MCPS Code Green Thursday On-Time Opening. Also open for activities Wednesday.

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Anonymous wrote:If anyone wants to understand why these threads typically criticize teachers, look at the MoCo Snow facebook page. All of the people complaining about this are teachers. They don't care when students' and parents' lives are upended by last-minute delays, but god forbid they're given 20-hours notice that they'll need to come in at their regularly scheduled time.

I'm going to call you out on this. I just took the time to look at those comments, and I don't see what you see... because it isn't there.

What I see is a couple of teachers who were frustrated because they changed their lesson plans to "accommodate [their] students only to be told 'never mind'". Another said it was a "major disruption to classroom plans." I did see ONE teacher write that it "reduces morale" and that the county "gave a gift and then took it away." That was ONE teacher. ONE. Overall? There are teachers who already spent time accommodating a delay who now have to throw away that wasted work. Yes, that's a frustration... and it happened because teachers worked ahead to help YOUR child have a useful day on a 2-hour delay.

I'm done letting DCUM posters insult my profession. I will not allow you to say that teachers "don't care". I won't allow you to imply that we are lazy and don't want to come in at our "regularly scheduled time."

Too many of us work too hard for this disrespect.

Look again.

"No take backs!" Briggs Chaney MS teacher

"'An MCPS moment of joy?!' Are they delusional?!" Montgomery Blair HS teacher

"We need to complain! This is so unprofessional and inconsiderate. You made a call! Stick to it!" Oakland Terrace ES teacher

"MCPS started their email with “Good News!” and called it “A moment of joy” smh" Briggs Chaney MS teacher

"My email is broken. I don't get bad notifications!!" Cashell ES teacher

"The only Good News is when they change a delay to a close. There will still be black ice, the parking lots will refreeze tonight, and without a doubt half of my kids won’t show up. So then I will teach a lesson to only half of my class and play catch up with the rest. 👎😢" Waters Landing ES teacher

"Not great News- as they had in the email. Ugh!" Goshen ES teacher

"What does our union have to say?" Roberto Clemente MS teacher

"How is this even allowed???" Flower Hill ES teacher

"It reduces moral. Give a gift and then take it away" Arcola ES teacher

Did you really dig into all these profiles and research posters’ jobs? Did you Google names? This was worth your time? Your hate of teachers is next level and alarming. Worrisome, even.

And after all that unnecessary work, most of those comments aren’t even that bad. They don’t even paint the picture of horrible, complaining teachers you’re trying to sell.

Eh it doesn't look great. Entitled and disconnected from the rest of the world where everyone has been expected to go to work on time all week. And had one day off for the last snow storm (if they didn't telework on the first day), not 3.

Well, I took a look at just 2 of those profiles. Neither were teachers, even though the PP claimed they are. So it’s nothing other than a smear campaign.

So you can attribute those statements to parents, members of the MoCo community, etc.

But I'm glad you recognize those are awful statements to make about school opening on time and seem to agree they reflect poorly on teachers.

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Jeff doesn't like it when you name people, otherwise I would have been happy to cut them by name in the staff directory.

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Come on, guys. Those comments are funny. I can’t believe you are a big deal about this.

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No one's ever going to forget "Moment of Joy"! Forever memorialized in MCPS lore. It was funny.

It would have been ridiculous if we were the only local Maryland school system that was delayed.

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Lock this thread already. Schools already started.

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Anonymous wrote:If anyone wants to understand why these threads typically criticize teachers, look at the MoCo Snow facebook page. All of the people complaining about this are teachers. They don't care when students' and parents' lives are upended by last-minute delays, but god forbid they're given 20-hours notice that they'll need to come in at their regularly scheduled time.

I'm going to call you out on this. I just took the time to look at those comments, and I don't see what you see... because it isn't there.

What I see is a couple of teachers who were frustrated because they changed their lesson plans to "accommodate [their] students only to be told 'never mind'". Another said it was a "major disruption to classroom plans." I did see ONE teacher write that it "reduces morale" and that the county "gave a gift and then took it away." That was ONE teacher. ONE. Overall? There are teachers who already spent time accommodating a delay who now have to throw away that wasted work. Yes, that's a frustration... and it happened because teachers worked ahead to help YOUR child have a useful day on a 2-hour delay.

I'm done letting DCUM posters insult my profession. I will not allow you to say that teachers "don't care". I won't allow you to imply that we are lazy and don't want to come in at our "regularly scheduled time."

Too many of us work too hard for this disrespect.

Look again.

