MCPS closing/delaying on Monday?

[Anonymous]

And yes, I understood your school was open. My point was other places would put down a bucket without evacuating the room. At work we have plastic catchers that get suspended from the dropped sealing with a plastic hose that goes into a bucket. They're all over the place.

[Anonymous]

*ceiling, not sealing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so the forecast looks pretty clear on sizeable snowfall starting late Sunday into Monday. This is a clearly going to have a snow day scenario IMO. When will MCPS announce that? This afternoon? This evening? Tomorrow morning?

They will call by 8pm tonight
Cancelled

Call at 8pm tomorrow night
Cancelled for Tues

Call at 5am Wed
Cancelled for Wednesday

Call at 5am Thurs
2hr delay on Thursday

lol. Sorry, you're going to have to go to work before that!

I’ve lived here a long time. PP’s prediction looks spot-on to me. If the forecast holds, we will be out for 3 days and then we’ll have a delay.

-not a MCPS employee.

No, not for snow that ends on Monday night. This isn't a Snowpocalypse winter storm.

A functional district would open with a delay on Tuesday. Even a non-functional district will be able to open on Wednesday.

You must be new or have young children. Who remembers when MCPS closed for 6 days for the January 2016 storm? Storm totals where higher but it tools days and days and days to open after the snow stopped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Damage to school buildings, heating concerns, pipes"? It's barely below freezing and its just snow.

You people are ridiculous. Schools in the northeast don't have armies of facilities workers, either. They get it done because they're expected to get it done, and everyone accepts that the objective is "good enough" not "perfectly cleared of any evidence of snow".

You are severely underestimating the size of Montgomery County (and the attendant work) versus townships and towns in the NE.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"Damage to school buildings, heating concerns, pipes"? It's barely below freezing and its just snow.

You people are ridiculous. Schools in the northeast don't have armies of facilities workers, either. They get it done because they're expected to get it done, and everyone accepts that the objective is "good enough" not "perfectly cleared of any evidence of snow".

You are severely underestimating the size of Montgomery County (and the attendant work) versus townships and towns in the NE.

And Montgomery County has correspondingly more resources.

Look at the large cities in the northeast. They don't shut down for several days for 6 inches of snow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:"Damage to school buildings, heating concerns, pipes"? It's barely below freezing and its just snow.

You people are ridiculous. Schools in the northeast don't have armies of facilities workers, either. They get it done because they're expected to get it done, and everyone accepts that the objective is "good enough" not "perfectly cleared of any evidence of snow".

You are severely underestimating the size of Montgomery County (and the attendant work) versus townships and towns in the NE.

And Montgomery County has correspondingly more resources.

Look at the large cities in the northeast. They don't shut down for several days for 6 inches of snow.

You are not hearing what people are saying. MC does not dedicate the same proportional resources to snow removal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Damage to school buildings, heating concerns, pipes"? It's barely below freezing and its just snow.

You people are ridiculous. Schools in the northeast don't have armies of facilities workers, either. They get it done because they're expected to get it done, and everyone accepts that the objective is "good enough" not "perfectly cleared of any evidence of snow".

You are severely underestimating the size of Montgomery County (and the attendant work) versus townships and towns in the NE.

And Montgomery County has correspondingly more resources.

Look at the large cities in the northeast. They don't shut down for several days for 6 inches of snow.

You are not hearing what people are saying. MC does not dedicate the same proportional resources to snow removal.

In terms of staff, they do. Other schools don't hire temporary staff in the winter to do snow removal on school grounds. Their normal facilities employees do it.

According to this thread, the main difference seems to be that MCPS doesn't let their staff shift their work schedules and/or work overtime. That's mindblogging if true. But it would explain why they have so many difficulties opening schools after snow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Damage to school buildings, heating concerns, pipes"? It's barely below freezing and its just snow.

You people are ridiculous. Schools in the northeast don't have armies of facilities workers, either. They get it done because they're expected to get it done, and everyone accepts that the objective is "good enough" not "perfectly cleared of any evidence of snow".

You are severely underestimating the size of Montgomery County (and the attendant work) versus townships and towns in the NE.

And Montgomery County has correspondingly more resources.

Look at the large cities in the northeast. They don't shut down for several days for 6 inches of snow.

Because it happens more frequently, their infrastructure - including the roads, which have winter tarmac - is better, and it’s more cost effective to have everything on hand. In this area, it’s cheaper just to shut stuff down for a few days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Damage to school buildings, heating concerns, pipes"? It's barely below freezing and its just snow.

You people are ridiculous. Schools in the northeast don't have armies of facilities workers, either. They get it done because they're expected to get it done, and everyone accepts that the objective is "good enough" not "perfectly cleared of any evidence of snow".

