Snow This Weekend - School Next Week?

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Anonymous wrote:How much snow are folks seeing near you? We only have like 7-8 inches here-- if that's the case elsewhere, I would think that it should only take Monday & Tuesday to get it cleared.

I’m in a 100+ person message right now. None of my colleagues have seen a plow yet. Some don’t have power and were told the plows won’t come until street lights are back on.

That seems like a catch-22. How are the Pepco trucks supposed to get anywhere if the roads aren't plowed?

Obviously that's made up. Why would lights matter during the day?

Heat….

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Anonymous wrote:Closing Tuesday already is absurd. The roads around our school have been plowed for hours.

Yea you. Ours have not been touched and we have a two mile walk.

Did you walk towards main road?

How would we get to a main road? No sidewalks.

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Anonymous wrote:Closing Tuesday already is absurd. The roads around our school have been plowed for hours.

Yea you. Ours have not been touched and we have a two mile walk.

Did you walk towards main road?

How would we get to a main road? No sidewalks.

And, plows have been by but it’s still coming and icing with the wet raid. The fire department even plowed. This is bad.

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Anonymous wrote:If schools will not open all next week - why can't kids have virtual school? Teachers should teach virtually like during covid.

I would love to do that, but the district didn’t offer us training or permission to do so.

The state changed the rules, and it's no longer an option except in extreme circumstances when all contingency days have been used up.

There is only 1 contingency day. lol
Sure April 15 could be another but knowing them they won't use that. There would have been 2 without the transition day, other than that Maryland law makes things hard. It requires 1080 hours (ES/MS), 1170 hours (HS) AND 180 days. With the way religious holidays fell the school year already went August 26-June 17 as opposed to August 26 or 27-June 13 the last two years. Having school the week of June 22 and then coming back the week of August 24 would make summer too short! Between religious holidays and some room for snow, Maryland law should be adjusted to be more flexible!

These are the remaining contingency days: March 20, April 15, June 18, June 22, June 23, June 24, June 25 and June 26, 2026. There is no possibility of virtual learning unless and until all of those days become instructional days.

So losing a week of summer on top of an already extended year. No thanks. Virginia doesn't have makeup days to worry about unless they lose many days.

I realize that sucks for teachers, and in my view, they should pressure the union to allow MCPS to use the contingency days.

It's not an issue for parents. Just don't send your kid to the slew of 1/2 days at the end. I certainly won't be.

It’s an issue for parents. We already booked flights for last week of school and now we are forced to miss a week of school?

They always extend the school year. That’s on you.

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Anonymous wrote:Our neighborhood was not plowed at all but thats because people were idiots and left their cars parked on both sides of the street and the plow took one look and turned around

Only those on the marked emergency routes are plowed. If your hoa hires a private plowing company thats a different story

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Anonymous wrote:If schools will not open all next week - why can't kids have virtual school? Teachers should teach virtually like during covid.

I would love to do that, but the district didn’t offer us training or permission to do so.

The state changed the rules, and it's no longer an option except in extreme circumstances when all contingency days have been used up.

There is only 1 contingency day. lol
Sure April 15 could be another but knowing them they won't use that. There would have been 2 without the transition day, other than that Maryland law makes things hard. It requires 1080 hours (ES/MS), 1170 hours (HS) AND 180 days. With the way religious holidays fell the school year already went August 26-June 17 as opposed to August 26 or 27-June 13 the last two years. Having school the week of June 22 and then coming back the week of August 24 would make summer too short! Between religious holidays and some room for snow, Maryland law should be adjusted to be more flexible!

These are the remaining contingency days: March 20, April 15, June 18, June 22, June 23, June 24, June 25 and June 26, 2026. There is no possibility of virtual learning unless and until all of those days become instructional days.

So losing a week of summer on top of an already extended year. No thanks. Virginia doesn't have makeup days to worry about unless they lose many days.

I realize that sucks for teachers, and in my view, they should pressure the union to allow MCPS to use the contingency days.

It's not an issue for parents. Just don't send your kid to the slew of 1/2 days at the end. I certainly won't be.

It’s an issue for parents. We already booked flights for last week of school and now we are forced to miss a week of school?

It's not a real week of school. It will be half days of babysitting. I won't send my kids with camp already paid for. And you definitely shouldn't send your kids if you have a vacation planned.

How many days can we miss school in a calendar year?

What do you mean? You miss whatever days you miss. There is zero consequence - especially at the end of the year when it is 1/2 days of babysitting.

If we already missed 4-5 days for Thanksgiving half days and Christmas and then miss another 5-6 days for end of semester, would that trigger some punishment?

