What about Tuesday?

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Anonymous wrote:They are waiting for PCGPS to know if they will be completely surrounded by jurisdictions that are opening tomorrow or just 80% surrounded by jurisdictions that are opening tomorrow to figure out how many paragraphs of justification they have to write

Oh goody. Will they blame the people of MoCo for not shoveling adequately again? Because it's obvious that no school district anywhere can open if there's ice on a single sidewalk.

Yes the blame shifting did not escape me in yesterday's message. Way to get the parents on your side, MCPS-

MCPS has the school district personality of a lazy, surly teenager. Doesn't include more than 1 snow day in the calendar. Refuses to do the virtual learning plan for emergency weather that it said it would do in 2024. And then blames the MoCo community for inadequately shoveling.

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Anonymous wrote:What MCPS should do is accept responsibility and acknowledge they mismanaged expectations, the situations, and failed kids AND their parents. An apology will go down better than language like the one from yesterday, where they had to send another message clarifying what their first message meant. MCPS, admit it, own it.

Shame on you. You Mad Mommies of MoCo are really insane.

If even one child's life was spared because of today's decision, it was worth it.

You lunatic. It's only school. They can make it up.

Go take your meds and stay off DCUM.

No. YOU get off. Adults are talking. Stop being such a ridiculous Mad Mommy of MoCo.

[Anonymous]

It's nuts that MCPS hasn't announced anything yet. I get that it's probably that they want to open but don't feel confident it's safe yet, but at least send out a darn email at 2 or 3 saying "we'll let you know sometime this evening" rather than us expecting something at 3-4 and still waiting.

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Anonymous wrote:What would be the purpose of a two hour delay?

Because everyone knows our children will all die if their feet touch an icy sidewalk and it will make MCPS feel better about being forced to open when it would rather stay closed til mid-March.

Mad Mommy of MoCo is Big Mad. And a total rancid twat, as usual. Mad Mommy of MoCo hates children.

Yes, anyone who wants to open schools 7 days after a storm while it's bright and sunny day hates children and wants them dead from a falling icicle to the head. All the school districts in the area that operated today--DCPS, ACPS, HoCo, Baltimore, Falls Church, Loudoun County, Alexandria-- they are full of parents who hate their children so much they made them attend school!

FCPS opens tomorrow. It too hates all children. EVERYONE hates children except for MCPS.

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Open and on time Tuesday.

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Anonymous wrote:I have also seen no plows out today, which really surprised me. We were in Bethesda and Germantown. There were major intersections in both that needed more snow removal.

Today was the ideal time too since it warmed up some and stuff softened. I spent an hour improving our driveway this afternoon. Tomorrow is another potential opportunity before the temps go back down.

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Anonymous wrote:I have also seen no plows out today, which really surprised me. We were in Bethesda and Germantown. There were major intersections in both that needed more snow removal.

Not surprised at all. As far as I know, there is no dialogue about snow removal services between the County and the MCPS Central Office, which there should be. For the county, standards of snow removal have been met. For the school, they haven't. It's on the school system to demand additional assistance from the county, and apparently, they either have not done so, or have not been able to access them. More transparency is needed in their dealings. I suspect neither wants the extra snow removal to come from their budget!

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Seems like open on time right?

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Anonymous wrote:It's nuts that MCPS hasn't announced anything yet. I get that it's probably that they want to open but don't feel confident it's safe yet, but at least send out a darn email at 2 or 3 saying "we'll let you know sometime this evening" rather than us expecting something at 3-4 and still waiting.

Hoisted on their own petard with their gung-ho messaging from yesterday. They want to close, but they can't because all the other schools are opening.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like open on time right?

No. Delay or closure.

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Anonymous wrote:No news at 4pm means high chance to be opened tomorrow tuesday?

I actually think it means this wasn’t straightforward.

I think it means they are making their decision based on what neighboring jurisdictions decide. I think Fairfax just announced 2 hour delay. PGCPS has not yet announced.

FCPS announced hours ago.

Yes they're open tomorrow with a 2 hr delay. It's going to be embarassing if MCPS is closed tomorrow. Eight days after a storm. Smh.

Odds are for a delayed opening for MCPS. But they're trying to come up with ways to justify it - that's what taking all that time. The about-face!

The message yesterday was so shocking to me: I thought they were really boxing themselves in. What idiots. At some point this week they will need to open, and the conditions will still be the same.

People will just be happy to see them open. They'll largely ignore justifying why they closed today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like open on time right?

So announcement means open on time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's nuts that MCPS hasn't announced anything yet. I get that it's probably that they want to open but don't feel confident it's safe yet, but at least send out a darn email at 2 or 3 saying "we'll let you know sometime this evening" rather than us expecting something at 3-4 and still waiting.

It doesn’t take a lot of guts to say that they’re monitoring the situation, and hoping to start on time, but will make a final decision by [time]. Or that they’re hoping for a two hour delayed opening, but will make a final decision by [time]. Taking this long to say anything makes me think they’re seriously contemplating staying closed.

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Anonymous wrote:It's nuts that MCPS hasn't announced anything yet. I get that it's probably that they want to open but don't feel confident it's safe yet, but at least send out a darn email at 2 or 3 saying "we'll let you know sometime this evening" rather than us expecting something at 3-4 and still waiting.

Hoisted on their own petard with their gung-ho messaging from yesterday. They want to close, but they can't because all the other schools are opening.

Ya think? Fairfax County announced it was open tomorrow hours ago.

Updated list from Washington Post for openings Monday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026...virginia-snow-storm/
Alexandria City Public Schools: Virtual learning
Anne Arundel County Public Schools: Two-hour delay Monday and Tuesday
Arlington County Public Schools: Closed; two-hour delay Tuesday
Calvert County Public Schools: Two-hour delay
Charles County Public Schools: Two-hour delay
Culpeper County Public Schools: Two-hour delay
D.C. Public Schools: Two-hour delay
D.C. public charter schools: Statuses vary, are being tracked here
Fairfax County Public Schools: Closed; 12-month employees to report on time
Falls Church City Public Schools: Two-hour delay
Fauquier County Public Schools: Closed
Howard County Public Schools: Two-hour delay Monday and Tuesday
Loudoun County Public Schools: Two-hour delay
Montgomery County Public Schools: Closed
Pr. George’s County Public Schools: Closed; code blue for employees (initially announced a two-hour delay)
Prince William County Public Schools: Closed
Spotsylvania County Public Schools: Remote learning Monday and Tuesday; 12-month employees to report on time
Stafford County Public Schools: Closed
Manassas City Public Schools won’t hold classes because of a previously-scheduled professional development day for employees. Public school districts in Carroll and Frederick (Md.) counties will operate on a normal schedule.


https://www.wmar2news.com/local/school-closur...or-monday-february-2
Here's a list of what school districts are doing on Monday, February 2:

Anne Arundel Co. Public Schools: Delayed 2 hours Monday and Tuesday, Feb 3.
Baltimore City Public Schools: Yellow bus service may be delayed on Monday, February 2, 2026 due to snow and icy road conditions, particularly on smaller side streets.
Baltimore County Public Schools: Opening 2 hours late Monday, Feb 2
Caroline Co. Public Schools: Opening 2 hours late Monday, Feb 2
Howard County Public Schools: Delayed 2 hours on Monday and Tuesday, February 3.
Montgomery County Public Schools: Closed Monday Feb 2
Talbot County Public Schools: Opening 2 hours late Monday, Feb 2

[Anonymous]

I don’t think no announcement is news. If they are on time, they will announce that. I personally don’t see that being the outcome.