Why 2 hour delay? Why not a 1 hour delay?

[Anonymous]

What the title says.

Is there any law that prohibits them from opening 1 hour later vs 2?

[Anonymous]

No. MCPS has done one-hour delays in the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. MCPS has done one-hour delays in the past.

Can you tell us when? I’ve been teaching in MCPS since 2002.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Mont Cty. We used to have 1 hr delays. However, I don't recall when they stopped but we haven't had them in a long time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. MCPS has done one-hour delays in the past.

Can you tell us when? I’ve been teaching in MCPS since 2002.

This was when I was an MCPS student throughout the 90s. I would have do deep research to see if they've done it since 2000. A quick Google search didn't turn anything up but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.

[Anonymous]

They want things to be as straightforward as possible. A delayed opening means a two hour delay. An early release means schools close 2 1/2 hours early. They don’t want lots of confusing options that mean parents are showing up at different times based on misunderstandings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. MCPS has done one-hour delays in the past.

Can you tell us when? I’ve been teaching in MCPS since 2002.

Why does it matter when. What would that change. For anyone commuting to the office, with missing lane and lanes used by heavy machinery continuing to remove to the ice-concrete, things are backed up. The two hours provides enough time, hopefully, for buses not to be in the intense traffic with the commuters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Mont Cty. We used to have 1 hr delays. However, I don't recall when they stopped but we haven't had them in a long time.

This is correct and I don’t remember when they stopped either. I was a MCPS student in the 80s.

[Anonymous]

We had both when I was in school and it was confusing. It's already enough to remember normal schedules, 2-hour delay and early dismissal. It just makes things easier. And 1-hour delay doesn't really do much to help anyway.

[Anonymous]

it seems like the better question is why there's a delay at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it seems like the better question is why there's a delay at all.

Safety reasons. 2 hour delay means it's light out; that makes walkers who are walking in the roadway easier to spot and easier for cars to see other cars and narrowed lanes.

Also, delays school past rush hour so hopefully less traffic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They want things to be as straightforward as possible. A delayed opening means a two hour delay. An early release means schools close 2 1/2 hours early. They don’t want lots of confusing options that mean parents are showing up at different times based on misunderstandings.

This. There are no one-hour delays - a delay is always two hours

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it seems like the better question is why there's a delay at all.

Safety reasons. 2 hour delay means it's light out; that makes walkers who are walking in the roadway easier to spot and easier for cars to see other cars and narrowed lanes.

Also, delays school past rush hour so hopefully less traffic.

It's not that dark at 6:30-7:00. Try getting up and you'll see that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it seems like the better question is why there's a delay at all.

Safety reasons. 2 hour delay means it's light out; that makes walkers who are walking in the roadway easier to spot and easier for cars to see other cars and narrowed lanes.

Also, delays school past rush hour so hopefully less traffic.

It's not that dark at 6:30-7:00. Try getting up and you'll see that.

It depends on the time of year and where in the county you live. When my eldest was in HS, we lived in a little valley in SS with very tall trees. It was often dark until 7 in the winter. Dark enough that automated porch lights stayed on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Mont Cty. We used to have 1 hr delays. However, I don't recall when they stopped but we haven't had them in a long time.

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