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Anonymous wrote:If schools will not open all next week - why can't kids have virtual school? Teachers should teach virtually like during covid.

I would love to do that, but the district didn’t offer us training or permission to do so.

The state changed the rules, and it's no longer an option except in extreme circumstances when all contingency days have been used up.

There is only 1 contingency day. lol
Sure April 15 could be another but knowing them they won't use that. There would have been 2 without the transition day, other than that Maryland law makes things hard. It requires 1080 hours (ES/MS), 1170 hours (HS) AND 180 days. With the way religious holidays fell the school year already went August 26-June 17 as opposed to August 26 or 27-June 13 the last two years. Having school the week of June 22 and then coming back the week of August 24 would make summer too short! Between religious holidays and some room for snow, Maryland law should be adjusted to be more flexible!

These are the remaining contingency days: March 20, April 15, June 18, June 22, June 23, June 24, June 25 and June 26, 2026. There is no possibility of virtual learning unless and until all of those days become instructional days.

So losing a week of summer on top of an already extended year. No thanks. Virginia doesn't have makeup days to worry about unless they lose many days.

I realize that sucks for teachers, and in my view, they should pressure the union to allow MCPS to use the contingency days.

It's not an issue for parents. Just don't send your kid to the slew of 1/2 days at the end. I certainly won't be.

It’s an issue for parents. We already booked flights for last week of school and now we are forced to miss a week of school?

They always extend the school year. That’s on you.

They always don’t build in enough snow days in calendar. That’s on them! Extending a whole week of school is ridiculous? How can families plan for vacation and summer camps?

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Anonymous wrote:If schools will not open all next week - why can't kids have virtual school? Teachers should teach virtually like during covid.

I would love to do that, but the district didn’t offer us training or permission to do so.

The state changed the rules, and it's no longer an option except in extreme circumstances when all contingency days have been used up.

There is only 1 contingency day. lol
Sure April 15 could be another but knowing them they won't use that. There would have been 2 without the transition day, other than that Maryland law makes things hard. It requires 1080 hours (ES/MS), 1170 hours (HS) AND 180 days. With the way religious holidays fell the school year already went August 26-June 17 as opposed to August 26 or 27-June 13 the last two years. Having school the week of June 22 and then coming back the week of August 24 would make summer too short! Between religious holidays and some room for snow, Maryland law should be adjusted to be more flexible!

These are the remaining contingency days: March 20, April 15, June 18, June 22, June 23, June 24, June 25 and June 26, 2026. There is no possibility of virtual learning unless and until all of those days become instructional days.

So losing a week of summer on top of an already extended year. No thanks. Virginia doesn't have makeup days to worry about unless they lose many days.

I realize that sucks for teachers, and in my view, they should pressure the union to allow MCPS to use the contingency days.

It's not an issue for parents. Just don't send your kid to the slew of 1/2 days at the end. I certainly won't be.

It’s an issue for parents. We already booked flights for last week of school and now we are forced to miss a week of school?

It's not a real week of school. It will be half days of babysitting. I won't send my kids with camp already paid for. And you definitely shouldn't send your kids if you have a vacation planned.

How many days can we miss school in a calendar year?

What do you mean? You miss whatever days you miss. There is zero consequence - especially at the end of the year when it is 1/2 days of babysitting.

If we already missed 4-5 days for Thanksgiving half days and Christmas and then miss another 5-6 days for end of semester, would that trigger some punishment?

No. MCPS will talk a big game about attendance but never actually punish anyone for it. When i lived in Jefferson County WV they sent out bench warrants to parents when kids hit like 10 absences.

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Anonymous wrote:If schools will not open all next week - why can't kids have virtual school? Teachers should teach virtually like during covid.

I would love to do that, but the district didn’t offer us training or permission to do so.

The state changed the rules, and it's no longer an option except in extreme circumstances when all contingency days have been used up.

There is only 1 contingency day. lol
Sure April 15 could be another but knowing them they won't use that. There would have been 2 without the transition day, other than that Maryland law makes things hard. It requires 1080 hours (ES/MS), 1170 hours (HS) AND 180 days. With the way religious holidays fell the school year already went August 26-June 17 as opposed to August 26 or 27-June 13 the last two years. Having school the week of June 22 and then coming back the week of August 24 would make summer too short! Between religious holidays and some room for snow, Maryland law should be adjusted to be more flexible!

These are the remaining contingency days: March 20, April 15, June 18, June 22, June 23, June 24, June 25 and June 26, 2026. There is no possibility of virtual learning unless and until all of those days become instructional days.

So losing a week of summer on top of an already extended year. No thanks. Virginia doesn't have makeup days to worry about unless they lose many days.

