Wed no school or 2hr delay?

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The comments from teachers telling them to slow down are disgusting.

If you think THAT counts as disgusting, I’d love to hear your thoughts about ICE murdering people.

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Anonymous wrote:If you need childcare to be open on days when the school system is closed, you should look into child care that is not located in the school buildings.

Where is there childcare for school age kids besides the school buildings? Most of us can't drive our kid somewhere after school, we have to work, so the programs would have to pick up the kids from school or something, which I've never heard of. Care in the buildings is really the only option for working parents (unless you're rich enough for a nanny I guess.)

But also childcare in school buildings has always worked just fine at the tail end of snowstorms, when the rest of the county is back to work but schools aren't open yet. No reason why that should change.

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Anonymous wrote:State of Maryland is opening late tomorrow and liberal leave is allowed in all countries and Baltimore City. Seems conditions are not good anywhere.

So other institutions are opening tomorrow. MCPS should be able to get their act together to open on Wednesday, probably with a delay.

No, schools are typically a full day (at least) behind everyone else. And everyone else includes the liberal leave people not coming in tomorrow.

Still not plowed at all here in our SS neighborhood!

They could definitely open child care tomorrow and certainly on Wednesday if they wanted to. They just don't want to because they dgaf about child care.

I don’t know about tomorrow, and I don’t know if the parking lots near us are cleared (questionable given the rest of our neighborhood). But I agree that reopening child care should be a priority.

The closures/delays are self-perpetuating. MCPS didn't bother trying to prepare schools today because they already closed tomorrow. So now if things don't go smoothly tomorrow, they'll need to close Wednesday, despite it being entirely avoidable.

Wednesday will be closed. I hope they let childcare open. I am skeptical.

If Taylor has building services work tomorrow, a delayed opening on Wednesday is completely possible.

I guess anything is possible, but I’ve never seen a district in this area open in these conditions and the county isn’t even projecting having all residential streets passed through at least once until tomorrow afternoon.

Even if they don't get to all neighborhoods until tomorrow afternoon, that still means Wednesday should be fine.

They’re saying they’ll get to all neighborhoods at least once, which typically is insufficient as a back to school metric.

It's absolutely sufficient. At least, it should be.

I don't understand why you're so willing to accept incompetence in decision-making.

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Anonymous wrote:State of Maryland is opening late tomorrow and liberal leave is allowed in all countries and Baltimore City. Seems conditions are not good anywhere.

So other institutions are opening tomorrow. MCPS should be able to get their act together to open on Wednesday, probably with a delay.

No, schools are typically a full day (at least) behind everyone else. And everyone else includes the liberal leave people not coming in tomorrow.

Still not plowed at all here in our SS neighborhood!

They could definitely open child care tomorrow and certainly on Wednesday if they wanted to. They just don't want to because they dgaf about child care.

I don’t know about tomorrow, and I don’t know if the parking lots near us are cleared (questionable given the rest of our neighborhood). But I agree that reopening child care should be a priority.

The closures/delays are self-perpetuating. MCPS didn't bother trying to prepare schools today because they already closed tomorrow. So now if things don't go smoothly tomorrow, they'll need to close Wednesday, despite it being entirely avoidable.

Wednesday will be closed. I hope they let childcare open. I am skeptical.

If Taylor has building services work tomorrow, a delayed opening on Wednesday is completely possible.

I guess anything is possible, but I’ve never seen a district in this area open in these conditions and the county isn’t even projecting having all residential streets passed through at least once until tomorrow afternoon.

Even if they don't get to all neighborhoods until tomorrow afternoon, that still means Wednesday should be fine.

They’re saying they’ll get to all neighborhoods at least once, which typically is insufficient as a back to school metric.

It's absolutely sufficient. At least, it should be.

I don't understand why you're so willing to accept incompetence in decision-making.

I liked snow days as a kid and my kids like them now, so I’ll admit that’s how I lean. I do hope they open childcare for people who need it. But I also know that plowing side streets only once when it’s this icy can lead to some pretty dangerous conditions. We tend to have a higher bar for student safety than we do for other businesses opening. I’m okay with that.

