Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 18:53     Subject: wtf no delay?
Anonymous wrote:I'm a Pre-K teacher in Columbia Heights. I live in Glover Park. This was my commute today:

7 am- get to the bus stop. I built in an extra 20 mins for this "dusting to one inch." Commute usually takes 40 minutes. 7:35- bus finally arrives; has to take detour off of regular route to get to Dupont Circle. 8:25- Bus arrives at Dupont. Run into Firehook bakery to get coffee; the power's out there and all up and down Connecticut Ave. No coffee. Wait at bus stop for bus to Columbia Heights. Feet turn into blocks of ice. 8:50- Bus finally arrives. Get on. 9:00- Bus spins out trying to get up Connecticut and smashes backward into a trash can. Get off bus. Wait for another bus. No luck hailing a cab. Freeze. 9:20- Another bus finally arrives. 9:45- Finally arrive at school with a pounding headache from no caffeine and nearly frostbitten extremities. Six out of 20 children are present. Needless to say I'm not looking forward to the odyssey home.

So if that was my commute as a teacher, what were others' commutes like? Half of my colleagues were late as well. The children are herded into multipurpose rooms when we can't get there.


Thanks for your dedication. Especially as a parent of a PK student in Columbia Heights!
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 18:49     Subject: wtf no delay?
Anonymous wrote:My kid's charter school was open. From what I could discern from pick-up, few students were absent. You DCPS parents are wussies


Especially because they all should be walking to those neighborhood schools
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 18:07     Subject: wtf no delay?
Just saw on Fox5 that a bus driving went out of service and kicked some kids off the bus (G8). The youngest was 4 years old!
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 18:00     Subject: wtf no delay?
I'm a Pre-K teacher in Columbia Heights. I live in Glover Park. This was my commute today:

7 am- get to the bus stop. I built in an extra 20 mins for this "dusting to one inch." Commute usually takes 40 minutes. 7:35- bus finally arrives; has to take detour off of regular route to get to Dupont Circle. 8:25- Bus arrives at Dupont. Run into Firehook bakery to get coffee; the power's out there and all up and down Connecticut Ave. No coffee. Wait at bus stop for bus to Columbia Heights. Feet turn into blocks of ice. 8:50- Bus finally arrives. Get on. 9:00- Bus spins out trying to get up Connecticut and smashes backward into a trash can. Get off bus. Wait for another bus. No luck hailing a cab. Freeze. 9:20- Another bus finally arrives. 9:45- Finally arrive at school with a pounding headache from no caffeine and nearly frostbitten extremities. Six out of 20 children are present. Needless to say I'm not looking forward to the odyssey home.

So if that was my commute as a teacher, what were others' commutes like? Half of my colleagues were late as well. The children are herded into multipurpose rooms when we can't get there.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 17:27     Subject: wtf no delay?
74 bus takes kids to several different schools and it was shut down - those kids were totally out of luck.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 17:21     Subject: wtf no delay?
My son goes to Deal. He took the bus which was 1 hour and 15 minutes late. He said that when he got to school, there were only 4 kids in class. I would have taken him, but my prius could not get off the street due to NO PLOW!
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 16:51     Subject: wtf no delay?
My kid's charter school was open. From what I could discern from pick-up, few students were absent. You DCPS parents are wussies
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 16:42     Subject: Re:wtf no delay?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:why do people WANT a delay? If your roads are bad, bring your kid in two hours late.

For those of us with plowed roads, we appreciate schools being open and our kids' schedule not being disrupted. Remember, there are low income parents in this city for whom a two hour delay = lost income and/or being written up at work for being late.


Who in DC had plowed roads by the time school opened today?

DCPS' primary purpose is to educate the city's public school children. I don't discount the importance of a free breakfast for some, but neither than nor child care is a reason to put all the teachers and kids of DCPS at risk. Bowser and her buddy Kaya screwed up, big time!


Thank you, Bowser and Kaya, for helping my DC learn today at our neighborhood public school. We had no trouble walking 4-5 blocks.


We walked 3 blocks to the metro, which we took to our charter school. WTF is your point?


WTF is your WTF? You had too many snow days when they were teaching reading?
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 16:39     Subject: wtf no delay?
Anonymous wrote:New DCPS term doesn't start until January 26.

Anonymous wrote:Liked DCPS not disrupting the 2nd day of the new term. For parents at neighborhood schools the scheduled delays are meaningless. And while I could see the impact on teachers and staff commutes, they usually arrive closer to 7am and would not have been impacted by the later rush hour impact (plus added snowfall). Our elementary applied common sense -- started on time but made allowances for stragglers


PP here. Yes -- "term" is technically later this month. For a parent with young kids in ES it really makes zero difference. Kids were off 2 weeks and need to get back into routine.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 16:05     Subject: wtf no delay?
In fairness, colleagues who live in Springfield were complaining about unplowed impassible roads today and how it was nuts that the Feds weren't closed too. It seems like most local authorities were caught off guard by this.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 15:55     Subject: Re:wtf no delay?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:why do people WANT a delay? If your roads are bad, bring your kid in two hours late.

For those of us with plowed roads, we appreciate schools being open and our kids' schedule not being disrupted. Remember, there are low income parents in this city for whom a two hour delay = lost income and/or being written up at work for being late.


Who in DC had plowed roads by the time school opened today?

DCPS' primary purpose is to educate the city's public school children. I don't discount the importance of a free breakfast for some, but neither than nor child care is a reason to put all the teachers and kids of DCPS at risk. Bowser and her buddy Kaya screwed up, big time!


Thank you, Bowser and Kaya, for helping my DC learn today at our neighborhood public school. We had no trouble walking 4-5 blocks.


We walked 3 blocks to the metro, which we took to our charter school. WTF is your point?
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 15:44     Subject: wtf no delay?
I live near Dunbar HS and it may as well been a snow day judging by the lack of traffic and students.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 15:18     Subject: Re:wtf no delay?
Anonymous wrote:busses are running! Moderate snow plan with some routes normal and some routes detoured.


Only 8 WMATA buses are on their regular routes, the remainder are either on limited routes and very limited service times, or are not running at all.

http://www.wmata.com/getting_around/moderate_snow_route_details.cfm
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 15:16     Subject: Re:wtf no delay?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:busses are running! Moderate snow plan with some routes normal and some routes detoured.


NOPE! There are a WHOLE BUNCH of Metro buses that have NO SERVICE and are NOT RUNNING AT ALL today:

3Y, 7Y, 11Y, 13Y, 16X, 16Y, 31, 34, 37, 39, 60, 64, 74, 82, 93, 94, A2, A7, A9, A11, A12, A42, B8, B9, D1, D3, D4, D5, D8, E6, F14, G2, G8, H1, H6, H8, H9, K2, K9, L1, M4, M6, N3, P17, P19, S1, U5, U6, V5, V9, W1, W5, W6, W8, W13, X1, X3, and X8.


Thank you, Bowser and Kaya!
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2015 15:16     Subject: Re:wtf no delay?
Anonymous wrote:busses are running! Moderate snow plan with some routes normal and some routes detoured.


No our metro bus is not running which a lot of kids from the housing projects use to get to school by the way but it is OK since most of them were absent today seeing as the bus was practically empty today. In fact our metro bus is used by students from at least 3 different schools. And a whole slew of other buses are not running either.