Why are activities cancelled?

[Anonymous]

There’s always a complainer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are in Baltimore county schools and they have an EARLY DISMISSAL that was just announced. For a 35 percent chance of light snow at 4-5pm.

Our area is a joke lol

It’s all fun and games until your kid is still on the school bus at 6:30 pm. Then, y’all want to sue the district for not anticipating delays on local roads.

I’m the Baltimore county mom and our current temp is 39 degrees. It’s not even going to stick, if we do get this 35% chance of snow that occurs after all of the schools normal dismissal times

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At this rate we will be off for 3 days for 4” of snow next week.

You absolutely must plan for this very real possibility.

[Anonymous]

Enjoy your family reunion this weekend, snowflakes

[Anonymous]

You keep saying 35% chance of snow, but honestly the chance of it and the amount of it are not that easy to predict. I think everyone errs on the side of caution. It wasn't long ago that a kid slid under a school bus in VA and died.

Annoying amount of time off school or dead kids, which would you prefer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Weather indicates possible wintry mix for this afternoon at around 3-4pm. I don't buy it, but this always happens on the first hint of winter weather - schools freak out. Then they calm down later in the winter.

But the temps won’t go below 35 degrees so the roads will be wet.

I know, I didn't make that call. Apparently there is concern that a few squalls will be intense and impact visibility. These calls are very hard to make and please no one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You keep saying 35% chance of snow, but honestly the chance of it and the amount of it are not that easy to predict. I think everyone errs on the side of caution. It wasn't long ago that a kid slid under a school bus in VA and died.

Annoying amount of time off school or dead kids, which would you prefer.

You should never drive if you are scared of even the tiniest of percentages of anything ever happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s always a complainer.

ALWAYS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s always a complainer.

No one would complain if they didn’t cancel. Because the roads are warm and the percentage is low.

It’s ridiculous and you know it

[Anonymous]

This is so confusing. Got a message that all after school activities are canceled but then Bar-T says they are open at the school and that they follow MCPS. First time MCPS parent here. Does Bar-T usually stay open? Trying to avoid a situation where my kid is dismissed at the end of the school day and I’m not there to pick her up…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so confusing. Got a message that all after school activities are canceled but then Bar-T says they are open at the school and that they follow MCPS. First time MCPS parent here. Does Bar-T usually stay open? Trying to avoid a situation where my kid is dismissed at the end of the school day and I’m not there to pick her up…

Our aftercare (KAH) typically stays open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s always a complainer.

No one would complain if they didn’t cancel. Because the roads are warm and the percentage is low.

It’s ridiculous and you know it

People always complain either way. There's no pleasing everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s always a complainer.

No one would complain if they didn’t cancel. Because the roads are warm and the percentage is low.

It’s ridiculous and you know it

People would 100% complain if they didn’t close and something happened on the roads.

People would also complain if they announced it later, if mcps waited longer to see if the weather changed. People would complain no matter what. Now that’s ridiculous and you know it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You keep saying 35% chance of snow, but honestly the chance of it and the amount of it are not that easy to predict. I think everyone errs on the side of caution. It wasn't long ago that a kid slid under a school bus in VA and died.

Annoying amount of time off school or dead kids, which would you prefer.

A kid got hit by a driver trying to blow around a stopped school bus in Howard county a few years ago. I think we should just ban school busses to be safe. Or ban school entirely. I mean sometimes it rains and we know that rain decreases visibility. Better safe than sorry.

If you disagree with me it’s because you want children to die.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so confusing. Got a message that all after school activities are canceled but then Bar-T says they are open at the school and that they follow MCPS. First time MCPS parent here. Does Bar-T usually stay open? Trying to avoid a situation where my kid is dismissed at the end of the school day and I’m not there to pick her up…

Bar-T is amazing and stays open as long as they can safely do so. They are many times also open on days that school is closed (but admin offices are open) like 2 hour delays etc. or other weather related days that are full day school closure. For up to date info, I'd email/text the coordinator at your school, look on the Bar-T website and/or Facebook page. I don't know what we'd do without Bar-T!