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Anonymous wrote:Do you think Monday will be a 2 hour delay?

MCPS and APS didn't have delays today.

What is different in FCPS? It seemed that Maryland had worse plowing jobs than Virginia.

I have kids in elementary and high school. I drove my kids to school this morning. Many side streets are still one lane roads.

Buses could not pass so cars had to pull into driveways so buses could pass. Cars had to take turns letting cars pass as the typical two lane street was 1.25 lanes. Through all of this, the walkers were walking between cars in the one lane or thru traffic. This would not work in rush hour.

Same scenario in the other districts.

Why can't we figure it out?

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Anonymous wrote:We have no news yet.
I am going to GUESS on time.

I'm going to guess a delay to make sure bus drivers feel safe picking up middle schoolers. With the melting today there will be black ice and kids waiting on dark roads before 6 am when its still dark.

They could have solved that problem already with a delayed middle school start time.

I agree there should be a delay for the pedestrians to be safe, who you can't see behind the ice banks.

I had thought all the schools had to have the same number of snow hours, but I’ve read that ES principals have been using snow hours to cover the planning time they were required to give their teachers… so yeah, if we’re all different…

Do you mean the 3 hour early release days?

Why don’t they make the teachers arrive on time and plan then. Also, get rid of the workday on Feb 18 and the workday on the Friday of the week the kids come back from Spring Break. The incompetence at all levels of FCPS is astounding.

Why would they do any of this when they still have hours built into the calendar to support these delays and closures? Your problem is with the 990 hours requirement. At 6 hour days (FCPS) can whittle 179 days down to 165 and still meet state metrics.

Some of us would like a little more than the bare minimum when it comes to educating our children. Maybe the same amount of effort that was given to us as children is asking too much of today's workforce?

I agree that the 990 loophole is ridiculous, especially when FCPS stretches the definition by counting nearly every second a student steps off and back onto the bus as instructional time. There needs to be tighter regulation on what is counted as instructional time.

So much of the day is not instructional and I have one kid in high school taking all AP classes. Even in high level courses, the entire class is not instructional.

Lessons are half the class at best. Then the kids work on their work. This is from elementary all the way up to senior year of high school.

Nothing you wrote seems different from how it was in the 90s. People really think they went to school and the teacher was standing up there lecturing and teaching all day.

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Anonymous wrote:We have no news yet.
I am going to GUESS on time.

I'm going to guess a delay to make sure bus drivers feel safe picking up middle schoolers. With the melting today there will be black ice and kids waiting on dark roads before 6 am when its still dark.

They could have solved that problem already with a delayed middle school start time.

I agree there should be a delay for the pedestrians to be safe, who you can't see behind the ice banks.

I had thought all the schools had to have the same number of snow hours, but I’ve read that ES principals have been using snow hours to cover the planning time they were required to give their teachers… so yeah, if we’re all different…

Do you mean the 3 hour early release days?

Why don’t they make the teachers arrive on time and plan then. Also, get rid of the workday on Feb 18 and the workday on the Friday of the week the kids come back from Spring Break. The incompetence at all levels of FCPS is astounding.

Why would they do any of this when they still have hours built into the calendar to support these delays and closures? Your problem is with the 990 hours requirement. At 6 hour days (FCPS) can whittle 179 days down to 165 and still meet state metrics.

Some of us would like a little more than the bare minimum when it comes to educating our children. Maybe the same amount of effort that was given to us as children is asking too much of today's workforce?

I agree that the 990 loophole is ridiculous, especially when FCPS stretches the definition by counting nearly every second a student steps off and back onto the bus as instructional time. There needs to be tighter regulation on what is counted as instructional time.

So much of the day is not instructional and I have one kid in high school taking all AP classes. Even in high level courses, the entire class is not instructional.

Lessons are half the class at best. Then the kids work on their work. This is from elementary all the way up to senior year of high school.

Nothing you wrote seems different from how it was in the 90s. People really think they went to school and the teacher was standing up there lecturing and teaching all day.

Except didn’t they “unlock” 13 snow days in the last decade or so by reconstituting what counted as instructional hours. So while school days have always had filler, the filler didn’t always count. Now, because they have so much buffer, they reallocate the snow bank, for things like 3 hours early release. What’s being argued is that they should strive to hit the 180 day benchmark rather than trip over the 990 goal post that they’ve artificially lowered.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think Monday will be a 2 hour delay?

