What about this Friday?

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The county apparently has given up. They're cancelling the snow emergency and "plowing operations will wind down overnight". So I guess they just want us to wait until spring?

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Anonymous wrote:Childcare providers should be allowed to open tomorrow, if they can. Next week, maybe pivot to virtual school. This isn't looking good around here. And normally I think the decisions are ridiculous to close but no way a bus could come in my neighborhood. My car barely gets in/out. I don't see that changing any time soon. This ice is really unusual.

They cannot pivot to virtual school, because the state requires a plan to have been approved by the BOE, with a public comment period. I hope they get their act together and get a plan approved next year. Even if they don't use it for one or two days off, it would be good to use it for extended closures. But they can't do that without an approved plan.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I would prefer the county to close Friday and start fresh next week.

Me too. Half of the kids and teachers won’t show up tomorrow. They should start on Monday on time and it is what it is

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Anonymous wrote:If some schools are still not plowed, how is it equitable to have childcare open for some schools?

Child care providers operating are not part of the 180 days of FAPE. MCPS should allow child care providers to determine whether they can open in different schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Childcare providers should be allowed to open tomorrow, if they can. Next week, maybe pivot to virtual school. This isn't looking good around here. And normally I think the decisions are ridiculous to close but no way a bus could come in my neighborhood. My car barely gets in/out. I don't see that changing any time soon. This ice is really unusual.

They cannot pivot to virtual school, because the state requires a plan to have been approved by the BOE, with a public comment period. I hope they get their act together and get a plan approved next year. Even if they don't use it for one or two days off, it would be good to use it for extended closures. But they can't do that without an approved plan.

What plan do they want? Teachers should just log in, say hi to the kids, show up to 10-15 slides max of new content or review material and do a canvas assignment. What else can you do? Make the classes 30 minutes each with an hour break for lunch. Assign some light hw. And yes I’m a teacher. Education folk love making things overly complicated

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Anonymous wrote:Childcare providers should be allowed to open tomorrow, if they can. Next week, maybe pivot to virtual school. This isn't looking good around here. And normally I think the decisions are ridiculous to close but no way a bus could come in my neighborhood. My car barely gets in/out. I don't see that changing any time soon. This ice is really unusual.

They cannot pivot to virtual school, because the state requires a plan to have been approved by the BOE, with a public comment period. I hope they get their act together and get a plan approved next year. Even if they don't use it for one or two days off, it would be good to use it for extended closures. But they can't do that without an approved plan.

What plan do they want? Teachers should just log in, say hi to the kids, show up to 10-15 slides max of new content or review material and do a canvas assignment. What else can you do? Make the classes 30 minutes each with an hour break for lunch. Assign some light hw. And yes I’m a teacher. Education folk love making things overly complicated

Find out what Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties did.

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Anonymous wrote:Even Charles county is closed tomorrow. Mcps is not opening. I bet we won’t open til Tuesday.

What will make Tuesday different from Monday?

Tuesday is the first day it’s above freezing.

Sounds like we should give Friday through Tuesday to finish clearing.

Why Tuesday? Why not wait until we can see grass again? You people are ridiculous. If schools aren't open Monday, it's a colossal failure.

I’d rather MCPS be a colossal failure in the eyes of some random internet poster than unnecessarily risk the safety of children by asking them to climb 3 foot ice barriers to cross streets.

Governments are supposed to help keep us safe. Not just provide free child care at all cost.

They should keep us safe by clearing away the snow and ice in a timely manner. Giving them through Tuesday is 9 full days of clearing. That's absurd and an immense failure. We should demand more from the government we pay taxes to.

You probably live in Russia.

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Anonymous wrote:Even Charles county is closed tomorrow. Mcps is not opening. I bet we won’t open til Tuesday.

What will make Tuesday different from Monday?

Tuesday is the first day it’s above freezing.

Sounds like we should give Friday through Tuesday to finish clearing.

Why Tuesday? Why not wait until we can see grass again? You people are ridiculous. If schools aren't open Monday, it's a colossal failure.

I’d rather MCPS be a colossal failure in the eyes of some random internet poster than unnecessarily risk the safety of children by asking them to climb 3 foot ice barriers to cross streets.

Governments are supposed to help keep us safe. Not just provide free child care at all cost.

They should keep us safe by clearing away the snow and ice in a timely manner. Giving them through Tuesday is 9 full days of clearing. That's absurd and an immense failure. We should demand more from the government we pay taxes to.

You probably live in Russia.

Great response. Clearly you have no critical thinking skills

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Anonymous wrote:Even Charles county is closed tomorrow. Mcps is not opening. I bet we won’t open til Tuesday.

What will make Tuesday different from Monday?

Tuesday is the first day it’s above freezing.

Sounds like we should give Friday through Tuesday to finish clearing.

Why Tuesday? Why not wait until we can see grass again? You people are ridiculous. If schools aren't open Monday, it's a colossal failure.

I’d rather MCPS be a colossal failure in the eyes of some random internet poster than unnecessarily risk the safety of children by asking them to climb 3 foot ice barriers to cross streets.

