What about Tuesday Feb 24?

[Anonymous]

Montgomery County Government is open today with liberal leave and Ride On buses are operating on a normal schedule. Today should absolutely have been Code Orange.

[Anonymous]

Gosh, this weather man blundered. I live in rural Clarksburg and just shoveled and it is DEEP heavy snow! I have 6” of snow!!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is barely an inch here in Bethesda. Could have had normal school today.

I'm in Bethesda, too. We got between 1-2 inches. The pavement is covered. Unless you just moved to this area from New England or the Midwest, you know there's no way this could've been a normal school day. Even when I was in MCPS as a student 30+ years ago schools would've closed with this amount of snow.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is barely an inch here in Bethesda. Could have had normal school today.

I'm in Bethesda, too. We got between 1-2 inches. The pavement is covered. Unless you just moved to this area from New England or the Midwest, you know there's no way this could've been a normal school day. Even when I was in MCPS as a student 30+ years ago schools would've closed with this amount of snow.

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Offices would have been opened

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County Government is open today with liberal leave and Ride On buses are operating on a normal schedule. Today should absolutely have been Code Orange.

The snow and slush is terrible. Some HS kids walk two miles and leave at 6-6:30 AM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is barely an inch here in Bethesda. Could have had normal school today.

In fairness I beleive there is more elsewhere, but there was no need for "code red."

Based on what? I’m not even upcounty and we got 4 inches. School lots need to be plowed, sidewalks cleared. That was not going to happen before 9 am for all schools. Code red was needed- just maybe not for your neighborhood.

I guess it idea that kids could wear boots does not work here? There are many areas with low income families that some how have school in the winter. Our standards are really very high.

Kids are still walking in the dark, and we still have a lot of snow left from the last snow, plus the new snow. We had to dig out our cars and our street is still not driveable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery County Government is open today with liberal leave and Ride On buses are operating on a normal schedule. Today should absolutely have been Code Orange.

The snow and slush is terrible. Some HS kids walk two miles and leave at 6-6:30 AM.

Under Code Orange, kids don't go to school

[Anonymous]

My feeling is that if adults can reasonably get to work, it should be a code orange so that childcare providers can open. I'm in Silver Spring and was able to get to work without much of a problem. Side streets slushy but major roads clear. I recognize that other parts of the county are worse, but in that case childcare providers in those areas would have the option to stay closed.

[Anonymous]

PP and I meant that for today. Tomorrow, I'm hoping for a delay. And not because I'm one of the complainers about extending the school year, but to miss so much school the past month or so is really disruptive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My feeling is that if adults can reasonably get to work, it should be a code orange so that childcare providers can open. I'm in Silver Spring and was able to get to work without much of a problem. Side streets slushy but major roads clear. I recognize that other parts of the county are worse, but in that case childcare providers in those areas would have the option to stay closed.

+1 they should really tie MCPS office closures to the County or federal government. Both of these are open today with option for unscheduled leave/telework. That's a signal it is reasonable to expect people to try to go to work if they can (but give them the option to stay home if they can't).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My feeling is that if adults can reasonably get to work, it should be a code orange so that childcare providers can open. I'm in Silver Spring and was able to get to work without much of a problem. Side streets slushy but major roads clear. I recognize that other parts of the county are worse, but in that case childcare providers in those areas would have the option to stay closed.

+1 they should really tie MCPS office closures to the County or federal government. Both of these are open today with option for unscheduled leave/telework. That's a signal it is reasonable to expect people to try to go to work if they can (but give them the option to stay home if they can't).

Larlo Sr doesn't ride the yellow cheese school bus to get to the FDA in Silver Spring. But Larlo Jr does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My feeling is that if adults can reasonably get to work, it should be a code orange so that childcare providers can open. I'm in Silver Spring and was able to get to work without much of a problem. Side streets slushy but major roads clear. I recognize that other parts of the county are worse, but in that case childcare providers in those areas would have the option to stay closed.

+1 they should really tie MCPS office closures to the County or federal government. Both of these are open today with option for unscheduled leave/telework. That's a signal it is reasonable to expect people to try to go to work if they can (but give them the option to stay home if they can't).

Larlo Sr doesn't ride the yellow cheese school bus to get to the FDA in Silver Spring. But Larlo Jr does.

Montgomery County Government is open today with liberal leave and Ride On buses are operating on a normal schedule. Today should absolutely have been Code Orange. Code Orange means schools are closed, buses do not run, and kids do not go to school. But office staff go to work like every other office in the county today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is barely an inch here in Bethesda. Could have had normal school today.

In fairness I beleive there is more elsewhere, but there was no need for "code red."

The laws of physics have changed since the end of January such that it is quite impossible to open offices or child care if a single school bus cannot navigate its route.

The district makes decisions for the entire district, the conditions of your own privileged little corner of the world notwithstanding. Feel free to pay for private if you want decisions made based on just your school (just be sure to choose a private that doesn’t follow the local public school closures). 🤷‍♀️

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is barely an inch here in Bethesda. Could have had normal school today.

I'm in Bethesda, too. We got between 1-2 inches. The pavement is covered. Unless you just moved to this area from New England or the Midwest, you know there's no way this could've been a normal school day. Even when I was in MCPS as a student 30+ years ago schools would've closed with this amount of snow.

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Offices would have been opened

Yes, offices and child care would've been open, but not schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is barely an inch here in Bethesda. Could have had normal school today.

In fairness I beleive there is more elsewhere, but there was no need for "code red."

Based on what? I’m not even upcounty and we got 4 inches. School lots need to be plowed, sidewalks cleared. That was not going to happen before 9 am for all schools. Code red was needed- just maybe not for your neighborhood.

NP and longtime MCPS teacher here, historically this would have been more of a code orange event. Schools closed, admin offices open, childcares open at the discretion of the provider. We have around 3 inches in our neighborohood, unplowed but DH made it to work no problem.

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MCPS has changed longstanding practice resulting in thousands of families lacking access to an essential service they are paying for. It is sociopathic.

Are you always this absurdly melodramatic, or only on DCUM?