Loiederman PowerPoint Outage
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Anonymous
| Power is out at Loiederman. My kid is texting me saying that they're all crammed into the cafeteria and nobody is going to class. Why are they not closing the school? |
Anonymous
| *Power outage, not PowerPoint. Stupid autocorrect |
Anonymous
| Update: Kids are being brought to Weller ES |
Anonymous
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During our check of the hallways without power, we detected a strong burning smell. Out of an abundance of caution, we have contacted the fire department and will be evacuating students from the building. We are also working closely with MCPS Operations to determine next steps. Once the fire department completes its walkthrough and we receive additional guidance from MCPS Operations, we will share an update with families as soon as possible.
Therefore, we are evacuating the building. Students will be relocated to Weller Road Elementary School for the foreseeable future. We will provide additional updates as soon as they are available. Just close the damn school! |
Anonymous
Now a PowerPoint outage would really be an emergency! 😅 |
Anonymous
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I would totally agree that they should have closed when the power was out, however... I teach at another school that once experienced a power outage in the afternoon right before dismissal. We dismissed as normal, BUT the next day... the Pepco website was very clear about the outage and that it was not going to be restored until at least mid-day. Yet my principal was unable to reach anyone from central office in the morning to find out what should be done (and he can't make the decision himself) until after 7am. And from there, it was still a ridiculous chain of command. My guess with LMS is as the outage occured after students were either on buses or en route walking to school, admins had to continue with bringing students into the building and then go through the chain to close. And there was also the possibility that the power would come back on in the meantime.
It was a weird morning of parentsquare notifications and texts from my kid while trying to figure out the rest of the day. |