Anonymous wrote:I think this is a case where a two hour delay and closing are both reasonable calls, but of course it’s hard to know that the night before

I agree and they’re never going back to the early morning calls it seems.

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Anonymous wrote:The obsession with APE again. Stop.

Hi APE! I’ll stop when you get the h*ll out of our schools. Remind me who funds you again?

I am going to start reporting these posts. Don’t you have FB to do this. Please believe many people discuss these issues who pay zero attention to APE. I know who they are only became of the people on here obsessed with them. If you dislike them so much, stop giving them so much free PR.

I’m guessing we have 3 inches near VHC and we’re walkers. So it would have been rough for anyone who couldn’t drive their kid this am. Not a terrible call given the timing of the storm.

I also wish we could have afternoon sports but the optics aren’t great on that. Tho, during snowcrete my kids had games in schools on the weekend and then school was closed Monday so who knows.

I think this is a case where a two hour delay and closing are both reasonable calls, but of course it’s hard to know that the night before

Anonymous wrote:The obsession with APE again. Stop.

Hi APE! I’ll stop when you get the h*ll out of our schools. Remind me who funds you again?

The obsession with APE again. Stop.

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Anonymous wrote:Lame call but not surprised. Will be fine mid-day tomorrow.

I mean, who cares what it’s like mid-day tomorrow? Even with a two hour delay, middle school kids are boarding buses well before 9 am. The snow having melted at noon doesn’t really help….

I think some people think kids could navigate an inch or two of snow on a sidewalk in broad daylight and it would be ok because all would be clear by end of day. Not the ethos around here.

how nice for you to only think about yourself. my kids take a bus so i'm not so confident. but you dont' care .

Anonymous wrote:Lame call but not surprised. Will be fine mid-day tomorrow.

well that wouldn't help getting to school in the morning now would it?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you all think they will wait until 5am for any change??

Just call it already. Its a mess out there.

Is it?

The posted totals are an inch at National and an inch in falls church.

An inch on roads with ZERO salt because it rained for hours before

the roads are slippery! that's all i can tell you

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Anonymous wrote:I can live with this APS. They got their ass handed to them for that final Monday closure of last snow event. The whole area did. Which is why it’s not a closure already.

no they didn't. a bunch of schools weren't even plowed out yet. how were they suposed to open?

Yeah they did at the next school board meeting. For poor communication. Because many people were shocked they were closed Monday after they had plenty of time to plow their schools out and hadn’t done it and after they did nothing all weekend and still waited until late Sunday afternoon to notify of closure.

https://www.arlnow.com/2026/02/09/aps-superintendent-defends-snow-day-decisions-but-acknowledges-communication-issues/

It's just APE who is up in arms, and the supe had to try to placate them by saying he'd communicate better next time about why they couldn't open. because the APE's need full info about every little thing!!!

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Anonymous wrote:I can live with this APS. They got their ass handed to them for that final Monday closure of last snow event. The whole area did. Which is why it’s not a closure already.

no they didn't. a bunch of schools weren't even plowed out yet. how were they suposed to open?

Yeah they did at the next school board meeting. For poor communication. Because many people were shocked they were closed Monday after they had plenty of time to plow their schools out and hadn’t done it and after they did nothing all weekend and still waited until late Sunday afternoon to notify of closure.

no the complainers at the school board meeting looked ridiculous. APS had to listen politely but I bet they were smirking internally - like at the lady who went there in person to complain that her kids' school should have opened even though 6 schools lots weren't even plowed yet. Insanity.

I hope people will be more patient this time, but I know they wont.

Don't you have an OPEN UP NOW sign you can get out of your garage?

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Anonymous wrote:Lame call but not surprised. Will be fine mid-day tomorrow.

I mean, who cares what it’s like mid-day tomorrow? Even with a two hour delay, middle school kids are boarding buses well before 9 am. The snow having melted at noon doesn’t really help….

I think some people think kids could navigate an inch or two of snow on a sidewalk in broad daylight and it would be ok because all would be clear by end of day. Not the ethos around here.

Fair enough. Though our road is still (again) snow-covered, despite passes by a plow already. I can see not wanting busses on that in the morning.

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Anonymous wrote:Lame call but not surprised. Will be fine mid-day tomorrow.

I mean, who cares what it’s like mid-day tomorrow? Even with a two hour delay, middle school kids are boarding buses well before 9 am. The snow having melted at noon doesn’t really help….

I think some people think kids could navigate an inch or two of snow on a sidewalk in broad daylight and it would be ok because all would be clear by end of day. Not the ethos around here.

Anonymous wrote:Lame call but not surprised. Will be fine mid-day tomorrow.

I mean, who cares what it’s like mid-day tomorrow? Even with a two hour delay, middle school kids are boarding buses well before 9 am. The snow having melted at noon doesn’t really help….

Anonymous wrote:They should at least allow after school and evening activities. Do they ever do that?

Agree. When you have little kids you don't think of this but for high school kids, there is always a lot going on after school and in evenings and it's annoying to reschedule all of it. And it's just so unnecessary in this situation, roads will be fine mid-day.