School Opening Predictions for Tuesday?

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Delayed.

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I can see a 2 hour delay.
I drove in to work this morning and roads were fine. It’s going to be so cold though I can see mcps being cautious.

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Anonymous wrote:Delay for the wind chill. Snow won't be the issue. Delay on Wednesday too.

Relatively little wind is expected. We should be fine to open on-time.

The forecast for 7am on Tuesday is 7 with a wind chill of 1. By 9am, the temps are in the teens. MCPS has demanded indoor recess (rather than allowing individual principals to decide) for cold temperatures several days this year, so it follows that logic that dangerously cold temps for students waiting for buses or walking to school will be considered.

I can't pull up the hourly forecast for Wednesday yet, but it's supposed to be colder, which is why I think there will be another delay.

Are you sure you're looking in the right city? I don't see much of a wind chill in MoCo on Tuesday.

Where in MoCo? It's the largest school district in MD.

Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Clarksburg all say no significant wind.

Please. Go to ANY weather app and read. 18 feels like 1 due to wind and wind chills as low as 5 degrees below zero expected 7pm to 10am Cold Weather Advisory.

[Anonymous]

I would not be surprised by a delay. Roads and sidewalks are icy and dangerous. In fact, the homes that did not shovel yesterday feel a lot safer! With the cold and dark, it seems like a recipe for disaster.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not be surprised by a delay. Roads and sidewalks are icy and dangerous. In fact, the homes that did not shovel yesterday feel a lot safer! With the cold and dark, it seems like a recipe for disaster.

I don’t think they will get anything from a delay. With a high of 20 tomorrow and 19 on Wednesday, it will not get above freezing to melt anything. Either they open on time both days or they close both days.

[Anonymous]

8:40a status in Gaithersburg- roads are good (all that previous treatment helped!) The two elementary schools I passed had initial plowing and building services working with the little plows and shovels on sidewalks and entrances. However, parking lots are filled with snow/ice covered cars.

I think delay for tomorrow. They always like to get to daylight and the first day back to verify that final issues were actually cleared.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not be surprised by a delay. Roads and sidewalks are icy and dangerous. In fact, the homes that did not shovel yesterday feel a lot safer! With the cold and dark, it seems like a recipe for disaster.

I don’t think they will get anything from a delay. With a high of 20 tomorrow and 19 on Wednesday, it will not get above freezing to melt anything. Either they open on time both days or they close both days.

Delays are popular with teachers- that's what they get.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not be surprised by a delay. Roads and sidewalks are icy and dangerous. In fact, the homes that did not shovel yesterday feel a lot safer! With the cold and dark, it seems like a recipe for disaster.

I don’t think they will get anything from a delay. With a high of 20 tomorrow and 19 on Wednesday, it will not get above freezing to melt anything. Either they open on time both days or they close both days.

Delays are popular with teachers- that's what they get.

From what I understand delays aren’t that great for them either since there is no recess and maybe no breaks during the day with short lunch. But ok….

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Anonymous wrote:I would not be surprised by a delay. Roads and sidewalks are icy and dangerous. In fact, the homes that did not shovel yesterday feel a lot safer! With the cold and dark, it seems like a recipe for disaster.

I don’t think they will get anything from a delay. With a high of 20 tomorrow and 19 on Wednesday, it will not get above freezing to melt anything. Either they open on time both days or they close both days.

Delays are popular with teachers- that's what they get.

From what I understand delays aren’t that great for them either since there is no recess and maybe no breaks during the day with short lunch. But ok….

Secondary students never have recess.

And on a cold day, it would be indoor recess for elementary kids, which is just as bad for teachers as no recess.

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Anonymous wrote:Delay for the wind chill. Snow won't be the issue. Delay on Wednesday too.

Relatively little wind is expected. We should be fine to open on-time.

The forecast for 7am on Tuesday is 7 with a wind chill of 1. By 9am, the temps are in the teens. MCPS has demanded indoor recess (rather than allowing individual principals to decide) for cold temperatures several days this year, so it follows that logic that dangerously cold temps for students waiting for buses or walking to school will be considered.

I can't pull up the hourly forecast for Wednesday yet, but it's supposed to be colder, which is why I think there will be another delay.

Are you sure you're looking in the right city? I don't see much of a wind chill in MoCo on Tuesday.

Where in MoCo? It's the largest school district in MD.

Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Clarksburg all say no significant wind.

Please. Go to ANY weather app and read. 18 feels like 1 due to wind and wind chills as low as 5 degrees below zero expected 7pm to 10am Cold Weather Advisory.

