Everyone’s thinking it…delay or cancel Friday?

[Anonymous]

Read this for a laugh:
https://takomatorch.com/index.php/2024/01/16/crayola-releases-limited-edition-mcps-crayon-set-to-help-parents-decipher-school-color-code-system/?fbclid=IwAR0XiPty5VOYnS9Rsz7wA838iQ5rj4yLKAYOob10WAKz1lhVTYX-X5ABUto

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are getting zoom links. It's hard to guess but we are not set up for snow. I hope they don't burn through all the snow days.

They already burned through the snow days. There were only two and we used them this week.

So if there’s no school tomorrow they will make it up. They have identified which days already they will use for make ups. Some are teacher work days. Others are during spring break

So, adding more is a bad idea. They should have gone virtual this week.

[Anonymous]

I guess they should've tried to open on wednesday. I bet they close tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Latest models are predicting slightly higher snow totals now. The next NWS update will probably be for 2-4”.

Closure is most likely.

That's what I keep seeing but my DH seems to be reading the opposite that we're getting less than predicted. I think they'll close if the timing is right that snow will be falling at an accumulating pace early Friday AM. My 10yr old and I have already made plans to take a little walk in Great Falls if that's the case since it's always so pretty in the snow. The high schooler will just enjoy a third day lounging around with friends. unless virtual school comes along to ruin the entire day. sigh.

[Anonymous]

Closed tomorrow.

Agree that they should have opened on Wednesday. And they should have been open last Tuesday for that rain closure.

[Anonymous]

My 10th grader was told to be ready for virtual on Friday and was sent zoom links from some of the teachers.

[Anonymous]

They couldn’t open on Wednesday because so many lots were not plowed.

The lots should have been plowed- that was a fail.

[Anonymous]

I’m reading on WTOP low amount of snow but high impact to roads, so I think closure.

[Anonymous]

The ground has been sub-freezing for almost a week at this point--any snow that falls is going to accumulate right away (which is not something that is quite that common around here; usually the ground has been warmer in advance of snow).

Closure.

[Anonymous]

What I'd like to know is why the go crazy when my kid is actively throwing up and misses a day of school, but close at the drop of a pin for tiny bits of snow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Read this for a laugh:
https://takomatorch.com/index.php/2024/01/16/crayola-releases-limited-edition-mcps-crayon-set-to-help-parents-decipher-school-color-code-system/?fbclid=IwAR0XiPty5VOYnS9Rsz7wA838iQ5rj4yLKAYOob10WAKz1lhVTYX-X5ABUto

My favorite line:
"parents await the release of the MCPS adult coloring book, a stress relieving activity full of relaxing pages depicting overcrowded classrooms and PTA meetings"

[Anonymous]

Closure— would be more uncertainty if it were overnight, but during the morning commute this seems like a done deal.

[Anonymous]

100% closing school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Read this for a laugh:
https://takomatorch.com/index.php/2024/01/16/crayola-releases-limited-edition-mcps-crayon-set-to-help-parents-decipher-school-color-code-system/?fbclid=IwAR0XiPty5VOYnS9Rsz7wA838iQ5rj4yLKAYOob10WAKz1lhVTYX-X5ABUto

Ok that was funny

[Anonymous]

NWS just increased projected snow totals on their map, with an expected 3" across the county (low end possible 1" to high end of 5"): https://www.weather.gov/lwx/winter