Governments are supposed to help keep us safe. Not just provide free child care at all cost.

They should keep us safe by clearing away the snow and ice in a timely manner. Giving them through Tuesday is 9 full days of clearing. That's absurd and an immense failure. We should demand more from the government we pay taxes to.

Apparently we don’t pay enough in taxes for them to appropriately budget for a once a decade weather event. We should pay more

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Anonymous wrote:Childcare providers should be allowed to open tomorrow, if they can. Next week, maybe pivot to virtual school. This isn't looking good around here. And normally I think the decisions are ridiculous to close but no way a bus could come in my neighborhood. My car barely gets in/out. I don't see that changing any time soon. This ice is really unusual.

They cannot pivot to virtual school, because the state requires a plan to have been approved by the BOE, with a public comment period. I hope they get their act together and get a plan approved next year. Even if they don't use it for one or two days off, it would be good to use it for extended closures. But they can't do that without an approved plan.

What plan do they want? Teachers should just log in, say hi to the kids, show up to 10-15 slides max of new content or review material and do a canvas assignment. What else can you do? Make the classes 30 minutes each with an hour break for lunch. Assign some light hw. And yes I’m a teacher. Education folk love making things overly complicated

Your plan was not going to survive the public comment period in this county. Go back and look at comments in 2020-2021.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I would prefer the county to close Friday and start fresh next week.

As long as sunday events are able to be held

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Anonymous wrote:Childcare providers should be allowed to open tomorrow, if they can. Next week, maybe pivot to virtual school. This isn't looking good around here. And normally I think the decisions are ridiculous to close but no way a bus could come in my neighborhood. My car barely gets in/out. I don't see that changing any time soon. This ice is really unusual.

They cannot pivot to virtual school, because the state requires a plan to have been approved by the BOE, with a public comment period. I hope they get their act together and get a plan approved next year. Even if they don't use it for one or two days off, it would be good to use it for extended closures. But they can't do that without an approved plan.

What plan do they want? Teachers should just log in, say hi to the kids, show up to 10-15 slides max of new content or review material and do a canvas assignment. What else can you do? Make the classes 30 minutes each with an hour break for lunch. Assign some light hw. And yes I’m a teacher. Education folk love making things overly complicated

As an example, here is the Garrett County approved plan for this year.

https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5542/Gcps/336f867a-9c52-46b4-b516-4fdfb3250c5d/GCPS_Virtual_Day_Plan_2025-2026.pdf?disposition=inline

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We taught virtual for two weeks at my old school in a different district because the air conditioner fell through the roof. I liked it but then again it was no nonsense. We had scheduled zoom times and if i noticed a camera turned off i assigned the kid a zero and booted them from the zoom. If we are going to work from home its going to be just like in the classroom. Have a feeling parents here would flip out

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Anonymous wrote:Childcare providers should be allowed to open tomorrow, if they can. Next week, maybe pivot to virtual school. This isn't looking good around here. And normally I think the decisions are ridiculous to close but no way a bus could come in my neighborhood. My car barely gets in/out. I don't see that changing any time soon. This ice is really unusual.

They cannot pivot to virtual school, because the state requires a plan to have been approved by the BOE, with a public comment period. I hope they get their act together and get a plan approved next year. Even if they don't use it for one or two days off, it would be good to use it for extended closures. But they can't do that without an approved plan.

What plan do they want? Teachers should just log in, say hi to the kids, show up to 10-15 slides max of new content or review material and do a canvas assignment. What else can you do? Make the classes 30 minutes each with an hour break for lunch. Assign some light hw. And yes I’m a teacher. Education folk love making things overly complicated

As an example, here is the Garrett County approved plan for this year.

https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5542/Gcps/336f867a-9c52-46b4-b516-4fdfb3250c5d/GCPS_Virtual_Day_Plan_2025-2026.pdf?disposition=inline

Which, btw, includes the following: There will be an opportunity for public comment from September 10-September 26, 2025.

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Anonymous wrote:Childcare providers should be allowed to open tomorrow, if they can. Next week, maybe pivot to virtual school. This isn't looking good around here. And normally I think the decisions are ridiculous to close but no way a bus could come in my neighborhood. My car barely gets in/out. I don't see that changing any time soon. This ice is really unusual.

They cannot pivot to virtual school, because the state requires a plan to have been approved by the BOE, with a public comment period. I hope they get their act together and get a plan approved next year. Even if they don't use it for one or two days off, it would be good to use it for extended closures. But they can't do that without an approved plan.

What plan do they want? Teachers should just log in, say hi to the kids, show up to 10-15 slides max of new content or review material and do a canvas assignment. What else can you do? Make the classes 30 minutes each with an hour break for lunch. Assign some light hw. And yes I’m a teacher. Education folk love making things overly complicated

As an example, here is the Garrett County approved plan for this year.

https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/5542/Gcps/336f867a-9c52-46b4-b516-4fdfb3250c5d/GCPS_Virtual_Day_Plan_2025-2026.pdf?disposition=inline

Interesting that this very snowy county only allots for three days of closure.