I realize that sucks for teachers, and in my view, they should pressure the union to allow MCPS to use the contingency days.

It's not an issue for parents. Just don't send your kid to the slew of 1/2 days at the end. I certainly won't be.

It’s an issue for parents. We already booked flights for last week of school and now we are forced to miss a week of school?

They always extend the school year. That’s on you.

They always don’t build in enough snow days in calendar. That’s on them! Extending a whole week of school is ridiculous? How can families plan for vacation and summer camps?

This year is a special circumstance because of Juneteenth being a mandatory day off so if they have to extend the year by more than one day it will send us into the following week.

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Anonymous wrote:If schools will not open all next week - why can't kids have virtual school? Teachers should teach virtually like during covid.

I would love to do that, but the district didn’t offer us training or permission to do so.

The state changed the rules, and it's no longer an option except in extreme circumstances when all contingency days have been used up.

There is only 1 contingency day. lol
Sure April 15 could be another but knowing them they won't use that. There would have been 2 without the transition day, other than that Maryland law makes things hard. It requires 1080 hours (ES/MS), 1170 hours (HS) AND 180 days. With the way religious holidays fell the school year already went August 26-June 17 as opposed to August 26 or 27-June 13 the last two years. Having school the week of June 22 and then coming back the week of August 24 would make summer too short! Between religious holidays and some room for snow, Maryland law should be adjusted to be more flexible!

These are the remaining contingency days: March 20, April 15, June 18, June 22, June 23, June 24, June 25 and June 26, 2026. There is no possibility of virtual learning unless and until all of those days become instructional days.

So losing a week of summer on top of an already extended year. No thanks. Virginia doesn't have makeup days to worry about unless they lose many days.

I realize that sucks for teachers, and in my view, they should pressure the union to allow MCPS to use the contingency days.

It's not an issue for parents. Just don't send your kid to the slew of 1/2 days at the end. I certainly won't be.

It’s an issue for parents. We already booked flights for last week of school and now we are forced to miss a week of school?

They always extend the school year. That’s on you.

They always don’t build in enough snow days in calendar. That’s on them! Extending a whole week of school is ridiculous? How can families plan for vacation and summer camps?

Correction: They never build in enough snow days.

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Anonymous wrote:If schools will not open all next week - why can't kids have virtual school? Teachers should teach virtually like during covid.

I would love to do that, but the district didn’t offer us training or permission to do so.

The state changed the rules, and it's no longer an option except in extreme circumstances when all contingency days have been used up.

There is only 1 contingency day. lol
Sure April 15 could be another but knowing them they won't use that. There would have been 2 without the transition day, other than that Maryland law makes things hard. It requires 1080 hours (ES/MS), 1170 hours (HS) AND 180 days. With the way religious holidays fell the school year already went August 26-June 17 as opposed to August 26 or 27-June 13 the last two years. Having school the week of June 22 and then coming back the week of August 24 would make summer too short! Between religious holidays and some room for snow, Maryland law should be adjusted to be more flexible!

These are the remaining contingency days: March 20, April 15, June 18, June 22, June 23, June 24, June 25 and June 26, 2026. There is no possibility of virtual learning unless and until all of those days become instructional days.

So losing a week of summer on top of an already extended year. No thanks. Virginia doesn't have makeup days to worry about unless they lose many days.

I realize that sucks for teachers, and in my view, they should pressure the union to allow MCPS to use the contingency days.

It's not an issue for parents. Just don't send your kid to the slew of 1/2 days at the end. I certainly won't be.

It’s an issue for parents. We already booked flights for last week of school and now we are forced to miss a week of school?

That’s a you did a poor job scheduling problem.

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Anonymous wrote:If schools will not open all next week - why can't kids have virtual school? Teachers should teach virtually like during covid.

I would love to do that, but the district didn’t offer us training or permission to do so.

The state changed the rules, and it's no longer an option except in extreme circumstances when all contingency days have been used up.

There is only 1 contingency day. lol
Sure April 15 could be another but knowing them they won't use that. There would have been 2 without the transition day, other than that Maryland law makes things hard. It requires 1080 hours (ES/MS), 1170 hours (HS) AND 180 days. With the way religious holidays fell the school year already went August 26-June 17 as opposed to August 26 or 27-June 13 the last two years. Having school the week of June 22 and then coming back the week of August 24 would make summer too short! Between religious holidays and some room for snow, Maryland law should be adjusted to be more flexible!

These are the remaining contingency days: March 20, April 15, June 18, June 22, June 23, June 24, June 25 and June 26, 2026. There is no possibility of virtual learning unless and until all of those days become instructional days.

