will be open on Wednesday. All the main roads are clear now, the neighborhood roads will be cleared tomorrow.

My money is on a two-hr delay for Wednesday.

Nah closed on Wednesday, will also close on Thursday so kids can watch coverage of Carter’s funeral.

The county already said we aren’t closed Thursday.

Fcps won't be closed for the funeral Thursday

Fcps will be closed on Thursday because of "ice" in Clifton and Herndon, as a pretense for giving a day off for the funeral

I live in Herndon, there is no ice, our neighborhood roads have been plowed.

I think it's really unfair that we have to stay home because people choose to live in but*ck nowhere. We really need to separate the county into separate zones.

I live in Herndon too. Don’t kid yourself. We are on the edge of nowhere. It is less than it was but still nowhere. (DC still is a little city with a little metro area.) Plenty of times Herndon is one of the places with higher snow totals.

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Anonymous wrote:i just drove around everything is fine, no need to waste a snow day on wed

Same main roads are fine. I vote 2 hr delay tomorrow.

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Our neighborhood road has been plowed and treated multiple times. Not sure what is going on everywhere else but it’s pretty clear here.

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Anonymous wrote:i just drove around everything is fine, no need to waste a snow day on wed

You drove from Reston to Clifton to Burke to Annandale to Mt Vernon? I wish I had as much free time as you.

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Anonymous wrote:i just drove around everything is fine, no need to waste a snow day on wed

You drove from Reston to Clifton to Burke to Annandale to Mt Vernon? I wish I had as much free time as you.

LOL. Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Wednesday will be off too.

Agreed. We are untouched and a pretty urban community. I’m sure those further out will take some time to dig out tomorrow and Wednesday. Def won’t be ready for kids/buses

WTF? No, school will be open on Wednesday. All the main roads are clear now, the neighborhood roads will be cleared tomorrow.

My money is on a two-hr delay for Wednesday.

Nah closed on Wednesday, will also close on Thursday so kids can watch coverage of Carter’s funeral.

The county already said we aren’t closed Thursday.

Fcps won't be closed for the funeral Thursday

Fcps will be closed on Thursday because of "ice" in Clifton and Herndon, as a pretense for giving a day off for the funeral

I live in Herndon, there is no ice, our neighborhood roads have been plowed.

I think it's really unfair that we have to stay home because people choose to live in but*ck nowhere. We really need to separate the county into separate zones.

I live in Herndon too. Don’t kid yourself. We are on the edge of nowhere. It is less than it was but still nowhere. (DC still is a little city with a little metro area.) Plenty of times Herndon is one of the places with higher snow totals.

Don't forget Clifton.

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Anonymous wrote:Our neighborhood road has been plowed and treated multiple times. Not sure what is going on everywhere else but it’s pretty clear here.

this is why we can't have nice things

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Anonymous wrote:Our neighborhood road has been plowed and treated multiple times. Not sure what is going on everywhere else but it’s pretty clear here.

Our road is mostly ice, but most of the residents are transplants from snowy places like Chicago, upstate New York, and Michigan or icy places like Missouri and Kansas, so driving on these roads is no big deal.

For locals, southerners and folks from other countries, the roads are still impassable.

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Anonymous wrote:i just drove around everything is fine, no need to waste a snow day on wed

You drove from Reston to Clifton to Burke to Annandale to Mt Vernon? I wish I had as much free time as you.

LOL. Exactly.

They probably just “drove around” to Starbucks and deemed all clear for the entire county.

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On my drive into work today I was on entirely clear roads and passed some neighborhood roads bigger than my own street that were ice. I couldn't tell a rhyme or reason.

Also passed an elementary school where the parking lot was not yet clear.