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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like these “extra” should they open or close days, each and every snowstorm, comes down to bus stops and VDOT.

Can we not, after all this time and year after year, figure out some creative solutions so we can get back to school?

- Staggered drop off times (e.g. A-F 8-8:15, G-L 8:20-8:35, etc etc) for walkers to mitigate (as best as possible) the sure to be backed up kiss and ride lines since there’s always the sidewalks that never do get shoveled.

- Something simple like a flag/pole that can be stuck in the ground at a FCPS bus stop so the plows know to not push piles of snow up for an x foot distance, etc. Someone at the bus stop could elect to be the keeper/planter of the flag in the event of expected weather.

I mean these aren’t crazy ideas. Might take some trial and error, but it might provide a solution so it’s not all or nothing. I feel like this happens at least once a school year post major snowstorm. [/quote]

Sorry if someone has already said this:  but doesn't FCPS have snow routes?  i.e. instead of bus routes going through every neighborhood and having to ensure 45k bus stops are all cleared - have snow bus stops which are at the edges of neighborhoods near major/standard roads - which are typically cleared faster and definitely are clear now.  Parents can be responsible for getting their kids to edge of neighborhood or elect to keep them at home.

Does FCPS not consider alternative solutions to anything?  It's all extreme or nothing.[/quote]

I'm the PP - I felt like they used to have consolidated routes, but now I can't find anything on the website. This could be easily implemented, though.

The major/standard roads near me are actually worse than the interior streets, I think. Each driveway has a 4-5 foot ice sculpture on either side of its driveway, and the curbs/intersections are plowed up even higher. My son's MS bus stop is at the intersection of a main road that leads directly to the school and he would stand on at least 6 feet of ice if he were standing at the stop.

There just has to be a better way to get us back to school and get back into a routine. Year after year it's "we don't have the equipment, we don't have the resources, this is unprecedented, etc etc" yet if we had done something 10 years ago we might have a better plan by now. We've been through so many superintendents and changes in leadership, yet this is always a constant....we can't seem to recover from these storms and get back to class.[/quote]

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