So losing a week of summer on top of an already extended year. No thanks. Virginia doesn't have makeup days to worry about unless they lose many days.

I realize that sucks for teachers, and in my view, they should pressure the union to allow MCPS to use the contingency days.

It's not an issue for parents. Just don't send your kid to the slew of 1/2 days at the end. I certainly won't be.

It’s an issue for parents. We already booked flights for last week of school and now we are forced to miss a week of school?

They always extend the school year. That’s on you.

They always don’t build in enough snow days in calendar. That’s on them! Extending a whole week of school is ridiculous? How can families plan for vacation and summer camps?

Correction: They never build in enough snow days.

At least before Taylor came and introduced this stupid transition day, we had 2 snow days but now we can only have 1

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Anonymous wrote:If schools will not open all next week - why can't kids have virtual school? Teachers should teach virtually like during covid.

I would love to do that, but the district didn’t offer us training or permission to do so.

The state changed the rules, and it's no longer an option except in extreme circumstances when all contingency days have been used up.

There is only 1 contingency day. lol
Sure April 15 could be another but knowing them they won't use that. There would have been 2 without the transition day, other than that Maryland law makes things hard. It requires 1080 hours (ES/MS), 1170 hours (HS) AND 180 days. With the way religious holidays fell the school year already went August 26-June 17 as opposed to August 26 or 27-June 13 the last two years. Having school the week of June 22 and then coming back the week of August 24 would make summer too short! Between religious holidays and some room for snow, Maryland law should be adjusted to be more flexible!

These are the remaining contingency days: March 20, April 15, June 18, June 22, June 23, June 24, June 25 and June 26, 2026. There is no possibility of virtual learning unless and until all of those days become instructional days.

So losing a week of summer on top of an already extended year. No thanks. Virginia doesn't have makeup days to worry about unless they lose many days.

I realize that sucks for teachers, and in my view, they should pressure the union to allow MCPS to use the contingency days.

It's not an issue for parents. Just don't send your kid to the slew of 1/2 days at the end. I certainly won't be.

It’s an issue for parents. We already booked flights for last week of school and now we are forced to miss a week of school?

They always extend the school year. That’s on you.

They always don’t build in enough snow days in calendar. That’s on them! Extending a whole week of school is ridiculous? How can families plan for vacation and summer camps?

Correction: They never build in enough snow days.

That’s not a correction. It’s a restatement.

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Anonymous wrote:If schools will not open all next week - why can't kids have virtual school? Teachers should teach virtually like during covid.

I would love to do that, but the district didn’t offer us training or permission to do so.

The state changed the rules, and it's no longer an option except in extreme circumstances when all contingency days have been used up.

There is only 1 contingency day. lol
Sure April 15 could be another but knowing them they won't use that. There would have been 2 without the transition day, other than that Maryland law makes things hard. It requires 1080 hours (ES/MS), 1170 hours (HS) AND 180 days. With the way religious holidays fell the school year already went August 26-June 17 as opposed to August 26 or 27-June 13 the last two years. Having school the week of June 22 and then coming back the week of August 24 would make summer too short! Between religious holidays and some room for snow, Maryland law should be adjusted to be more flexible!

These are the remaining contingency days: March 20, April 15, June 18, June 22, June 23, June 24, June 25 and June 26, 2026. There is no possibility of virtual learning unless and until all of those days become instructional days.

So losing a week of summer on top of an already extended year. No thanks. Virginia doesn't have makeup days to worry about unless they lose many days.

I realize that sucks for teachers, and in my view, they should pressure the union to allow MCPS to use the contingency days.

It's not an issue for parents. Just don't send your kid to the slew of 1/2 days at the end. I certainly won't be.

It’s an issue for parents. We already booked flights for last week of school and now we are forced to miss a week of school?

That’s a you did a poor job scheduling problem.

Do you work for MCPS? Always try to gaslight parents on DCUrbanmom?

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The make up days are:
October 17
November 3
January 26
March 20
April 15
June 18
June 22-26

I find this fascinating for a few reasons. I think Taylor picked more strategically this year. Two are in Fall and you can’t retroactively be expected to use them. January 26 is obviously a wash in this particular storm. He didn’t touch Feb 17, which was an option, nor did he touch spring break, so that is safe. I think he also got the BOE to vote something about if we are in a state of emergency at the last meeting. I think this is a game of chess. He will make March 20 and April 15 half days (and could consider making March 19 and April 14 also half days so teachers get the same professional development and grading hours). Then he will ask for a waiver for the rest under the state of emergency and multi-day snow event situation. If we get a future storm with more days off, we might be in trouble but this one may squeak by without extending the year.