MCPS closing/delaying on Monday?

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t imagine if MCPS suddenly does a code green on a Tuesday like they did last year. Honestly it just really confuses me about MCPS’ decisions.

What do you mean? Last year MCPS had ridiculous closures. I certainly can't remember a time when they opened when they shouldn't have.

There's going to be plenty of time to clear roads before school starts on Tuesday. There shouldn't be a need for a closure. And if they can get their act together, there shouldn't be a need for a delay.

You really think they're going to get the roads clear, everywhere in the whole county, in time for Tuesday morning? Isn't there a good chance it will still be snowing Monday afternoon and maybe even evening? I don't think the crews usually work overnight, do they?

Yes, they do. Not every single side road will be perfectly cleared, but the major roads will be fine to drive on, and the side roads will be drivable for anyone that isn't an idiot.

Sidewalks have to be safe for walkers.

And neighborhoods have to be safe for buses

The roads are almost always fine after snow. MCPS makes the county and municipalities look almost competent in comparison.

Does it really just come down to the building services staff not wanting to wake up early?

Depends on where you are. If you are in a rural part of the county, the roads most certainly are not fine.

You realize many, many people, like doctors, nurses, emergency services employees, government employees, and various infrastructure services employees regularly drive on roads to get to their jobs after, or while, it snows, right? Short of a Snowmeggedon event, people suck it up and deal with with a slow drive to work.

And isn’t that a heck of a lot easier when everybody else stays off the bad roads?

I have to go to work in snow. I’m grateful m so many others stay home so I can get where I need to be.

Yes, and so you and road and building crews can go in early to get roads, parking lots and sidewalks cleared, and then let things open up. This isn't hard.

me me me me me me me. Everyone should cater to me.

This is such a strange attitude. That's the job. When I lived in Minnesota I never heard anyone that worked in road or facility management complain when they'd have to get up early after a snow storm.

Honestly, outside of schools, I don't hear many people here complain about it either, whether they're in those support roles or someone like a doctor that needs to get into work.

What is so unreasonable about expecting school facilities staff in this area to start work a few hours early so schools can open?

I’m sure it seems so easy to you, as you sit in your warm kitchen drinking coffee and looking down your nose at everybody else.

I’ve actually been at our school before opening. I’ve seen the hard work put in by the facilities staff. They work HARD, and it’s more work than I suppose you can see from the comfort of that warm kitchen. I was only there for about an hour, but it was enough to see the scope of their work: parking lots, sidewalks, roadways. There were also a frozen pipe and some problems inside the school, as well.

Sitting down? No, I'm scrambling to find child care before having to drive to the hospital to start my shift.

Not everyone gets snow days off.

Does the hospital have recommendations for emergency childcare? Workplaces that have to be operational no matter what should do that...

Some people just have to deal with working even when it’s inconvenient. We all can’t be teachers and nonessential federal government employees.

You’re so dramatic. Perhaps you should have chosen a different career.

I think PP wants to be a teacher or nonessential fed since they apparently have it so much better.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm calling no school Monday, no school Tuesday, toss up Wednesday, and likely delay Thursday too.

You're going to be disappointed.

And I suspect you'll also be oddly mad when MCPS has to use make-up days.

Awww, you’re cute. Wrong, but cute.

We planned a vacation. APs are over. My kids are watching movies.. Are you sending your kids? Yes there will be complaints

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t imagine if MCPS suddenly does a code green on a Tuesday like they did last year. Honestly it just really confuses me about MCPS’ decisions.

What do you mean? Last year MCPS had ridiculous closures. I certainly can't remember a time when they opened when they shouldn't have.

There's going to be plenty of time to clear roads before school starts on Tuesday. There shouldn't be a need for a closure. And if they can get their act together, there shouldn't be a need for a delay.

You really think they're going to get the roads clear, everywhere in the whole county, in time for Tuesday morning? Isn't there a good chance it will still be snowing Monday afternoon and maybe even evening? I don't think the crews usually work overnight, do they?

Yes, they do. Not every single side road will be perfectly cleared, but the major roads will be fine to drive on, and the side roads will be drivable for anyone that isn't an idiot.

Sidewalks have to be safe for walkers.

And neighborhoods have to be safe for buses

The roads are almost always fine after snow. MCPS makes the county and municipalities look almost competent in comparison.

Does it really just come down to the building services staff not wanting to wake up early?

Depends on where you are. If you are in a rural part of the county, the roads most certainly are not fine.

I am, and the roads are often fine even when MCPS closes. Learn to drive. Sometimes that means driving substantially under the speed limit, which seems to be a foreign concept to people here.

No thanks. We’ll all just stay home instead.

You seem oddly proud of being a poor driver.

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Okay so the forecast looks pretty clear on sizeable snowfall starting late Sunday into Monday. This is a clearly going to have a snow day scenario IMO. When will MCPS announce that? This afternoon? This evening? Tomorrow morning?

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so the forecast looks pretty clear on sizeable snowfall starting late Sunday into Monday. This is a clearly going to have a snow day scenario IMO. When will MCPS announce that? This afternoon? This evening? Tomorrow morning?

Most likely from 6-8 PM today. Unless they’re waiting for a last call at 4-6 AM.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so the forecast looks pretty clear on sizeable snowfall starting late Sunday into Monday. This is a clearly going to have a snow day scenario IMO. When will MCPS announce that? This afternoon? This evening? Tomorrow morning?

