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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s the thing. It’s still treacherous and walking in the middle of the street to catch already unreliable buses with pk, early elementary kids is very challenging.  Not to mention my kid has a broken foot.

DCPS should just call it. [b]It’s some weird flex to be the last one when all surrounding districts have closed already. [/b]Keep parents informed and early so we can plan. It’s almost 5. [/quote]

No. This is not a reasonable argument.

The reason that DC area suburbs have to be conservative about closing is that the counties are very large and schools are controlled at the county level. If there is one town on the edge of Fairfax County that is in bad shape, they have to close the whole county. It's over 400 square miles! DC, on the other hand, is less than 70 square miles, is much more dense, and invests in snow clearing infrastructure because of the federal government and economic impacts. Additionally, with a way higher percent of kids experiencing food insecurity, closing for days for snow has more of a downside.

DC is usually the first to open, and it's for real reasons, not bragging rights.

Whether they should open tomorrow or not is a reasonable question, but closing whenever the surrounding counties close is dumb (and has never been DC's policy). [/quote]

The county wide school system is insane to be as an outsider. I have no idea why Virginia and Maryland clump hundreds of thousands of kids together in singular districts but it certainly doesn't help in instances like this.[/quote]

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