Snow This Weekend - School Next Week?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Prepare for Taylor’s new approach of closing some schools and not others

How does that work for makeup days?

It would only apply to schools that closed.

Individual schools have been closed before for local issues (power outages, burst pipes), and they haven't had to make up those days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone on another thread just ordered sleds and snow pants. We will therefore get nothing!

yep. I bought a fancy sled, so I'm sure this will be a bust.

[Anonymous]

To answer your question, Yes it’s too early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prepare for Taylor’s new approach of closing some schools and not others

How does that work for makeup days?

It would only apply to schools that closed.

Individual schools have been closed before for local issues (power outages, burst pipes), and they haven't had to make up those days.

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You mean schools only have to makeup days if their entire district was closed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prepare for Taylor’s new approach of closing some schools and not others

How does that work for makeup days?

It would only apply to schools that closed.

Individual schools have been closed before for local issues (power outages, burst pipes), and they haven't had to make up those days.

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You mean schools only have to makeup days if their entire district was closed?

No they build two days into the existing calendar. After that they add days to the end or ask the state to excuse them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prepare for Taylor’s new approach of closing some schools and not others

How does that work for makeup days?

It would only apply to schools that closed.

Individual schools have been closed before for local issues (power outages, burst pipes), and they haven't had to make up those days.

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You mean schools only have to makeup days if their entire district was closed?

Yes, make up days only apply if the whole county is closed. Taylor closed a couple of Damascus schools in December but that doesn't count as their one snow day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prepare for Taylor’s new approach of closing some schools and not others

How does that work for makeup days?

It would only apply to schools that closed.

Individual schools have been closed before for local issues (power outages, burst pipes), and they haven't had to make up those days.

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You mean schools only have to makeup days if their entire district was closed?

No they build two days into the existing calendar. After that they add days to the end or ask the state to excuse them.

There is only one day built into the calendar this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Prepare for Taylor’s new approach of closing some schools and not others

How does that work for makeup days?

It would only apply to schools that closed.

Individual schools have been closed before for local issues (power outages, burst pipes), and they haven't had to make up those days.

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You mean schools only have to makeup days if their entire district was closed?

No they build two days into the existing calendar. After that they add days to the end or ask the state to excuse them.

There is only one day built into the calendar this year.

Same for next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prepare for Taylor’s new approach of closing some schools and not others

How does that work for makeup days?

It would only apply to schools that closed.

Individual schools have been closed before for local issues (power outages, burst pipes), and they haven't had to make up those days.

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You mean schools only have to makeup days if their entire district was closed?

No they build two days into the existing calendar. After that they add days to the end or ask the state to excuse them.

There is only one day built into the calendar this year.

Same for next year.

I’m sorry but if everyone wants to close at the first snowflake then they are going to need to build in more days. Of course, then people will just say the makeup days if used are useless and no one learns anything on them.

[Anonymous]

I’m betting that MCPS will just freak out next week and will close schools for Tuesday-Thursday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m betting that MCPS will just freak out next week and will close schools for Tuesday-Thursday.

And then Friday people will complain it's too cold to open

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Prepare for Taylor’s new approach of closing some schools and not others

How does that work for makeup days?

It would only apply to schools that closed.

Individual schools have been closed before for local issues (power outages, burst pipes), and they haven't had to make up those days.

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You mean schools only have to makeup days if their entire district was closed?

No they build two days into the existing calendar. After that they add days to the end or ask the state to excuse them.

There is only one day built into the calendar this year.

Same for next year.

I’m sorry but if everyone wants to close at the first snowflake then they are going to need to build in more days. Of course, then people will just say the makeup days if used are useless and no one learns anything on them.

This. I don't mind that everyone freaks out at the sight of a snowflake. Or that the county forgets how to clear snow from year to year. But the school system can plan around the snow related incompetence by building in more snow days. And if we don't use them, what's the worst that happens? More days in school? The horror!

[Anonymous]

We get 10+ inches Sunday with a dig out Monday followed by a deep freeze, I wouldn’t be surprised to get Tuesday to Thursday off.

I’d be happy with enough snow to get Tuesday off though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We get 10+ inches Sunday with a dig out Monday followed by a deep freeze, I wouldn’t be surprised to get Tuesday to Thursday off.

I’d be happy with enough snow to get Tuesday off though.

We're not getting much snow. MCPS has plenty of time to prepare.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We get 10+ inches Sunday with a dig out Monday followed by a deep freeze, I wouldn’t be surprised to get Tuesday to Thursday off.

I’d be happy with enough snow to get Tuesday off though.

We're not getting much snow. MCPS has plenty of time to prepare.

Are you new here? MCPS always has time to prepare. And they always fail.

Signed an MCPS parent since 2009 (when schools were closed for an entire week before the December break due to snow.)