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Anonymous wrote:I can't with teachers and FCPS employees anymore. It's not perfect out there but you can absolutely get to work! Schools are clear. Roads are getting to be mostly cleared. Highways are cleared. Please just be an adult!

Some teachers also commute in from really far out locations.

Um, ok.
So do a lot of other people. Lots of feds/medical office oeople,, etc. mcommute from Faquier, upper MD, and beyond.

So what? This isn't a competition of who has it worst. Just stop.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't with teachers and FCPS employees anymore. It's not perfect out there but you can absolutely get to work! Schools are clear. Roads are getting to be mostly cleared. Highways are cleared. Please just be an adult!

Some teachers also commute in from really far out locations.

Um, ok.
So do a lot of other people. Lots of feds/medical office oeople,, etc. mcommute from Faquier, upper MD, and beyond.

Anonymous wrote:My principal said the sidewalks aren’t clear and parking lot is a mess and she doesn’t want anyone coming in tomorrow. It’s a real headache if someone falls and injures themselves on school property. Not sure what that says about getting back with kids but we definitely need these days for clearing.

Thank God for good principals.

My principal said the sidewalks aren’t clear and parking lot is a mess and she doesn’t want anyone coming in tomorrow. It’s a real headache if someone falls and injures themselves on school property. Not sure what that says about getting back with kids but we definitely need these days for clearing.

I’m a teacher and can get to school without any issues. But there is no way I’m sending my kids to school if that happens anytime soon. They aren’t old enough to drive and it’s about almost a mile to the bus stop. Our road is currently plowed as a single lane and the sidewalks are not cleared. It would not be safe for them to walk that far and I’m at work, I can’t drive them to school, if a bus can even get down our road Monday. I don’t work at their HS. Luckily they are teens and can stay home alone now. DH has been back at work since this Monday. I don’t know when it will be safe or what FCPS will do.

We shoveled and cleared our driveway. I still fell hard today getting out of my car. There is so much ice. I hope people start using ice melt on the sidewalks or something as it gets warmer next week.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't with teachers and FCPS employees anymore. It's not perfect out there but you can absolutely get to work! Schools are clear. Roads are getting to be mostly cleared. Highways are cleared. Please just be an adult!

Yeah, I think you’re really underestimating how bad driving conditions are right now for many people .

I don’t think it’s a matter of just employees getting to work. It’s about whether schools can safely handle “rush hours” for busses, pedestrians, students, AND employees. As of now, not all schools in the county are ready.

I am not talking about kids being in school. Talking about teachers whining about going to work this week for PD

Having to go to our actual school is fine. Having to drive to a different school just to sit in a room with only teachers from our own school is not fine.

Why? Sounds like a bunch of whining.

You would have to understand how truly useless, time-wasting, and often infuriating these PD are. Teachers have their own mountains of work to tackle and, as you can see from the complaints on this board, all of them could use that time for grading or lesson planning.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't with teachers and FCPS employees anymore. It's not perfect out there but you can absolutely get to work! Schools are clear. Roads are getting to be mostly cleared. Highways are cleared. Please just be an adult!

Yeah, I think you’re really underestimating how bad driving conditions are right now for many people .

I don’t think it’s a matter of just employees getting to work. It’s about whether schools can safely handle “rush hours” for busses, pedestrians, students, AND employees. As of now, not all schools in the county are ready.

I am not talking about kids being in school. Talking about teachers whining about going to work this week for PD

Having to go to our actual school is fine. Having to drive to a different school just to sit in a room with only teachers from our own school is not fine.

Why? Sounds like a bunch of whining.

In what way does it make sense to require that? For example, how does it make any sense to have all Key Middle School staff go to Key in the morning, then have them drive across the county to go to an in-service at Chantilly HS, where they will ONLY be interacting with other Key staff? What is the benefit of that?

I don't think any profession would be happy about being in such a situation.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't with teachers and FCPS employees anymore. It's not perfect out there but you can absolutely get to work! Schools are clear. Roads are getting to be mostly cleared. Highways are cleared. Please just be an adult!

