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Medievalmaniac · Joined: 21 May 2009 Posts: 99

ANOTHER closed day tomorrow for HCPS???

REALLY, this is getting to be slightly ridiculous....It snowed last SATURDAY, and schools are still going to be closed all day on Thursday?! What, does HCPS want parents to get fired from their jobs and up the unemployment rate in the county because they have to stay home with their kids...? Between this, and the four day weekend last week for MLK, Jr / Lee & Jackson, that's six days or partial days off of work for some parents within a months' space of time...and NOT all employers are as understanding as others.
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dtalbott · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:29 pm Post subject:

Have you been out on many back roads around here lately, especially in the northern part of the county?
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Medievalmaniac · Joined: 21 May 2009 Posts: 99

where are the plows, then? FOUR DAYS, not including Sunday....if we know the back roads are an issue, then the back roads should be a priority. Alternately, other arrangements should be made for those kids living in such areas to catch a bus elsewhere on a safer road.

And yes, I was on back roads. I even got stuck on one and had to be rescued on Monday...I had to go to work. No snow days for us...
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Medievalmaniac · Joined: 21 May 2009 Posts: 99

And also, back roads or no back roads, there are still parents who could lose their jobs for this.
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dtalbott · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:35 pm Post subject:

Personally, I'm glad to see the school system putting the safety of the kids over the convenience of the parents, if the roads are bad enough to justify it.

Now, if they are stretching these snow days so they can start again before Labor Day......
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rukelly · Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 3778 Location: Slo Bo

I think it is ridiculous. Is there anywhere else that hasn't resumed business as normal?
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dtalbott · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:02 pm Post subject:

Danville schools are closed tomorrow.
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Medievalmaniac · Joined: 21 May 2009 Posts: 99

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is just silly. I understood Monday. I could even get behind Tuesday. Today, and certainly tomorrow, seems a little on the ridiculous side, and I don't buy that it is solely for the safety of the students. Everyone else in town is managing to get to and from everywhere else in town just fine...at this point it is a hassle, but again - after four days, the roads should be more or less clear countywide, and if they aren't, that's a bigger, administrative/VDOT problem - and not one the parents should have to bear the brunt of.
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dtalbott · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject:

Mecklenburg county schools were closed today.
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dtalbott · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 3:06 pm Post subject:

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mw · Joined: 17 Jul 2009 Posts: 632

Ya'll need to check out the weather channel. This mess may not be over for a while.
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1093ras · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject:

With a county-wide school system, and a county as large as ours, this is just gonna happen. It has been known to snow in Volens early in the morning, and not a flake falls elsewhere, and they close schools.

They have to be concerned about all the kids, and all the roads in the entire county.

Getting schools reopened is not VDOT's primary concern.

I feel your pain, but this is a huge county and all the kids are on the same bus system. Their safety is paramount.
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Tarheel · Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 16311 Location: South Boston