Anonymous
01/19/2025 20:39
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
Any predictions for evening activities on school grounds tomorrow?
Anonymous
01/19/2025 20:32
Subject: Re:4 Day weekend?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I remember this. They could not get the busses started for 2 days. And it was NOT just FCPS, it was every district that were experiencing the extreme cold. Temps were in single digits with negative wind chills. Our buses are built(engines) differently than those in Northern US.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No way. They aren't going to close for cold. Have they ever done that? I've had kids in FCPS since 2015 and don't remember that ever happening.
They did but it was either 2013-2014 so you missed it. We had a polar vortex with sub zero temps and wind and the buses couldn’t start in those temps, nor did they want kids out in it .
Another witness that yes FCPS has closed for cold in our lifetimes.
There was much talk about kids waiting in the dark, likely without proper gear. Sure some older kids don't even have coats because they just layer thermals and sweatshirts. Even most kids who surely have coats and gloves don't have gear rated for such low temperatures. Your gloves that keep you warm at 36 degrees aren't going to touch the cold caused by 10 degrees.
That’s a little dramatic. They kids will be fine for short periods. The busses, however, are another thing.
-Someone who has lived in the cold
Dramatic or no, they closed the schools for cold in the recent past and likely will again.
Anonymous
01/19/2025 20:31
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard custodians are called in tomorrow so school is happening. I really doubt they will call a delay.
Temps are single digits. They have delayed due to this in the past. It’s not safe.
67,000 people at the Eagles game would disagree with you. They’re not dead yet and they’ve been there for hours
Feel free to check the temperatures for today in Philly. It was in the 30s all day. That’s quite different from the temperatures in the single digits and teens that will be here Tuesday.
We get it. You’re a wimp. Keep your kids home if you think it’s too cold. Let those who dare brave the tundra go.
Name calling? Stay klassy, PP.
Bless your heart if you think this is name calling. Coddled millennial
Anonymous
01/19/2025 20:27
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
In my K-12 experience had one day off due to cold. Air temperature 15 below with a wind chill of 30 below.
Kids today are coddled and never develop resilience. Truly a sad situation.
Kids today are coddled and never develop resilience. Truly a sad situation.
Anonymous
01/19/2025 20:20
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard custodians are called in tomorrow so school is happening. I really doubt they will call a delay.
Temps are single digits. They have delayed due to this in the past. It’s not safe.
67,000 people at the Eagles game would disagree with you. They’re not dead yet and they’ve been there for hours
Feel free to check the temperatures for today in Philly. It was in the 30s all day. That’s quite different from the temperatures in the single digits and teens that will be here Tuesday.
We get it. You’re a wimp. Keep your kids home if you think it’s too cold. Let those who dare brave the tundra go.
Name calling? Stay klassy, PP.
Anonymous
01/19/2025 20:14
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
You all are just bitter bc you know it’s going to happen - prepare for 2 hr delays! Woohoo! My kid gets to sleep in!
Anonymous
01/19/2025 20:12
Subject: Re:4 Day weekend?
The messaging this generation gets is nuts. Everything is unsafe or they need to be protected. No wonder they are all hot messes. Zero resilience.
Anonymous
01/19/2025 20:10
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard custodians are called in tomorrow so school is happening. I really doubt they will call a delay.
Temps are single digits. They have delayed due to this in the past. It’s not safe.
67,000 people at the Eagles game would disagree with you. They’re not dead yet and they’ve been there for hours
Feel free to check the temperatures for today in Philly. It was in the 30s all day. That’s quite different from the temperatures in the single digits and teens that will be here Tuesday.
Should we move on to the 70,000+ people sitting in Buffalo currently who will be there until it’s well below 20 degrees.
Help tell us how that’s different too.
People here are so ridiculous.
I didn’t use the Buffalo example because you know the argument is they have clothes for it 😂.
Yep. I grew up there and like everywhere as a teenager I walked around hatless and under dressed. My hair froze all the time. Did my parents even notice. Hmm.
Anonymous
01/19/2025 20:04
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard custodians are called in tomorrow so school is happening. I really doubt they will call a delay.
Temps are single digits. They have delayed due to this in the past. It’s not safe.
67,000 people at the Eagles game would disagree with you. They’re not dead yet and they’ve been there for hours
Feel free to check the temperatures for today in Philly. It was in the 30s all day. That’s quite different from the temperatures in the single digits and teens that will be here Tuesday.
Should we move on to the 70,000+ people sitting in Buffalo currently who will be there until it’s well below 20 degrees.
Help tell us how that’s different too.
People here are so ridiculous.
I didn’t use the Buffalo example because you know the argument is they have clothes for it 😂.
Anonymous
01/19/2025 20:03
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard custodians are called in tomorrow so school is happening. I really doubt they will call a delay.
Temps are single digits. They have delayed due to this in the past. It’s not safe.
67,000 people at the Eagles game would disagree with you. They’re not dead yet and they’ve been there for hours
Feel free to check the temperatures for today in Philly. It was in the 30s all day. That’s quite different from the temperatures in the single digits and teens that will be here Tuesday.
We get it. You’re a wimp. Keep your kids home if you think it’s too cold. Let those who dare brave the tundra go.
Anonymous
01/19/2025 20:03
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard custodians are called in tomorrow so school is happening. I really doubt they will call a delay.
Temps are single digits. They have delayed due to this in the past. It’s not safe.
67,000 people at the Eagles game would disagree with you. They’re not dead yet and they’ve been there for hours
Feel free to check the temperatures for today in Philly. It was in the 30s all day. That’s quite different from the temperatures in the single digits and teens that will be here Tuesday.
Should we move on to the 70,000+ people sitting in Buffalo currently who will be there until it’s well below 20 degrees.
Help tell us how that’s different too.
People here are so ridiculous.
Anonymous
01/19/2025 19:58
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard custodians are called in tomorrow so school is happening. I really doubt they will call a delay.
The reason for a delay/closure would not have anything to do with the snow that fell today. It would be about the low temperatures.
It wasn't all snow. There is also ice.
Anonymous
01/19/2025 19:50
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard custodians are called in tomorrow so school is happening. I really doubt they will call a delay.
Temps are single digits. They have delayed due to this in the past. It’s not safe.
67,000 people at the Eagles game would disagree with you. They’re not dead yet and they’ve been there for hours
Feel free to check the temperatures for today in Philly. It was in the 30s all day. That’s quite different from the temperatures in the single digits and teens that will be here Tuesday.
Anonymous
01/19/2025 19:36
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard custodians are called in tomorrow so school is happening. I really doubt they will call a delay.
Temps are single digits. They have delayed due to this in the past. It’s not safe.
67,000 people at the Eagles game would disagree with you. They’re not dead yet and they’ve been there for hours
Haha yes I think we can all get to school on time.
2 hour delays cause so much disruption and increase attendance problems.
Anonymous
01/19/2025 19:27
Subject: 4 Day weekend?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I heard custodians are called in tomorrow so school is happening. I really doubt they will call a delay.
The reason for a delay/closure would not have anything to do with the snow that fell today. It would be about the low temperatures.
Yes but if they didn’t try to clean up the sidewalks it would be a dangerous mess.
Sure. I was responding to a poster who said that since custodians are being called in, it must indicate that there would NOT be a delay. My point was to refute that connection. Cleared sidewalks doesn’t necessarily mean an on-time opening.