Snow This Weekend - School Next Week?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

You know sometimes the state grants a waiver.

Not anymore. It's only for districts that have used all their contingency day. And MCPS never uses any.

Last year they ended up extending the school year by one day and had the last three days be early releases.

Yes, because the state wouldn't give them a waiver. It can't grant waivers until districts use their contingency days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

You know sometimes the state grants a waiver.

Not anymore. It's only for districts that have used all their contingency day. And MCPS never uses any.

Last year they ended up extending the school year by one day and had the last three days be early releases.

yeah and hardly anyone came because camps were already starting/families already had vacations scheduled.

extending the school year is the worst.

[Anonymous]

Extending school year but early release everyday == no school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Considering 14 inches of snow my prediction is:
Monday: Already no school(MCPS panicking)
Tuesday: No school
Wednesday: No school
Thursday: Delay at least(No school in play) (Depends how MCPS is feeling or how bad they failed)
Fridayelay is in play (School has a low chance of being off)

Really just depends how MCPS handles it. Usually not that well, last year 7 inches of snow was able to close school for three days with a delay the next I believe.

Yeah that's why I think if we really do get a foot or more there's a chance of being off all week ala Snowmaggedon.

[Anonymous]

Another thing to add to this is that next week will be the first week of the new marking period. It's a "good" time to be off, if there is such a thing. Nothing is due, grades are in for last MP...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Considering 14 inches of snow my prediction is:
Monday: Already no school(MCPS panicking)
Tuesday: No school
Wednesday: No school
Thursday: Delay at least(No school in play) (Depends how MCPS is feeling or how bad they failed)
Fridayelay is in play (School has a low chance of being off)

Really just depends how MCPS handles it. Usually not that well, last year 7 inches of snow was able to close school for three days with a delay the next I believe.

Yeah that's why I think if we really do get a foot or more there's a chance of being off all week ala Snowmaggedon.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Considering 14 inches of snow my prediction is:
Monday: Already no school(MCPS panicking)
Tuesday: No school
Wednesday: No school
Thursday: Delay at least(No school in play) (Depends how MCPS is feeling or how bad they failed)
Fridayelay is in play (School has a low chance of being off)

This seems like a reasonable timeline. Though if there's a total closure on Thursday, then that's a miserable failure on the part of the county and MCPS. Delays on both Thursday and Friday are understandable, but Monday through Wednesday should be plenty of time to clear everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Considering 14 inches of snow my prediction is:
Monday: Already no school(MCPS panicking)
Tuesday: No school
Wednesday: No school
Thursday: Delay at least(No school in play) (Depends how MCPS is feeling or how bad they failed)
Fridayelay is in play (School has a low chance of being off)

This seems like a reasonable timeline. Though if there's a total closure on Thursday, then that's a miserable failure on the part of the county and MCPS. Delays on both Thursday and Friday are understandable, but Monday through Wednesday should be plenty of time to clear everything.

How is Monday MCPS panicking when that day has been scheduled off for over a year?

[Anonymous]

LOL. The people that are saying that three days to clear out snow should be plenty of time have clearly never shoveled out 12+ inches of snow before, especially in the DC area which is not equipped to handle this amount of snow. Doubt you even shovel your own driveway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

It's ridiculous that they only build in one day. They should build in more, and then just release early if not used.

Why not have the days? We used to have more than 181 days.

Schools being open on a particular day costs money. Transportation, utilities, salaries. I agree that 1 snow day is ridiculous and is basically never enough, even in years when we get very little actual winter weather. Something always happens. But it's also not as simple as just adding more days on. The funds saved by removing those days have probably already been repurposed to keep something else afloat.

Teachers don’t get paid when snow days are made up so that’s not a concern budget wise.

Right, but transportation, utilities, and hourly workers (e.g. anybody who's an SEIU employee or contractor) still cost.

[Anonymous]

Early morning simulations now suggest rainfall near the end of this storm on Sunday evening. The middle troposphere will become warm enough to make every precipitation particle liquid by then. So hopefully that indicates some washout but the surface is still sub-zero and will remain fairly cold after this snow storm. Refreezing is even more dangerous and harder to clear out.

[Anonymous]

It feels so warm today compared to the last few days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Considering 14 inches of snow my prediction is:
Monday: Already no school(MCPS panicking)
Tuesday: No school
Wednesday: No school
Thursday: Delay at least(No school in play) (Depends how MCPS is feeling or how bad they failed)
Fridayelay is in play (School has a low chance of being off)

This seems like a reasonable timeline. Though if there's a total closure on Thursday, then that's a miserable failure on the part of the county and MCPS. Delays on both Thursday and Friday are understandable, but Monday through Wednesday should be plenty of time to clear everything.

MCPS has zero control of what MOCO plows.

Schools will be closed for a week and they should be.

The temps are going to be too low for anything to melt there will be tons of ice.

If you people can not take care of your own kids stop having them.

The complaints here are absurd. It's a snowstorm people grow up and stop complaining.

[Anonymous]

The latest forecast shows ice at the end, in the DC area, with temps high in the 20s all week. No school all week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Considering 14 inches of snow my prediction is:
Monday: Already no school(MCPS panicking)
Tuesday: No school
Wednesday: No school
Thursday: Delay at least(No school in play) (Depends how MCPS is feeling or how bad they failed)
Fridayelay is in play (School has a low chance of being off)

This seems like a reasonable timeline. Though if there's a total closure on Thursday, then that's a miserable failure on the part of the county and MCPS. Delays on both Thursday and Friday are understandable, but Monday through Wednesday should be plenty of time to clear everything.

I think this is right.