"No take backs!" Briggs Chaney MS teacher

"'An MCPS moment of joy?!' Are they delusional?!" Montgomery Blair HS teacher

"We need to complain! This is so unprofessional and inconsiderate. You made a call! Stick to it!" Oakland Terrace ES teacher

"MCPS started their email with “Good News!” and called it “A moment of joy” smh" Briggs Chaney MS teacher

"My email is broken. I don't get bad notifications!!" Cashell ES teacher

"The only Good News is when they change a delay to a close. There will still be black ice, the parking lots will refreeze tonight, and without a doubt half of my kids won’t show up. So then I will teach a lesson to only half of my class and play catch up with the rest. 👎😢" Waters Landing ES teacher

"Not great News- as they had in the email. Ugh!" Goshen ES teacher

"What does our union have to say?" Roberto Clemente MS teacher

"How is this even allowed???" Flower Hill ES teacher

"It reduces moral. Give a gift and then take it away" Arcola ES teacher

Did you really dig into all these profiles and research posters’ jobs? Did you Google names? This was worth your time? Your hate of teachers is next level and alarming. Worrisome, even.

And after all that unnecessary work, most of those comments aren’t even that bad. They don’t even paint the picture of horrible, complaining teachers you’re trying to sell.

Eh it doesn't look great. Entitled and disconnected from the rest of the world where everyone has been expected to go to work on time all week. And had one day off for the last snow storm (if they didn't telework on the first day), not 3.

Well, I took a look at just 2 of those profiles. Neither were teachers, even though the PP claimed they are. So it’s nothing other than a smear campaign.

So you can attribute those statements to parents, members of the MoCo community, etc.

They are. Sometimes they use maiden names in the MCPS staff directory. In one case, what's on facebook isn't their full name but their photo is on LinkedIn.

+1 one of the quotes is definitely from a teacher at my kid's school

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I’m a staff member and I am both glad today is a regular day AND annoyed they announced a delayed opening and then changed it.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a staff member and I am both glad today is a regular day AND annoyed they announced a delayed opening and then changed it.

I think this may be something parents and staff can mostly agree on.

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Anonymous wrote:Hopefully we are done with snow days for the year and we can all move on. With everything going on in the world right now it is ridiculously to be arguing about this. You are fortunate if this is your biggest worry.

We still need a make-up day.

One’s already built into the schedule. It’s in June. Now you can stop worrying.

DP. They have a bunch to choose from. Not clear that they will go with the June one.

I am a teacher and we were informally told that the last student day is now June 16th (it is an early release). The last day for teachers is now June 17th. I haven't seen it in writing, but that is what we were told.

There are going to be a lot of (rightfully) unhappy parents if Taylor skips 3 make-up days in the calendar in order to add an early release day to its own week at the very end of the year.

I don’t think most parents care. Only a vocal minority that seems to have nothing better to do but freak out about every little thing

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Anonymous wrote:Hopefully we are done with snow days for the year and we can all move on. With everything going on in the world right now it is ridiculously to be arguing about this. You are fortunate if this is your biggest worry.

We still need a make-up day.

One’s already built into the schedule. It’s in June. Now you can stop worrying.

DP. They have a bunch to choose from. Not clear that they will go with the June one.

I am a teacher and we were informally told that the last student day is now June 16th (it is an early release). The last day for teachers is now June 17th. I haven't seen it in writing, but that is what we were told.

There are going to be a lot of (rightfully) unhappy parents if Taylor skips 3 make-up days in the calendar in order to add an early release day to its own week at the very end of the year.

I don’t think most parents care. Only a vocal minority that seems to have nothing better to do but freak out about every little thing

I think most parents will roll their eyes. It would look pretty bad to demand millions in extra funding while at the same time doing your darndest to provide as few hours of education as humanely possible.

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Anonymous wrote:Hopefully we are done with snow days for the year and we can all move on. With everything going on in the world right now it is ridiculously to be arguing about this. You are fortunate if this is your biggest worry.

We still need a make-up day.

One’s already built into the schedule. It’s in June. Now you can stop worrying.

DP. They have a bunch to choose from. Not clear that they will go with the June one.

I am a teacher and we were informally told that the last student day is now June 16th (it is an early release). The last day for teachers is now June 17th. I haven't seen it in writing, but that is what we were told.

There are going to be a lot of (rightfully) unhappy parents if Taylor skips 3 make-up days in the calendar in order to add an early release day to its own week at the very end of the year.

I don’t think most parents care. Only a vocal minority that seems to have nothing better to do but freak out about every little thing

I think most parents will roll their eyes. It would look pretty bad to demand millions in extra funding while at the same time doing your darndest to provide as few hours of education as humanely possible.

+1. Most people aren't "freaking out," but I haven't talked to a single parent who was happy about these delays. I can't imagine that will change if they decide to extend the school year to add a meaningless half day on a summer week where people already have plans.

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Our bus was 30 min late this morning, leaving the kids waiting outside in dangerously cold temperatures at 7 a.m. They probably should have stuck with the 2-hour delay.