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Anonymous wrote:State of Maryland is opening late tomorrow and liberal leave is allowed in all countries and Baltimore City. Seems conditions are not good anywhere.

So other institutions are opening tomorrow. MCPS should be able to get their act together to open on Wednesday, probably with a delay.

No, schools are typically a full day (at least) behind everyone else. And everyone else includes the liberal leave people not coming in tomorrow.

Still not plowed at all here in our SS neighborhood!

They could definitely open child care tomorrow and certainly on Wednesday if they wanted to. They just don't want to because they dgaf about child care.

I don’t know about tomorrow, and I don’t know if the parking lots near us are cleared (questionable given the rest of our neighborhood). But I agree that reopening child care should be a priority.

The closures/delays are self-perpetuating. MCPS didn't bother trying to prepare schools today because they already closed tomorrow. So now if things don't go smoothly tomorrow, they'll need to close Wednesday, despite it being entirely avoidable.

Wednesday will be closed. I hope they let childcare open. I am skeptical.

If Taylor has building services work tomorrow, a delayed opening on Wednesday is completely possible.

I guess anything is possible, but I’ve never seen a district in this area open in these conditions and the county isn’t even projecting having all residential streets passed through at least once until tomorrow afternoon.

Even if they don't get to all neighborhoods until tomorrow afternoon, that still means Wednesday should be fine.

They’re saying they’ll get to all neighborhoods at least once, which typically is insufficient as a back to school metric.

It's absolutely sufficient. At least, it should be.

I don't understand why you're so willing to accept incompetence in decision-making.

I liked snow days as a kid and my kids like them now, so I’ll admit that’s how I lean. I do hope they open childcare for people who need it. But I also know that plowing side streets only once when it’s this icy can lead to some pretty dangerous conditions. We tend to have a higher bar for student safety than we do for other businesses opening. I’m okay with that.

And I think Thursday/ Friday is where the debate should be.

Weds is definitely closed. Thursday is 80% chance closure. Friday is 50/50. People will be very mad about Friday no matter what they do.

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The comments from teachers telling them to slow down are disgusting.

There is something incredible toxic about teacher culture

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If the school is closed then one of the parents just has to take a day off.

You people complain about EVERYTHING.

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Anonymous wrote:If you need childcare to be open on days when the school system is closed, you should look into child care that is not located in the school buildings.

Where is there childcare for school age kids besides the school buildings? Most of us can't drive our kid somewhere after school, we have to work, so the programs would have to pick up the kids from school or something, which I've never heard of. Care in the buildings is really the only option for working parents (unless you're rich enough for a nanny I guess.)

But also childcare in school buildings has always worked just fine at the tail end of snowstorms, when the rest of the county is back to work but schools aren't open yet. No reason why that should change.

There's many that will drop off and pick up kids from school. Look at gyms, Karate, Tae kwon do studios near your child's school. There's other options through some bigger churches as well. They have the flexibility of not having to follow MCPS decisions, although some still choose to do so.

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Anonymous wrote:If the school is closed then one of the parents just has to take a day off.

You people complain about EVERYTHING.

I'm glad that your family can easily absorb having a parent take 3 to 5 days off work in a row, without pay for many of us (myself included.). Maybe realize we're not all as lucky as you are and have a little compassion?

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Anonymous wrote:If the school is closed then one of the parents just has to take a day off.

You people complain about EVERYTHING.

No, you are living under the delusion that MCPS is funded entirely by rich people living in mansions in Potomac when in actuality it is funded by every single person that lives here, who mostly make less money than MCPS teachers. Those people do jobs that are important to society and when they can't do those jobs it affects everyone as well as the tax revenues that fund MCPS. Which is sometimes necessary, but not to the level that MCPS central office is pretending it is.

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Anonymous wrote:If you need childcare to be open on days when the school system is closed, you should look into child care that is not located in the school buildings.

