What about this Friday?

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Anonymous wrote:The private contractors in my area just plowed the snow into the streets making them impassable.

Public contractors should plow the snow back into the sidewalks and driveways.

We don't need snowplows . We need firetrucks 🚒 with actual fire 🔥

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It isn’t the soft snow that is the issue which was the case in 2009, just tons of it. This is ICE thick and heavy and packed into the snow so that it is timely and difficult and requires different tools and manpower to remove. Very unusual storm for this area.

Which means you can walk on it when you need to. Yes, you really can-- look at all the footsteps. And since it's cold, you don't need to worry about it melting and refreezing.

I entirely agree. It's actually fun to walk on top of the ice without sinking in it! But the more pressing issue for most people is/was the snowplow wall at the end of their driveways. It took me days to clear it!

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Also similar walls blocking walkways

All of those have plenty of footsteps in them demonstrating that they're passable.

Well yes I can climb over them. My 6 yo needs help. Neither of us has any mobility issue. What about the numerous grandparents that are in charge of drop offs/pick ups? My parents are able to walk pretty well but I wouldn't want them climbing over these things. At their age an injury can literally shorten their life.

Perhaps you should walk your own kid to school if they're in that bad of shape.

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Anonymous wrote:4 snow days now when the geniuses at MCPS only planned for 1 snow day in the calendar. And we’re not even in February yet

But we got videos!

And if I watch them over and over again maybe I will feel better about my child being at MCPS and being repeatedly cheated out of 180 days of education.

DCPS was online school yesterday and in person today.

Baltimore and Anne Arundel is online today and tomorrow. Also Alexandria VA

MCPS sends us stupid videos instead of planning properly.

Not going to happen. Taylor and the board shut down the virtual school claiming it was bad but refused to release the data. They have been clear they don’t support it.

Virtual instruction is not equitable in Montgomery County. You can’t send each kid home with a hot spot, plus not every student has an assigned chrome book.

But it CAN be done. It has been DONE before for an even longer period of time. If there was a will...

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

And just like in that case, no, they shouldn't.

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I am an HOA president and we are lucky to have excellent private snow removal. It is expensive. Our crews have taken this whole week to do what normally takes them 1 morning. The streets were no issue, the sidewalks are the problem. I would not judge anyone’s snow clearing abilities off of this storm.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not want Taylor’s job right now. Very stressful

Don't APPLY for the job if can't handle it

If you came from a halfway sane community, you could not possibly anticipate what dealing with DCUMland is like.

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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.

How is there no plan? These teachers and kids have been through a pandemic. Should be easy to pivot for something like a closure of more than a week. I hate virtual school but I’m surprised there’s no back up plan for emergencies.

Anne Arundel and Baltimore County both have virtual learning going on today and tomorrow. Somehow they were competent enough to survive public comments.

Alexandria started virtual school yesterday and also is doing food distribution for needy kids.

DCPS had asynchronous virtual learning yesterday and is in person today.

Not every school district is as poor as planning for weather as McPS.

If you're a parent, you can blame yourself. MCPS super loud and obnoxious parents during the pandemic ensured that'll never be a viable option again.

Great. It never should be.

+1 great job parents

MCPS should not force kids to stay on screens all day. Teachers should send out homework that can be done with paper and pencil.

Most people don’t even have printers at home anymore.

How do you think this work will be completed?