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Anonymous wrote:The buses can't start in 12 degree weather, folks! Sorry of thia was already repeated in the earlier threads. It's becoming monotonous and draining to keep having these same conversations everytime there is a grain of precipitation on the ground or a middle finger length of uncertainty in daily school operations. #my2cents

No one cares about the buses except parents of kids standing around in 18 degrees. The ones who don't understand why schools can't start on time bought their 2026 SUV with a red bow and they were looking to show it off at Larax's school tomorrow before heading to work. Now they can't show off the new toy because Larlax will walk to school while they are at work already.

You know schools start on-time in other parts of the country at much colder temperatures, right? The buses start, the kids don't freeze to death, and the parents don't have the kind of jobs to buy a fancy SUV (not that they help much with the snow or cold anyway).

Vehicles in places where it get super cold are built differently. They have additives in their gas, different oil and devices that keep the battery warm. I grew up in Canada and we plugged the electric blanket on the battery in our car in every night in the winter.

Plus there can be other features, like covered parking, or even indoor parking for buses, and systems that let buses remote start.

I'm not saying that 12 is the cut off, but there are definitely factors that go into whether the bus starts.

You aren't saying anything but nonsense as far as MCPS is concerned. The buses will be just fine in the morning.

Its freezing, which can mean black ice. Some of the busses don't start easily, especially the electric ones and bus drivers have to go super early and what about their safety to warm up the busses to even get them to run.

Have you ever had a job? Sometimes employees have to report earlier than usual to get the job done.

If WMATA, RideOn and other bus drivers can get to work, so can MCPS drivers.

Those are not school buses. They handle differently. I watched non-MCPS school buses struggle while WMATA soldiered on.

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Except most teens don't bring heavy coats and gloves to school as they have to carry them all day and no lockers.

If you make stupid choices you'll be cold.

That's your best answer. So you want kids walking in the dark when it's below freezing, even with coats on with no sidewalks and busy roads where students have been killed. The let my kids sleep in parents should be happy. Kids walk 1-2 miles to school, sometimes more.

Yes, I want to raise kids who can handle a little walk when it's cold and dark. If only so they don't grow up to be worthless whiners like you.

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Anonymous wrote:The buses can't start in 12 degree weather, folks! Sorry of thia was already repeated in the earlier threads. It's becoming monotonous and draining to keep having these same conversations everytime there is a grain of precipitation on the ground or a middle finger length of uncertainty in daily school operations. #my2cents

No one cares about the buses except parents of kids standing around in 18 degrees. The ones who don't understand why schools can't start on time bought their 2026 SUV with a red bow and they were looking to show it off at Larax's school tomorrow before heading to work. Now they can't show off the new toy because Larlax will walk to school while they are at work already.

You know schools start on-time in other parts of the country at much colder temperatures, right? The buses start, the kids don't freeze to death, and the parents don't have the kind of jobs to buy a fancy SUV (not that they help much with the snow or cold anyway).

Vehicles in places where it get super cold are built differently. They have additives in their gas, different oil and devices that keep the battery warm. I grew up in Canada and we plugged the electric blanket on the battery in our car in every night in the winter.

Plus there can be other features, like covered parking, or even indoor parking for buses, and systems that let buses remote start.

I'm not saying that 12 is the cut off, but there are definitely factors that go into whether the bus starts.

You aren't saying anything but nonsense as far as MCPS is concerned. The buses will be just fine in the morning.

Its freezing, which can mean black ice. Some of the busses don't start easily, especially the electric ones and bus drivers have to go super early and what about their safety to warm up the busses to even get them to run.

Have you ever had a job? Sometimes employees have to report earlier than usual to get the job done.

If WMATA, RideOn and other bus drivers can get to work, so can MCPS drivers.

Why don't you do one of those jobs instead of being comfortable in your house?

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Anonymous wrote:The buses can't start in 12 degree weather, folks! Sorry of thia was already repeated in the earlier threads. It's becoming monotonous and draining to keep having these same conversations everytime there is a grain of precipitation on the ground or a middle finger length of uncertainty in daily school operations. #my2cents

No one cares about the buses except parents of kids standing around in 18 degrees. The ones who don't understand why schools can't start on time bought their 2026 SUV with a red bow and they were looking to show it off at Larax's school tomorrow before heading to work. Now they can't show off the new toy because Larlax will walk to school while they are at work already.

You know schools start on-time in other parts of the country at much colder temperatures, right? The buses start, the kids don't freeze to death, and the parents don't have the kind of jobs to buy a fancy SUV (not that they help much with the snow or cold anyway).

