Delay tomorrow due to the cold emergency?

[Anonymous]

My fed office offered telework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen who wears only a hoodie and his crocs will wear that no matter the temperature is outside.

The official outfit of “Idiocracy”.

The reason lots of kids go to school in light clothing is that their school buildings insist on overheating most of the classrooms. DD doesn't want to carry her heavy winter parka all around the school when she already has her heavy backpack, instrument case and has to walk up and down multiple flights of stairs in between every class.

It's the reverse when they put in A/C: classrooms are freezing and it's hot outside. She does bring a cardigan for those days.

I don't know why schools are so incompetent regarding HVAC systems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen who wears only a hoodie and his crocs will wear that no matter the temperature is outside.

The official outfit of “Idiocracy”.

The reason lots of kids go to school in light clothing is that their school buildings insist on overheating most of the classrooms. DD doesn't want to carry her heavy winter parka all around the school when she already has her heavy backpack, instrument case and has to walk up and down multiple flights of stairs in between every class.

It's the reverse when they put in A/C: classrooms are freezing and it's hot outside. She does bring a cardigan for those days.

I don't know why schools are so incompetent regarding HVAC systems.

Schools are not incompetent about HVAC systems. Many have older systems and even when they don’t they are trying to make the temperature adequate in every space which changes as the temp outside changes and the sun moves and the number of bodies in a space. Much the same way that house have rooms that sometimes hotter or colder than others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen who wears only a hoodie and his crocs will wear that no matter the temperature is outside.

The official outfit of “Idiocracy”.

The reason lots of kids go to school in light clothing is that their school buildings insist on overheating most of the classrooms. DD doesn't want to carry her heavy winter parka all around the school when she already has her heavy backpack, instrument case and has to walk up and down multiple flights of stairs in between every class.

It's the reverse when they put in A/C: classrooms are freezing and it's hot outside. She does bring a cardigan for those days.

I don't know why schools are so incompetent regarding HVAC systems.

+1 my “idiocracy” son doesn’t have a locker and hates carrying his coat around with him. Only about half the kids I saw walking into high school had an actual coat.They are the ones who have to deal with the coldest temps.

[Anonymous]

Our private always has the Monday after the Super Bowl off, which I typically have no problem with but with all the missed days due to the snow, it seems unnecessary this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen who wears only a hoodie and his crocs will wear that no matter the temperature is outside.

The official outfit of “Idiocracy”.

The reason lots of kids go to school in light clothing is that their school buildings insist on overheating most of the classrooms. DD doesn't want to carry her heavy winter parka all around the school when she already has her heavy backpack, instrument case and has to walk up and down multiple flights of stairs in between every class.

It's the reverse when they put in A/C: classrooms are freezing and it's hot outside. She does bring a cardigan for those days.

I don't know why schools are so incompetent regarding HVAC systems.

Schools are not incompetent about HVAC systems. Many have older systems and even when they don’t they are trying to make the temperature adequate in every space which changes as the temp outside changes and the sun moves and the number of bodies in a space. Much the same way that house have rooms that sometimes hotter or colder than others.

No. Many large university and government buildings don't have this problem. I know, I worked in them for a while. Unfortunately we don't provide our schools with the funds to make learning time more comfortable for our children. It's a shame. Also I'm sure the funds we do give schools get squandered on other things than saving up for HVAC overhaul...

[Anonymous]

I never wear a jacket to work because im only outside for like 40 seconds from my car to inside.

[Anonymous]

In time—Indoor recess. Many kids are looking forward to being in school. Breakfast. Lunch. Warmth. Friends. Teachers happy to see them. And many parents have jobs where they need to be at work in person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My fed office offered telework.

Wow, I'm amazed there is an office that does anything more than OPM requires. That is very generous, and very different from the approach ours uses, which is to make it as difficult as possible for civil servants.

[Anonymous]

MCPS should delay tomorrow! It will be too cold for high school students, plus wind factor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My fed office offered telework.

Wow, I'm amazed there is an office that does anything more than OPM requires. That is very generous, and very different from the approach ours uses, which is to make it as difficult as possible for civil servants.

Is it weather or the super bowl?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So y’all don’t ever want MCPS to open. Go ahead and keep your children at home if you’re worried.

So you only care about your own kids? People can’t be concerned for others?

Do those other children not have parents who get to be concerned about their wellbeing and make decisions about whether to send them to school or not?

If school is open, there’s little choice about whether or not to send kids. There are only so many unexcused absences that a student can take without consequences for the family.

The system can make a decision to delay two hours. Why would the county bother to send texts and emails about dangerous cold if it is perfectly safe for children to wait 15 min at a bus stop or walk 1.5 miles to school?

You could make the decision to drop your kids late if you want.

[Anonymous]

So we're mad when school is closed or delayed for snow and ice, but we should open late for cold temperatures?

[Anonymous]

Insane if there is a delay.

[Anonymous]

A call for something like this would have happened by now.