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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m very surprised. And there is a lot of anger! [/quote]

You seriously cannot be surprised by the anger. No matter what was decided for Monday, people were going to rage. This was a no-win situation for any local superintendent. [/quote]

Ms. Reid,

I am writing to formally state my anger and frustration over the continued failure of FCPS to provide education during recent snow closures. This situation is unacceptable and reflects a serious lack of planning and leadership.

FCPS previously implemented online learning successfully under Dr. Brabrand. The infrastructure already exists. There is no reasonable explanation for why instruction completely stops now whenever there is snow on the ground. Closing schools without offering online learning is a choice — not a necessity — and it is harming students.

The majority of families and teachers want schools open. Most students want to be in class. Decisions should not be driven by a small minority who dislike school or are unwilling to work during weather events. Other districts manage this. FCPS should be capable of doing the same.

My second grader has already begun forgetting basic skills, including telling time and spelling, after nearly two weeks of missed instruction. That is not a weather issue — that is a leadership failure. Children are losing learning time that cannot simply be “made up.”

Seven inches of snow does not justify prolonged closures. FCPS remained open longer during the 2010 storms when snowfall totals were significantly higher. The current response is excessive and indefensible.

If schools cannot safely reopen in person, then online instruction must immediately resume. Continuing to provide no education at all is not acceptable. If you believe FCPS is incapable of operating either in person or online under these conditions, then you should step aside for leadership that can.

Parents expect solutions, not excuses. Our children deserve better than this.

— A Frustrated FCPS Parent[/quote]The funniest part about this (aside from equating 3.5 days to 2 weeks) is that the skills this child is apparently losing could easily be practiced with parents in the amount of time it took them to write this and post it here.  [/quote]

They probably are working with their kid now. That's how they know their kid has gotten worse at telling time and spelling.[/quote]

How much spelling did a child really know in the first place?

My kid didn’t miss school in second grade last year and she didn’t get the time telling. It is from last of use. She is now in third grade and probably isn’t so great at clocks because we don’t have any real clocks in our house. She also wasn’t great in the money unit. She isn’t good with coins.[/quote]

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