MCPS gave County list of snow issues on Sunday at 2:13 pm. Under 2 hours later MCPS blamed County for Monday closure

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does the county have a map of MCPS bus routes and bus stops?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/transportation/busroutes/

+1000 The school bus routes and stops are not some securely guarded secret.

Do you seriously think this information is in a format that makes it efficient to identify streets/intersections with school bus service? It would take hours just to compile all of these individual PDF documents.

I’m sure AI or some kid at Blair SMCS could do it even faster. It’s ridiculous to say that these are unknown.

I love how your brain went right to unpaid child labor as the solution over having MCPS staff doing their gd jobs last week instead of binging on Netflix at home all last week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Even their message today makes clear they didn't want to open because they claim an indeterminate number of kids could not go to school due to bus problems on "impassable" roads. Sounds like poor problem solving skills to me.

Have you seen the McPS attendance data? They have lot of kids absent even when it’s bright and sunny. Blaming the school buses and sidewalks without data sounds like McPS is trying to build a case justifying why it stayed closed longer than other school districts.

Do you even do any work other than post complaints on DCUM about MCPS? Wait…Is that your job?

Do you think this is all coming from a single angry parent? The MCPS snow threads have 18k views each and thousands of posts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I heard about that. I think MCPS was asleep at the wheel all of last week, not realizing that this snowstorm was different from all the other storms we've had, and that snowplows had great difficulty clearing the ice... and so MCPS panicked over the weekend when they realized parents would be furious if Monday wasn't open, and threw everyone under the bus. I noticed they blamed homeowners as well.

I am still so angry that central office staff got a six-day vacation. They should have been working with the option to work from home.

Working on what?
Finding a bus tracking app?
Mailing out test reports if they even do that anymore?
Completing background checks?
Finalizing boundary studies?
Making sure there is soap in each elementary school bathroom? In each middle school bathroom? High schools?
Ensuring ES students wash hands at school?
Finalizing a calendar that doesn't close for everyone's holidays? Didn't they leave out Persian new year (if mcps even has Persians?)?
Building in more snow days?
Improving high school curricula?
Making unnecessary videos?
Which one of those?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the county have a map of MCPS bus routes and bus stops?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/transportation/busroutes/

+1000 The school bus routes and stops are not some securely guarded secret.

Do you seriously think this information is in a format that makes it efficient to identify streets/intersections with school bus service? It would take hours just to compile all of these individual PDF documents.

I’m sure AI or some kid at Blair SMCS could do it even faster. It’s ridiculous to say that these are unknown.

I love how your brain went right to unpaid child labor as the solution over having MCPS staff doing their gd jobs last week instead of binging on Netflix at home all last week.

It took 4 weeks for MCPS IT support to merge the two accounts it accidentally created for me in ParentVue. Even when this is something that apparently so frequently you have kids in ES/MS or MS/HS that they have a form to report the issue.

Tech is not their strong point. The magnet kid could do better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the county have a map of MCPS bus routes and bus stops?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/transportation/busroutes/

+1000 The school bus routes and stops are not some securely guarded secret.

Do you seriously think this information is in a format that makes it efficient to identify streets/intersections with school bus service? It would take hours just to compile all of these individual PDF documents.

I’m sure AI or some kid at Blair SMCS could do it even faster. It’s ridiculous to say that these are unknown.

I love how your brain went right to unpaid child labor as the solution over having MCPS staff doing their gd jobs last week instead of binging on Netflix at home all last week.

It took 4 weeks for MCPS IT support to merge the two accounts it accidentally created for me in ParentVue. Even when this is something that apparently so frequently you have kids in ES/MS or MS/HS that they have a form to report the issue.

Tech is not their strong point. The magnet kid could do better.

So why are we discussing giving these fools more money next year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If MCPS is accountable (LOL), they should start to put effort and FTE in developing extreme weather contingent transportation plan. Some quick fixes could be tag each stop in different categories, and under extreme weather, only providing stops at category 1 stops (central stops). Or develop special bus routes in plan B and only activate plan B under emergencies. This is what transportation dept with all GIS data can easily do.

Or a virtual learning plan if they insist on staying closed until all the ice melts.

I loved the email where they said they weren’t permitted by the state to offer virtual learning. The state of Maryland authorizes school districts to offer virtual learning during an emergency weather event if they submit a plan.
MCPS posted a presentation about planning to do a plan in 2024 and never did it.

It approves again that MCPS never knows what accountability is just like they pretend to know what equity means.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the county have a map of MCPS bus routes and bus stops?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/transportation/busroutes/

+1000 The school bus routes and stops are not some securely guarded secret.

Do you seriously think this information is in a format that makes it efficient to identify streets/intersections with school bus service? It would take hours just to compile all of these individual PDF documents.

I’m sure AI or some kid at Blair SMCS could do it even faster. It’s ridiculous to say that these are unknown.

I love how your brain went right to unpaid child labor as the solution over having MCPS staff doing their gd jobs last week instead of binging on Netflix at home all last week.

It took 4 weeks for MCPS IT support to merge the two accounts it accidentally created for me in ParentVue. Even when this is something that apparently so frequently you have kids in ES/MS or MS/HS that they have a form to report the issue.

Tech is not their strong point. The magnet kid could do better.

So why are we discussing giving these fools more money next year?

Because my elementary school kid has 32 kids in their class this year and I don’t want it to be 34 next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even their message today makes clear they didn't want to open because they claim an indeterminate number of kids could not go to school due to bus problems on "impassable" roads. Sounds like poor problem solving skills to me.

Have you seen the McPS attendance data? They have lot of kids absent even when it’s bright and sunny. Blaming the school buses and sidewalks without data sounds like McPS is trying to build a case justifying why it stayed closed longer than other school districts.

