Anonymous
Post 03/05/2014 06:58     Subject: DCPS- 2 hour delay
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Anonymous wrote:Glad I chose my IB school over a Charter accross the City from my home.

Glad your in-bound school isn't a failing disgrace. Do you really want to bring that inequity into this conversation, too?


At the risk of adding fuel to the inequity debate, I had to drive both to our IB ES and to our charter MS downtown. It took 10 minutes to get to ES and almost another 2 hours to get to MS.


We had a doctor's appointment around 10AM. It took us an hour to go from near MV's new location, P and 1st St NW to 22nd and K St NW a little less than 3 miles. Roads were bad AND there were a lot more cars than usual.

Even people on bikes (crazy) due to the buses not running I suppose.

A really sucky day. I can't believe they didn't close.


Sounds like the Secret Service is to blame for much of the downtown mess today as they were responsible for closing 14th Street adjacent to the Willard Hotel due to Bebe Netanyahu's stay in connection with the annual AIPAC Conference, as well as streets surrounding the Convention Center. Some have mistakenly blamed Obama's trip to Powell but rolling motorcade closures are usually pretty efficient.


Agreed. I was caught in a traffic mess downtown and it had nothing to do with the weather and everything to do with 14th street being closed.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 23:22     Subject: DCPS- 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Glad I chose my IB school over a Charter accross the City from my home.

Glad your in-bound school isn't a failing disgrace. Do you really want to bring that inequity into this conversation, too?


At the risk of adding fuel to the inequity debate, I had to drive both to our IB ES and to our charter MS downtown. It took 10 minutes to get to ES and almost another 2 hours to get to MS.


We had a doctor's appointment around 10AM. It took us an hour to go from near MV's new location, P and 1st St NW to 22nd and K St NW a little less than 3 miles. Roads were bad AND there were a lot more cars than usual.

Even people on bikes (crazy) due to the buses not running I suppose.

A really sucky day. I can't believe they didn't close.


Sounds like the Secret Service is to blame for much of the downtown mess today as they were responsible for closing 14th Street adjacent to the Willard Hotel due to Bebe Netanyahu's stay in connection with the annual AIPAC Conference, as well as streets surrounding the Convention Center. Some have mistakenly blamed Obama's trip to Powell but rolling motorcade closures are usually pretty efficient.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 14:57     Subject: DCPS- 2 hour delay
I walked my child to neighborhood school and DH drove older child to school west of the park (we're in ward 1). Not a problem.

2 hour delay was perfect.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 14:54     Subject: DCPS- 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Glad I chose my IB school over a Charter accross the City from my home.

Glad your in-bound school isn't a failing disgrace. Do you really want to bring that inequity into this conversation, too?


At the risk of adding fuel to the inequity debate, I had to drive both to our IB ES and to our charter MS downtown. It took 10 minutes to get to ES and almost another 2 hours to get to MS.


We had a doctor's appointment around 10AM. It took us an hour to go from near MV's new location, P and 1st St NW to 22nd and K St NW a little less than 3 miles. Roads were bad AND there were a lot more cars than usual.

Even people on bikes (crazy) due to the buses not running I suppose.

A really sucky day. I can't believe they didn't close.


Why are people on bikes crazy? You sat in traffic for an hour. I got to work with no issues.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 14:51     Subject: DCPS- 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Two-hour delay seemed like the right call for today. Any sidewalks shoveled yesterday were clear, even dry in spots. Roads were a little messy in places, but even hill starts on our side streets were perfectly manageable.


Where are you? In downtown DC it was surprising to see how many main streets had clearly not been plowed. With the additional road closures forcing cars to some of the lesser used streets it was pretty amazing how bad they were compared to the clean-up of previous storms. Yes, sidewalks that were shoveled yesterday were clear...but it's ridiculous how many hadn't even been touched.

It was all fine and I'm sure my DS is happier in school than he would be at home. But, in comparison to the choices to delay or close earlier this season it just seems like there was a failure of adequate clean-up.


No doubt the standards for closing are higher now than they were earlier in the year. I confess that I did not drive in downtown proper, though I was driving in Glover Park, Brookland, and Capitol Hill this morning and found no significant problems. The trick is not to leave the house at normal time + 2 hours; it's going to take longer to get around.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 14:39     Subject: Re:DCPS- 2 hour delay
The privates were all on 2 hour delay.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 14:11     Subject: DCPS- 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:Two-hour delay seemed like the right call for today. Any sidewalks shoveled yesterday were clear, even dry in spots. Roads were a little messy in places, but even hill starts on our side streets were perfectly manageable.


Where are you? In downtown DC it was surprising to see how many main streets had clearly not been plowed. With the additional road closures forcing cars to some of the lesser used streets it was pretty amazing how bad they were compared to the clean-up of previous storms. Yes, sidewalks that were shoveled yesterday were clear...but it's ridiculous how many hadn't even been touched.

It was all fine and I'm sure my DS is happier in school than he would be at home. But, in comparison to the choices to delay or close earlier this season it just seems like there was a failure of adequate clean-up.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 14:09     Subject: DCPS- 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:Two-hour delay seemed like the right call for today. Any sidewalks shoveled yesterday were clear, even dry in spots. Roads were a little messy in places, but even hill starts on our side streets were perfectly manageable.


+1. I drove my kids to school (our local IB, but I was running late so driving was easier/faster). Our street has not been plowed or salted but it was FINE as were all the other roads I was on. It took the normal amount of time at 10.30 that it usually does at 8.30 (actually probably faster today). Then I walked downtown (K st area) and sidewalks & roads looked fine. I didn't see cars or people slipping and sliding all over the place.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 13:36     Subject: DCPS- 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You have no appreciation clearly for the specialized schools which draw from the entire city, or a school like Wilson with inbound kids who are 2 miles away or more...easily a 45 minute walk even in good weather. It isn't simply about an 8 block walk to the local elementary


Solution: let's reduce Wilson boundary (and others), so that it's easier to walk/ drive/ bus there and we don't get mayhem every time it snows.[/quote. This wouldn't solve the bigger issue. Charters feed from all across the city. So are you implying that there should be neighhood preference?
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 13:34     Subject: DCPS- 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Glad I chose my IB school over a Charter accross the City from my home.

Glad your in-bound school isn't a failing disgrace. Do you really want to bring that inequity into this conversation, too?


At the risk of adding fuel to the inequity debate, I had to drive both to our IB ES and to our charter MS downtown. It took 10 minutes to get to ES and almost another 2 hours to get to MS.


We had a doctor's appointment around 10AM. It took us an hour to go from near MV's new location, P and 1st St NW to 22nd and K St NW a little less than 3 miles. Roads were bad AND there were a lot more cars than usual.

Even people on bikes (crazy) due to the buses not running I suppose.

A really sucky day. I can't believe they didn't close.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2014 13:16     Subject: DCPS- 2 hour delay
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You have no appreciation clearly for the specialized schools which draw from the entire city, or a school like Wilson with inbound kids who are 2 miles away or more...easily a 45 minute walk even in good weather. It isn't simply about an 8 block walk to the local elementary


Solution: let's reduce Wilson boundary (and others), so that it's easier to walk/ drive/ bus there and we don't get mayhem every time it snow.
Wilson has overly wide bounds but opening school without clear transportation still creates the issue of staff who commute because parking isn't available or those who can't just catch a cab from their SE homes to open up the building. (If the cab would even pick them up)