Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 16:03     Subject: Re:Is your area in FCPS still bad?
Kingstowne area is fine and has been since Tues.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 15:26     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's fine. I work for a private company and every single employee made it in.


Go take a trip around the county. My kids' bus stop has a massive mound and not one sidewalk area is cleared to either get to the bus stop OR to wait for it. Kids at our stop would need to walk in the middle of the road (as both sides are covered partially in snow) and then wait in the road to be picked up.


Oh, and now imagine doing that in the dark, around 6:45 a.m. when the junior high kids are going to our bus stop.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 15:26     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
Anonymous wrote:It's fine. I work for a private company and every single employee made it in.


Go take a trip around the county. My kids' bus stop has a massive mound and not one sidewalk area is cleared to either get to the bus stop OR to wait for it. Kids at our stop would need to walk in the middle of the road (as both sides are covered partially in snow) and then wait in the road to be picked up.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 15:02     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
It's fine. I work for a private company and every single employee made it in.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 14:46     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
Anonymous wrote:I am the OP and I meant to post about tomorrow and Friday. Sorry for the added confusion.

I appreciate the replies with added information. I also read the FCPS statement and while it does make sense, I am wondering what really can be done? If people have not shoveled their sidewalks by now I am guessing they won't ever do them. Parents do have the option of driving their child if they think the sidewalks are unsafe.

Not all parents have that option. If the school provides busing it has to provide transportation to everyone to get to school safely.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 14:44     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
Anonymous wrote:I am the OP and I meant to post about tomorrow and Friday. Sorry for the added confusion.

I appreciate the replies with added information. I also read the FCPS statement and while it does make sense, I am wondering what really can be done? If people have not shoveled their sidewalks by now I am guessing they won't ever do them. Parents do have the option of driving their child if they think the sidewalks are unsafe.


And can someone tell me why SACC cannot open? It's run by the county for WORKING PARENTS.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 14:39     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
I am the OP and I meant to post about tomorrow and Friday. Sorry for the added confusion.

I appreciate the replies with added information. I also read the FCPS statement and while it does make sense, I am wondering what really can be done? If people have not shoveled their sidewalks by now I am guessing they won't ever do them. Parents do have the option of driving their child if they think the sidewalks are unsafe.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 14:34     Subject: Re:Is your area in FCPS still bad?
All the wet roads and puddles are going to freeze overnight and create a mess. Today is safer than tomorrow.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 14:26     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
Anonymous wrote:all streets in out neighborhood are a single lane. I can't imagine a bus being able to make a turn it is so narrow. and we are inside the beltway, can't imagine what places further out are like.


+1 here in Annandale. The main roads are clear, but buses surely will have difficulties making their way through neighborhoods, and turning from one street onto another will be a mess (or result in a bus stuck in a snowbank).
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 14:19     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
Anonymous wrote:all streets in out neighborhood are a single lane. I can't imagine a bus being able to make a turn it is so narrow. and we are inside the beltway, can't imagine what places further out are like.


+1

Even Broad Street, a busy main street was only 1 lane this morning.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 14:17     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
My neighborhood in Burke is a mess. Single lane roads with half the sidewalks unshoveled. Kids would have to walk 3/4 of a mile to get to a solidly cleared portion of road, walking in the street for most of it.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 14:15     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
all streets in out neighborhood are a single lane. I can't imagine a bus being able to make a turn it is so narrow. and we are inside the beltway, can't imagine what places further out are like.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 14:05     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
I'm in Vienna. Some two lane roads are only 1.5 lanes. The two elementary schools I've passed are not ready to receive students or teachers.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 14:02     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
Just accept that you need to make child care arrangements for the rest of the week.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2016 14:01     Subject: Is your area in FCPS still bad?
I am hoping someone responds that it is still a mess where they are...I have been through Annandale, Fairfax, Tysons, and McLean with no issues. I do not understand why school has been cancelled for today AND tomorrow and I am genuinely curious if there are neighborhoods still struggling.