Do you even do any work other than post complaints on DCUM about MCPS? Wait…Is that your job?

Do you think this is all coming from a single angry parent? The MCPS snow threads have 18k views each and thousands of posts.

That PP is clueless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the county have a map of MCPS bus routes and bus stops?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/transportation/busroutes/

+1000 The school bus routes and stops are not some securely guarded secret.

Do you seriously think this information is in a format that makes it efficient to identify streets/intersections with school bus service? It would take hours just to compile all of these individual PDF documents.

I’m sure AI or some kid at Blair SMCS could do it even faster. It’s ridiculous to say that these are unknown.

I love how your brain went right to unpaid child labor as the solution over having MCPS staff doing their gd jobs last week instead of binging on Netflix at home all last week.

It took 4 weeks for MCPS IT support to merge the two accounts it accidentally created for me in ParentVue. Even when this is something that apparently so frequently you have kids in ES/MS or MS/HS that they have a form to report the issue.

Tech is not their strong point. The magnet kid could do better.

So why are we discussing giving these fools more money next year?

Because my elementary school kid has 32 kids in their class this year and I don’t want it to be 34 next year.

Fire the useless it people and hire teachers instead

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even their message today makes clear they didn't want to open because they claim an indeterminate number of kids could not go to school due to bus problems on "impassable" roads. Sounds like poor problem solving skills to me.

Have you seen the McPS attendance data? They have lot of kids absent even when it’s bright and sunny. Blaming the school buses and sidewalks without data sounds like McPS is trying to build a case justifying why it stayed closed longer than other school districts.

Do you even do any work other than post complaints on DCUM about MCPS? Wait…Is that your job?

Do you think this is all coming from a single angry parent? The MCPS snow threads have 18k views each and thousands of posts.

That PP is clueless.

+1. It’s like people don’t understand how the internet works. There can be more than one person on a chat group who doesn’t share your views. That’s how life works too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the county have a map of MCPS bus routes and bus stops?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/transportation/busroutes/

+1000 The school bus routes and stops are not some securely guarded secret.

Do you seriously think this information is in a format that makes it efficient to identify streets/intersections with school bus service? It would take hours just to compile all of these individual PDF documents.

I’m sure AI or some kid at Blair SMCS could do it even faster. It’s ridiculous to say that these are unknown.

I love how your brain went right to unpaid child labor as the solution over having MCPS staff doing their gd jobs last week instead of binging on Netflix at home all last week.

It took 4 weeks for MCPS IT support to merge the two accounts it accidentally created for me in ParentVue. Even when this is something that apparently so frequently you have kids in ES/MS or MS/HS that they have a form to report the issue.

Tech is not their strong point. The magnet kid could do better.

So why are we discussing giving these fools more money next year?

Because my elementary school kid has 32 kids in their class this year and I don’t want it to be 34 next year.

Wait, wasn't the $ in the last two years allocated for payouts? Or...whoops were we not supposed to say that out loud

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even their message today makes clear they didn't want to open because they claim an indeterminate number of kids could not go to school due to bus problems on "impassable" roads. Sounds like poor problem solving skills to me.

Have you seen the McPS attendance data? They have lot of kids absent even when it’s bright and sunny. Blaming the school buses and sidewalks without data sounds like McPS is trying to build a case justifying why it stayed closed longer than other school districts.

Yes. It sounds really childish to me. What they are saying is "SEE??? You MADE us open and LOOK what happened!! And is ALL YOUR FAULT!"

There were a handful of posters in the other thread that said schools should remain closed today. But no they opened because one family needed her kid to get an AP exam or AP materials. Stuff that's online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even their message today makes clear they didn't want to open because they claim an indeterminate number of kids could not go to school due to bus problems on "impassable" roads. Sounds like poor problem solving skills to me.

Have you seen the McPS attendance data? They have lot of kids absent even when it’s bright and sunny. Blaming the school buses and sidewalks without data sounds like McPS is trying to build a case justifying why it stayed closed longer than other school districts.

Yes. It sounds really childish to me. What they are saying is "SEE??? You MADE us open and LOOK what happened!! And is ALL YOUR FAULT!"

There were a handful of posters in the other thread that said schools should remain closed today. But no they opened because one family needed her kid to get an AP exam or AP materials. Stuff that's online.

You have no idea who is posting on these threads. There could be thousands of parents posting things that say schools should be open and a few McPS staff arguing that school should close til all ice melts because, when you have the day off, you have all day to post on DCUM.

Angry parents like me wrote the BoE and their council members with names and addresses asking why MCPS was closed longer than neighboring schools and hadn’t submitted a virtual learning plan for severe weather conditions. Im sure they take that more seriously than DCUM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If MCPS is accountable (LOL), they should start to put effort and FTE in developing extreme weather contingent transportation plan. Some quick fixes could be tag each stop in different categories, and under extreme weather, only providing stops at category 1 stops (central stops). Or develop special bus routes in plan B and only activate plan B under emergencies. This is what transportation dept with all GIS data can easily do.

Or a virtual learning plan if they insist on staying closed until all the ice melts.

I loved the email where they said they weren’t permitted by the state to offer virtual learning. The state of Maryland authorizes school districts to offer virtual learning during an emergency weather event if they submit a plan.
MCPS posted a presentation about planning to do a plan in 2024 and never did it.

I'm assuming the /s was implied. Surely no one thinks a reasonable plan for the winter involves waiting for snow and ice to melt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you seem to think only MCPS deserves "grace" y'all are a bunch of narcissists that are convinced it was okay to get a 5 day vacation while our community was in crisis

It is not about giving “grace.” I just don’t understand the unhinged reactions to having a week off for the biggest storm in years. Breathe.