MCPS and APS didn't have delays today.

What is different in FCPS? It seemed that Maryland had worse plowing jobs than Virginia.

I have kids in elementary and high school. I drove my kids to school this morning. Many side streets are still one lane roads.

Buses could not pass so cars had to pull into driveways so buses could pass. Cars had to take turns letting cars pass as the typical two lane street was 1.25 lanes. Through all of this, the walkers were walking between cars in the one lane or thru traffic. This would not work in rush hour.

Same scenario in the other districts.

Why can't we figure it out?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think Monday will be a 2 hour delay?

MCPS and APS didn't have delays today.

What is different in FCPS? It seemed that Maryland had worse plowing jobs than Virginia.

I have kids in elementary and high school. I drove my kids to school this morning. Many side streets are still one lane roads.

Buses could not pass so cars had to pull into driveways so buses could pass. Cars had to take turns letting cars pass as the typical two lane street was 1.25 lanes. Through all of this, the walkers were walking between cars in the one lane or thru traffic. This would not work in rush hour.

Same scenario in the other districts.

Why can't we figure it out?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think Monday will be a 2 hour delay?

MCPS and APS didn't have delays today.

What is different in FCPS? It seemed that Maryland had worse plowing jobs than Virginia.

I have kids in elementary and high school. I drove my kids to school this morning. Many side streets are still one lane roads.

Buses could not pass so cars had to pull into driveways so buses could pass. Cars had to take turns letting cars pass as the typical two lane street was 1.25 lanes. Through all of this, the walkers were walking between cars in the one lane or thru traffic. This would not work in rush hour.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no news yet.
I am going to GUESS on time.

I'm going to guess a delay to make sure bus drivers feel safe picking up middle schoolers. With the melting today there will be black ice and kids waiting on dark roads before 6 am when its still dark.

They could have solved that problem already with a delayed middle school start time.

I agree there should be a delay for the pedestrians to be safe, who you can't see behind the ice banks.

I had thought all the schools had to have the same number of snow hours, but I’ve read that ES principals have been using snow hours to cover the planning time they were required to give their teachers… so yeah, if we’re all different…

Do you mean the 3 hour early release days?

Why don’t they make the teachers arrive on time and plan then. Also, get rid of the workday on Feb 18 and the workday on the Friday of the week the kids come back from Spring Break. The incompetence at all levels of FCPS is astounding.

Why would they do any of this when they still have hours built into the calendar to support these delays and closures? Your problem is with the 990 hours requirement. At 6 hour days (FCPS) can whittle 179 days down to 165 and still meet state metrics.

Some of us would like a little more than the bare minimum when it comes to educating our children. Maybe the same amount of effort that was given to us as children is asking too much of today's workforce?

I agree that the 990 loophole is ridiculous, especially when FCPS stretches the definition by counting nearly every second a student steps off and back onto the bus as instructional time. There needs to be tighter regulation on what is counted as instructional time.

So much of the day is not instructional and I have one kid in high school taking all AP classes. Even in high level courses, the entire class is not instructional.

Lessons are half the class at best. Then the kids work on their work. This is from elementary all the way up to senior year of high school.

Nothing you wrote seems different from how it was in the 90s. People really think they went to school and the teacher was standing up there lecturing and teaching all day.

Except didn’t they “unlock” 13 snow days in the last decade or so by reconstituting what counted as instructional hours. So while school days have always had filler, the filler didn’t always count. Now, because they have so much buffer, they reallocate the snow bank, for things like 3 hours early release. What’s being argued is that they should strive to hit the 180 day benchmark rather than trip over the 990 goal post that they’ve artificially lowered.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no news yet.
I am going to GUESS on time.

I'm going to guess a delay to make sure bus drivers feel safe picking up middle schoolers. With the melting today there will be black ice and kids waiting on dark roads before 6 am when its still dark.

They could have solved that problem already with a delayed middle school start time.

I agree there should be a delay for the pedestrians to be safe, who you can't see behind the ice banks.

I had thought all the schools had to have the same number of snow hours, but I’ve read that ES principals have been using snow hours to cover the planning time they were required to give their teachers… so yeah, if we’re all different…

Do you mean the 3 hour early release days?

