What about this Friday?

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Anonymous wrote:They’ll be back Tuesday. Try to stay calm y’all.

If they're not back Monday everyone in office should be voted out. That is a total collapse of the bare minimum government services

This is also a once in a decade storm. Once in a lifetime pandemic. What's next oh?

And Monday will be over a week since the storm ended. That is a colossal failure if they can't get schools back open in a week.

You would have had a stroke in 2009.

2009, 2016, 2020, 2026

Schools were closed for 2 straight weeks in 2009. Everyone still graduated high school and got into colleges. My kid being one of them. Its not a big deal.

In 2009 (aka the olden days) there wasn’t MCPS capacity to do virtual learning. There is now and we don’t need to be like you and be happy that our kids missed school for 2 weeks when they could have been actually learning at home.

Lol I love how parents are always change the goal posts to fit their immediate needs. Before it was "virtual school isn't school!" Now, it's good enough? Come on...

No one is saying virtual is an ideal permanent solution. But if schools are going to be closed for two weeks and virtual learning can be done, why isn't it being utilized? It is not 1970 why are schools operating like it is the 20th century??

Educational outcomes have gone downhill since the advent of edtech.

Also we all know if we give school systems an inch on virtual they will take a mile. No thank you.

Tech is not why, the teaching style, standards and curriculum have been changed and they no longer teach the basics. So, now, instead our kids go without school because people are too lazy to change to virtual.

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Anonymous wrote:MoCo has deemed my roads clear enough to announce trash pickup Friday.

Trash is a higher priority than school buses I guess.

There will be plenty of streets trash trucks can barely make it through. Plus less liability for a truck with 3 guys than busses full of kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I think MCPS should be open. Maybe a two-hour delay but not sure why school should remain closed by Friday.

No one will be there to teach them.

The county needs to start calling subs to see who wants to risk their hips to come in on Friday.

I saw plenty of people out and about today in the county. Most main roads are cleared.

Why should schools remain closed while everything else is open?

Right! Target was clear and dry and they were ready for the money I dropped. The need to be ready for these kids I need to drop. My mental sanity cannot take much more of this.

You can't handle having your kids at home? Why did you have them? Seriously.

Well Mr. Or Mrs. Bethesda, I actually have to work to pay bills and I begged to work from home to keep from leaving my 9 yo home with my 2 and 5 year-old. They agreed but I am trying to work all day setting appointments for my doctor while trying to keep three kids quit! So sorry us poor don’t have a nanny, au pair or retired parents to help.GFY!!

DP. What do you do when one of your kids not feeling well? Send them to school??

Yes, exactly. <gasp> Just like everyone else. Grow up and get out of your SAHM bubble.

They need back up child care. This has nothing to do with a SAHP. Everyone else seems to make it work. They need a better plan with three kids.

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS had asynchronous learning today Wednesday and is back tomorrow Thursday with a 2 hour delay.

I doubt MCPS will be back Friday and it’s embarrassing.

Nah, it's not. Some people actually care about student and staff safety across the entire region.

How is unsafe to have asynchronous education or live virtual education on a snow day? Are you afraid your child will be electrocuted by their computer? That’s very unlikely.

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I have a message out to my admin asking if it would be ok to get my football players to volunteer to clear out the parking lot and surrounding sidewalks at my HS. I would have just gone and sent the e-mail out but I'm new here and not trying to get in trouble

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Anonymous wrote:I have a message out to my admin asking if it would be ok to get my football players to volunteer to clear out the parking lot and surrounding sidewalks at my HS. I would have just gone and sent the e-mail out but I'm new here and not trying to get in trouble

And if a player injures themself and loses a season?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a message out to my admin asking if it would be ok to get my football players to volunteer to clear out the parking lot and surrounding sidewalks at my HS. I would have just gone and sent the e-mail out but I'm new here and not trying to get in trouble

Are their parents signing permission form to allow participation in noble volunteer efforts?

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Anonymous wrote:^ MCPS has been following PG county lately

They should.

Conditions are the same.

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The problem is people talk now while they are cozied up with their kids, then as soon as schools reopen, the talk goes away. Keep up the momentum. Get the district to have a back up education schedule for days like today and tomorrow. They could have given teachers yesterday and possibly today to prep. Then virtual Thurs and Fri.

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Anonymous wrote:They’ll be back Tuesday. Try to stay calm y’all.

If they're not back Monday everyone in office should be voted out. That is a total collapse of the bare minimum government services

This is also a once in a decade storm. Once in a lifetime pandemic. What's next oh?

And Monday will be over a week since the storm ended. That is a colossal failure if they can't get schools back open in a week.

You would have had a stroke in 2009.

2009, 2016, 2020, 2026

Schools were closed for 2 straight weeks in 2009. Everyone still graduated high school and got into colleges. My kid being one of them. Its not a big deal.

In 2009 (aka the olden days) there wasn’t MCPS capacity to do virtual learning. There is now and we don’t need to be like you and be happy that our kids missed school for 2 weeks when they could have been actually learning at home.

Lol I love how parents are always change the goal posts to fit their immediate needs. Before it was "virtual school isn't school!" Now, it's good enough? Come on...

No one is saying virtual is an ideal permanent solution. But if schools are going to be closed for two weeks and virtual learning can be done, why isn't it being utilized? It is not 1970 why are schools operating like it is the 20th century??

Educational outcomes have gone downhill since the advent of edtech.

Also we all know if we give school systems an inch on virtual they will take a mile. No thank you.

