Anonymous wrote:Models have shifted to this being a sat evening affair. Predictions are kids will be in school Tuesday/Wed.

Where are you seeing that?

Models have shifted to this being a sat evening affair. Predictions are kids will be in school Tuesday/Wed.

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Anonymous wrote:Any FCPS alumni on here? Blizzard of 1996 ring a bell? Schools shut down for a solid 2 weeks (and the 3rd was delayed openings) for heavy snow followed by frozen rain on top.

2 weeks?!?

Yup! My sisters still talk about that. I was already in college and was studying abroad so I only saw it on Sky News. They were both in high school.

I’m a ‘96 grad and I only remember a week. But I do remember they added 30 min to the school day that year. But that was back in the days when we only had 3 snow days built in and had to make up anything over that. The 30 minutes added to the school day started after Spring Break.

Anonymous wrote:There probably won’t be shut down. The forecast just changed to sleet because of warmer air coming from the south.

Sleet is worse. Sleet = ice.

Anonymous wrote:How does possible shutdown for the 3 days next week affect end of quarter grading and testing for HS students?

For the most part, it doesn't. My daughter literally said this morning that everything is due tomorrow and that her teachers have said that everything next week will be third quarter work. If it snows more than 2 inches, school will be closed all week.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I’m getting pretty excited!

Let me guess—you don’t have to work?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any FCPS alumni on here? Blizzard of 1996 ring a bell? Schools shut down for a solid 2 weeks (and the 3rd was delayed openings) for heavy snow followed by frozen rain on top.

2 weeks?!?

Yep, then they added half hour a day, it was 2003.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any FCPS alumni on here? Blizzard of 1996 ring a bell? Schools shut down for a solid 2 weeks (and the 3rd was delayed openings) for heavy snow followed by frozen rain on top.

2 weeks?!?

Yup! My sisters still talk about that. I was already in college and was studying abroad so I only saw it on Sky News. They were both in high school.

Anonymous wrote:How does possible shutdown for the 3 days next week affect end of quarter grading and testing for HS students?

DD has a mid term next Monday. Her teacher has already said that they will work something out as soon as they are back in school if there is no school.

Anonymous wrote:Any FCPS alumni on here? Blizzard of 1996 ring a bell? Schools shut down for a solid 2 weeks (and the 3rd was delayed openings) for heavy snow followed by frozen rain on top.

2 weeks?!?

Any FCPS alumni on here? Blizzard of 1996 ring a bell? Schools shut down for a solid 2 weeks (and the 3rd was delayed openings) for heavy snow followed by frozen rain on top.

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Anonymous wrote:There probably won’t be shut down. The forecast just changed to sleet because of warmer air coming from the south.

Where are you getting this info? Everywhere I’m looking says 6-14 inches PLUS freezing rain to finish it off. That would make it even worse. The last thing you want is ice sitting on top of 10 inches of snow. It weighs it down.

Yes, this actually makes the conditions worse. The warm air is where the storm is forming, but the temperature on the ground will be well below freezing. This means the sleet will quickly turn to ice. 12+ inches of fluffy snow is a lot easier to manage than 8 inches of snow beneath a compacted sheet of slush. Light snow means you’re just waiting for plows to make their way through. Sleet in the forecast leads to conditions that closed us for 4 1/2 days last January. Roads with compacted sheets of ice that the plows can’t scrape up and frigid temperatures so there’s little melting. Also, fallen branches and power outages are far more likely. This doesn’t change the outlook on school being open next week, it just means less idyllic and fun snow days for the hot chocolate crowd.

Anonymous wrote:There probably won’t be shut down. The forecast just changed to sleet because of warmer air coming from the south.

Where are you getting this info? Everywhere I’m looking says 6-14 inches PLUS freezing rain to finish it off. That would make it even worse. The last thing you want is ice sitting on top of 10 inches of snow. It weighs it down.

There probably won’t be shut down. The forecast just changed to sleet because of warmer air coming from the south.

How does possible shutdown for the 3 days next week affect end of quarter grading and testing for HS students?