Students in Fairfax, Virginia, awoke to snow Tuesday morning -- but no snow day or delayed opening of schools.
The Washington suburb was hit with three to five inches of snow, causing hazardous road conditions linked to many car wrecks, some involving school buses, teenagers and parents driving to school, according to multiple reports. By 9:30 a.m., police had responded to 15 traffic crashes, WUSA9 reports.
Fairfax schools opened two hours late on Wednesday and announced a two-hour delayed start for Thursday.
The decision to open schools during the foul weather ignited a storm of protest on Twitter, which seems to have humbled school officials.
"It is clear that our decision to keep schools open today was the wrong call given the intensity of this weather system," Fairfax County Public Schools said in a public apology on Tuesday. Ryan McElveen, an at-large school board member, also apologized publicly on Twitter.
Fairfax students took to Twitter to express shock that schools were open on Tuesday and Wednesday, using the hashtag #closeFCPS -- which trended worldwide. They employed outrage, jokes and gags -- many targeting McElveen -- in ways that only teenagers can.
Here are some of the best #closeFCPS tweets:
Weather today got me like.... #closeFCPS pic.twitter.com/LbPguxz6Sr
— kevin (@Kevuhn_) January 7, 2015
Premiering tomorrow #closeFCPS pic.twitter.com/fusRbNxlak
— ғudonɢ (@fudonk) January 6, 2015
A kid with his bike was going home in the freezing cold and some students stopped and gave him a ride.. #closeFCPS pic.twitter.com/3o0IV1R35o
— Hector (@UsernameHector) January 7, 2015
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