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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember when my now senior was in first grade and we were supposed to just get a coating to an inch - or something similar- and it was a total mess. We waited an hour for the bus and no cars could get around. We eventually walked because we are just over that mile line. The buses couldn’t make it up the hill when they showed up later. It was terrible. And we’re just in a regular neighborhood that always gets cleared quickly.[/quote]

I remember my kids were in high school and middle school that day, they had so much fun that day, they still remember they are going to tell the kids they went to school in the snow...[/quote]

I remember a day like that too, not sure if I'm recalling the same one or later - feels like it was more like 8-10 years ago.  #CloseFCPS was a top Twitter tag across the country. (Ha, remember when "trending on Twitter" was our top measure of how popular a movement had become?).

It was bad. As a result, FCPS went totally overboard on conservatism in closing school - for several years, any hint of the possibility of a dusting of snow meant school was closed. I think they were really afraid of repeating that scenario.

In the last few years, I think they've brought the pendulum back toward center again. I've been pretty happy with the FCPS calls for the past couple of years, including a few times that I was surprised they stayed open.

The snow for this week is now trending earlier, Thursday overnight into Friday morning. They could easily wait until this evening to make a call, or even tomorrow morning. Based on the current forecast, I wouldn't be surprised by a two hour delay, but I hope they don't cancel entirely. Of course that could change depending on how the storm moves ... which is why it makes sense to wait and see. [/quote]
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But 2 hours would work just for ES. MS busses are very early (6:20 is the first stop), so 2 hours won't help a lot.[/quote]

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