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Anonymous wrote:Where are the roads bad? I’m generally curious. We live in a rural area of the county, on a hill and roads are fine. We were out and about doing Christmas stuff last night. There are few patches of ice but minimal.

I see these arguments every snow day / ice day and just trying to understand where things are so bad?

It is cold and I’d much rather not venture out but I can’t find a legit reason not to send kids on time. But I just don’t get where the roads are bad.

Neighborhoods around Langley still had large patches of ice on side roads. Georgetown Pike is fine, but neighborhood streets have long patches - 100 ft - of solid ice. On the way to Arlington, turning from Chesterbrook onto N. Albemarle and it was a 200ft sheet of ice on a hill. It was actually pretty dangerous.

I didn't hear about any busses getting in accidents or children being injured, so deal with it big momma.

Longfellow 8 and 12 got into trouble, that I heard of. Twelve got stuck on ice and couldn’t move forward or back… they had to send someone with sand…. 😂

So no accidents and all the kids were safe. Closing schools for thousands to save one bucket of sand would be a pretty extreme move.

+1 they made the right call. It was not dangerously cold.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are the roads bad? I’m generally curious. We live in a rural area of the county, on a hill and roads are fine. We were out and about doing Christmas stuff last night. There are few patches of ice but minimal.

I see these arguments every snow day / ice day and just trying to understand where things are so bad?

It is cold and I’d much rather not venture out but I can’t find a legit reason not to send kids on time. But I just don’t get where the roads are bad.

Neighborhoods around Langley still had large patches of ice on side roads. Georgetown Pike is fine, but neighborhood streets have long patches - 100 ft - of solid ice. On the way to Arlington, turning from Chesterbrook onto N. Albemarle and it was a 200ft sheet of ice on a hill. It was actually pretty dangerous.

I didn't hear about any busses getting in accidents or children being injured, so deal with it big momma.

Longfellow 8 and 12 got into trouble, that I heard of. Twelve got stuck on ice and couldn’t move forward or back… they had to send someone with sand…. 😂

So no accidents and all the kids were safe. Closing schools for thousands to save one bucket of sand would be a pretty extreme move.

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Anonymous wrote:So everyone got to and from school just fine despite the dire predictions being made. At what point will you Chicken Littles realize your risk tolerance is way lower than is typical or healthy?

They will do this until they make the wrong call and then course correct for a few years to call delays more frequently. This is the way it goes. They hedge the line until they make a bad call and really mess up and then they course correct for a few years only to start the process over again.

Meanwhile, if the kids can stand still at a bus stop at 6:30 am for 20 minutes or walk to school for 20 minutes, why can’t they play outside on days like today? What is up with the double standard?

Why exactly is your kid standing still at the bus stop for 20 minutes? I get that some kids have to walk a few blocks to the bus stop, but why is your child standing still for 20 minutes? Mine has it timed so she arrives a minute before the bus. Even my other child whose bus is frequently late has only ever had to wait 10 minutes.

I’m guessing because the bus was late. Bus drivers had to report 30 min before their usual time to report any problems with their bus, such as dead battery.

Many buses had some sort of problem or another and it takes time to fix it or find another available bus, do the pre-trip, etc.

And then, there are the drives that couldn’t come to work, which puts more pressure on others, who have to do double routes. Or use substitute drives, who are not familiar with the route and take it even slower in those conditions.

And overall, drivers proceed slow on side roads, which were covered in ice.

Usually MS students are the ones who feel these contretemps the most, since they are first bell.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are the roads bad? I’m generally curious. We live in a rural area of the county, on a hill and roads are fine. We were out and about doing Christmas stuff last night. There are few patches of ice but minimal.

I see these arguments every snow day / ice day and just trying to understand where things are so bad?

It is cold and I’d much rather not venture out but I can’t find a legit reason not to send kids on time. But I just don’t get where the roads are bad.

Neighborhoods around Langley still had large patches of ice on side roads. Georgetown Pike is fine, but neighborhood streets have long patches - 100 ft - of solid ice. On the way to Arlington, turning from Chesterbrook onto N. Albemarle and it was a 200ft sheet of ice on a hill. It was actually pretty dangerous.

I didn't hear about any busses getting in accidents or children being injured, so deal with it big momma.

Longfellow 8 and 12 got into trouble, that I heard of. Twelve got stuck on ice and couldn’t move forward or back… they had to send someone with sand…. 😂

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So everyone got to and from school just fine despite the dire predictions being made. At what point will you Chicken Littles realize your risk tolerance is way lower than is typical or healthy?

They will do this until they make the wrong call and then course correct for a few years to call delays more frequently. This is the way it goes. They hedge the line until they make a bad call and really mess up and then they course correct for a few years only to start the process over again.

Meanwhile, if the kids can stand still at a bus stop at 6:30 am for 20 minutes or walk to school for 20 minutes, why can’t they play outside on days like today? What is up with the double standard?

They can play outside today. I teach an ES grade and most classes went out. There was no wind chill warning.

Our elementary school didn’t. That would be helpful to standardize if they are going to school in cold weather.

At the school where I teach we got an email from admin saying we had to have indoor recess.
I hate indoor recess

Same-hate indoor recess. At our school, we got an email saying we had to go out for 15 minutes. The blacktop and sidewalks were clear. We could take the kids out for a walk around the campus if we wanted. I was glad to get outside for a few minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So everyone got to and from school just fine despite the dire predictions being made. At what point will you Chicken Littles realize your risk tolerance is way lower than is typical or healthy?

They will do this until they make the wrong call and then course correct for a few years to call delays more frequently. This is the way it goes. They hedge the line until they make a bad call and really mess up and then they course correct for a few years only to start the process over again.

Meanwhile, if the kids can stand still at a bus stop at 6:30 am for 20 minutes or walk to school for 20 minutes, why can’t they play outside on days like today? What is up with the double standard?

They can play outside today. I teach an ES grade and most classes went out. There was no wind chill warning.

Our elementary school didn’t. That would be helpful to standardize if they are going to school in cold weather.

At the school where I teach we got an email from admin saying we had to have indoor recess.
I hate indoor recess

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So everyone got to and from school just fine despite the dire predictions being made. At what point will you Chicken Littles realize your risk tolerance is way lower than is typical or healthy?

They will do this until they make the wrong call and then course correct for a few years to call delays more frequently. This is the way it goes. They hedge the line until they make a bad call and really mess up and then they course correct for a few years only to start the process over again.

Meanwhile, if the kids can stand still at a bus stop at 6:30 am for 20 minutes or walk to school for 20 minutes, why can’t they play outside on days like today? What is up with the double standard?

Why exactly is your kid standing still at the bus stop for 20 minutes? I get that some kids have to walk a few blocks to the bus stop, but why is your child standing still for 20 minutes? Mine has it timed so she arrives a minute before the bus. Even my other child whose bus is frequently late has only ever had to wait 10 minutes.

Exactly because the bus was late.

That is great that your kid has it timed. It is difficult to do when the bus sometimes shows up on time and often doesn’t.

But, if you could answer why kids were kept inside today when they had to wait outside/walk to the bus or school, that would be more helpful than reporting about your child’s bus habits.

Our elementary school had outdoor recess today.