Anonymous
02/23/2026 08:13
Subject: DCPS and Snow
Our daycare just closed citing DCPS closing as the reason, but I can still only find that DCPS is on a two-hour delay. Am I missing something? Did DCPS close?
Anonymous
02/23/2026 08:09
Subject: DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:lol it’s barely more than a dusting. Glad to see DCPS is back to its pre-COVID stance of keeping schools open. I also note the lack of posters on here crying that “the children are going to DIE if schools are open!!!” I guess the snowcrete episode did someone to recalibrate the region’s view of what constitutes bad winter weather?
I think it's because the snowcrete was a legit hazard, whereas this is a dusting. I'm glad to see that DCPS continues to make smart decisions, both today and during last month's more complex snow issues.
Anywhere that inches is considered a dusting would have sanded/salted the streets and everyone would be out shoveling their sidewalks. Maybe things will clear up in the next two hours and DCPS will have made the right call, but OPM definitely did not.
Anonymous
02/23/2026 08:07
Subject: DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:Dumb decision- we got nothing
Weird, where are you?
Anonymous
02/23/2026 08:00
Subject: DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:Dumb decision- we got nothing
LOL. It's 5" here in NW.
Anonymous
02/23/2026 07:44
Subject: DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:lol it’s barely more than a dusting. Glad to see DCPS is back to its pre-COVID stance of keeping schools open. I also note the lack of posters on here crying that “the children are going to DIE if schools are open!!!” I guess the snowcrete episode did someone to recalibrate the region’s view of what constitutes bad winter weather?
I think it's because the snowcrete was a legit hazard, whereas this is a dusting. I'm glad to see that DCPS continues to make smart decisions, both today and during last month's more complex snow issues.
Anonymous
02/23/2026 06:42
Subject: DCPS and Snow
lol it’s barely more than a dusting. Glad to see DCPS is back to its pre-COVID stance of keeping schools open. I also note the lack of posters on here crying that “the children are going to DIE if schools are open!!!” I guess the snowcrete episode did someone to recalibrate the region’s view of what constitutes bad winter weather?
Anonymous
02/22/2026 23:56
Subject: DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:I remember as a kid when it snowed Moco, PG all the surrounding counties would be closed. DC would always open 2 hours late. We'd laugh. It was always a cluster or they'd change their minds at like 6 am when people were already trying to head out. Nothing has changed in decades!
Dcps just wants to be different so bad
Anonymous
02/22/2026 23:50
Subject: DCPS and Snow
I remember as a kid when it snowed Moco, PG all the surrounding counties would be closed. DC would always open 2 hours late. We'd laugh. It was always a cluster or they'd change their minds at like 6 am when people were already trying to head out. Nothing has changed in decades!
Anonymous
02/22/2026 22:41
Subject: DCPS and Snow
Dumb decision- we got nothing
Anonymous
02/22/2026 22:10
Subject: Re:DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:Do you think they could change it to closed overnight/early in the morning? All other surrounding districts are closed or have virtual
I doubt it since the ground is so warm and we're only looking at a couple of inches.
Anonymous
02/22/2026 21:58
Subject: Re:DCPS and Snow
Do you think they could change it to closed overnight/early in the morning? All other surrounding districts are closed or have virtual
Anonymous
02/22/2026 21:54
Subject: Re:DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here in Tenleytown and the plow just went down our street (4 blocks from J-R) for the second time since 6pm. It’s a bit slushy but the sidewalks are mostly clear so far. Two-hour delay at most. Hopefully this remains a nothingburger.
Hopefully but we still have to think about the snow tonight and then the temperatures causing it to stick around or turn into ice..
Do you think DCPS would do virtual learning?
No, absolutely not. How would that even work?
Exactly the way all the other school districts have been doing it
Well, since I only live in one school district, and that's one that hasn't done virtual in the 5 years my kids have been in school, please enlighten me.
Teachers assign work on canvas (or whatever your school uses) and students must complete that work. Sometimes but rarely they do zoom or teams.
And if their students do not have devices? Our MS does not send computers home with kids (thank goodness!).
This is why DCPS won't pivot to virtual. They would need to make sure all students had a device and internet access, and that they could get the devices back.
Anonymous
02/22/2026 21:52
Subject: Re:DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here in Tenleytown and the plow just went down our street (4 blocks from J-R) for the second time since 6pm. It’s a bit slushy but the sidewalks are mostly clear so far. Two-hour delay at most. Hopefully this remains a nothingburger.
Hopefully but we still have to think about the snow tonight and then the temperatures causing it to stick around or turn into ice..
Do you think DCPS would do virtual learning?
No, absolutely not. How would that even work?
Exactly the way all the other school districts have been doing it
Well, since I only live in one school district, and that's one that hasn't done virtual in the 5 years my kids have been in school, please enlighten me.
Teachers assign work on canvas (or whatever your school uses) and students must complete that work. Sometimes but rarely they do zoom or teams.
And if their students do not have devices? Our MS does not send computers home with kids (thank goodness!).
Anonymous
02/22/2026 21:41
Subject: Re:DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here in Tenleytown and the plow just went down our street (4 blocks from J-R) for the second time since 6pm. It’s a bit slushy but the sidewalks are mostly clear so far. Two-hour delay at most. Hopefully this remains a nothingburger.
Hopefully but we still have to think about the snow tonight and then the temperatures causing it to stick around or turn into ice..
Do you think DCPS would do virtual learning?
No, absolutely not. How would that even work?
Exactly the way all the other school districts have been doing it
Well, since I only live in one school district, and that's one that hasn't done virtual in the 5 years my kids have been in school, please enlighten me.
Haha time for your bedtime grandma… try to use your brain and think
This comment is so uncalled for.
Anonymous
02/22/2026 21:39
Subject: Re:DCPS and Snow
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here in Tenleytown and the plow just went down our street (4 blocks from J-R) for the second time since 6pm. It’s a bit slushy but the sidewalks are mostly clear so far. Two-hour delay at most. Hopefully this remains a nothingburger.
Hopefully but we still have to think about the snow tonight and then the temperatures causing it to stick around or turn into ice..
Do you think DCPS would do virtual learning?
No, absolutely not. How would that even work?
Exactly the way all the other school districts have been doing it
Well, since I only live in one school district, and that's one that hasn't done virtual in the 5 years my kids have been in school, please enlighten me.
Teachers assign work on canvas (or whatever your school uses) and students must complete that work. Sometimes but rarely they do zoom or teams.
Appreciate the response.
