Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 22:36     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Two hour delay was just announced.


Could it change to closure?


Yes. Just ask last week, when it did
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 22:33     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Two hour delay was just announced.


Please please please delay and don't change to closure

Could that be a real possibility?


Of course! Exhibits 1-3, last Thursday, Friday and Today. There is as much or more reason to close tomorrow than there was any of the previous 3 closure days. (To be clear, I think this is all hogwash.)


Given all the report of ice I think a closure tomorrow could be a good call. Unfortunately given the last 3 days were cancelled (unnecessary imo) they will still get criticized


I agree. But it’s cl at those making the call are adults who care more about student safety than popularity.

Frankly I don’t understand why closures are always an issue for parents. You know it’s a reality every year. I’d think you’d be a PARENT and put backup in place for YOUR child.


Exactly! I have a nanny sit around my house from November-April in case of bad weather. I don't get why others don't do the same. It's so easy this way!
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 22:31     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Two hour delay was just announced.


Please please please delay and don't change to closure

Could that be a real possibility?


Of course! Exhibits 1-3, last Thursday, Friday and Today. There is as much or more reason to close tomorrow than there was any of the previous 3 closure days. (To be clear, I think this is all hogwash.)


Given all the report of ice I think a closure tomorrow could be a good call. Unfortunately given the last 3 days were cancelled (unnecessary imo) they will still get criticized



I agree. But it’s cl at those making the call are adults who care more about student safety than popularity.

Frankly I don’t understand why closures are always an issue for parents. You know it’s a reality every year. I’d think you’d be a PARENT and put backup in place for YOUR child.


People have a plan and it often involves unplanned leave and they get frustrated at using leave for no reason thereby preventing it from being used for others things. Or they are frustrated with bosses saying "out again? Planning to work this month at all?"

Why is this so hard to understand?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 22:26     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Two hour delay was just announced.


Please please please delay and don't change to closure

Could that be a real possibility?


Of course! Exhibits 1-3, last Thursday, Friday and Today. There is as much or more reason to close tomorrow than there was any of the previous 3 closure days. (To be clear, I think this is all hogwash.)


Given all the report of ice I think a closure tomorrow could be a good call. Unfortunately given the last 3 days were cancelled (unnecessary imo) they will still get criticized


I agree. But it’s cl at those making the call are adults who care more about student safety than popularity.

Frankly I don’t understand why closures are always an issue for parents. You know it’s a reality every year. I’d think you’d be a PARENT and put backup in place for YOUR child.


Especially since it’s such a short time when child care is needed. By the time they are 10, most kids can be home alone for a good portion of the day without any problems. We have no family around to help and we’ve never, in 12 years, had an issue with school closures or sick days. We take turns, or we find someone to help us, but we never complain and blame others about it. THAT I will never understand.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 22:19     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Two hour delay was just announced.


Please please please delay and don't change to closure

Could that be a real possibility?


Of course! Exhibits 1-3, last Thursday, Friday and Today. There is as much or more reason to close tomorrow than there was any of the previous 3 closure days. (To be clear, I think this is all hogwash.)


Given all the report of ice I think a closure tomorrow could be a good call. Unfortunately given the last 3 days were cancelled (unnecessary imo) they will still get criticized


I agree. But it’s cl at those making the call are adults who care more about student safety than popularity.

Frankly I don’t understand why closures are always an issue for parents. You know it’s a reality every year. I’d think you’d be a PARENT and put backup in place for YOUR child.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 21:49     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Two hour delay was just announced.


Please please please delay and don't change to closure

Could that be a real possibility?


Of course! Exhibits 1-3, last Thursday, Friday and Today. There is as much or more reason to close tomorrow than there was any of the previous 3 closure days. (To be clear, I think this is all hogwash.)


Given all the report of ice I think a closure tomorrow could be a good call. Unfortunately given the last 3 days were cancelled (unnecessary imo) they will still get criticized
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 21:31     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Driveways are not roads. Roads are fine.


