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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone think FCPS will have the buildings open Thursday and Friday? Since students are off, this would be the chance to get in extracurriculars at least.[/quote]

Dr Reid is adamant the floggings, I mean PD, will continue as scheduled on Thursday, per the email staff just received.

As if there was any doubt that THIS is what’s most important to Gatehouse. [/quote]

Yeah super unclear. It will all be virtual or just some of it for some people? Makes no sense. [/quote]

There’s no way I’m driving across the county in these conditions for a PD.[/quote]

+1 Hell no.[/quote]

Everyone else seems to get to work ok now (and surely by Thurs and Fri),  feds are opened tomorrow, private businesses, medical offices, County offices.

Seems like you're the exception and not the norm.[/quote]

Asking teachers to drive to one location-- their typical location-- is reasonable. Asking teachers to go to their typical location and [u]then[/u] to drive across the county to a [u]different[/u] location is not reasonable when the PD can be done virtually. That's even the case when the weather is fine. There is no reason to have these central PD sessions when teachers are just put in a room with other teachers from their own school. [/quote]it is a good bonding experience [/quote]

Bonding with our colleagues from our own school? No. We can do that at our own school.  There is no reason to make us drive across the county to sit in a room solely with teachers from our own school.

It is a waste of gas, puts additional stress on roads and vehicles, adds pollution to the environment, is a financial strain for those who do not drive and thus must pay for an Uber, angers teachers, increases anxiety, is difficult for those who have child and pet care needs, and is a complete waste of time. [/quote]

It's trauma bonding.

The best is when they have us drive to a school that's as far away from our school as possible, and in the opposite direction from my house, so that I get to spend an extra 1.5 hours on the road that day. And all so I can watch some central office person read me a slideshow that could have been an email (a useless one).

If I can get out of my driveway I'd be willing to go either to my school OR the PD, but not both. It seems like asking a lot given the road conditions.

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It is always ridiculous and wasteful to make teachers go to centralized PD/in-services, but it's torture when there is foul weather.[/quote]

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