Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 21:01     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Here is Springfield on NOAA:

Monday
Snow, freezing rain, and sleet likely between 1pm and 4pm, then rain. High near 34. South wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:59     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s worse now.

“Snow, freezing rain, and sleet, mainly after 10am. High near 30. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.”


20:53 here. My copy/paste was for Springfield. Where are you?

weatehr
And if you look at Springfield on weather underground, no precip until 5pm.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:57     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s worse now.

“Snow, freezing rain, and sleet, mainly after 10am. High near 30. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.”


20:53 here. My copy/paste was for Springfield. Where are you?


Sterling, at the loudoun/Fairfax line.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:54     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:It’s worse now.

“Snow, freezing rain, and sleet, mainly after 10am. High near 30. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.”


20:53 here. My copy/paste was for Springfield. Where are you?
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:53     Subject: Re:Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If it starts getting icy at 1 pm, they'd have to close school by 12 pm. May as well call the whole day off. Not worth it for 3 hours of school.


What weather information do you have that indicates it might get icy by 1pm?


weather.gov


This is what I see:

MondaySnow, freezing rain, and sleet, mainly after 1pm. High near 33. South wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Monday NightSnow, freezing rain, and sleet, mainly before 10pm. Low around 29. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:52     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
It’s worse now.

“Snow, freezing rain, and sleet, mainly after 10am. High near 30. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.”
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:50     Subject: Re:Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If it starts getting icy at 1 pm, they'd have to close school by 12 pm. May as well call the whole day off. Not worth it for 3 hours of school.


What weather information do you have that indicates it might get icy by 1pm?


weather.gov
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:47     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:This is definitely about securing the waiver. They need pad statistics to justify asking for a waiver in two years. And with 3.5 days off scheduled in January (not including New Years day), and the month is a wash. And since we were off for the Winter break starting on the 15th, it is just way too long off in the middle of the year for it not to impact teaching. We moved to FCPS and to the particular pyramid we are in and it is an absolute joke. Weather policies, first grade classes of 30 and 31, teachers who are 1, 2 or 3 years in, Instructional assistants who are warm bodies. And the Everyday math is terrible, no spelling. Honestly it is just terrible. Wish we had moved someplace else since we are not looking at privates. If you have a child with special needs, this is your county but for anyone without, it is freaking joke.


I thought only Title 1 schools used to have Everyday Math, but that went out with the adoption of Envision and Investigations. None of those are meant to be stand-alone programs and should serve as resources for the overall math program.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:25     Subject: Re:Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If it starts getting icy at 1 pm, they'd have to close school by 12 pm. May as well call the whole day off. Not worth it for 3 hours of school.


What weather information do you have that indicates it might get icy by 1pm?


Not the OP

I'm looking on weather.gov, weather.com, and weather underground. There seems to be a huge variation in forecast depending on which weather service you look at and which part of the county you look at.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:21     Subject: Re:Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:If it starts getting icy at 1 pm, they'd have to close school by 12 pm. May as well call the whole day off. Not worth it for 3 hours of school.

+1
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:20     Subject: Re:Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:If it starts getting icy at 1 pm, they'd have to close school by 12 pm. May as well call the whole day off. Not worth it for 3 hours of school.


What weather information do you have that indicates it might get icy by 1pm?
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:16     Subject: Re:Will FCPS ever Reopem?
If it starts getting icy at 1 pm, they'd have to close school by 12 pm. May as well call the whole day off. Not worth it for 3 hours of school.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:16     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
This is definitely about securing the waiver. They need pad statistics to justify asking for a waiver in two years. And with 3.5 days off scheduled in January (not including New Years day), and the month is a wash. And since we were off for the Winter break starting on the 15th, it is just way too long off in the middle of the year for it not to impact teaching. We moved to FCPS and to the particular pyramid we are in and it is an absolute joke. Weather policies, first grade classes of 30 and 31, teachers who are 1, 2 or 3 years in, Instructional assistants who are warm bodies. And the Everyday math is terrible, no spelling. Honestly it is just terrible. Wish we had moved someplace else since we are not looking at privates. If you have a child with special needs, this is your county but for anyone without, it is freaking joke.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:12     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They're not prepping you for early dismissal, they're prepping you for closure. Schools do not like to dismiss elementary students early - no guarantee there's anyone there to receive them. So they close.


Thanks to irresponsible parents.


When schools let out early, the parents are also on the road early (along with others who have heard the weather reports), causing an early rush hour. Add in dicey weather and it means that parents are late to pick up their kids.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2018 20:09     Subject: Re:Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, I have a bad feeling, it will be closed Monday and Tuesday. I took last Thursday off, DH took Friday off. No idea what I'm going to do for Monday and Tuesday


Wait are we worried about Tuesday now?


Yep!


?? Here’s NOAA’s current forecast for Tuesday:

Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Light west wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.


I did hear mention (Capital Weather Gang) of refreezing Monday night, but I don’t think that would close Tuesday.

The things they said about tomorrow is even though temps will move above freezing, surfaces won’t rise at the same rate. That’s why you can’t say “Oh, it’s going to be 38 degrees by x o’clock” and think it won’t be icy.