Why don’t they make the teachers arrive on time and plan then. Also, get rid of the workday on Feb 18 and the workday on the Friday of the week the kids come back from Spring Break. The incompetence at all levels of FCPS is astounding.

Why would they do any of this when they still have hours built into the calendar to support these delays and closures? Your problem is with the 990 hours requirement. At 6 hour days (FCPS) can whittle 179 days down to 165 and still meet state metrics.

Some of us would like a little more than the bare minimum when it comes to educating our children. Maybe the same amount of effort that was given to us as children is asking too much of today's workforce?

I agree that the 990 loophole is ridiculous, especially when FCPS stretches the definition by counting nearly every second a student steps off and back onto the bus as instructional time. There needs to be tighter regulation on what is counted as instructional time.

So much of the day is not instructional and I have one kid in high school taking all AP classes. Even in high level courses, the entire class is not instructional.

Lessons are half the class at best. Then the kids work on their work. This is from elementary all the way up to senior year of high school.

Nothing you wrote seems different from how it was in the 90s. People really think they went to school and the teacher was standing up there lecturing and teaching all day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no news yet.
I am going to GUESS on time.

I'm going to guess a delay to make sure bus drivers feel safe picking up middle schoolers. With the melting today there will be black ice and kids waiting on dark roads before 6 am when its still dark.

They could have solved that problem already with a delayed middle school start time.

I agree there should be a delay for the pedestrians to be safe, who you can't see behind the ice banks.

I had thought all the schools had to have the same number of snow hours, but I’ve read that ES principals have been using snow hours to cover the planning time they were required to give their teachers… so yeah, if we’re all different…

Do you mean the 3 hour early release days?

Why don’t they make the teachers arrive on time and plan then. Also, get rid of the workday on Feb 18 and the workday on the Friday of the week the kids come back from Spring Break. The incompetence at all levels of FCPS is astounding.

Why would they do any of this when they still have hours built into the calendar to support these delays and closures? Your problem is with the 990 hours requirement. At 6 hour days (FCPS) can whittle 179 days down to 165 and still meet state metrics.

Some of us would like a little more than the bare minimum when it comes to educating our children. Maybe the same amount of effort that was given to us as children is asking too much of today's workforce?

I agree that the 990 loophole is ridiculous, especially when FCPS stretches the definition by counting nearly every second a student steps off and back onto the bus as instructional time. There needs to be tighter regulation on what is counted as instructional time.

So much of the day is not instructional and I have one kid in high school taking all AP classes. Even in high level courses, the entire class is not instructional.

Lessons are half the class at best. Then the kids work on their work. This is from elementary all the way up to senior year of high school.

Nothing you wrote seems different from how it was in the 90s. People really think they went to school and the teacher was standing up there lecturing and teaching all day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no news yet.
I am going to GUESS on time.

I'm going to guess a delay to make sure bus drivers feel safe picking up middle schoolers. With the melting today there will be black ice and kids waiting on dark roads before 6 am when its still dark.

They could have solved that problem already with a delayed middle school start time.

I agree there should be a delay for the pedestrians to be safe, who you can't see behind the ice banks.

I had thought all the schools had to have the same number of snow hours, but I’ve read that ES principals have been using snow hours to cover the planning time they were required to give their teachers… so yeah, if we’re all different…

Do you mean the 3 hour early release days?

Why don’t they make the teachers arrive on time and plan then. Also, get rid of the workday on Feb 18 and the workday on the Friday of the week the kids come back from Spring Break. The incompetence at all levels of FCPS is astounding.

Why would they do any of this when they still have hours built into the calendar to support these delays and closures? Your problem is with the 990 hours requirement. At 6 hour days (FCPS) can whittle 179 days down to 165 and still meet state metrics.

Some of us would like a little more than the bare minimum when it comes to educating our children. Maybe the same amount of effort that was given to us as children is asking too much of today's workforce?

I agree that the 990 loophole is ridiculous, especially when FCPS stretches the definition by counting nearly every second a student steps off and back onto the bus as instructional time. There needs to be tighter regulation on what is counted as instructional time.

So much of the day is not instructional and I have one kid in high school taking all AP classes. Even in high level courses, the entire class is not instructional.

