Anonymous wrote:Just another one of a long list of issues mishandled by FCPS. No longer able to function at a broken clock level (getting something right twice in a day).

What a load of crap.

These spiders are everywhere and people are rarely bitten by spiders. This a non issue and I'm appalled that any news agency would report on this.

Didn’t click thru to link, is the existence of spiders revealed as the reason Reid needed the 4 security guards? Or is it why the boundary review being slowed? Or why deciding to delay any more work on school times and it wasn’t just the latest survey results?

This isn't a story. The spiders were outside and not in an area students can access. The one in the picture isn't even a black widow. Bored busybodies are the only people who would try to make a story out of this.

My garage has black widows. Hidden Oaks has black widows. Welcome to Virginia. We also have copperheads, brown recluses, and bears. This is not news

Just another one of a long list of issues mishandled by FCPS. No longer able to function at a broken clock level (getting something right twice in a day).

Black widows are not native to this area so it is doubtful that a fairfax county school has a black widow issue.

Black widows are native to the southwest (Texas and New Mexico), west (California and Arizona), and Florida. They reside in really warm states.

Of all the issues going on right now in FCPS, "hiding" a black widow nest is not one of them.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/black-widow-spiders-found-at-westfield-high-school-in-chantilly/3999527/

I believe the real story here is that the community was not notified of this until after someone leaked it to the press. The email went out to parents mere moments before this story broke

In other news: The sky is blue.

Black widows are unlikely to bite and not that dangerous. Not a big deal.

Anonymous wrote:Saw the segment on News Channel 4 last evening and they had a GWU professor on who identified the creature as a harmless Black Orb spider. Something must have changed!

I saw this too.
I don’t like spiders but not sure why this is newsworthy. I kinda assume they’re everywhere.

Why the need for an initial coverup?

Anonymous wrote:Also, it says that these spiders originated from new planters in a courtyard that isn't used by students.

Why do they have a courtyard that isn't used by students? Who is using it?

It's probably enclosed on all sides (interior to building) and is decorative. My middle school had one. They kept a goat in it to mow the lawn and for our amusement. Students didn't access it.

Also, it says that these spiders originated from new planters in a courtyard that isn't used by students.

Why do they have a courtyard that isn't used by students? Who is using it?

Big whoops.

Saw the segment on News Channel 4 last evening and they had a GWU professor on who identified the creature as a harmless Black Orb spider. Something must have changed!

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/black-widow-spiders-found-at-westfield-high-school-in-chantilly/3999527/

I believe the real story here is that the community was not notified of this until after someone leaked it to the press. The email went out to parents mere moments before this story broke