Our Elementary school bought glasses for the whole school. Our kids will have a science lesson around it and go out to experience it. FCPS elementary school. The glasses were paid for by the PTA.

Anonymous wrote:If FCPS went and bought 180K glasses so that everyone could be safe, people would rage about a waste of money, especially if Monday turns out to be cloudy.

If FCPS wanted to buy 180k pairs of solar glasses it wouldn't be that expensive (they're dirt cheap in bulk) but they would have to have planned ahead, which they seem to be incapable of doing.

If you want to see what it will look like (through solar glasses) here's a link:

https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse-simulator/2024/index.html?city_id=41570

Slide the bottom slider to adjust the time. It starts at 2pm and ends at 4:33pm with the peak eclipse (88%) at 3:22pm.

Note that it shows the sky getting dark then but it really won't be terribly noticeable as it will be gradual and your eyes will adjust.

Still cool to see and I hope everybody gets a chance to check it out. I was able to be in the path of totality for the last one in 2018 and it was spectacular.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we flood Dr. Reid with emails requesting an early release?? An early release makes the most sense!

Why don't you just taking your kids out early yourself? You don't need permission to do so.

I will but there are going to be so many other kids leaving it will be a huge hassle and line I’m sure.

Anonymous wrote:Can we flood Dr. Reid with emails requesting an early release?? An early release makes the most sense!

Why don't you just taking your kids out early yourself? You don't need permission to do so.

Can we flood Dr. Reid with emails requesting an early release?? An early release makes the most sense!

We need to create a religion that will be honored only on eclipse days. Then FCPS will give everybody a day off for eclipses.

Anonymous wrote:Why is my child’s teacher having a test during the freaking eclipse?? Ridiculous.

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Why is my child’s teacher having a test during the freaking eclipse?? Ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:The entire LB pyramid isn’t allowing kids out after 2:00.

1:30 at our WS pyramid school.

Odd, my kids are at LBSS and there was nothing about 2pm dismissal or keeping kids longer.

I guess it's school specific...not the whole pyramid.

Nobody said anything about an early dismissal or staying longer.

This is sad. When I was in elementary school during an eclipse, we made pinhole contraptions out of oatmeal containers and viewed the eclipse that way. Still remember it to this day.

Good grief - all this angst and pearl-clutching when the simple solution is just to take your kids out early and watch with them. I can't even believe this thread is now five pages long.

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Anonymous wrote:The entire LB pyramid isn’t allowing kids out after 2:00.

1:30 at our WS pyramid school.

How is that going to work if middle schools dismiss at 2:15?

It’s ONE school where students are not allowed outside after 1:30. It has to be an elementary school where recess would occur in the afternoon.

Totally ridiculous since the eclipse doesn’t even begin until 2:00pm.

Yes, correct. It's one ES. I think the students in trailers are also not allowed to go from their classes to the main building, so not sure how that will go.

Oh dear god. That is just stupid. What school is this?

This is the issue. The county should be making district wide decisions about this and not leaving it up to pyramids or individual schools.

Unless something comes out Monday morning…

No, the district should not be making decisions about this. If they told everyone they had to stay inside, people, including staff, would rage that they were missing an incredible, rare event. If FCPS went and bought 180K glasses so that everyone could be safe, people would rage about a waste of money, especially if Monday turns out to be cloudy.

Letting schools decide what works best for them is the only way this can work. If you’re afraid your kid will miss it, take them out of school. And if you’re afraid your kid’s eyes will burn out because the school is going outside, then take them out of school.

It’s a no-win situation. Someone will be pissed on Monday. It’s just par for the course with FCPS parents.

They should just call a 2 hr early release already. So many people are checking their kids out early.

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Anonymous wrote:The entire LB pyramid isn’t allowing kids out after 2:00.

1:30 at our WS pyramid school.

Odd, my kids are at LBSS and there was nothing about 2pm dismissal or keeping kids longer.

I guess it's school specific...not the whole pyramid.