Tech is not why, the teaching style, standards and curriculum have been changed and they no longer teach the basics. So, now, instead our kids go without school because people are too lazy to change to virtual.

You are addicted to it, that's why you think it makes sense to have 1 to 1 devices for early elementary. It is ridiculous to claim edtech is somehow essential to a modern education given the data that do not show any benefit whatsoever.

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I don't understand why people aren't also mad at Montgomery County, who controls the plows, rather than just mad at MCPS (who I am no huge fan of myself). It's the county that's done a poor job plowing streets, which is going to make it very difficult for buses to operate when school does resume. It's also apparently the county that hasn't plowed MCPS parking lots - the principal at my school sent out an email today thanking building service staff for their work on school sidewalks, but pointing out that the parking lots are untouched. If buses can't access the bus loop, how can they safely drop off kids? Where are teachers and staff supposed to park? At least in my neighborhood, some streets are down to just one lane - there is no room for on street parking, which will be needed if not all parking lot spaces are clear.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people aren't also mad at Montgomery County, who controls the plows, rather than just mad at MCPS (who I am no huge fan of myself). It's the county that's done a poor job plowing streets, which is going to make it very difficult for buses to operate when school does resume. It's also apparently the county that hasn't plowed MCPS parking lots - the principal at my school sent out an email today thanking building service staff for their work on school sidewalks, but pointing out that the parking lots are untouched. If buses can't access the bus loop, how can they safely drop off kids? Where are teachers and staff supposed to park? At least in my neighborhood, some streets are down to just one lane - there is no room for on street parking, which will be needed if not all parking lot spaces are clear.

Here's an article on that same topic...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2026/01/heavy-ice-and-snowfall-takes-a-toll-on-crews-and-equipment/

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Anonymous wrote:I think MCPS should be open. Maybe a two-hour delay but not sure why school should remain closed by Friday.

No one will be there to teach them.

The county needs to start calling subs to see who wants to risk their hips to come in on Friday.

I saw plenty of people out and about today in the county. Most main roads are cleared.

Why should schools remain closed while everything else is open?

Right! Target was clear and dry and they were ready for the money I dropped. The need to be ready for these kids I need to drop. My mental sanity cannot take much more of this.

You can't handle having your kids at home? Why did you have them? Seriously.

Well Mr. Or Mrs. Bethesda, I actually have to work to pay bills and I begged to work from home to keep from leaving my 9 yo home with my 2 and 5 year-old. They agreed but I am trying to work all day setting appointments for my doctor while trying to keep three kids quit! So sorry us poor don’t have a nanny, au pair or retired parents to help.GFY!!

DP. What do you do when one of your kids not feeling well? Send them to school??

Yes, exactly. <gasp> Just like everyone else. Grow up and get out of your SAHM bubble.

They need back up child care. This has nothing to do with a SAHP. Everyone else seems to make it work. They need a better plan with three kids.

Most people "make it work" by missing work.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think MCPS should be open. Maybe a two-hour delay but not sure why school should remain closed by Friday.

No one will be there to teach them.

The county needs to start calling subs to see who wants to risk their hips to come in on Friday.

I saw plenty of people out and about today in the county. Most main roads are cleared.

Why should schools remain closed while everything else is open?

Right! Target was clear and dry and they were ready for the money I dropped. The need to be ready for these kids I need to drop. My mental sanity cannot take much more of this.

You can't handle having your kids at home? Why did you have them? Seriously.

Well Mr. Or Mrs. Bethesda, I actually have to work to pay bills and I begged to work from home to keep from leaving my 9 yo home with my 2 and 5 year-old. They agreed but I am trying to work all day setting appointments for my doctor while trying to keep three kids quit! So sorry us poor don’t have a nanny, au pair or retired parents to help.GFY!!

DP. What do you do when one of your kids not feeling well? Send them to school??

Yes, exactly. <gasp> Just like everyone else. Grow up and get out of your SAHM bubble.

They need back up child care. This has nothing to do with a SAHP. Everyone else seems to make it work. They need a better plan with three kids.

MCPS isn't letting child care operate either!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think MCPS should be open. Maybe a two-hour delay but not sure why school should remain closed by Friday.

No one will be there to teach them.

The county needs to start calling subs to see who wants to risk their hips to come in on Friday.

I saw plenty of people out and about today in the county. Most main roads are cleared.

Why should schools remain closed while everything else is open?

Right! Target was clear and dry and they were ready for the money I dropped. The need to be ready for these kids I need to drop. My mental sanity cannot take much more of this.

You can't handle having your kids at home? Why did you have them? Seriously.

Well Mr. Or Mrs. Bethesda, I actually have to work to pay bills and I begged to work from home to keep from leaving my 9 yo home with my 2 and 5 year-old. They agreed but I am trying to work all day setting appointments for my doctor while trying to keep three kids quit! So sorry us poor don’t have a nanny, au pair or retired parents to help.GFY!!

DP. What do you do when one of your kids not feeling well? Send them to school??

Yes, exactly. <gasp> Just like everyone else. Grow up and get out of your SAHM bubble.

They need back up child care. This has nothing to do with a SAHP. Everyone else seems to make it work. They need a better plan with three kids.

Most people "make it work" by missing work.

Yeah, i don't think PP gets how little "back up care" is available if you don't have family. Most people don't really make it work any better than someone trying to work from home with 3 kids on a snow day. I had to take a full vacation day today. I'll be going to work tomorrow and my husband will be ineffectively trying to get work done with the kids underfoot. This is it.