Anonymous
12/05/2025 09:29
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
Anonymous wrote:FCpS did an amazing job!!! Our MS was scraped and salted! The parking lot and entrances were clear and ready. They even salted the exit for the parent Kiss& Ride. The roads just had a dusting and no slick spots. Great call by FcpS today! The extra 2 hours enabled us to clear off the cars and drive safely and slowly to school. I was worried but everything really was fine. Glad the kids are in school.
I don't mean to be rude, but, are you for real?
Anonymous
12/05/2025 09:26
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
Loudon is the outlier here. Prince William is both west and south and they are also only on a delay. Alexandria and Arlington are only on a delay. FCPS matches all the surrounding jurisdictions other than Loudon who made the call extraordinarily late.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 09:26
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
FCpS did an amazing job!!! Our MS was scraped and salted! The parking lot and entrances were clear and ready. They even salted the exit for the parent Kiss& Ride. The roads just had a dusting and no slick spots. Great call by FcpS today! The extra 2 hours enabled us to clear off the cars and drive safely and slowly to school. I was worried but everything really was fine. Glad the kids are in school.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 09:06
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
Anonymous wrote:My Amazon package was just delivered. I wanted school to be canceled but don’t we expect Amazon packages and the mail to be delivered in today’s conditions, even up and down hills?
I won't presume that your opinion is the same, but I suspect that most of us would be less concerned if a driver swerves into an Amazon delivery truck carrying our package than if a driver swerves into a schoolbus carrying our children.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 09:06
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just because roads are "fine" in your area, please be mindful that might NOT be in the case in other areas of the VERY large county!!
Look at the cameras all over Fairfax county. Other than the one section of route 1 where it's been closed due to an accident, the roads are fine. I can't speak for backroads because those aren't going to have cameras but they wouldn't have opened school if the roads were truly unsafe. I would have preferred a closure to be honest, I find delays to be the most inconvenient because it just cuts 2 hours of productivity out of your work day and they don't get much done at school but it is what it is. Middle school buses have been out for almost an hour and there's no reports of accidents or buses skidding that I've seen.
Sounds like they should set up cameras on some side roads, which tend to be icy and hilly especially with reduced traffic. Buses travel on both side roads and main roads.
And the back roads are where many of our schools are located.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 09:06
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Good call FCPS!!!
No need to close. Time to pull up our boots and get to teaching kids!!!
Really? Half of the county with over an inch of snow and ice-covered roads? Do you truly think that that is a good call? Especially when there are a ton of ice-covered hills that busses need to get up??
Where is there over an inch of snow? We are in the southern part and got a dusting, but nowhere close to an inch on the ground.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 09:05
Subject: Re:Closed on Friday or early closing?
Rt 1 is closed in both directions due to snow covered roads and several vehicles spun out vehicles. That’s right by Ft Belvoir.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 09:05
Subject: Re:Closed on Friday or early closing?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My 8th grader telling me that the snow falling will make for dangerous conditions for the ES kids, they should cancel the day out of safety. It made me laugh, he leaves for the bus in 10 minutes.
And when do you leave?
LOL +1
+2 LOL
Anonymous
12/05/2025 09:05
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Just because roads are "fine" in your area, please be mindful that might NOT be in the case in other areas of the VERY large county!!
Look at the cameras all over Fairfax county. Other than the one section of route 1 where it's been closed due to an accident, the roads are fine. I can't speak for backroads because those aren't going to have cameras but they wouldn't have opened school if the roads were truly unsafe. I would have preferred a closure to be honest, I find delays to be the most inconvenient because it just cuts 2 hours of productivity out of your work day and they don't get much done at school but it is what it is. Middle school buses have been out for almost an hour and there's no reports of accidents or buses skidding that I've seen.
Sounds like they should set up cameras on some side roads, which tend to be icy and hilly especially with reduced traffic. Buses travel on both side roads and main roads.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 09:03
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
I hear sirens galore outside my window.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 08:59
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
Anonymous wrote:Just because roads are "fine" in your area, please be mindful that might NOT be in the case in other areas of the VERY large county!!
Look at the cameras all over Fairfax county. Other than the one section of route 1 where it's been closed due to an accident, the roads are fine. I can't speak for backroads because those aren't going to have cameras but they wouldn't have opened school if the roads were truly unsafe. I would have preferred a closure to be honest, I find delays to be the most inconvenient because it just cuts 2 hours of productivity out of your work day and they don't get much done at school but it is what it is. Middle school buses have been out for almost an hour and there's no reports of accidents or buses skidding that I've seen.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 08:58
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
Reid has set the new precedent for snow.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 08:58
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
My Amazon package was just delivered. I wanted school to be canceled but don’t we expect Amazon packages and the mail to be delivered in today’s conditions, even up and down hills?
Anonymous
12/05/2025 08:57
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, I'm a teacher and the county didn't bother to salt any of the roads last night, so now I'm dealing with the fact that I live at the bottom of a big hill - a big hill of solid ice. No idea how I'm going to get into work this morning, especially since I have to be there earlier than the kids. Also not sure how the bus is going to get up that hill. The county is taking a huge risk here. This is not safe.
Tip from a former Seattle resident (the whole city is big hills): when snow is in the forecast, drive your car to the top (or bottom) of the big hill the night before, and park it there overnight. You can walk the hill if you have good shoes, then all of your driving is on flat ground.
Maybe the county could also have different bus stops for snow days that aren’t at the top or bottom of hills, if feasible to have alternate locations a reasonable walk away.
Now we will know the Seattle transplants are the ones blocking the plows on the public roads. As PP noted, we do have the worst drivers in the nation all come to metro DC.
Oh good lord, you guys really are a bunch of whiners here. One inch of snow is not going to be a problem for "blocking the plows". We're talking about the scenario where the roads are mostly fine but one hill might be a little slippery. And in case it wasn't obvious, of course one should park in a legal parking spot, not the middle of the road.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 08:53
Subject: Closed on Friday or early closing?
They should have closed today. Ridiculous.