Lessons are half the class at best. Then the kids work on their work. This is from elementary all the way up to senior year of high school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no news yet.
I am going to GUESS on time.

I'm going to guess a delay to make sure bus drivers feel safe picking up middle schoolers. With the melting today there will be black ice and kids waiting on dark roads before 6 am when its still dark.

They could have solved that problem already with a delayed middle school start time.

I agree there should be a delay for the pedestrians to be safe, who you can't see behind the ice banks.

I had thought all the schools had to have the same number of snow hours, but I’ve read that ES principals have been using snow hours to cover the planning time they were required to give their teachers… so yeah, if we’re all different…

Do you mean the 3 hour early release days?

Why don’t they make the teachers arrive on time and plan then. Also, get rid of the workday on Feb 18 and the workday on the Friday of the week the kids come back from Spring Break. The incompetence at all levels of FCPS is astounding.

Why would they do any of this when they still have hours built into the calendar to support these delays and closures? Your problem is with the 990 hours requirement. At 6 hour days (FCPS) can whittle 179 days down to 165 and still meet state metrics.

Some of us would like a little more than the bare minimum when it comes to educating our children. Maybe the same amount of effort that was given to us as children is asking too much of today's workforce?

I agree that the 990 loophole is ridiculous, especially when FCPS stretches the definition by counting nearly every second a student steps off and back onto the bus as instructional time. There needs to be tighter regulation on what is counted as instructional time.

So much of the day is not instructional and I have one kid in high school taking all AP classes. Even in high level courses, the entire class is not instructional.

Lessons are half the class at best. Then the kids work on their work. This is from elementary all the way up to senior year of high school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no news yet.
I am going to GUESS on time.

I'm going to guess a delay to make sure bus drivers feel safe picking up middle schoolers. With the melting today there will be black ice and kids waiting on dark roads before 6 am when its still dark.

They could have solved that problem already with a delayed middle school start time.

I agree there should be a delay for the pedestrians to be safe, who you can't see behind the ice banks.

I had thought all the schools had to have the same number of snow hours, but I’ve read that ES principals have been using snow hours to cover the planning time they were required to give their teachers… so yeah, if we’re all different…

Do you mean the 3 hour early release days?

Why don’t they make the teachers arrive on time and plan then. Also, get rid of the workday on Feb 18 and the workday on the Friday of the week the kids come back from Spring Break. The incompetence at all levels of FCPS is astounding.

Why would they do any of this when they still have hours built into the calendar to support these delays and closures? Your problem is with the 990 hours requirement. At 6 hour days (FCPS) can whittle 179 days down to 165 and still meet state metrics.

Some of us would like a little more than the bare minimum when it comes to educating our children. Maybe the same amount of effort that was given to us as children is asking too much of today's workforce?

I agree that the 990 loophole is ridiculous, especially when FCPS stretches the definition by counting nearly every second a student steps off and back onto the bus as instructional time. There needs to be tighter regulation on what is counted as instructional time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think Monday will be a 2 hour delay?

MCPS and APS didn't have delays today.

What is different in FCPS? It seemed that Maryland had worse plowing jobs than Virginia.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no news yet.
I am going to GUESS on time.

I'm going to guess a delay to make sure bus drivers feel safe picking up middle schoolers. With the melting today there will be black ice and kids waiting on dark roads before 6 am when its still dark.

They could have solved that problem already with a delayed middle school start time.

I agree there should be a delay for the pedestrians to be safe, who you can't see behind the ice banks.

I had thought all the schools had to have the same number of snow hours, but I’ve read that ES principals have been using snow hours to cover the planning time they were required to give their teachers… so yeah, if we’re all different…

Do you mean the 3 hour early release days?

Why don’t they make the teachers arrive on time and plan then. Also, get rid of the workday on Feb 18 and the workday on the Friday of the week the kids come back from Spring Break. The incompetence at all levels of FCPS is astounding.

Why would they do any of this when they still have hours built into the calendar to support these delays and closures? Your problem is with the 990 hours requirement. At 6 hour days (FCPS) can whittle 179 days down to 165 and still meet state metrics.

Some of us would like a little more than the bare minimum when it comes to educating our children. Maybe the same amount of effort that was given to us as children is asking too much of today's workforce?