Alert Montgomery - Cold Emergency Alert
A Cold Emergency Alert has been issued for Montgomery County from 5pm Sunday, 1/19 until 1pm Thursday, 1/23. Residents should be prepared for wind chill values to be below 20 degrees. These dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin within 30 minutes and/or hypothermia. Stay indoors if possible.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not be surprised by a delay. Roads and sidewalks are icy and dangerous. In fact, the homes that did not shovel yesterday feel a lot safer! With the cold and dark, it seems like a recipe for disaster.

I don’t think they will get anything from a delay. With a high of 20 tomorrow and 19 on Wednesday, it will not get above freezing to melt anything. Either they open on time both days or they close both days.

Delays are popular with teachers- that's what they get.

From what I understand delays aren’t that great for them either since there is no recess and maybe no breaks during the day with short lunch. But ok….

You mean not working for two hours and getting paid for the full day isn’t a break? Please.

(And I’m a teacher. Please don’t saddle this nonsense post on me and my colleagues.)

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Anonymous wrote:Delay for the wind chill. Snow won't be the issue. Delay on Wednesday too.

Relatively little wind is expected. We should be fine to open on-time.

The forecast for 7am on Tuesday is 7 with a wind chill of 1. By 9am, the temps are in the teens. MCPS has demanded indoor recess (rather than allowing individual principals to decide) for cold temperatures several days this year, so it follows that logic that dangerously cold temps for students waiting for buses or walking to school will be considered.

I can't pull up the hourly forecast for Wednesday yet, but it's supposed to be colder, which is why I think there will be another delay.

Are you sure you're looking in the right city? I don't see much of a wind chill in MoCo on Tuesday.

Where in MoCo? It's the largest school district in MD.

Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Clarksburg all say no significant wind.

Please. Go to ANY weather app and read. 18 feels like 1 due to wind and wind chills as low as 5 degrees below zero expected 7pm to 10am Cold Weather Advisory.

Alert Montgomery - Cold Emergency Alert
A Cold Emergency Alert has been issued for Montgomery County from 5pm Sunday, 1/19 until 1pm Thursday, 1/23. Residents should be prepared for wind chill values to be below 20 degrees. These dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin within 30 minutes and/or hypothermia. Stay indoors if possible.

Look at the forecast. That's not when kids would be going to school.

[Anonymous]

No school tomorrow. Neighborhood roads are a sheet of ice and nothing is melting. Not happy about it but that’s my best guess.

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Anonymous wrote:Delay for the wind chill. Snow won't be the issue. Delay on Wednesday too.

Relatively little wind is expected. We should be fine to open on-time.

The forecast for 7am on Tuesday is 7 with a wind chill of 1. By 9am, the temps are in the teens. MCPS has demanded indoor recess (rather than allowing individual principals to decide) for cold temperatures several days this year, so it follows that logic that dangerously cold temps for students waiting for buses or walking to school will be considered.

I can't pull up the hourly forecast for Wednesday yet, but it's supposed to be colder, which is why I think there will be another delay.

Are you sure you're looking in the right city? I don't see much of a wind chill in MoCo on Tuesday.

Where in MoCo? It's the largest school district in MD.

Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Clarksburg all say no significant wind.

Please. Go to ANY weather app and read. 18 feels like 1 due to wind and wind chills as low as 5 degrees below zero expected 7pm to 10am Cold Weather Advisory.

Alert Montgomery - Cold Emergency Alert
A Cold Emergency Alert has been issued for Montgomery County from 5pm Sunday, 1/19 until 1pm Thursday, 1/23. Residents should be prepared for wind chill values to be below 20 degrees. These dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin within 30 minutes and/or hypothermia. Stay indoors if possible.

The way students wear their winter wear or lack there of, and the long wait at the bus stop—have to walk and get there 10 minutes before. And then sometimes the bus is delayed especially if roads are hazardous. With the wind chill does not seem advisable.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not be surprised by a delay. Roads and sidewalks are icy and dangerous. In fact, the homes that did not shovel yesterday feel a lot safer! With the cold and dark, it seems like a recipe for disaster.

I don’t think they will get anything from a delay. With a high of 20 tomorrow and 19 on Wednesday, it will not get above freezing to melt anything. Either they open on time both days or they close both days.

Delays are popular with teachers- that's what they get.

From what I understand delays aren’t that great for them either since there is no recess and maybe no breaks during the day with short lunch. But ok….

You mean not working for two hours and getting paid for the full day isn’t a break? Please.

(And I’m a teacher. Please don’t saddle this nonsense post on me and my colleagues.)

A lot of us just work the full day anyway, capitalizing on the rare 2 hours of extra work time. There are a lot of us who show up regular time on delay days for this very reason.

(And I’m also a teacher.)