MCPS closing/delaying on Monday?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amending my previous prediction for Monday and Tuesday called as snow days to include a Wednesday delay due to frostbite and 20 below temps.


A Cold Emergency Alert has been issued from 12 am Mon, 1/6 to 9 am Wed, 1/8. With wind chill values to be below 20 degrees and frostbite on exposed skin within 30 minutes and/or hypothermia.

It's not going to be -20F. I don't know where you got that idea. It will be upper teens.

Not the pp, but I think they meant less than 20 degrees, not -20 degrees.

[Anonymous]

Closed tomorrow, on the website.

[Anonymous]

Didn’t MCPS close for like 2.5 days for 3 inches last year?!?

And they closed for over a week with 12 inches.

Plan on being off for 3 days and probably delays for re-freezing and cold on Wed/Thurs

[Anonymous]

Thankful they made the call now. But I will laugh so hard if we end up in the inevitable snow hole

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amending my previous prediction for Monday and Tuesday called as snow days to include a Wednesday delay due to frostbite and 20 below temps.


A Cold Emergency Alert has been issued from 12 am Mon, 1/6 to 9 am Wed, 1/8. With wind chill values to be below 20 degrees and frostbite on exposed skin within 30 minutes and/or hypothermia.

It's not going to be -20F. I don't know where you got that idea. It will be upper teens.

Not the pp, but I think they meant less than 20 degrees, not -20 degrees.

Are you sure? Why would they close for temperatures just under 20 degrees?

I think they misheard the news reports thought "under 20F" meant "20F below [zero]."

[Anonymous]

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".

They have much less litigious parents.

If you want to normalize going to school with “good enough” snow clearance, you have to first normalize not threatening to sue MCPS over everything.

It’s not an issue of litigious parents. The issue is that in areas where they have feet of snow over many storms over a third or more of the year, it makes sense to invest in snow removal. For us, where we experience inconvenience a couple of times a year, it is appropriate to target resources to real issues, needs and problems.

[Anonymous]

surprised we haven't received the official text message/email yet.

[Anonymous]

There's even a video from MCPS about the snow day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouFWoOTwBag

[Anonymous]

Anyone get text alerts yet? I know it’s in the web and there is a cheesy video but I wanna make sure their emergency alert systems are functioning.

[Anonymous]

The text is out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone get text alerts yet? I know it’s in the web and there is a cheesy video but I wanna make sure their emergency alert systems are functioning.

Give it a few minutes. They posted it at 1630!

[Anonymous]

Alert MCPS - Code Red for Mon. January 6, 2025 - Schools and Offices Closed - Announcement Video https://mcpsmd.info/SnowDay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone get text alerts yet? I know it’s in the web and there is a cheesy video but I wanna make sure their emergency alert systems are functioning.

Give it a few minutes. They posted it at 1630!

And as I was posting, I got the text.

[Anonymous]

Haven’t gotten anything (text, Remind, email). And we usually get everything.

[Anonymous]

Just got he alert - SNOW DAY! https://mcpsmd.info/SnowDay