Anonymous wrote:Reid just sent her weekly email. Here is the first paragraph:

I trust this note finds each of you well, especially as we deal with really cold temperatures this weekend. I want to share that staff have been driving our roads this afternoon and evening and all looks ready for school tomorrow. I trust that you each will dress warmly and travel safely in the morning. Please give yourselves plenty of time to drive given our winter conditions.

Anonymous wrote:Reid just sent her weekly email. Here is the first paragraph:

I trust this note finds each of you well, especially as we deal with really cold temperatures this weekend. I want to share that staff have been driving our roads this afternoon and evening and all looks ready for school tomorrow. I trust that you each will dress warmly and travel safely in the morning. Please give yourselves plenty of time to drive given our winter conditions.

Anonymous wrote:Do you think the waiting is more to see if they should delay vs close? I think otherwise, they would have called a 2-hour delay already based on past decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining.

For god's sake, people lost kids at Brow,n and you all are spewing about the weather.

The US is imploding, and you are all spewing about the weather.

Just stop already.
This is not hard the school system is not responsible for your child care.

You had kids in the US what the hell did you expect.


Weather happens it's unpredicable, move on get over it and shut up. Stop having kids you don't want to take care of. Ice is unsafe. Cold temps like tomorrow are unsafe.

Stop complaining

Well guess what? Maybe the world wasn’t quite so bad then. Maybe we had hope that the world could change for the better. And maybe, just maybe, people are scared that their kids’ bus would crash and the’d lose them too? Have compassion

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Anonymous wrote:Bus drivers are to report 30 minutes early and monitor local news channels and radio as FCPS will reassess in the morning.

Why? What will change at 5:30? it will still be 16 (feels like 1).

The condition of the roads come the morning will be assessed. The ability of the busses to actually get turned on will be assessed.

Growing up, they almost always waited for the morning and drove a few representative bus runs around 4:30am to gauge actual morning conditions. Then, they decided if it was going to be safe to put buses on those roads or if they had to delay or cancel. Why would they make a call tonight instead of waiting to see the conditions the busses will actually face?

It sucks for dual working homes but being able to pivot as needed to care for your kids comes with being a parent. I've already sent emails to key people reminding them I may have to make last minute changes to my day tomorrow because of the chance of a delay.

This makes sense, but growing up, we didn't have the technology that we have today, which can help us to assess the situation earlier.
In this way, she (Michelle Reid) is torturing parents. This is not OK.

Anonymous wrote:I just drove through our neighborhood. Black ice all over. I am an experienced driver and even I had to be very cautious. I cannot imagine kids tomorrow driving, they already park like idiots.

Anonymous wrote:Stop complaining.

For god's sake, people lost kids at Brow,n and you all are spewing about the weather.

The US is imploding, and you are all spewing about the weather.

Just stop already.
This is not hard the school system is not responsible for your child care.

You had kids in the US what the hell did you expect.


Weather happens it's unpredicable, move on get over it and shut up. Stop having kids you don't want to take care of. Ice is unsafe. Cold temps like tomorrow are unsafe.

Stop complaining

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bus drivers are to report 30 minutes early and monitor local news channels and radio as FCPS will reassess in the morning.

Why? What will change at 5:30? it will still be 16 (feels like 1).

The condition of the roads come the morning will be assessed. The ability of the busses to actually get turned on will be assessed.

Growing up, they almost always waited for the morning and drove a few representative bus runs around 4:30am to gauge actual morning conditions. Then, they decided if it was going to be safe to put buses on those roads or if they had to delay or cancel. Why would they make a call tonight instead of waiting to see the conditions the busses will actually face?

It sucks for dual working homes but being able to pivot as needed to care for your kids comes with being a parent. I've already sent emails to key people reminding them I may have to make last minute changes to my day tomorrow because of the chance of a delay.

This makes sense, but growing up, we didn't have the technology that we have today, which can help us to assess the situation earlier.
In this way, she (Michelle Reid) is torturing parents. This is not OK.

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Anonymous wrote:Bus drivers are to report 30 minutes early and monitor local news channels and radio as FCPS will reassess in the morning.

Not trying to doubt but what is your source?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bus drivers are to report 30 minutes early and monitor local news channels and radio as FCPS will reassess in the morning.

Why? What will change at 5:30? it will still be 16 (feels like 1).

The condition of the roads come the morning will be assessed. The ability of the busses to actually get turned on will be assessed.

Growing up, they almost always waited for the morning and drove a few representative bus runs around 4:30am to gauge actual morning conditions. Then, they decided if it was going to be safe to put buses on those roads or if they had to delay or cancel. Why would they make a call tonight instead of waiting to see the conditions the busses will actually face?

It sucks for dual working homes but being able to pivot as needed to care for your kids comes with being a parent. I've already sent emails to key people reminding them I may have to make last minute changes to my day tomorrow because of the chance of a delay.