What do we think will happen on Monday?

[Anonymous]

The families and schools need to practice and accept flexibility from all involved and exhibit some creativity to make things work so schools can open. Maybe this means a delayed morning opening, maybe this means more hands on deck with staff and parents to help organize drop off and dismissal, maybe this means families altering how their children get to/from school. However, the schools can't stay closed for 2 weeks. It's not about the need for childcare at this point, it's about learning loss... in particular for high schoolers where there are higher stakes, but also for younger students who are laying the foundation for their future learning and that can't be glossed over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're encouraging walkers at our school to use kiss and ride which is fine for drop off but is going to be a mess for pickup. A lot of walker's parents drive and park on the roads surrounding the school but those roads are all scarcely one lane so theres nowhere for anyone to park. We have about 350 kids who walk or do kiss and ride. Good luck fitting them all at kiss and ride...

The buses also wont be able to turn to get into the school road. It's at the top of a hill and needs more than the kind of 1 lane plowed to be able to turn. We're in eastern FCPS, I can only imagine other schools will be so much worse.

Guys, everyone knows what the issues are. We don't need all of your anecdotes about you getting your kid to your school. We know. It's icy and there's a lot of snow banks piled up. WE KNOW.

But that isn't changing anytime soon.

So the issue is, do we get the kids back to school or not? What day it happens this week is going to make ZERO difference, these conditions are not getting significantly better.

The schools in the area have decided to have another day off to pretend to make any dent in these conditions, which they won't actually be able to do, and they'll all be back after a delay on Tuesday. And getting to school Tuesday will look nearly identical to what getting to school tomorrow would have looked like.

That's what I think as well. They'll use Monday as a "buffer day" to effectively tell everybody (FCPS, teachers, parents, students) to get your sh!t together tomorrow for a 2-hour delay on Tuesday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The families and schools need to practice and accept flexibility from all involved and exhibit some creativity to make things work so schools can open. Maybe this means a delayed morning opening, maybe this means more hands on deck with staff and parents to help organize drop off and dismissal, maybe this means families altering how their children get to/from school. However, the schools can't stay closed for 2 weeks. It's not about the need for childcare at this point, it's about learning loss... in particular for high schoolers where there are higher stakes, but also for younger students who are laying the foundation for their future learning and that can't be glossed over.

Yeah at this point though they just need a plan to get on board with either way. Silence this late in the day is nuts. Everyone else has announced.

[Anonymous]

Email email
Email her
Ask to open them or resign

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just emailed her and told her if they are not open she better resign

100% thank you sister

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS has some of the craziest parents (evidence: this thread being 66 pages long) so maybe this culture you guys have contributed to is part of why she’s so gunshy about making any kind of decision

Right up there with APS parents their thread is 22 pages long and they’re about a 1/10th size of Fairfax county!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Email email
Email her
Ask to open them or resign

Stop already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The families and schools need to practice and accept flexibility from all involved and exhibit some creativity to make things work so schools can open. Maybe this means a delayed morning opening, maybe this means more hands on deck with staff and parents to help organize drop off and dismissal, maybe this means families altering how their children get to/from school. However, the schools can't stay closed for 2 weeks. It's not about the need for childcare at this point, it's about learning loss... in particular for high schoolers where there are higher stakes, but also for younger students who are laying the foundation for their future learning and that can't be glossed over.

Yes, they need to start organizing alternatives for the people who walk or ride busses.

[Anonymous]

This is ridiculous and outrageous. These teachers better be out there clearing the schools tomorrow. What else are we paying them for??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Email email
Email her
Ask to open them or resign

No wonder she needs security. You’re crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous and outrageous. These teachers better be out there clearing the schools tomorrow. What else are we paying them for??

I hope you are being sarcastic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're encouraging walkers at our school to use kiss and ride which is fine for drop off but is going to be a mess for pickup. A lot of walker's parents drive and park on the roads surrounding the school but those roads are all scarcely one lane so theres nowhere for anyone to park. We have about 350 kids who walk or do kiss and ride. Good luck fitting them all at kiss and ride...

The buses also wont be able to turn to get into the school road. It's at the top of a hill and needs more than the kind of 1 lane plowed to be able to turn. We're in eastern FCPS, I can only imagine other schools will be so much worse.

Guys, everyone knows what the issues are. We don't need all of your anecdotes about you getting your kid to your school. We know. It's icy and there's a lot of snow banks piled up. WE KNOW.

But that isn't changing anytime soon.

So the issue is, do we get the kids back to school or not? What day it happens this week is going to make ZERO difference, these conditions are not getting significantly better.

The schools in the area have decided to have another day off to pretend to make any dent in these conditions, which they won't actually be able to do, and they'll all be back after a delay on Tuesday. And getting to school Tuesday will look nearly identical to what getting to school tomorrow would have looked like.

That's what I think as well. They'll use Monday as a "buffer day" to effectively tell everybody (FCPS, teachers, parents, students) to get your sh!t together tomorrow for a 2-hour delay on Tuesday.

I actually think this is pretty reasonable. Consider teachers have also been in the dark all weekend so I haven’t been sure what to plan for (our school has a weird partial-block schedule, so it’s not just as easy as shifting everything by a day). If we have a clear plan (closed Mon, delayed Tues) we can all get it together Monday, practice walking/driving to and from schools, figure out plans for the rest of the week, prioritize what to shovel, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fact that FCPS is last to announce and much later than everyone else is so sad. This is the problem with FCPS. Make a decision with reason and stick by it. We have the biggest school system and the most incompetent leaders who are scared to make mistakes.

+1. As the largest district they should be the first to announce and set the expectation. But here we are at 4:45 on a Sunday afternoon with no plan in place because we didn’t see this coming a week ago.

[Anonymous]

Where is this announcement???

Delay or close????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous and outrageous. These teachers better be out there clearing the schools tomorrow. What else are we paying them for??

Are you ok?