Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous to wait and call it in the morning in a district this size....thousands if people need to make a plan. Just delay it now, teachers can cut out busy work and kids can still get a solid day if school without the morning weather drama and headaches.

100%

It has nothing to do with the size of the district. It has everything to do with how unpredictable the weather is.

Of course everyone wants to 'know' in advance ... but guess what, the weather isn't 100% known in advance. If FCPS made a call now, and it turned out to be the wrong call, the level of weather drama you'd see then would be far worse than just waiting until we have a better read on the actual weather.

Some last-minute calls are part of the deal with living in Northern Virginia.

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous to wait and call it in the morning in a district this size....thousands if people need to make a plan. Just delay it now, teachers can cut out busy work and kids can still get a solid day if school without the morning weather drama and headaches.

100%

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to send out a text with that clarification. Plenty of middle and high schoolers are going to go to bed with their alarms set 2 hours later.

No middle or high schooler is going to bed before 9 pm.

My HS kid is the one who told me about the delay and then the one who told me it was a mistake. She finds out everything before I do and yes, is up later than me.

Ridiculous to wait and call it in the morning in a district this size....thousands if people need to make a plan. Just delay it now, teachers can cut out busy work and kids can still get a solid day if school without the morning weather drama and headaches.

Anonymous wrote:How was that mistake made?!

Lol I saw the other thread on the library supervisor and am wondering now if she is also the head of the communication dept.

This is crazy. All my children’s friends reached out and were so excited. Now they leave us clueless still deciding? Horrible. It’s 9pm! Make a decision🙄

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to send out a text with that clarification. Plenty of middle and high schoolers are going to go to bed with their alarms set 2 hours later.

No middle or high schooler is going to bed before 9 pm.

My middle schooler is in bed by 8:30.
It’s an early morning!

I see FFX Christian School is listed on NBC4 as being on a delay. I wonder if they saw the post and submitted theirs.

They just sent an email stating they are watching the weather.

Not happening. It's going to be mostly rain.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw that message too. I imagine not many did,

All the teens saw it.

It only takes one to see it, then it spreads like wildfire on social media.

Tons of people saw it. Many people screenshot it including teachers!

Loudoun is having a 2 hour delay

Anonymous wrote:That was unbelievable! How long was the delay notice up before they took it down?

At least 5 minutes.

Anonymous wrote:I saw that message too. I imagine not many did,

All the teens saw it.

It only takes one to see it, then it spreads like wildfire on social media.

And even more inconsideration for working families…you’ll wait until the morning to let families know?