School delayed and no sports or activities for 3 days straight just for cold weather?!?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Man, I just don't understand this fury if your family is safe and comfortable. Snow days? Late start? Cancellations? Bring it on! More time to relax at home or sleep in a little. There's plenty of school when school is in session. The extracurriculars will survive and so will the learning and so will the students.

The concern in weather upheavals should be the families in genuine need, either because they lack important resources, have SN kids who need their programs, or have jobs that provide critical support for others. Everyone else should just let this ride.

Some of us are dual working parents with full time jobs and kids young enough that these closures screw us up at work. It’s ok once in a while, but on the heels of the holiday break and snow days, it’s excessive and both me and my partner’s colleagues and bosses have little patience when we continually are not able to work due to school closures. Not everyone has a SAHP, or local family, or a nanny to just fill in the gaps.

I mean, are your work bosses and colleagues actually expressing impatience? Maybe they are. But I think in a lot of cases people are just anxious that they’re being judged when really the work colleagues are normal humans who are understanding and compassionate that these things come up.

I'm not anxious I'm being judged. I'm stressed I have work to do and seem to have less and less time to do it, all because MCPS administrators despise working parents.

Not just the administrators. The BoE has been pretty clear on that, too.

[Anonymous]

Where did they find these parents? Where are these transplants coming from?

[Anonymous]

So definitely no after school sports tomorrow and Thursday too?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Man, I just don't understand this fury if your family is safe and comfortable. Snow days? Late start? Cancellations? Bring it on! More time to relax at home or sleep in a little. There's plenty of school when school is in session. The extracurriculars will survive and so will the learning and so will the students.

The concern in weather upheavals should be the families in genuine need, either because they lack important resources, have SN kids who need their programs, or have jobs that provide critical support for others. Everyone else should just let this ride.

And what would you say to families with two parents that work out of the home with minimal flexibility and who have kids with special needs?

F you?

Yep. Just like during covid

[Anonymous]

This is insane. Clearly the Union is calling the shots.

[Anonymous]

Not sure why offices are open two hours later too…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has MCPS canceled the day off on 1/29 yet? Clearly teachers could have used the 3 days of closure for snow and the 8 hours across 4 days of 2 hour delays to get their grading completed.

No word on that yet. Yes, some of the grading can be done. However, there are still pending assignments and tests to be taken. You actually want teachers, especially High School teachers, to have time at the end of the semester to grade thoughtfully before submitting grades. So the 1/29 isn’t as simple as it seems.
(of course, I’m just a stupid, lazy teacher so I probably have no idea what i’m talking about.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Man, I just don't understand this fury if your family is safe and comfortable. Snow days? Late start? Cancellations? Bring it on! More time to relax at home or sleep in a little. There's plenty of school when school is in session. The extracurriculars will survive and so will the learning and so will the students.

The concern in weather upheavals should be the families in genuine need, either because they lack important resources, have SN kids who need their programs, or have jobs that provide critical support for others. Everyone else should just let this ride.

Some of us are dual working parents with full time jobs and kids young enough that these closures screw us up at work. It’s ok once in a while, but on the heels of the holiday break and snow days, it’s excessive and both me and my partner’s colleagues and bosses have little patience when we continually are not able to work due to school closures. Not everyone has a SAHP, or local family, or a nanny to just fill in the gaps.

I mean, are your work bosses and colleagues actually expressing impatience? Maybe they are. But I think in a lot of cases people are just anxious that they’re being judged when really the work colleagues are normal humans who are understanding and compassionate that these things come up.

I'm not anxious I'm being judged. I'm stressed I have work to do and seem to have less and less time to do it, all because MCPS administrators despise working parents.

Not just the administrators. The BoE has been pretty clear on that, too.

Employers despise working parents. This is not an mcps issue. This is a workplace issue. If working parents had more flexibility and systems in place at work to be able to take care of their families, you wouldn’t see all of the aggression on this board. Employers need to do better when it comes to supporting working parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why offices are open two hours later too…

I'm not sure why people working in Central Office can't work remotely during inclement weather. The rest of the country's office workers don't get snow days anymore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure why offices are open two hours later too…

I'm not sure why people working in Central Office can't work remotely during inclement weather. The rest of the country's office workers don't get snow days anymore.

Oh wait now I get it. If the buildings are closed to everyone, then admin — principles, vice principals, central office staff — also get off. Makes perfect sense why they are closing to child care now. The decision makers want time off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure why offices are open two hours later too…

I'm not sure why people working in Central Office can't work remotely during inclement weather. The rest of the country's office workers don't get snow days anymore.