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Anonymous wrote:If anyone wants to understand why these threads typically criticize teachers, look at the MoCo Snow facebook page. All of the people complaining about this are teachers. They don't care when students' and parents' lives are upended by last-minute delays, but god forbid they're given 20-hours notice that they'll need to come in at their regularly scheduled time.

I'm going to call you out on this. I just took the time to look at those comments, and I don't see what you see... because it isn't there.

What I see is a couple of teachers who were frustrated because they changed their lesson plans to "accommodate [their] students only to be told 'never mind'". Another said it was a "major disruption to classroom plans." I did see ONE teacher write that it "reduces morale" and that the county "gave a gift and then took it away." That was ONE teacher. ONE. Overall? There are teachers who already spent time accommodating a delay who now have to throw away that wasted work. Yes, that's a frustration... and it happened because teachers worked ahead to help YOUR child have a useful day on a 2-hour delay.

I'm done letting DCUM posters insult my profession. I will not allow you to say that teachers "don't care". I won't allow you to imply that we are lazy and don't want to come in at our "regularly scheduled time."

Too many of us work too hard for this disrespect.

Look again.

"No take backs!" Briggs Chaney MS teacher

"'An MCPS moment of joy?!' Are they delusional?!" Montgomery Blair HS teacher

"We need to complain! This is so unprofessional and inconsiderate. You made a call! Stick to it!" Oakland Terrace ES teacher

"MCPS started their email with “Good News!” and called it “A moment of joy” smh" Briggs Chaney MS teacher

"My email is broken. I don't get bad notifications!!" Cashell ES teacher

"The only Good News is when they change a delay to a close. There will still be black ice, the parking lots will refreeze tonight, and without a doubt half of my kids won’t show up. So then I will teach a lesson to only half of my class and play catch up with the rest. 👎😢" Waters Landing ES teacher

"Not great News- as they had in the email. Ugh!" Goshen ES teacher

"What does our union have to say?" Roberto Clemente MS teacher

"How is this even allowed???" Flower Hill ES teacher

"It reduces moral. Give a gift and then take it away" Arcola ES teacher

Did you really dig into all these profiles and research posters’ jobs? Did you Google names? This was worth your time? Your hate of teachers is next level and alarming. Worrisome, even.

And after all that unnecessary work, most of those comments aren’t even that bad. They don’t even paint the picture of horrible, complaining teachers you’re trying to sell.

Eh it doesn't look great. Entitled and disconnected from the rest of the world where everyone has been expected to go to work on time all week. And had one day off for the last snow storm (if they didn't telework on the first day), not 3.

Well, I took a look at just 2 of those profiles. Neither were teachers, even though the PP claimed they are. So it’s nothing other than a smear campaign.

So you can attribute those statements to parents, members of the MoCo community, etc.

But I'm glad you recognize those are awful statements to make about school opening on time and seem to agree they reflect poorly on teachers.

So should we also agree that many comments on that site reflect poorly on parents? Let’s hold all parents accountable for those comments, too.

Or we can relax and NOT judge entire communities for the words of individuals. I give that respect and I wish others would, as well.

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Anonymous wrote:If anyone wants to understand why these threads typically criticize teachers, look at the MoCo Snow facebook page. All of the people complaining about this are teachers. They don't care when students' and parents' lives are upended by last-minute delays, but god forbid they're given 20-hours notice that they'll need to come in at their regularly scheduled time.

I'm going to call you out on this. I just took the time to look at those comments, and I don't see what you see... because it isn't there.

What I see is a couple of teachers who were frustrated because they changed their lesson plans to "accommodate [their] students only to be told 'never mind'". Another said it was a "major disruption to classroom plans." I did see ONE teacher write that it "reduces morale" and that the county "gave a gift and then took it away." That was ONE teacher. ONE. Overall? There are teachers who already spent time accommodating a delay who now have to throw away that wasted work. Yes, that's a frustration... and it happened because teachers worked ahead to help YOUR child have a useful day on a 2-hour delay.

I'm done letting DCUM posters insult my profession. I will not allow you to say that teachers "don't care". I won't allow you to imply that we are lazy and don't want to come in at our "regularly scheduled time."

Too many of us work too hard for this disrespect.

Look again.

"No take backs!" Briggs Chaney MS teacher

"'An MCPS moment of joy?!' Are they delusional?!" Montgomery Blair HS teacher

"We need to complain! This is so unprofessional and inconsiderate. You made a call! Stick to it!" Oakland Terrace ES teacher

"MCPS started their email with “Good News!” and called it “A moment of joy” smh" Briggs Chaney MS teacher

"My email is broken. I don't get bad notifications!!" Cashell ES teacher

"The only Good News is when they change a delay to a close. There will still be black ice, the parking lots will refreeze tonight, and without a doubt half of my kids won’t show up. So then I will teach a lesson to only half of my class and play catch up with the rest. 👎😢" Waters Landing ES teacher

"Not great News- as they had in the email. Ugh!" Goshen ES teacher

"What does our union have to say?" Roberto Clemente MS teacher

"How is this even allowed???" Flower Hill ES teacher

"It reduces moral. Give a gift and then take it away" Arcola ES teacher

Did you really dig into all these profiles and research posters’ jobs? Did you Google names? This was worth your time? Your hate of teachers is next level and alarming. Worrisome, even.

