No school on Thursday due to ice?

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Anonymous wrote:I would strongly recommend working parents that rely on school-based childcare providers contact their County Councilmembers. Andrew Friedson was pretty active on this issue during the pandemic so he might be somebody to start with. Somebody needs to light a fire under MCPS's lazy asses.

I would also talk to your providers. Do they want to open on a delay? Do they know why MCPS is not allowing them to open on delays? Are parents being charged even when the providers cannot open? If yes, can you start getting credit or refunds for those mornings? Basically find out the justification and then find some solutions.

Our provider is clear they wanted to open, and are trying to work with MCPS to address this issue. AFAIK parents do not get a refund when MCPS forces them to close. That's out of the providers' control. I think MCPS, not providers, should refund parents when they force providers to close and the county government has no delay or closure. That's on MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:ES parent here: why is there a discrepancy between before care providers about opening tomorrow morning? Some are following the McPS email that says all AM programs and childcare are closed while some are opening 2 hours later than usual. Feels like the poorer schools are getting punished for following the rules. I’ll have to take a full day off work if my kid can’t be dropped off until 10:45 tomorrow

Sounds like it was a miscommunication. KAH initially said they were opening at 9am, but now they are not opening in the morning.

High schools can open at 9:45 but working parents of ES students are SOL until 11am or later.

Definitely a big fat middle finger to working parents.

I would argue that it is you that is hellbent on giving someone the finger rather than the school system taking precautions to protect children. Do you have fat fingers?

So you think high school kids can go to school, but parents can't drop their kids off at before care? How does that make sense other than Taylor hating working parents?

Well, one way to make sense of it is to understand that Taylor cares about your kids.
— signed Someone who once watched a young child slip, fall, and slide across a busy street near their school.
It was in a city that for various well-intentioned reasons tried to remain open at all costs.

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Anonymous wrote:ES parent here: why is there a discrepancy between before care providers about opening tomorrow morning? Some are following the McPS email that says all AM programs and childcare are closed while some are opening 2 hours later than usual. Feels like the poorer schools are getting punished for following the rules. I’ll have to take a full day off work if my kid can’t be dropped off until 10:45 tomorrow

Sounds like it was a miscommunication. KAH initially said they were opening at 9am, but now they are not opening in the morning.

High schools can open at 9:45 but working parents of ES students are SOL until 11am or later.

Definitely a big fat middle finger to working parents.

I would argue that it is you that is hellbent on giving someone the finger rather than the school system taking precautions to protect children. Do you have fat fingers?

So you think high school kids can go to school, but parents can't drop their kids off at before care? How does that make sense other than Taylor hating working parents?

Well, one way to make sense of it is to understand that Taylor cares about your kids.
— signed Someone who once watched a young child slip, fall, and slide across a busy street near their school.
It was in a city that for various well-intentioned reasons tried to remain open at all costs.

Kids can get hurt when they leave the house. We have learned over the past few years that is not a reason to keep them home.

There is no ice in our neighborhood. It is rainy. Our provider could have safely opened, no question.

Also remember, when parents HAVE to go to work and they have no child care, it is the kids that suffer. They get left alone, with a neighbor, etc. Maybe you just think that is the parents' problem, which is why it is clear you DGAF about THE KIDS. I don't think Taylor cares about families with working parents at all.

[Anonymous]

Here is Andrew Friedson's contact information. Unlike some people he doesn't hate working parents. During the pandemic, he helped providers successfully advocate to reopen.


Call 240-777-7828
Email councilmember.friedson@
montgomerycountymd.gov

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would strongly recommend working parents that rely on school-based childcare providers contact their County Councilmembers. Andrew Friedson was pretty active on this issue during the pandemic so he might be somebody to start with. Somebody needs to light a fire under MCPS's lazy asses.

I would also talk to your providers. Do they want to open on a delay? Do they know why MCPS is not allowing them to open on delays? Are parents being charged even when the providers cannot open? If yes, can you start getting credit or refunds for those mornings? Basically find out the justification and then find some solutions.

Our provider is clear they wanted to open, and are trying to work with MCPS to address this issue. AFAIK parents do not get a refund when MCPS forces them to close. That's out of the providers' control. I think MCPS, not providers, should refund parents when they force providers to close and the county government has no delay or closure. That's on MCPS.