Yeah, I think you’re really underestimating how bad driving conditions are right now for many people .

I don’t think it’s a matter of just employees getting to work. It’s about whether schools can safely handle “rush hours” for busses, pedestrians, students, AND employees. As of now, not all schools in the county are ready.

I am not talking about kids being in school. Talking about teachers whining about going to work this week for PD

Teachers complain about PDs because they are truly *that* bad. If you ever have the misfortune to attend one, you would understand why it is an experience that makes teachers feel very jaded and cynical about education, as well as angry at administrators who are wasting valuable teaching time in order to stage a performance that “justifies” administrative jobs that should be eliminated. For this PD, teachers must drive to a different school - not their own school. Some would need to travel across the entire county. So, it’s a super inconvenient PD in less than desirable driving conditions.

Plus, some of my colleagues are still snowed/iced in.

Luckily, my school has a good principal who truly cares about the well-being of her faculty, and she has provided us with a virtual option for fulfilling the PD criteria.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't with teachers and FCPS employees anymore. It's not perfect out there but you can absolutely get to work! Schools are clear. Roads are getting to be mostly cleared. Highways are cleared. Please just be an adult!

Yeah, I think you’re really underestimating how bad driving conditions are right now for many people .

I don’t think it’s a matter of just employees getting to work. It’s about whether schools can safely handle “rush hours” for busses, pedestrians, students, AND employees. As of now, not all schools in the county are ready.

I am not talking about kids being in school. Talking about teachers whining about going to work this week for PD

Having to go to our actual school is fine. Having to drive to a different school just to sit in a room with only teachers from our own school is not fine.

Why? Sounds like a bunch of whining.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't with teachers and FCPS employees anymore. It's not perfect out there but you can absolutely get to work! Schools are clear. Roads are getting to be mostly cleared. Highways are cleared. Please just be an adult!

Yeah, I think you’re really underestimating how bad driving conditions are right now for many people .

I don’t think it’s a matter of just employees getting to work. It’s about whether schools can safely handle “rush hours” for busses, pedestrians, students, AND employees. As of now, not all schools in the county are ready.

I am not talking about kids being in school. Talking about teachers whining about going to work this week for PD

Having to go to our actual school is fine. Having to drive to a different school just to sit in a room with only teachers from our own school is not fine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't with teachers and FCPS employees anymore. It's not perfect out there but you can absolutely get to work! Schools are clear. Roads are getting to be mostly cleared. Highways are cleared. Please just be an adult!

Some teachers also commute in from really far out locations.

So? Highways are cleared.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't with teachers and FCPS employees anymore. It's not perfect out there but you can absolutely get to work! Schools are clear. Roads are getting to be mostly cleared. Highways are cleared. Please just be an adult!

Some teachers also commute in from really far out locations.

THEY NEVER WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK
and they want the other storm and another and another

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't with teachers and FCPS employees anymore. It's not perfect out there but you can absolutely get to work! Schools are clear. Roads are getting to be mostly cleared. Highways are cleared. Please just be an adult!

Yeah, I think you’re really underestimating how bad driving conditions are right now for many people .

I don’t think it’s a matter of just employees getting to work. It’s about whether schools can safely handle “rush hours” for busses, pedestrians, students, AND employees. As of now, not all schools in the county are ready.

I am not talking about kids being in school. Talking about teachers whining about going to work this week for PD

Anonymous wrote:I can't with teachers and FCPS employees anymore. It's not perfect out there but you can absolutely get to work! Schools are clear. Roads are getting to be mostly cleared. Highways are cleared. Please just be an adult!

Some teachers also commute in from really far out locations.

The temperature’s too low in the morning. DH was heading to work but couldn’t start up the car this morning around 6:30am, was not allowed to wfh, had to call uber instead then they decide to allow wfh, so he came home. Then the car was started up fine after 9am. The same could happen at least for MS buses.