They will call by 8pm tonight
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Call at 8pm tomorrow night
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Call at 5am Wed
Cancelled for Wednesday

Call at 5am Thurs
2hr delay on Thursday

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so the forecast looks pretty clear on sizeable snowfall starting late Sunday into Monday. This is a clearly going to have a snow day scenario IMO. When will MCPS announce that? This afternoon? This evening? Tomorrow morning?

They will call by 8pm tonight
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Call at 8pm tomorrow night
Cancelled for Tues

Call at 5am Wed
Cancelled for Wednesday

Call at 5am Thurs
2hr delay on Thursday

lol. Sorry, you're going to have to go to work before that!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so the forecast looks pretty clear on sizeable snowfall starting late Sunday into Monday. This is a clearly going to have a snow day scenario IMO. When will MCPS announce that? This afternoon? This evening? Tomorrow morning?

They will call by 8pm tonight
Cancelled

Call at 8pm tomorrow night
Cancelled for Tues

Call at 5am Wed
Cancelled for Wednesday

Call at 5am Thurs
2hr delay on Thursday

lol. Sorry, you're going to have to go to work before that!

I’ve lived here a long time. PP’s prediction looks spot-on to me. If the forecast holds, we will be out for 3 days and then we’ll have a delay.

-not a MCPS employee.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so the forecast looks pretty clear on sizeable snowfall starting late Sunday into Monday. This is a clearly going to have a snow day scenario IMO. When will MCPS announce that? This afternoon? This evening? Tomorrow morning?

They will call by 8pm tonight
Cancelled

Call at 8pm tomorrow night
Cancelled for Tues

Call at 5am Wed
Cancelled for Wednesday

Call at 5am Thurs
2hr delay on Thursday

Pretty good call.

And then next week there's another event shaping up.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t imagine if MCPS suddenly does a code green on a Tuesday like they did last year. Honestly it just really confuses me about MCPS’ decisions.

What do you mean? Last year MCPS had ridiculous closures. I certainly can't remember a time when they opened when they shouldn't have.

There's going to be plenty of time to clear roads before school starts on Tuesday. There shouldn't be a need for a closure. And if they can get their act together, there shouldn't be a need for a delay.

You really think they're going to get the roads clear, everywhere in the whole county, in time for Tuesday morning? Isn't there a good chance it will still be snowing Monday afternoon and maybe even evening? I don't think the crews usually work overnight, do they?

Yes, they do. Not every single side road will be perfectly cleared, but the major roads will be fine to drive on, and the side roads will be drivable for anyone that isn't an idiot.

Sidewalks have to be safe for walkers.

And neighborhoods have to be safe for buses

The roads are almost always fine after snow. MCPS makes the county and municipalities look almost competent in comparison.

Does it really just come down to the building services staff not wanting to wake up early?

Depends on where you are. If you are in a rural part of the county, the roads most certainly are not fine.

I am, and the roads are often fine even when MCPS closes. Learn to drive. Sometimes that means driving substantially under the speed limit, which seems to be a foreign concept to people here.

No thanks. We’ll all just stay home instead.

You seem oddly proud of being a poor driver.

Oh, you aren’t very bright. Got it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so the forecast looks pretty clear on sizeable snowfall starting late Sunday into Monday. This is a clearly going to have a snow day scenario IMO. When will MCPS announce that? This afternoon? This evening? Tomorrow morning?

They will call by 8pm tonight
Cancelled

Call at 8pm tomorrow night
Cancelled for Tues

Call at 5am Wed
Cancelled for Wednesday

Call at 5am Thurs
2hr delay on Thursday

lol. Sorry, you're going to have to go to work before that!

“lol.” Sorry, you’re going to have to deal with your own kids for multiple days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm calling no school Monday, no school Tuesday, toss up Wednesday, and likely delay Thursday too.

You're going to be disappointed.

And I suspect you'll also be oddly mad when MCPS has to use make-up days.

Awww, you’re cute. Wrong, but cute.

We planned a vacation. APs are over. My kids are watching movies.. Are you sending your kids? Yes there will be complaints

What?!?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so the forecast looks pretty clear on sizeable snowfall starting late Sunday into Monday. This is a clearly going to have a snow day scenario IMO. When will MCPS announce that? This afternoon? This evening? Tomorrow morning?

They will call by 8pm tonight
Cancelled

Call at 8pm tomorrow night
Cancelled for Tues

Call at 5am Wed
Cancelled for Wednesday

Call at 5am Thurs
2hr delay on Thursday

lol. Sorry, you're going to have to go to work before that!

I’ve lived here a long time. PP’s prediction looks spot-on to me. If the forecast holds, we will be out for 3 days and then we’ll have a delay.

-not a MCPS employee.

No, not for snow that ends on Monday night. This isn't a Snowpocalypse winter storm.

A functional district would open with a delay on Tuesday. Even a non-functional district will be able to open on Wednesday.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so the forecast looks pretty clear on sizeable snowfall starting late Sunday into Monday. This is a clearly going to have a snow day scenario IMO. When will MCPS announce that? This afternoon? This evening? Tomorrow morning?

They will call by 8pm tonight
Cancelled

Call at 8pm tomorrow night
Cancelled for Tues

Call at 5am Wed
Cancelled for Wednesday

Call at 5am Thurs
2hr delay on Thursday

lol. Sorry, you're going to have to go to work before that!

Not a teacher and I work from home. My youngest of 4 is a sophomore and I know MCPS. They won’t even begin to shovel out schools until mid day Tuesday and the school parking lots and walkways will not be done and treated by Wednesday morning. It will easily be 3 days off

[Anonymous]

Won’t some hero please step in to tell us how things would be handled in a different part of the country??