Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 08:21     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You need to think of DCPs as a social service agency, not just a school system. The community needs its hot lunch!


For the 100000th time. THE KIDS DONT EAT THE LUNCH! They say it's nasty. You would be surprised how much is thrown away. If it's not pizza, it's trash.


Are you speaking for children in title 1 schools too? Or just yours?


I agree that schools should be closed. But please don't pretend you know what it's like to live without knowing where your next meal is coming from.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 08:18     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You need to think of DCPs as a social service agency, not just a school system. The community needs its hot lunch!


For the 100000th time. THE KIDS DONT EAT THE LUNCH! They say it's nasty. You would be surprised how much is thrown away. If it's not pizza, it's trash.


Not at our school. The kids devour the lunch. It's also halfway decent.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 08:17     Subject: Re:Dcps 2 hour delay
What people in charge seem to forget is that so many teachers call out on days like this (because so many can't afford to live in the city) that classes get combined, often there are no sub plans, and very little learning happens. I'm a teacher who is seriously considering not going in to avoid the nightmare that will be today...but I will most likely end up going in anyway because I care about kids.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 08:13     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:You need to think of DCPs as a social service agency, not just a school system. The community needs its hot lunch!


For the 100000th time. THE KIDS DONT EAT THE LUNCH! They say it's nasty. You would be surprised how much is thrown away. If it's not pizza, it's trash.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 08:10     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You need to think of DCPs as a social service agency, not just a school system. The community needs its hot lunch!


I also think that schools should be closed given the conditions today. But mocking poor children who rely on the schools for hot meals is really beyond the pale.


+1 it's the same as three hots and a cot, not any real learning going on.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 08:08     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
Bowser and the head of Metro sat side by side across the big desk from Trump late yesterday. You'd think that on the way out of the White House it might have occurred to them to coordinate schools and public transit today!
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 08:08     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:You need to think of DCPs as a social service agency, not just a school system. The community needs its hot lunch!


I also think that schools should be closed given the conditions today. But mocking poor children who rely on the schools for hot meals is really beyond the pale.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 08:07     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:If they are going to stick with their 2-hour delay decision I wish Chancellor Wilson would issue a statement that children who are unable to make it to school today will be given an excused absence. That will take the pressure of some families who are debating on whether to take the risk. The street I live on is a mess.


Students who don't show up today will be processed under the truancy procedures of the District of Columbia Public Schools.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 08:06     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
You need to think of DCPs as a social service agency, not just a school system. The community needs its hot lunch!
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 07:59     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:If they are going to stick with their 2-hour delay decision I wish Chancellor Wilson would issue a statement that children who are unable to make it to school today will be given an excused absence. That will take the pressure of some families who are debating on whether to take the risk. The street I live on is a mess.


That is the least they can. This was a bad call. If they are concerned about feeding people then say the schools are open as feeding stations and are otherwise closed.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 07:57     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
If they are going to stick with their 2-hour delay decision I wish Chancellor Wilson would issue a statement that children who are unable to make it to school today will be given an excused absence. That will take the pressure of some families who are debating on whether to take the risk. The street I live on is a mess.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 07:38     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
We're taking a snow day in NW. We got 3 inches and have no interest in testing the roads or walking on ice-covered sidewalks.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 06:57     Subject: Re:Dcps 2 hour delay
I'm sorry, but there is no way on God's green earth that this decision is going to hold. Look outside. This is DC. They will amend this decision in about one hour from now.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 06:56     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
Are the roads clear in parts of dc? Looks like 2 inches of ice where we are near bethesds.
Anonymous
Post 03/14/2017 06:46     Subject: Dcps 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:A two hour delay for a school day that ends at 3:15 is so silly.


Huh? This happens quite frequently in the suburban school districts in the winter. What exactly is silly?