It is better to bring up all of these points when contacting people rather than the one poster who keeps saying MCPS DGAF about working parents. There might be a logistical reasoning behind the closure, but there's no reason why MCPS cannot explain this to impacted parents. I don't have kids in one of these programs, but I would contact everyone involved in the decision making process to see of there"s an explanation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would strongly recommend working parents that rely on school-based childcare providers contact their County Councilmembers. Andrew Friedson was pretty active on this issue during the pandemic so he might be somebody to start with. Somebody needs to light a fire under MCPS's lazy asses.

I would also talk to your providers. Do they want to open on a delay? Do they know why MCPS is not allowing them to open on delays? Are parents being charged even when the providers cannot open? If yes, can you start getting credit or refunds for those mornings? Basically find out the justification and then find some solutions.

Our provider is clear they wanted to open, and are trying to work with MCPS to address this issue. AFAIK parents do not get a refund when MCPS forces them to close. That's out of the providers' control. I think MCPS, not providers, should refund parents when they force providers to close and the county government has no delay or closure. That's on MCPS.

It is better to bring up all of these points when contacting people rather than the one poster who keeps saying MCPS DGAF about working parents. There might be a logistical reasoning behind the closure, but there's no reason why MCPS cannot explain this to impacted parents. I don't have kids in one of these programs, but I would contact everyone involved in the decision making process to see of there"s an explanation.

It's multiple posters accurately noting MCPS's very obvious disdain for working parents.

And again, the providers have made clear they are not the reason for the closures, so stop trying to insinuate something else.

Contact your county councilmembers, folks.

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Anonymous wrote:ES parent here: why is there a discrepancy between before care providers about opening tomorrow morning? Some are following the McPS email that says all AM programs and childcare are closed while some are opening 2 hours later than usual. Feels like the poorer schools are getting punished for following the rules. I’ll have to take a full day off work if my kid can’t be dropped off until 10:45 tomorrow

Sounds like it was a miscommunication. KAH initially said they were opening at 9am, but now they are not opening in the morning.

High schools can open at 9:45 but working parents of ES students are SOL until 11am or later.

Definitely a big fat middle finger to working parents.

Try working on changing to swap ES and HS start times.

This. High school students have been begging for a later start time

That's completely irrelevant to Taylor's choice to prevent private childcare providers from opening at all this morning.

Again, it is clear Taylor is hostile to families with two working parents.

Maybe, just maybe, it isn’t all about you???? maybe the decision was made to consider the safety of the people who have to arrive at the buildings first in order to clear the sidewalks.

There's no ice on the sidewalks in our neighborhood. This really doesn't need to be a systemwide decision.

Is there ice anywhere? It's too warm.

yes. My child slipped walking to the bus because it was an ice rink

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Our bus didnt come today, so the kids had to walk or find rides in the ice

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Anonymous wrote:Our bus didnt come today, so the kids had to walk or find rides in the ice

The ice on the trees is really pretty. Hopefully they enjoyed that while they walked on the bare sidewalks.

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Anonymous wrote:Our bus didnt come today, so the kids had to walk or find rides in the ice

The ice on the trees is really pretty. Hopefully they enjoyed that while they walked on the bare sidewalks.

yes. I saw a huge piece come down right onto a sidewalk. Luckily nobody was standing there

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would strongly recommend working parents that rely on school-based childcare providers contact their County Councilmembers. Andrew Friedson was pretty active on this issue during the pandemic so he might be somebody to start with. Somebody needs to light a fire under MCPS's lazy asses.

I would also talk to your providers. Do they want to open on a delay? Do they know why MCPS is not allowing them to open on delays? Are parents being charged even when the providers cannot open? If yes, can you start getting credit or refunds for those mornings? Basically find out the justification and then find some solutions.

Our provider is clear they wanted to open, and are trying to work with MCPS to address this issue. AFAIK parents do not get a refund when MCPS forces them to close. That's out of the providers' control. I think MCPS, not providers, should refund parents when they force providers to close and the county government has no delay or closure. That's on MCPS.

It is better to bring up all of these points when contacting people rather than the one poster who keeps saying MCPS DGAF about working parents. There might be a logistical reasoning behind the closure, but there's no reason why MCPS cannot explain this to impacted parents. I don't have kids in one of these programs, but I would contact everyone involved in the decision making process to see of there"s an explanation.

It's multiple posters accurately noting MCPS's very obvious disdain for working parents.

And again, the providers have made clear they are not the reason for the closures, so stop trying to insinuate something else.

