Student asking for a snow day snowballs into something bigger

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I just don't understand the "calling the kid back" bit. Rant and rave, delete the message if you must, but why call a kid back JUST to rail at him.

No it wasn't that bad, but it wasn't her business either

I'd get annoyed if my boyfriend called a coworker back if they had a job related question and left a message on my phone. It isn't his place.

Oh, I'm not excusing her by any means. I guess I just expected to hear her call him every name under the book based on the furor I'd been reading over it. She just sounded really irked and annoyed. And I don't think anyone's heard HIS message, is that right? I'd like to hear the message he left before I make any more judgments on her. But I'll agree, a little more self-control, maybe a count to 10 and a deep breath would have served her well that day.

[Drolefille]

Eh, I'm not passing judgment, I just think she was acting stupid no matter what his message might have said.

It's a bit of an assumption, but if his message was in appropriate I suspect we would have heard about it.

[SWTXBelle]

I think her call falls into the category of "Something we all totally understand WANTING to do, but you simply cannot do it".

[alum]

A follow-up:

FCPS had a 2-hour delay today for rain. Apparently it was icy near the Shenandoahs but not one district in our vicinity called for a delay except Fairfax. Obviously a tactical move to err on the side of caution.

Dave Kori got slammed with Saturday detention for talking on his cell during school hours. Candy Tistadt is still running rampant around the halls of the FCPS elementary school where she is employed. And her husband? Well, he is still making idiotic decisions that adversely affect FCPS.....

[UGAalum94]

Slammed with Saturday detention?

Why, he'll be scarred for life.

Alum, if you have evidence that the women or her husband perform their jobs poorly, why not take it up through legitimate channels? What's up with your feelings about FCPS?

ETA: I've been thinking more about it, and I think it would have been smarter for the system to ignore the calls completely, rather than to punish him but ignore her. And just based one this at home phone call flip out, I don't think the district did need to punish her.

[a.e.B.O.T.]

they are in the north part of virginia... its not like it never snows. If this was a southern county, i would understand the complaint, because the county is not equipped appropriately, however, if they canceled school for every 3 inches of snow, well, there would be a lot of snow days.

Our school was on a hill, some classes down the hill and some up. The school didnt have the main power to get all the streets and stairs cleared, but not one day in four years was school canceled. I mean, we would be clinching onto the rails of the stairs to get up and down.