Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 20:29     Subject: Snow closing tracker
Do schools really wait till the morning to re-assess? Annoying.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 20:29     Subject: Snow closing tracker
GDS delayed start
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 20:28     Subject: Re:Snow closing tracker
Sheridan closed
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 20:28     Subject: Snow closing tracker
Sidwell 2 hour delay . Will reassess in the morning
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 20:15     Subject: Snow closing tracker
Landon two hour delay
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 20:10     Subject: Snow closing tracker
St. Patrick’s closed.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 20:10     Subject: Snow closing tracker
Any word on Sidwell? GDS usually follows their lead

NCS and Albans appear to be 2H late.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 20:09     Subject: Snow closing tracker
SJC just cancelled school for tomorrow.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 20:06     Subject: Snow closing tracker
Md is covered up north and icy south. We shalll see.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 20:06     Subject: Snow closing tracker
Anonymous wrote:These VA schools are the true leaders. Schools waiting are cowards.


VA has had a lot more snow. In Arlington our streets are completely covered about 2 inches.

It seems we have been hit harder than MD.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 19:47     Subject: Snow closing tracker
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I make the final decision about my kid’s safety, not the school. If I disagree with the school’s call to open the school in inclement weather, I keep my kid home.


The admin and teachers at your child’s school definitely hate you


They do and not because of snow days.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 19:40     Subject: Snow closing tracker
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our private K-8 follows mcps. I’m assuming because this makes it easy. I’m hoping mcps calls a delay tonight so we can plan already.

I’m on the board of a local private. It’s much easier from a liability perspective to have a hard rule of following a county. I would be nervous not to and be open and god forbid there’s an accident, potentially it could open the school to liability. Should be excused under act of god but would still be a pain to deal with.


Tell this to my school. Ever since covid and getting a new head we’ve stopped following the county and teachers with kids have to scramble.

Talk to your board. Our school had switched to independent decisions during Covid. The board was uncomfortable with this and got it changed back
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 19:35     Subject: Snow closing tracker
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I make the final decision about my kid’s safety, not the school. If I disagree with the school’s call to open the school in inclement weather, I keep my kid home.


The admin and teachers at your child’s school definitely hate you


Private school teacher here. This is just silly. Why would I hate the PP for making the decision to stay home if it’s not safe for them to get out of the house?

I care about my students. PP, so what you need to do.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 19:30     Subject: Re:Snow closing tracker
No surprise that Potomac closed. The residential streets in McLean are a mess. Witnessed many cars slide off my road all day long
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2024 19:28     Subject: Snow closing tracker
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I make the final decision about my kid’s safety, not the school. If I disagree with the school’s call to open the school in inclement weather, I keep my kid home.


The admin and teachers at your child’s school definitely hate you

No they don’t. It’s no worse for them than if a kid stayed home sick on a day school was open.

When my kid was little, we lived in Arlington but attended elementary school at a Reston private. They once stayed open even though the publics closed. We tried to drive in, got stuck, had to turn around and come home. The school was entirely understanding when I called to say DC wouldn’t be in because the roads out of our neighborhood were impassable.

If your school is open but you can’t safely get there, stay home. Schools do not in fact want you to risk a crash to try to get your kid in on a snowy day.



+100… for kids who don’t live near their private school, the school admin is very understanding - and my kid wasn’t the only child absent due to weather conditions.