Anonymous wrote:I have decided that I’m going to allow my kids to miss some class so they can play in the snow.

If parents think their kids need the instruction more than the outdoor fun time, they can have that option.

Anonymous wrote:It's going to rain.

Back to our regularly scheduled programming.

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Anonymous wrote:If we get more than a couple of inches, they should call a SNOW DAY.

WHY? Haven't our kids lost enough instruction already?

THIS. Hour-long lunch and recess, and for elementary school ends by 2:30. Most kids are way behind where they should be. The point of snow days is because it is unsafe to get to school. Those in the schools can get a virtual day, and employees a Code Yellow or Code Red as appropriate.

90+% of the APS population (staff and students) don't need to be on the roads, ergo no snow day necessary.

We aren’t getting recess. What grade?

DP. Don’t be pedantic. Elementary students have an hour off during the day, and most kids aren’t spending that whole hour eating their lunches. Therefore, the rest of the hour is essentially recess, even if you don’t specifically label it as such.

Elementary. At our school in-person recess and lunch abut each other. The schedule sent home for virtual has a 1hr lunch/recess block.

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Anonymous wrote:If we get more than a couple of inches, they should call a SNOW DAY.

WHY? Haven't our kids lost enough instruction already?

THIS. Hour-long lunch and recess, and for elementary school ends by 2:30. Most kids are way behind where they should be. The point of snow days is because it is unsafe to get to school. Those in the schools can get a virtual day, and employees a Code Yellow or Code Red as appropriate.

90+% of the APS population (staff and students) don't need to be on the roads, ergo no snow day necessary.

We aren’t getting recess. What grade?

DP. Don’t be pedantic. Elementary students have an hour off during the day, and most kids aren’t spending that whole hour eating their lunches. Therefore, the rest of the hour is essentially recess, even if you don’t specifically label it as such.

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I just got here and asked an honest question. Are some classes getting recess? We are not. It’s not a debate beef. Please don’t look for an argument everywhere?

Also, my kid eats like a slow loris, you’d be surprised!

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Anonymous wrote:Plenty of time for kids to play in the snow after school lets out. We better not have a snow day. Plan now and if there is snow, have all the level 1 kids go back to the virtual method they were doing before November and those support employees stay home. I have no idea if this is the official APS plan, but it sure as hell should be.

If there isn’t a snow day DD won’t have time to play. She is in school from 9:25 to 4:10 and she has early morning activities. So I would kind of like it for her sake but I get that most kids need the instruction.

Which APS school has that schedule?

Not pp, but that’s not a schedule at any APS school, so pp clearly isn’t talking about APS.

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Anonymous wrote:If we get more than a couple of inches, they should call a SNOW DAY.

WHY? Haven't our kids lost enough instruction already?

THIS. Hour-long lunch and recess, and for elementary school ends by 2:30. Most kids are way behind where they should be. The point of snow days is because it is unsafe to get to school. Those in the schools can get a virtual day, and employees a Code Yellow or Code Red as appropriate.

90+% of the APS population (staff and students) don't need to be on the roads, ergo no snow day necessary.

We aren’t getting recess. What grade?

DP. Don’t be pedantic. Elementary students have an hour off during the day, and most kids aren’t spending that whole hour eating their lunches. Therefore, the rest of the hour is essentially recess, even if you don’t specifically label it as such.

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Anonymous wrote:If we get more than a couple of inches, they should call a SNOW DAY.

WHY? Haven't our kids lost enough instruction already?

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Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen anything about APS in the other thread and it appears to be all about Fairfax. Has anyone in APS been given guidelines about snow days for Arlington schools?

Because APS is still sane. Some in FCPS have gone bat sh*t crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:If we get more than a couple of inches, they should call a SNOW DAY.

WHY? Haven't our kids lost enough instruction already?

THIS. Hour-long lunch and recess, and for elementary school ends by 2:30. Most kids are way behind where they should be. The point of snow days is because it is unsafe to get to school. Those in the schools can get a virtual day, and employees a Code Yellow or Code Red as appropriate.

90+% of the APS population (staff and students) don't need to be on the roads, ergo no snow day necessary.

We aren’t getting recess. What grade?

DP. Don’t be pedantic. Elementary students have an hour off during the day, and most kids aren’t spending that whole hour eating their lunches. Therefore, the rest of the hour is essentially recess, even if you don’t specifically label it as such.

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I just got here and asked an honest question. Are some classes getting recess? We are not. It’s not a debate beef. Please don’t look for an argument everywhere?

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Anonymous wrote:If we get more than a couple of inches, they should call a SNOW DAY.

WHY? Haven't our kids lost enough instruction already?

THIS. Hour-long lunch and recess, and for elementary school ends by 2:30. Most kids are way behind where they should be. The point of snow days is because it is unsafe to get to school. Those in the schools can get a virtual day, and employees a Code Yellow or Code Red as appropriate.

90+% of the APS population (staff and students) don't need to be on the roads, ergo no snow day necessary.

We aren’t getting recess. What grade?

DP. Don’t be pedantic. Elementary students have an hour off during the day, and most kids aren’t spending that whole hour eating their lunches. Therefore, the rest of the hour is essentially recess, even if you don’t specifically label it as such.

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Anonymous wrote:If we get more than a couple of inches, they should call a SNOW DAY.

WHY? Haven't our kids lost enough instruction already?

THIS. Hour-long lunch and recess, and for elementary school ends by 2:30. Most kids are way behind where they should be. The point of snow days is because it is unsafe to get to school. Those in the schools can get a virtual day, and employees a Code Yellow or Code Red as appropriate.

90+% of the APS population (staff and students) don't need to be on the roads, ergo no snow day necessary.

We aren’t getting recess. What grade?

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Anonymous wrote:Plenty of time for kids to play in the snow after school lets out. We better not have a snow day. Plan now and if there is snow, have all the level 1 kids go back to the virtual method they were doing before November and those support employees stay home. I have no idea if this is the official APS plan, but it sure as hell should be.

If there isn’t a snow day DD won’t have time to play. She is in school from 9:25 to 4:10 and she has early morning activities. So I would kind of like it for her sake but I get that most kids need the instruction.

Which APS school has that schedule?

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Anonymous wrote:If we get more than a couple of inches, they should call a SNOW DAY.

WHY? Haven't our kids lost enough instruction already?

THIS. Hour-long lunch and recess, and for elementary school ends by 2:30. Most kids are way behind where they should be. The point of snow days is because it is unsafe to get to school. Those in the schools can get a virtual day, and employees a Code Yellow or Code Red as appropriate.

90+% of the APS population (staff and students) don't need to be on the roads, ergo no snow day necessary.