You are severely underestimating the size of Montgomery County (and the attendant work) versus townships and towns in the NE.

And Montgomery County has correspondingly more resources.

Look at the large cities in the northeast. They don't shut down for several days for 6 inches of snow.

Because it happens more frequently, their infrastructure - including the roads, which have winter tarmac - is better, and it’s more cost effective to have everything on hand. In this area, it’s cheaper just to shut stuff down for a few days.

Except roads aren't the problem. Roads in Montgomery County are *usually* fine quickly after small to moderate snowfalls like we'll have tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Damage to school buildings, heating concerns, pipes"? It's barely below freezing and its just snow.

You people are ridiculous. Schools in the northeast don't have armies of facilities workers, either. They get it done because they're expected to get it done, and everyone accepts that the objective is "good enough" not "perfectly cleared of any evidence of snow".

You are severely underestimating the size of Montgomery County (and the attendant work) versus townships and towns in the NE.

And Montgomery County has correspondingly more resources.

Look at the large cities in the northeast. They don't shut down for several days for 6 inches of snow.

Because it happens more frequently, their infrastructure - including the roads, which have winter tarmac - is better, and it’s more cost effective to have everything on hand. In this area, it’s cheaper just to shut stuff down for a few days.

Except roads aren't the problem. Roads in Montgomery County are *usually* fine quickly after small to moderate snowfalls like we'll have tomorrow.

Which roads? All the roads that school buses throughout the county travel? Or just the ones near your house?

[Anonymous]

I read some article somewhere recently about “radical acceptance.”

Folks, you can rant and rave and this and that. But the truth is it will snow however many inches, it will take a corresponding amount of time to clear with whatever level of effort, infrastructure, and competence/incompetence. It will close when it must be closed and it will open when it’s possible to open. You can feel whatever you want to feel, but if you just accept that these things will happen the way they do and will be out of your control, you may feel more at peace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Damage to school buildings, heating concerns, pipes"? It's barely below freezing and its just snow.

You people are ridiculous. Schools in the northeast don't have armies of facilities workers, either. They get it done because they're expected to get it done, and everyone accepts that the objective is "good enough" not "perfectly cleared of any evidence of snow".

You are severely underestimating the size of Montgomery County (and the attendant work) versus townships and towns in the NE.

And Montgomery County has correspondingly more resources.

Look at the large cities in the northeast. They don't shut down for several days for 6 inches of snow.

Because it happens more frequently, their infrastructure - including the roads, which have winter tarmac - is better, and it’s more cost effective to have everything on hand. In this area, it’s cheaper just to shut stuff down for a few days.

Except roads aren't the problem. Roads in Montgomery County are *usually* fine quickly after small to moderate snowfalls like we'll have tomorrow.

That has not been our experience. We’ve waited 2-3 days for our residential street to be cleared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read some article somewhere recently about “radical acceptance.”

Folks, you can rant and rave and this and that. But the truth is it will snow however many inches, it will take a corresponding amount of time to clear with whatever level of effort, infrastructure, and competence/incompetence. It will close when it must be closed and it will open when it’s possible to open. You can feel whatever you want to feel, but if you just accept that these things will happen the way they do and will be out of your control, you may feel more at peace.

The complainers are fine with actual events, they're just happier when they complain and get into fights on DCUM. They pick fights like others go for a run - to feel better and more energized.

It's a disease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Damage to school buildings, heating concerns, pipes"? It's barely below freezing and its just snow.

You people are ridiculous. Schools in the northeast don't have armies of facilities workers, either. They get it done because they're expected to get it done, and everyone accepts that the objective is "good enough" not "perfectly cleared of any evidence of snow".

You are severely underestimating the size of Montgomery County (and the attendant work) versus townships and towns in the NE.

And Montgomery County has correspondingly more resources.

Look at the large cities in the northeast. They don't shut down for several days for 6 inches of snow.

Because it happens more frequently, their infrastructure - including the roads, which have winter tarmac - is better, and it’s more cost effective to have everything on hand. In this area, it’s cheaper just to shut stuff down for a few days.

Except roads aren't the problem. Roads in Montgomery County are *usually* fine quickly after small to moderate snowfalls like we'll have tomorrow.

That has not been our experience. We’ve waited 2-3 days for our residential street to be cleared.

Again, you have unreasonable expectations. The roads being "fine" doesn't mean every residential side street has to be clear. They just have to be passable at slow speeds until you get out to a larger road.

[Anonymous]

Let’s hope they announce by 6 pm this afternoon so we can move on from this pointless discussion