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Anonymous wrote:I am beyond furious. Took off work today and will be late tomorrow... And morning SACC is happening, so it's not as though the buildings won't be open. I understand it's probably a bus issue--so open the cafeteria for kids whose parents can drive them and just show a G-rated movie for a couple hours.

Total BS.

What's the bus issue? The roads are pretty good. It isn't even that cold.

Maybe getting them started?

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Anonymous wrote:It is forecast to be 2 degrees at 6:30 am tomorrow morning...

link?

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?w0=t&w1=td&w2=wc&w3=sfcwind&w3u=1&w4=sky&w5=pop&w6=rh&w7=thunder&w8=rain&w9=snow&w10=fzg&w11=sleet&AheadHour=8&Submit=Submit&FcstType=graphical&textField1=38.84622&textField2=-77.30637&site=all&unit=0&dd=0&bw=0

Looks like 9 degrees at 6:30 am.

Two of my 3 kids are in private pre-K and they follow FCPS. They DON'T have buses and few walkers, if any. I DON'T get it!

Anonymous wrote:I am beyond furious. Took off work today and will be late tomorrow... And morning SACC is happening, so it's not as though the buildings won't be open. I understand it's probably a bus issue--so open the cafeteria for kids whose parents can drive them and just show a G-rated movie for a couple hours.

Total BS.

What's the bus issue? The roads are pretty good. It isn't even that cold.

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth couldn't the teachers get there on time?

Delayed openings are never about staff. They drive in cars and can get to work. It is always about the 180000 students walking and riding buses.

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Anonymous wrote:It is forecast to be 2 degrees at 6:30 am tomorrow morning...

link?

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?w0=t&w1=td&w2=wc&w3=sfcwind&w3u=1&w4=sky&w5=pop&w6=rh&w7=thunder&w8=rain&w9=snow&w10=fzg&w11=sleet&AheadHour=8&Submit=Submit&FcstType=graphical&textField1=38.84622&textField2=-77.30637&site=all&unit=0&dd=0&bw=0

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Anonymous wrote:It is forecast to be 2 degrees at 6:30 am tomorrow morning...

link?

Yes, please provide a link. That would be colder than this morning. Everything I'm looking at says low teens.

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe PP who expected her school to open on time and just let kids sit in the cafeteria and watch a movie because she and her partner cannot manage to take care of her kids. School is not for babysitting; it is for learning. If it is not open for learning it is not open. Pay for morning SACC if you can't manage the two hour delays.

Many of us would gladly pay if there were open slots. It's not so easy for those of us who work and have to juggle.

Anonymous wrote:It is forecast to be 2 degrees at 6:30 am tomorrow morning...

link?

NP How many other kids though in the US and world walk to school in below freezing temperatures. I just don't get it.

Why on earth couldn't the teachers get there on time?

Pray tell, who is supposed to present this movie to your kids while you go on with your life?

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe PP who expected her school to open on time and just let kids sit in the cafeteria and watch a movie because she and her partner cannot manage to take care of her kids. School is not for babysitting; it is for learning. If it is not open for learning it is not open. Pay for morning SACC if you can't manage the two hour delays.

I already pay for school, thanks. It's called taxes. Fairfax gives me their schedule and I base my work around it. If they're closed for an emergency, I'll make other arrangements. If they're open for students, I expect my children to be allowed to enter the building. I also think people in this area have a right to be peeved, given that schools systems NORTH of us stayed open today.

And school is certainly open for "not learning," PP. Class parties, assemblies, etc., and then weeks of nonsense once the SOLs are over. My kids have watched more than one movie in their FCPS tenure.

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Anonymous wrote:How about finding a stay at home mom and paying her to watch your kids on days like this? Everyone should have some type of plan. What do you do when your child is sick?

I have plans for when there are extenuating circumstances ... like illness. NOT for freakin 20 degree weather! SMH.

It is forecast to be 2 degrees at 6:30 am tomorrow morning, when many middle and high schoolers are outside (in the dark) waiting at their bus stops. I am guessing FCPS thought it would be good to delay the start so the buses would have time to warm up and the temps are above 10 degrees when they pick up middle and high schoolers.

The way the bus routes work, the middle/high school runs are first, and then the buses make their elementary school runs.

But why, why is there a delay? It's not icy or snowing...I hate the cold but it wasn't that bad today. I walked 4 blocks from my car to my office at 7:30 this morning with a hat, gloves, scarf and coat and it didn't feel all that different from other cold winter days. I think the media hype really impacts these situations.