Vehicles in places where it get super cold are built differently. They have additives in their gas, different oil and devices that keep the battery warm. I grew up in Canada and we plugged the electric blanket on the battery in our car in every night in the winter.

Plus there can be other features, like covered parking, or even indoor parking for buses, and systems that let buses remote start.

I'm not saying that 12 is the cut off, but there are definitely factors that go into whether the bus starts.

You aren't saying anything but nonsense as far as MCPS is concerned. The buses will be just fine in the morning.

Its freezing, which can mean black ice. Some of the busses don't start easily, especially the electric ones and bus drivers have to go super early and what about their safety to warm up the busses to even get them to run.

There can be ice whenever it is below freezing. There isn't much on roads today, but sure, there's some. Surely you agree it would be unreasonable to close schools anytime it is below freezing.

And no, it wasn't cold enough to create problems with buses. Nor did the delay lead to warmer temperatures when they got the buses ready.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop replying to trolls. Just report the posts. 🙄

The delay is to give building services time to reapply ice melt on areas that melted today and refrozen. They also want it to be light outside so people can see what they are walking on. I know of two people seriously injured slipping on ice outside of school buildings. The delay helps minimize that risk.

I doubt they were "seriously injured." Maybe a broken arm, but even they they hopefully got a neurological workup to check for problems affecting their balance. And likely they weren't wearing appropriate shoes. You can hurt a lot of different ways when you make bad choices.

We didn't get enough snow for it to take long to clear. They worked today. That should have been enough. They didn't need a delay to do some clean-up in the morning. If they did a decent job today, there won't be anything to do. It didn't get warm enough today to melt the snow, even in the sun.

One person severely broke their ankle and was out for six months after surgery putting in pins. The other had a severe concussion-out for a couple of months. Serious enough for you? Black ice in the dark is no joke.

Things that never happened for $200, Alex.

Next time at least stick within the right order of magnitude for recovery of the issues you reference.

[Anonymous]

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Except most teens don't bring heavy coats and gloves to school as they have to carry them all day and no lockers.

If you make stupid choices you'll be cold.

That's your best answer. So you want kids walking in the dark when it's below freezing, even with coats on with no sidewalks and busy roads where students have been killed. The let my kids sleep in parents should be happy. Kids walk 1-2 miles to school, sometimes more.

Kids are killed from speed, not snow. Notice how those deaths didn't occur when there was snow.

If snow and below-freezing temperatures are that frightening to you, you should move further south. They're a normal part of winter here.

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Anonymous wrote:The roads are fine. This is ridiculous.

Glad all is good where you are, but we got nearly 5 inches in Damascus. And while the main streets are pretty good, there are neighborhood streets that are a mess. There were already plenty of icy spots this afternoon, we'll before the sun went down. This area was a hot mess with buses sliding around on the day of no delay. We don't need a repeat of that tomorrow.

I live off Sweepstakes. You're exaggerating the quantity of snow and the conditions of the roads. I didn't see any unplowed roads this afternoon when I was out. And the ones that were unplowed in the morning were fine to drive on slowly.

It was widely reported how much snow Damascus got, so it's kind of weird to say the quantity was an exaggeration. And given that many Damascus cluster schools are closing for the day, I'd say it also wasn't much of an exaggeration to say that we were dealing with icier conditions.

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Anonymous wrote:The buses can't start in 12 degree weather, folks! Sorry of thia was already repeated in the earlier threads. It's becoming monotonous and draining to keep having these same conversations everytime there is a grain of precipitation on the ground or a middle finger length of uncertainty in daily school operations. #my2cents

No one cares about the buses except parents of kids standing around in 18 degrees. The ones who don't understand why schools can't start on time bought their 2026 SUV with a red bow and they were looking to show it off at Larax's school tomorrow before heading to work. Now they can't show off the new toy because Larlax will walk to school while they are at work already.

You know schools start on-time in other parts of the country at much colder temperatures, right? The buses start, the kids don't freeze to death, and the parents don't have the kind of jobs to buy a fancy SUV (not that they help much with the snow or cold anyway).

Vehicles in places where it get super cold are built differently. They have additives in their gas, different oil and devices that keep the battery warm. I grew up in Canada and we plugged the electric blanket on the battery in our car in every night in the winter.

Plus there can be other features, like covered parking, or even indoor parking for buses, and systems that let buses remote start.

I'm not saying that 12 is the cut off, but there are definitely factors that go into whether the bus starts.

You aren't saying anything but nonsense as far as MCPS is concerned. The buses will be just fine in the morning.

Its freezing, which can mean black ice. Some of the busses don't start easily, especially the electric ones and bus drivers have to go super early and what about their safety to warm up the busses to even get them to run.

