Anonymous
02/26/2014 11:01
Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We drove from up 270 to Holton. No issues. And gasp, we have never lived in New England. I can't believe we could even navigate thru the "blizzard." Amazing.
Thanks for the input, Señora smug
Its also a lie.
How is it a lie PP? I left at 7:10am and took Exit 6 onto 270. 270 HOV to Westlake Exit, Fernwood, Bradley to Wilson. Dropped daughter off at 7:48am. School starts at 8am. Plenty of cars coming in at the same time dropping off their kids. No one extra directing traffic. We normally leave between 7:20-25pm and it takes us 25min max to get to school. Today it took 38 minutes so yes it was a little longer but we knew that and left with plenty of time and didn't stress since Holton wasn't giving tardies today. Besides the usual slow traffic on 270, everything was fine. The highways were wet, the side roads had 1" max of snow. I drive a minivan and it made it thru fine. But I guess if my report was of "hundreds" of car accidents, it would have been more believable.
Too many details is a sure sign of lying. I did not even read your drivel.
Anonymous
02/26/2014 10:33
Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
The question isn't why some private schools were open. Rather, it should be why the DC government wasn't on top of salting the streets this time. The ol' Gray May'r is setting a passive tone for the city government,
Anonymous
02/26/2014 10:32
Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We drove from up 270 to Holton. No issues. And gasp, we have never lived in New England. I can't believe we could even navigate thru the "blizzard." Amazing.
Thanks for the input, Señora smug
Its also a lie.
How is it a lie PP? I left at 7:10am and took Exit 6 onto 270. 270 HOV to Westlake Exit, Fernwood, Bradley to Wilson. Dropped daughter off at 7:48am. School starts at 8am. Plenty of cars coming in at the same time dropping off their kids. No one extra directing traffic. We normally leave between 7:20-25pm and it takes us 25min max to get to school. Today it took 38 minutes so yes it was a little longer but we knew that and left with plenty of time and didn't stress since Holton wasn't giving tardies today. Besides the usual slow traffic on 270, everything was fine. The highways were wet, the side roads had 1" max of snow. I drive a minivan and it made it thru fine. But I guess if my report was of "hundreds" of car accidents, it would have been more believable.
Anonymous
02/26/2014 10:31
Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
It took us an hour and a half to do a drive that normally takes 30 minutes. Luckily DC was cheerful about being late and they weren't marking kids tardy yet when we got there, 25 minutes late.
Anonymous
02/26/2014 10:26
Subject: Re:You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I drove my three kids to two different schools and had no issues. Come on people- there are a few flakes of snow out
If it did not happen to me... it did not happen.
+1
Anonymous
02/26/2014 10:22
Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I drove from AU to St. Alban's to downtown - no issues at all - no accidents. I took it slow - like the cars around me.
That is awesome that you were able to make it from 1 mile away to St. Albans. Probably all your child's teachers also live within a 1 mile radius of the school in their multimillion dollar houses.
That's a good point -- many teachers, especially some of the younger ones with young families -- live pretty far out of town.
Well I guess they should have left for work or school an hour earlier then since everyone knew the forecast. It is called "being prepared."
It's called daycare opens at a set time and doesn't open an hour earlier just because you need to leave an hour earlier to get to work. DD's teacher has kids under 5 and lives pretty far out. There was no way she was going to make it on time unless she brought her kids in with her. Delays help a lot with the logistics of having a full staff when the bell rings.
Anonymous
02/26/2014 10:18
Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Wife just pulled into garage, said 270 wan't moving... Kid r getting 'our' snow day....would take forever to get to gtown at this rate...
Anonymous
02/26/2014 10:10
Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I drove from AU to St. Alban's to downtown - no issues at all - no accidents. I took it slow - like the cars around me.
That is awesome that you were able to make it from 1 mile away to St. Albans. Probably all your child's teachers also live within a 1 mile radius of the school in their multimillion dollar houses.
That's a good point -- many teachers, especially some of the younger ones with young families -- live pretty far out of town.
Well I guess they should have left for work or school an hour earlier then since everyone knew the forecast. It is called "being prepared."
Anonymous
02/26/2014 10:08
Subject: Re:You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I drove my three kids to two different schools and had no issues. Come on people- there are a few flakes of snow out
If it did not happen to me... it did not happen.
Bunch of DRAMA QUEENS you all are. Keep your kid home and stop whining like little babies. Many people got their precious ones to school just fine and lived to tell it. How dare they post on DCUM? Please only post about New Englanders doing 360's in 1-2" of snow from now on.
Anonymous
02/26/2014 10:04
Subject: Re:You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:I drove my three kids to two different schools and had no issues. Come on people- there are a few flakes of snow out
If it did not happen to me... it did not happen.
Anonymous
02/26/2014 10:01
Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
I couldn't get to my DC's school in my lightweight little car. Secondary and tertiary roads are a mess. Not everyone drives a big AWD SUV and some of the drivers who do sem oblivious to those who don't.
Anonymous
02/26/2014 09:50
Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I drove from AU to St. Alban's to downtown - no issues at all - no accidents. I took it slow - like the cars around me.
That is awesome that you were able to make it from 1 mile away to St. Albans. Probably all your child's teachers also live within a 1 mile radius of the school in their multimillion dollar houses.
That's a good point -- many teachers, especially some of the younger ones with young families -- live pretty far out of town.
Anonymous
02/26/2014 09:50
Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
You can't make everyone happy. My kids got off to their schools just fine this morning.
Use your own judgment. If your roads are bad stay home or wait. You can't pass that responsibility off to the schools, ultimately its your call.
Use your own judgment. If your roads are bad stay home or wait. You can't pass that responsibility off to the schools, ultimately its your call.
Anonymous
02/26/2014 09:47
Subject: You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
Main roads were fine, but neighborhood roads slippery.
My DD was 5 minutes late to her school and when I dropped her off things were in control in the building with meaningful morning work going on. Our school was understanding of staff and students who took a little longer, but had things in place to cover.
All the busses and people on the roads getting kids to school are not helping the road crews treat the roads. Tough call today. 2 hour delay probably not enough and by noon all should be clear.
Families can always make their own decisions, if you feel it's too dangerous, don't go out.
My DD was 5 minutes late to her school and when I dropped her off things were in control in the building with meaningful morning work going on. Our school was understanding of staff and students who took a little longer, but had things in place to cover.
All the busses and people on the roads getting kids to school are not helping the road crews treat the roads. Tough call today. 2 hour delay probably not enough and by noon all should be clear.
Families can always make their own decisions, if you feel it's too dangerous, don't go out.
Anonymous
02/26/2014 09:47
Subject: Re:You blew this weather call St. Albans, Sidwell, Maret, GDS, NCS
People don't have snow tires, and the road is cold enough for the snow to stick
Oh boo hoo.
Come to think of it, we live in a place where it snows. So, let's lobby for laws requiring snow tires on automobiles Nov. 1- March 30. Other places do it. And don't you dare whine about the poors - if they can't afford snows they can't afford their cars.