And after all that unnecessary work, most of those comments aren’t even that bad. They don’t even paint the picture of horrible, complaining teachers you’re trying to sell.

Eh it doesn't look great. Entitled and disconnected from the rest of the world where everyone has been expected to go to work on time all week. And had one day off for the last snow storm (if they didn't telework on the first day), not 3.

Well, I took a look at just 2 of those profiles. Neither were teachers, even though the PP claimed they are. So it’s nothing other than a smear campaign.

So you can attribute those statements to parents, members of the MoCo community, etc.

But I'm glad you recognize those are awful statements to make about school opening on time and seem to agree they reflect poorly on teachers.

So should we also agree that many comments on that site reflect poorly on parents? Let’s hold all parents accountable for those comments, too.

Or we can relax and NOT judge entire communities for the words of individuals. I give that respect and I wish others would, as well.

LOL didn't you (or a PP) literally JUST try to blame the teachers' comments on a smear campaign by parents? GTFOOH.

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Anonymous wrote:If anyone wants to understand why these threads typically criticize teachers, look at the MoCo Snow facebook page. All of the people complaining about this are teachers. They don't care when students' and parents' lives are upended by last-minute delays, but god forbid they're given 20-hours notice that they'll need to come in at their regularly scheduled time.

I'm going to call you out on this. I just took the time to look at those comments, and I don't see what you see... because it isn't there.

What I see is a couple of teachers who were frustrated because they changed their lesson plans to "accommodate [their] students only to be told 'never mind'". Another said it was a "major disruption to classroom plans." I did see ONE teacher write that it "reduces morale" and that the county "gave a gift and then took it away." That was ONE teacher. ONE. Overall? There are teachers who already spent time accommodating a delay who now have to throw away that wasted work. Yes, that's a frustration... and it happened because teachers worked ahead to help YOUR child have a useful day on a 2-hour delay.

I'm done letting DCUM posters insult my profession. I will not allow you to say that teachers "don't care". I won't allow you to imply that we are lazy and don't want to come in at our "regularly scheduled time."

Too many of us work too hard for this disrespect.

Look again.

"No take backs!" Briggs Chaney MS teacher

"'An MCPS moment of joy?!' Are they delusional?!" Montgomery Blair HS teacher

"We need to complain! This is so unprofessional and inconsiderate. You made a call! Stick to it!" Oakland Terrace ES teacher

"MCPS started their email with “Good News!” and called it “A moment of joy” smh" Briggs Chaney MS teacher

"My email is broken. I don't get bad notifications!!" Cashell ES teacher

"The only Good News is when they change a delay to a close. There will still be black ice, the parking lots will refreeze tonight, and without a doubt half of my kids won’t show up. So then I will teach a lesson to only half of my class and play catch up with the rest. 👎😢" Waters Landing ES teacher

"Not great News- as they had in the email. Ugh!" Goshen ES teacher

"What does our union have to say?" Roberto Clemente MS teacher

"How is this even allowed???" Flower Hill ES teacher

"It reduces moral. Give a gift and then take it away" Arcola ES teacher

Did you really dig into all these profiles and research posters’ jobs? Did you Google names? This was worth your time? Your hate of teachers is next level and alarming. Worrisome, even.

And after all that unnecessary work, most of those comments aren’t even that bad. They don’t even paint the picture of horrible, complaining teachers you’re trying to sell.

Eh it doesn't look great. Entitled and disconnected from the rest of the world where everyone has been expected to go to work on time all week. And had one day off for the last snow storm (if they didn't telework on the first day), not 3.

Well, I took a look at just 2 of those profiles. Neither were teachers, even though the PP claimed they are. So it’s nothing other than a smear campaign.

So you can attribute those statements to parents, members of the MoCo community, etc.

But I'm glad you recognize those are awful statements to make about school opening on time and seem to agree they reflect poorly on teachers.

So should we also agree that many comments on that site reflect poorly on parents? Let’s hold all parents accountable for those comments, too.

Or we can relax and NOT judge entire communities for the words of individuals. I give that respect and I wish others would, as well.

LOL didn't you (or a PP) literally JUST try to blame the teachers' comments on a smear campaign by parents? GTFOOH.

Go back and check. I never blamed it on parents, just the PP.

So my point stands.