Anonymous wrote:Montgomery and PG are now closed through Thursday, which will mean a lot of DCPS teachers won’t be able to make it in.

Anonymous wrote:Where do you see that DCPS has decided to keep schools closed tomorrow?

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Anonymous wrote:DC isn't open tomorrow, and it's because the streets haven't been cleared. Which in turn is because the snow/6 inch ice pack is unusually heavy, I assume. Whatever the reason, plowing is much less pervasive than usual.

I was blase about it until I killed my back trying to dig my car out this afternoon. It's never been this hard to dig out a car for me in DC before. I could easily make an igloo with the 10x10x6 blocks of ice I pried up and threw in a five foot pile next to the sidwalk.

Regardless, the city has called it, so, it is what it is.

Seriously. It is crystal f-ing clear that the people complaining haven't tried to clear any of this crap themselves.

Today was a no brainer. Tomorrow is justifiable. Our city has too many entitled a-holes.

Anonymous wrote:Where do you see that DCPS has decided to keep schools closed tomorrow?

Anonymous wrote:DC isn't open tomorrow, and it's because the streets haven't been cleared. Which in turn is because the snow/6 inch ice pack is unusually heavy, I assume. Whatever the reason, plowing is much less pervasive than usual.

I was blase about it until I killed my back trying to dig my car out this afternoon. It's never been this hard to dig out a car for me in DC before. I could easily make an igloo with the 10x10x6 blocks of ice I pried up and threw in a five foot pile next to the sidwalk.

Regardless, the city has called it, so, it is what it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing. It’s still treacherous and walking in the middle of the street to catch already unreliable buses with pk, early elementary kids is very challenging. Not to mention my kid has a broken foot.

DCPS should just call it. It’s some weird flex to be the last one when all surrounding districts have closed already. Keep parents informed and early so we can plan. It’s almost 5.

No. This is not a reasonable argument.

The reason that DC area suburbs have to be conservative about closing is that the counties are very large and schools are controlled at the county level. If there is one town on the edge of Fairfax County that is in bad shape, they have to close the whole county. It's over 400 square miles! DC, on the other hand, is less than 70 square miles, is much more dense, and invests in snow clearing infrastructure because of the federal government and economic impacts. Additionally, with a way higher percent of kids experiencing food insecurity, closing for days for snow has more of a downside.

DC is usually the first to open, and it's for real reasons, not bragging rights.

Whether they should open tomorrow or not is a reasonable question, but closing whenever the surrounding counties close is dumb (and has never been DC's policy).

Yes, because as we know, every single DCPS teacher has zero kids, lives in DC proper, lives on top of a Metro station, teaches at a school that’s convenient to Metro and never has to worry about a bus line that probably won’t be fully operational again until February.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing. It’s still treacherous and walking in the middle of the street to catch already unreliable buses with pk, early elementary kids is very challenging. Not to mention my kid has a broken foot.

DCPS should just call it. It’s some weird flex to be the last one when all surrounding districts have closed already. Keep parents informed and early so we can plan. It’s almost 5.

No. This is not a reasonable argument.

The reason that DC area suburbs have to be conservative about closing is that the counties are very large and schools are controlled at the county level. If there is one town on the edge of Fairfax County that is in bad shape, they have to close the whole county. It's over 400 square miles! DC, on the other hand, is less than 70 square miles, is much more dense, and invests in snow clearing infrastructure because of the federal government and economic impacts. Additionally, with a way higher percent of kids experiencing food insecurity, closing for days for snow has more of a downside.

DC is usually the first to open, and it's for real reasons, not bragging rights.

Whether they should open tomorrow or not is a reasonable question, but closing whenever the surrounding counties close is dumb (and has never been DC's policy).

Yes, because as we know, every single DCPS teacher has zero kids, lives in DC proper, lives on top of a Metro station, teaches at a school that’s convenient to Metro and never has to worry about a bus line that probably won’t be fully operational again until February.

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Anonymous wrote:My neighbor just said all the crosswalks are blocked by several feet of snow dumped by the snow plows. So kids can’t cross over to the school. It needs to be cleared by a machine but that won’t happen. Is there anywhere to report this needs doing or is it futile?

I walked to the grocery store today, stepping over snow piles at crosswalks. I survived. Those piles shouldn't keep anyone from going to school.

These are CHILDREN. For the love of God think about someone outside of yourselves for once.

Children love snow! Playing, walking, sledding…

Slipping on it and falling into busy streets!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing. It’s still treacherous and walking in the middle of the street to catch already unreliable buses with pk, early elementary kids is very challenging. Not to mention my kid has a broken foot.

DCPS should just call it. It’s some weird flex to be the last one when all surrounding districts have closed already. Keep parents informed and early so we can plan. It’s almost 5.

No. This is not a reasonable argument.

The reason that DC area suburbs have to be conservative about closing is that the counties are very large and schools are controlled at the county level. If there is one town on the edge of Fairfax County that is in bad shape, they have to close the whole county. It's over 400 square miles! DC, on the other hand, is less than 70 square miles, is much more dense, and invests in snow clearing infrastructure because of the federal government and economic impacts. Additionally, with a way higher percent of kids experiencing food insecurity, closing for days for snow has more of a downside.

DC is usually the first to open, and it's for real reasons, not bragging rights.

Whether they should open tomorrow or not is a reasonable question, but closing whenever the surrounding counties close is dumb (and has never been DC's policy).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing. It’s still treacherous and walking in the middle of the street to catch already unreliable buses with pk, early elementary kids is very challenging. Not to mention my kid has a broken foot.

DCPS should just call it. It’s some weird flex to be the last one when all surrounding districts have closed already. Keep parents informed and early so we can plan. It’s almost 5.

No. This is not a reasonable argument.

The reason that DC area suburbs have to be conservative about closing is that the counties are very large and schools are controlled at the county level. If there is one town on the edge of Fairfax County that is in bad shape, they have to close the whole county. It's over 400 square miles! DC, on the other hand, is less than 70 square miles, is much more dense, and invests in snow clearing infrastructure because of the federal government and economic impacts. Additionally, with a way higher percent of kids experiencing food insecurity, closing for days for snow has more of a downside.

DC is usually the first to open, and it's for real reasons, not bragging rights.

Whether they should open tomorrow or not is a reasonable question, but closing whenever the surrounding counties close is dumb (and has never been DC's policy).

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing. It’s still treacherous and walking in the middle of the street to catch already unreliable buses with pk, early elementary kids is very challenging. Not to mention my kid has a broken foot.

DCPS should just call it. It’s some weird flex to be the last one when all surrounding districts have closed already. Keep parents informed and early so we can plan. It’s almost 5.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My neighbor just said all the crosswalks are blocked by several feet of snow dumped by the snow plows. So kids can’t cross over to the school. It needs to be cleared by a machine but that won’t happen. Is there anywhere to report this needs doing or is it futile?

I walked to the grocery store today, stepping over snow piles at crosswalks. I survived. Those piles shouldn't keep anyone from going to school.

These are CHILDREN. For the love of God think about someone outside of yourselves for once.

Children love snow! Playing, walking, sledding…