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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This question might be off topic, but if we do open this week, won’t we need to do 2 hour delays everyday - since there’s a danger that Middle Schoolers who walk in the early morning could be hit by cars?[/quote]

Yes and that’s fine by me.  It feels like the right amount of risk tolerance. [/quote]

Whole problem here is the terrible decision making by folks being paid 300-400k year.  You cannot reasonably claim, if conditions were so “unsafe” that entire school system had to close, that conditions tomorrow will be materially any better tomorrow (or Wed/Thurs for that matter).  So leadership is either OK with another full week of no school (which is terrible ninny timid leadership) OR will hypocritically move the goal posts later this week.  [/quote]

What upsets me is that the people making these decisions are so far removed from the life blood of the school community, that they are thinking of their own reputations, liability status, and popularity rather than the welfare of children.  If they want to open, they should at least make an effort to be proactive —  start initiating community carpool drives, recruit volunteers to supervise children at the bus stop, create a list of contact information for folks willing to remove ice for a fee… they don’t have to be 100 percent successful, but they should TRY.   I don’t have access to all the information they do, I know, but I am disheartened by their, I don’t know, uselessness.  They should be working and thinking and planning like someone lit fires under their butts, but I don’t see that.[/quote]

Its's been 4 days....[/quote]

Yeah, I know.  I’m okay if we open or close, but so many people posting here seem so anguished.    FCPS could at least reassure them with updates and better communication.  I think not knowing is making people anxious.[/quote]

This is so spot on.  So much of this is 100 percent a comms problem.

Have a plan for storm follow up (I don't think they have this but they have one!), publicize the plan, communicate your progress on the plan.  Tell us where we need to get to in the plan to open.

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Which other county is supplying those frequent updates?[/quote]

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