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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.

I guess, in the same way that lightning could strike a kid walking outside, but neither happens. I'd be more worried about that when it's raining, since visibility can be impacted. It isn't a rational fear in today's conditions.

[Anonymous]

Hallie Wells is closed.

[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.

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.

I guess, in the same way that lightning could strike a kid walking outside, but neither happens. I'd be more worried about that when it's raining, since visibility can be impacted. It isn't a rational fear in today's conditions.

It is rational and common sense. My kids bus was 25 minutes late today.

[Anonymous]

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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.

No one walks on lawns. No room. They walk on the streets.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know what this means for MAP testing? My kid has MAPm on the calendar today.

[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.

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.

I guess, in the same way that lightning could strike a kid walking outside, but neither happens. I'd be more worried about that when it's raining, since visibility can be impacted. It isn't a rational fear in today's conditions.

It is rational and common sense. My kids bus was 25 minutes late today.

Oh, the humanity!

[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.

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.

I guess, in the same way that lightning could strike a kid walking outside, but neither happens. I'd be more worried about that when it's raining, since visibility can be impacted. It isn't a rational fear in today's conditions.

It is rational and common sense. My kids bus was 25 minutes late today.

Oh, the humanity!

Last snowy day when MCPS opened on time my child’s bus just didn’t come at all. And we got an email that it wouldn’t be coming 30 minutes after school started.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what this means for MAP testing? My kid has MAPm on the calendar today.

WHO CARES??? Your kid's school will figure out and let families know the updated plan. Of all the things, you are concerned about that???

[Anonymous]

It's slippery out there people. This was the wrong decision. It did NOT melt at 17 degrees!!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what this means for MAP testing? My kid has MAPm on the calendar today.

WHO CARES??? Your kid's school will figure out and let families know the updated plan. Of all the things, you are concerned about that???

Yeah PP, you are supposed to care about your kid's education enough to quietly compensate for MCPS's failures at home, but you should never ask questions of MCPS. They have enough to do without dealing with pesky parents that want to know things. s/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's slippery out there people. This was the wrong decision. It did NOT melt at 17 degrees!!!!

A+ trolling. Would read again.

[Anonymous]

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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.

No one walks on lawns. No room. They walk on the streets.

Side streets are generally fine, too, but if you're scared of that there's certainly "room" on the lawns and right-of-ways

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

I guess, in the same way that lightning could strike a kid walking outside, but neither happens. I'd be more worried about that when it's raining, since visibility can be impacted. It isn't a rational fear in today's conditions.

It is rational and common sense. My kids bus was 25 minutes late today.

Oh, the humanity!

Last snowy day when MCPS opened on time my child’s bus just didn’t come at all. And we got an email that it wouldn’t be coming 30 minutes after school started.

And? We've had late or entirely absent buses on warm fall/spring days, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hallie Wells is closed.

The principal and CO really dropped the ball there. They had a full day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hallie Wells is closed.

As is Damascus. Taylor and company trying to shake things up with a few closures here and there. Will these schools be making up an extra day in June??