Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 09:42     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
Anonymous wrote:As my Minnesota mother used to tell me, "There is no bad weather, only bad coats/ winter clothes. Get the hell out there and stop whining."


+1
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 09:37     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did you?

DCPS gets it right and all the working parents breathe a sigh of relief as their friends in Fairfax County justify another day off to their boss.


DCPS sucks and no amount of classroom time would make schools there acceptable to most parents who care about their children's education, as opposed to daycare.


Uh huh.

Enjoy burning through that PTO!
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 09:37     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
Snow is nature's Lego!
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 09:36     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
We survived too. I have one DD in FCPS (well, a parochial school that follows FCPS for snow schedules) and one in daycare. So all of us were up and out, dropping off the little one at daycare and now the older one and I are at my office. I was dumbfounded that FCPS closed schools today. It's so ridiculous. She has only had one school day this entire week!
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 09:32     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
Anonymous wrote:Did you?

DCPS gets it right and all the working parents breathe a sigh of relief as their friends in Fairfax County justify another day off to their boss.


DCPS sucks and no amount of classroom time would make schools there acceptable to most parents who care about their children's education, as opposed to daycare.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 09:29     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
As my Minnesota mother used to tell me, "There is no bad weather, only bad coats/ winter clothes. Get the hell out there and stop whining."
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 09:23     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
Two layers top and bottom. Coat. Mittens. Hat. Beautiful sunny walk to school. Lots of cars waiting there to drop off though.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 09:22     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
Kids were bundled for the walk and wearing snow pants, but totally doable!
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 09:01     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
+1.

I may understand delays when there is a snowstorm and roads need to be cleaned (I think on January 6 DCPS was very dumb in not delaying two hours). but mere cold is not a reason to close or delay, WTH. you bundle up and go out. BTW, we walked back home 20 minutes last night and all survived with no problems (I had no gloves though and I admit I did suffer a little), and we will walk back again tonight.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 09:00     Subject: Re:I survived a zero degree school commute
Of course you survived. It's ridiculous to cancel school for cold weather. Insanely cold weather - like -20 degrees? Of course. It's 11 degrees. It's above zero. Even with the windchill it's only a few degrees below. My Boy Scouts camp outside in tents in temperatures in the teens. So far we haven't lost anyone. We've never even had a cold weather injury.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 08:59     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
We survived (AND took the bus). Put on the next bus app, made it to the stop with 2 minutes to spare, and did the same catching the S buses to work.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 08:56     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
plus a million!!!!
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 08:56     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
Yay! Congratulations on not being a pussy like 99% of the whiners on DCUM!
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 08:55     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
YES! My child's class was full today at dropoff.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2015 08:49     Subject: I survived a zero degree school commute
Did you?

DCPS gets it right and all the working parents breathe a sigh of relief as their friends in Fairfax County justify another day off to their boss.