Have you ever had a job? Sometimes employees have to report earlier than usual to get the job done.

If WMATA, RideOn and other bus drivers can get to work, so can MCPS drivers.

Those are not school buses. They handle differently. I watched non-MCPS school buses struggle while WMATA soldiered on.

Might've been the bus driver and not the bus that made the difference.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a 2 hour delay-not the end of the world. I'd much rather be safe than sorry in situations like this, but it's pretty clear that many of you don't prioritize that.

There's nothing wrong with prioritizing education. Kids also learn that small inconveniences br overcome, which is valuable.

No child of mine is going to learn to be careful in the winter!!! I want them cowering inside in fear of frozen water, according to our longstanding family values.

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MCPS parents are insufferable.

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Wait, so they didn't close after all? What?!

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Anonymous wrote:Stop replying to trolls. Just report the posts. 🙄

The delay is to give building services time to reapply ice melt on areas that melted today and refrozen. They also want it to be light outside so people can see what they are walking on. I know of two people seriously injured slipping on ice outside of school buildings. The delay helps minimize that risk.

I doubt they were "seriously injured." Maybe a broken arm, but even they they hopefully got a neurological workup to check for problems affecting their balance. And likely they weren't wearing appropriate shoes. You can hurt a lot of different ways when you make bad choices.

We didn't get enough snow for it to take long to clear. They worked today. That should have been enough. They didn't need a delay to do some clean-up in the morning. If they did a decent job today, there won't be anything to do. It didn't get warm enough today to melt the snow, even in the sun.

One person severely broke their ankle and was out for six months after surgery putting in pins. The other had a severe concussion-out for a couple of months. Serious enough for you? Black ice in the dark is no joke.

Things that never happened for $200, Alex.

Next time at least stick within the right order of magnitude for recovery of the issues you reference.

Black ice is really dangerous, especially when you cannot see it. HS kids can walk around 2 miles to school without sidewalks and busy roads.

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Except most teens don't bring heavy coats and gloves to school as they have to carry them all day and no lockers.

If you make stupid choices you'll be cold.

That's your best answer. So you want kids walking in the dark when it's below freezing, even with coats on with no sidewalks and busy roads where students have been killed. The let my kids sleep in parents should be happy. Kids walk 1-2 miles to school, sometimes more.

Kids are killed from speed, not snow. Notice how those deaths didn't occur when there was snow.

If snow and below-freezing temperatures are that frightening to you, you should move further south. They're a normal part of winter here.

If cars skid on black ice, and kids walking in the streets, they can be killed. Kids also can have issues walking two+ miles in freezing weather. Let me guess, your kids get bus service right outside your door.

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Except most teens don't bring heavy coats and gloves to school as they have to carry them all day and no lockers.

If you make stupid choices you'll be cold.

That's your best answer. So you want kids walking in the dark when it's below freezing, even with coats on with no sidewalks and busy roads where students have been killed. The let my kids sleep in parents should be happy. Kids walk 1-2 miles to school, sometimes more.

Kids are killed from speed, not snow. Notice how those deaths didn't occur when there was snow.

If snow and below-freezing temperatures are that frightening to you, you should move further south. They're a normal part of winter here.

If cars skid on black ice, and kids walking in the streets, they can be killed. Kids also can have issues walking two+ miles in freezing weather. Let me guess, your kids get bus service right outside your door.

No in MCPS gets that, do they? I've never had a kid who did.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop replying to trolls. Just report the posts. 🙄

The delay is to give building services time to reapply ice melt on areas that melted today and refrozen. They also want it to be light outside so people can see what they are walking on. I know of two people seriously injured slipping on ice outside of school buildings. The delay helps minimize that risk.

I doubt they were "seriously injured." Maybe a broken arm, but even they they hopefully got a neurological workup to check for problems affecting their balance. And likely they weren't wearing appropriate shoes. You can hurt a lot of different ways when you make bad choices.

We didn't get enough snow for it to take long to clear. They worked today. That should have been enough. They didn't need a delay to do some clean-up in the morning. If they did a decent job today, there won't be anything to do. It didn't get warm enough today to melt the snow, even in the sun.

One person severely broke their ankle and was out for six months after surgery putting in pins. The other had a severe concussion-out for a couple of months. Serious enough for you? Black ice in the dark is no joke.

Things that never happened for $200, Alex.

Next time at least stick within the right order of magnitude for recovery of the issues you reference.

Black ice is really dangerous, especially when you cannot see it. HS kids can walk around 2 miles to school without sidewalks and busy roads.

If there are no sidewalks, then you don't need to worry about slipping on ice. You're not going to slip when walking in the snow on the lawns.

You really need to work on your problem solving abilities.