Anonymous
02/24/2026 09:25
Subject: DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kids were not school-age yet during the 2010 Snowmageddon. Would someone mind explaining what happened during that time period?
I was a teacher and parent. The mayor and chancellor said that we had to report to school while it was "thunder snowing" outside. I would usually make an effort to get to work in inclement weather because I lived in the city and had an easier commute, but my husband told me not to even think of it. It snowed heavily for like a full day or two. There were literal walls of snow on sidewalks and intersections once they got to clearing streets.
How long were schools closed? I worked for a company that would send an all-staff email on snow days to "use your best judgment" about coming to work, which everyone knew meant get your a$$ into the office. Obviously years before Covid and WFH policies.
That was the only time that there was zero guilting about not coming into work for, if I remember right, the entire week.
Anonymous
02/23/2026 20:10
Subject: DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:My kids were not school-age yet during the 2010 Snowmageddon. Would someone mind explaining what happened during that time period?
I was a teacher and parent. The mayor and chancellor said that we had to report to school while it was "thunder snowing" outside. I would usually make an effort to get to work in inclement weather because I lived in the city and had an easier commute, but my husband told me not to even think of it. It snowed heavily for like a full day or two. There were literal walls of snow on sidewalks and intersections once they got to clearing streets.
Anonymous
02/23/2026 17:42
Subject: Re:DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Roads were fine and perfectly drivable. Closing schools would have been ridiculous.
We didn't even need the delay.
Speak for yourself.
Anonymous
02/23/2026 17:04
Subject: DCPS and Snow
But i appreciated it though.