And sidewalks are not roads either.

HOW ARE SIDEWALKS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? Please share what area of the county you're in.
-A sheet of ice?
-Fine?
-Wet, but not icy?





We don’t have sidewalks in Great Falls but everything is covered in ice sadly - we are from Boston and were prepared to scoff at the storm but alas the ice is bad and I think bus stops will be a problem


+1
It doesn't look like anything, but the reality is there's a sheet of ice on the roads and sidewalks. I learned the hard way when I attempted to go get our mail.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 21:07     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Two hour delay was just announced.


Please please please delay and don't change to closure

Could that be a real possibility?


Of course! Exhibits 1-3, last Thursday, Friday and Today. There is as much or more reason to close tomorrow than there was any of the previous 3 closure days. (To be clear, I think this is all hogwash.)
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 20:36     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Two hour delay was just announced.


Please please please delay and don't change to closure

Could that be a real possibility?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 20:34     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:Two hour delay was just announced.


Could it change to closure?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 20:33     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Anonymous wrote:Two hour delay was just announced.


Please please please delay and don't change to closure
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 20:31     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Two hour delay was just announced.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 20:30     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
Somewhere between Merrifield / Falls Church / Annandale: definitely icy.

Temps won't be above freezing until 8 or 9 tomorrow morning. Two hour delay would be ok for local elementary schools that start at 8:30 or 9, but I worry even a delay won't be enough for middle or high school. Two hour delay is my best case scenario right now.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 20:18     Subject: Will FCPS ever Reopem?
My wife just went outside to check. I didn't expect anything but wet, but she said the driveway is a solid sheet of ice. She couldn't get down to check the street.

West Springfield
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2018 19:34     Subject: Re:Will FCPS ever Reopem?
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Anonymous wrote:This is the problem with having a huge, County-wide school system. East of 95 and along 95 we’re getting nothing but a light rain. It’s 35 degrees out. I believe that people way out west and north experienced sleet/freezing rain, but in Springfield we got nothing. The students in this section of the county also tend to be lower SES and I’m sure they could have really benefited from having school today in so many ways.


I also think this is a huge part of the problem. This is the first state we have been in that it has been like this (military). In each of the other states, schools were set up by smaller districts (Pennsylvania and Georgia)


I grew up in Ohio and generally each city had its own school district as well. There were County-wide districts, but they were smaller and more rural. If we could split FCPS for purposes of closings so West Potomac and Hayfield could stay open while Langley and McLean close, that would be ideal.


I keep saying fcps needs to be divided by cluster (or whatever buzz word they use to describe each groups of high schools).

We already have a separate superintendent for each cluster. What are we paying them for if everything is.so uniform? The county is very diverse: student needs, interests, weather, etc.

We need to actually make cluster superintendents start working and figure out how to fix this recurring issue.

There was no justification for shutting down the entire county today.

Big programs like special ed could be managed county wide, along with any magnet programs. Everything else should be done by geographic clusters of 2-3 high schools and their respective feeders. AAP centers should be by clusters. Boundary patterns of elementary and middle schools should be done by cluster. The only programs that should result in crossover between clusters are high school academy classes, magnet schools like TJ or language immersion, and centers for the extreme special needs kids like Key Center.


Please stop. Every damn snow day this tired argument comes out. So many brilliant organizational superstars here. What $2.8BILLION organization are you running? Tell us where you got your degree in public administration. Can you even begin to comprehend how wasteful that would be with our tax dollars because so many services would have to be duplicated. There's an entire infrastructure of maintenance and food services and accounting and human resources that you don't acknowledge.

We get it--you're pissed off that you've missed several days of work. If you think that breaking apart the 10th largest school system and reorganizing it into 5 individual school systems is worthy idea, I would invite you to speak with your official on the Board of Supervisors. Tell them your plan. Tell them how all the headaches and wasted money will be worth it for those random snow days when one superintendent calls school closed and the other calls school open.