Oh wait now I get it. If the buildings are closed to everyone, then admin — principles, vice principals, central office staff — also get off. Makes perfect sense why they are closing to child care now. The decision makers want time off.

Yep

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Man, I just don't understand this fury if your family is safe and comfortable. Snow days? Late start? Cancellations? Bring it on! More time to relax at home or sleep in a little. There's plenty of school when school is in session. The extracurriculars will survive and so will the learning and so will the students.

The concern in weather upheavals should be the families in genuine need, either because they lack important resources, have SN kids who need their programs, or have jobs that provide critical support for others. Everyone else should just let this ride.

Some of us are dual working parents with full time jobs and kids young enough that these closures screw us up at work. It’s ok once in a while, but on the heels of the holiday break and snow days, it’s excessive and both me and my partner’s colleagues and bosses have little patience when we continually are not able to work due to school closures. Not everyone has a SAHP, or local family, or a nanny to just fill in the gaps.

I mean, are your work bosses and colleagues actually expressing impatience? Maybe they are. But I think in a lot of cases people are just anxious that they’re being judged when really the work colleagues are normal humans who are understanding and compassionate that these things come up.

I'm not anxious I'm being judged. I'm stressed I have work to do and seem to have less and less time to do it, all because MCPS administrators despise working parents.

Not just the administrators. The BoE has been pretty clear on that, too.

Employers despise working parents. This is not an mcps issue. This is a workplace issue. If working parents had more flexibility and systems in place at work to be able to take care of their families, you wouldn’t see all of the aggression on this board. Employers need to do better when it comes to supporting working parents.

In other words, you don't think the work parents do at our jobs is of any value and therefore MCPS is okay to shut down childcare so central office workers can binge sex lives of college girls

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Man, I just don't understand this fury if your family is safe and comfortable. Snow days? Late start? Cancellations? Bring it on! More time to relax at home or sleep in a little. There's plenty of school when school is in session. The extracurriculars will survive and so will the learning and so will the students.

The concern in weather upheavals should be the families in genuine need, either because they lack important resources, have SN kids who need their programs, or have jobs that provide critical support for others. Everyone else should just let this ride.

Some of us are dual working parents with full time jobs and kids young enough that these closures screw us up at work. It’s ok once in a while, but on the heels of the holiday break and snow days, it’s excessive and both me and my partner’s colleagues and bosses have little patience when we continually are not able to work due to school closures. Not everyone has a SAHP, or local family, or a nanny to just fill in the gaps.

I mean, are your work bosses and colleagues actually expressing impatience? Maybe they are. But I think in a lot of cases people are just anxious that they’re being judged when really the work colleagues are normal humans who are understanding and compassionate that these things come up.

I'm not anxious I'm being judged. I'm stressed I have work to do and seem to have less and less time to do it, all because MCPS administrators despise working parents.

Give us a break. Your kids, your responsibility. They care about kids having to get to their busses at 5:30-6:45 AM in the dark in fridged weather. Same for getting home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is insane. Clearly the Union is calling the shots.

No, the weather is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man, I just don't understand this fury if your family is safe and comfortable. Snow days? Late start? Cancellations? Bring it on! More time to relax at home or sleep in a little. There's plenty of school when school is in session. The extracurriculars will survive and so will the learning and so will the students.

The concern in weather upheavals should be the families in genuine need, either because they lack important resources, have SN kids who need their programs, or have jobs that provide critical support for others. Everyone else should just let this ride.

Some of us are dual working parents with full time jobs and kids young enough that these closures screw us up at work. It’s ok once in a while, but on the heels of the holiday break and snow days, it’s excessive and both me and my partner’s colleagues and bosses have little patience when we continually are not able to work due to school closures. Not everyone has a SAHP, or local family, or a nanny to just fill in the gaps.

I mean, are your work bosses and colleagues actually expressing impatience? Maybe they are. But I think in a lot of cases people are just anxious that they’re being judged when really the work colleagues are normal humans who are understanding and compassionate that these things come up.

I'm not anxious I'm being judged. I'm stressed I have work to do and seem to have less and less time to do it, all because MCPS administrators despise working parents.

Give us a break. Your kids, your responsibility. They care about kids having to get to their busses at 5:30-6:45 AM in the dark in fridged weather. Same for getting home.

You all are like a broken record with the busses..we are talking about childcare programs. The buses aren't used for childcare programs.