Contact your county councilmembers, folks.

Or make a back up plan like everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would strongly recommend working parents that rely on school-based childcare providers contact their County Councilmembers. Andrew Friedson was pretty active on this issue during the pandemic so he might be somebody to start with. Somebody needs to light a fire under MCPS's lazy asses.

I would also talk to your providers. Do they want to open on a delay? Do they know why MCPS is not allowing them to open on delays? Are parents being charged even when the providers cannot open? If yes, can you start getting credit or refunds for those mornings? Basically find out the justification and then find some solutions.

Our provider is clear they wanted to open, and are trying to work with MCPS to address this issue. AFAIK parents do not get a refund when MCPS forces them to close. That's out of the providers' control. I think MCPS, not providers, should refund parents when they force providers to close and the county government has no delay or closure. That's on MCPS.

It is better to bring up all of these points when contacting people rather than the one poster who keeps saying MCPS DGAF about working parents. There might be a logistical reasoning behind the closure, but there's no reason why MCPS cannot explain this to impacted parents. I don't have kids in one of these programs, but I would contact everyone involved in the decision making process to see of there"s an explanation.

It's multiple posters accurately noting MCPS's very obvious disdain for working parents.

And again, the providers have made clear they are not the reason for the closures, so stop trying to insinuate something else.

Contact your county councilmembers, folks.

Or make a back up plan like everyone else.

You mean like paying for childcare twice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would strongly recommend working parents that rely on school-based childcare providers contact their County Councilmembers. Andrew Friedson was pretty active on this issue during the pandemic so he might be somebody to start with. Somebody needs to light a fire under MCPS's lazy asses.

I would also talk to your providers. Do they want to open on a delay? Do they know why MCPS is not allowing them to open on delays? Are parents being charged even when the providers cannot open? If yes, can you start getting credit or refunds for those mornings? Basically find out the justification and then find some solutions.

Our provider is clear they wanted to open, and are trying to work with MCPS to address this issue. AFAIK parents do not get a refund when MCPS forces them to close. That's out of the providers' control. I think MCPS, not providers, should refund parents when they force providers to close and the county government has no delay or closure. That's on MCPS.

It is better to bring up all of these points when contacting people rather than the one poster who keeps saying MCPS DGAF about working parents. There might be a logistical reasoning behind the closure, but there's no reason why MCPS cannot explain this to impacted parents. I don't have kids in one of these programs, but I would contact everyone involved in the decision making process to see of there"s an explanation.

I agree that asking for a logistical explanation is reasonable. The MCPS website on school closings and delays says for Delayed Openings (Code Yellow): "Before, after-school, and childcare programs may operate as scheduled, families are encouraged to contact their childcare provider."

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/emergency/closings/#codeyellow

So the question is, why was that not the decision this morning, specifically? Because of the threat of ice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would strongly recommend working parents that rely on school-based childcare providers contact their County Councilmembers. Andrew Friedson was pretty active on this issue during the pandemic so he might be somebody to start with. Somebody needs to light a fire under MCPS's lazy asses.

I would also talk to your providers. Do they want to open on a delay? Do they know why MCPS is not allowing them to open on delays? Are parents being charged even when the providers cannot open? If yes, can you start getting credit or refunds for those mornings? Basically find out the justification and then find some solutions.

Our provider is clear they wanted to open, and are trying to work with MCPS to address this issue. AFAIK parents do not get a refund when MCPS forces them to close. That's out of the providers' control. I think MCPS, not providers, should refund parents when they force providers to close and the county government has no delay or closure. That's on MCPS.

ha!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would strongly recommend working parents that rely on school-based childcare providers contact their County Councilmembers. Andrew Friedson was pretty active on this issue during the pandemic so he might be somebody to start with. Somebody needs to light a fire under MCPS's lazy asses.

I would also talk to your providers. Do they want to open on a delay? Do they know why MCPS is not allowing them to open on delays? Are parents being charged even when the providers cannot open? If yes, can you start getting credit or refunds for those mornings? Basically find out the justification and then find some solutions.

Our provider is clear they wanted to open, and are trying to work with MCPS to address this issue. AFAIK parents do not get a refund when MCPS forces them to close. That's out of the providers' control. I think MCPS, not providers, should refund parents when they force providers to close and the county government has no delay or closure. That's on MCPS.

ha!

Come back when that happens everyone wants to know.