Where is there childcare for school age kids besides the school buildings? Most of us can't drive our kid somewhere after school, we have to work, so the programs would have to pick up the kids from school or something, which I've never heard of. Care in the buildings is really the only option for working parents (unless you're rich enough for a nanny I guess.)

But also childcare in school buildings has always worked just fine at the tail end of snowstorms, when the rest of the county is back to work but schools aren't open yet. No reason why that should change.

There are child care centers that mcps buses drop off or pick up. If you are posting here during the day, you aren’t working.

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Anonymous wrote:If the school is closed then one of the parents just has to take a day off.

You people complain about EVERYTHING.

No, you are living under the delusion that MCPS is funded entirely by rich people living in mansions in Potomac when in actuality it is funded by every single person that lives here, who mostly make less money than MCPS teachers. Those people do jobs that are important to society and when they can't do those jobs it affects everyone as well as the tax revenues that fund MCPS. Which is sometimes necessary, but not to the level that MCPS central office is pretending it is.

And yet those people you use as talking points figure it out and you cannot.

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Anonymous wrote:State of Maryland is opening late tomorrow and liberal leave is allowed in all countries and Baltimore City. Seems conditions are not good anywhere.

So other institutions are opening tomorrow. MCPS should be able to get their act together to open on Wednesday, probably with a delay.

No, schools are typically a full day (at least) behind everyone else. And everyone else includes the liberal leave people not coming in tomorrow.

Still not plowed at all here in our SS neighborhood!

They could definitely open child care tomorrow and certainly on Wednesday if they wanted to. They just don't want to because they dgaf about child care.

I don’t know about tomorrow, and I don’t know if the parking lots near us are cleared (questionable given the rest of our neighborhood). But I agree that reopening child care should be a priority.

The closures/delays are self-perpetuating. MCPS didn't bother trying to prepare schools today because they already closed tomorrow. So now if things don't go smoothly tomorrow, they'll need to close Wednesday, despite it being entirely avoidable.

Wednesday will be closed. I hope they let childcare open. I am skeptical.

If Taylor has building services work tomorrow, a delayed opening on Wednesday is completely possible.

I guess anything is possible, but I’ve never seen a district in this area open in these conditions and the county isn’t even projecting having all residential streets passed through at least once until tomorrow afternoon.

Even if they don't get to all neighborhoods until tomorrow afternoon, that still means Wednesday should be fine.

They’re saying they’ll get to all neighborhoods at least once, which typically is insufficient as a back to school metric.

It's absolutely sufficient. At least, it should be.

I don't understand why you're so willing to accept incompetence in decision-making.

I liked snow days as a kid and my kids like them now, so I’ll admit that’s how I lean. I do hope they open childcare for people who need it. But I also know that plowing side streets only once when it’s this icy can lead to some pretty dangerous conditions. We tend to have a higher bar for student safety than we do for other businesses opening. I’m okay with that.

And I think Thursday/ Friday is where the debate should be.

Weds is definitely closed. Thursday is 80% chance closure. Friday is 50/50. People will be very mad about Friday no matter what they do.

I’d like a Thursday return. That gives me time to chip away at the glacier between my car and the street! 🤣

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Anonymous wrote:It's sad to see them using shovels to clear parking spaces. Liability is clearly not a concern for MCPS so don't tell me that's why they won't open childcare, gmafb.

Why don’t you get out there and help?

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Anonymous wrote:State of Maryland is opening late tomorrow and liberal leave is allowed in all countries and Baltimore City. Seems conditions are not good anywhere.

So other institutions are opening tomorrow. MCPS should be able to get their act together to open on Wednesday, probably with a delay.

Typical "if I have to go to work, everyone should have to!" mindset in this forum. Some of us actually care about the safety of kids-in ALL areas of the county no less, not just our own.

MCPS has a whole extra day to get their act together. I'm not saying they're going to open tomorrow. We already know they won't. But they can absolutely open Wednesday.

It’s not just mcps, the county has to plow and many of us don’t get buses and our kids have to walk a mile or two to school and parts of the walk are dangerous roads, some with no sidewalks. And, our streets are either not plowed or sheets of ice.