Mcps no school wed and thursday

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Anonymous wrote:I’m nervous about my high school kids losing a week before APs since they are already really far behind. Wish those teachers could email out the assignments so kids could get ahead. It’s going to be brutal when they get back.

I agree that MCPS teachers should send out homework at least. Seems like they have been instructed not to do any work though.

Why aren’t more people talking about this? One DC is at W HS and the other is at private. Private school kid was given a freebie snow day on Monday, but had work Tuesday and will again today—it amounted to roughly four hours of wreading, writing, prepping for an upcoming lab, and problem sets. I get that it’s the start of the new term and many students have a new teacher even but that shouldn’t impact teachers’ ability to assign work. Not blaming the teachers as I am aware this is an mcps issue vs individual issue, but frankly it’s pathetic.

I understand the upset about childcare for those with younger kids but why aren’t families with MS/HS students more upset that there kids aren’t being asked to do anything academic?

So you want more free labor from teachers.

That’s ridiculous. Teachers are still getting paid, even with the snow day. And sending out a few assignments is hardly a crushing work load.

Yes, teachers got paid for the one snow day, but that is it. And their professional day for grading was taken away. They won't get that time back. And if you think it is that easy to send out a few assignments, then you should be able to go online and print off a couple of activities for your kid. They are on your time now, you need to take care of them.

I don’t understand why you say you are not being paid and your professional day for grading was taken away. I assume you had lessons planned for this week so why is it crazy to ask why teachers don’t posted some sort of assignment for HS kids this week? Like read x-y in book etc.

This has been explained but I will explain it again. We are now on day 2 of regular school that has been canceled. That means we will be making up 2 days in June. If we receive pay for those 2 days this week, we are not going to be paid to teach on those 2 June days. As for the professional day, no we will not make it up. It’s just gone.

So you just got a day off that you were paid for and won't be making it up and you feel like you are being victimized?

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Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile the county still hasn't plowed my road and the website lied and said it was plowed

More likely they did plow it but you're not happy with how much pavement you can see.

Why are you like this? Our road is clear finally but a lot of roads are unplowed or insufficiently plowed. The first pass is often packing people’s cars in with more ice.

DP. So you dig your car out. A few neighbors and I dug out a dozen cars that were packed in by snow plows yesterday. Why is there such helplessness around this?

There is no point in digging my car out until they plow the road and then I will dig it out. I've lived through dozens of snow storms including 2016 when I don't think they plowed for a week.

It’s the frozen ice. My neighborhood is like a skating rink.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m nervous about my high school kids losing a week before APs since they are already really far behind. Wish those teachers could email out the assignments so kids could get ahead. It’s going to be brutal when they get back.

I agree that MCPS teachers should send out homework at least. Seems like they have been instructed not to do any work though.

Why aren’t more people talking about this? One DC is at W HS and the other is at private. Private school kid was given a freebie snow day on Monday, but had work Tuesday and will again today—it amounted to roughly four hours of wreading, writing, prepping for an upcoming lab, and problem sets. I get that it’s the start of the new term and many students have a new teacher even but that shouldn’t impact teachers’ ability to assign work. Not blaming the teachers as I am aware this is an mcps issue vs individual issue, but frankly it’s pathetic.

I understand the upset about childcare for those with younger kids but why aren’t families with MS/HS students more upset that there kids aren’t being asked to do anything academic?

So you want more free labor from teachers.

That’s ridiculous. Teachers are still getting paid, even with the snow day. And sending out a few assignments is hardly a crushing work load.

Yes, teachers got paid for the one snow day, but that is it. And their professional day for grading was taken away. They won't get that time back. And if you think it is that easy to send out a few assignments, then you should be able to go online and print off a couple of activities for your kid. They are on your time now, you need to take care of them.

I don’t understand why you say you are not being paid and your professional day for grading was taken away. I assume you had lessons planned for this week so why is it crazy to ask why teachers don’t posted some sort of assignment for HS kids this week? Like read x-y in book etc.

This has been explained but I will explain it again. We are now on day 2 of regular school that has been canceled. That means we will be making up 2 days in June. If we receive pay for those 2 days this week, we are not going to be paid to teach on those 2 June days. As for the professional day, no we will not make it up. It’s just gone.

Why do you say it's "just gone" rather than it took place on Monday as scheduled, just at home? Were there trainings that were cancelled?

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Has anyone tried to email Thomas and ask him why he has changed the daycare policy? He supposedly responds to emails. He may have a good reason. I’m guessing if childcare centers on MCPS properties are open and someone slips and falls (parent, child, or worker), then they sue MCPS not the daycare. I’m also guessing this has happened a few times and MCPS needs to lower its legal liability. No one wants to screw over working parents. But you know full well that a significant subset of those parents would sue MCPS for any slight injury or car accident on MCPS property due to snow and ice. I’m not emailing Thomas myself because my kids have fortunately aged out of requiring childcare.

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Anonymous wrote:Good. Sucks for parts but good call. Many streets haven't even see a plow, too cold to move snow and I bet many teachers are bonding out yet. Many school lots (from friends pictures) are not clean either.

Many lots are cleared and they could let the child care providers decide if they could open in those cases but MCPS doesn't care

None of the downcounty schools in my area are cleared. They prioritized the meal distribution school sites, which makes sense.

It is what it is. I approve the decision from a safety standpoint, but I really wish there was virtual learning for high schoolers: AP exams are in May and the College Board doesn't care how many days schools were closed.

I noticed that, and wondered why they didn't choose to clear a downcountry's school lot for food distribution.

Because they calculated that there are more hungry kids around the food distribution sites. Downcounty, especially to the west, is mostly economically stable.

There are lots of high concentrations poverty in Arcola, Takoma Park New Hampshire estates neighborhoods

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone tried to email Thomas and ask him why he has changed the daycare policy? He supposedly responds to emails. He may have a good reason. I’m guessing if childcare centers on MCPS properties are open and someone slips and falls (parent, child, or worker), then they sue MCPS not the daycare. I’m also guessing this has happened a few times and MCPS needs to lower its legal liability. No one wants to screw over working parents. But you know full well that a significant subset of those parents would sue MCPS for any slight injury or car accident on MCPS property due to snow and ice. I’m not emailing Thomas myself because my kids have fortunately aged out of requiring childcare.

If they had the slightest respect for working parents or childcare providers they would give us all a heads up about a new policy. The tell that this is just about sticking it to us is the lack of information or notice. They know exactly what they are doing. Glad this new secret policy doesn't affect you, must be nice to watch other parents struggle while you lecture us.

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How do you think child care is supposed to work if the school parking lots, side walks etc are not cleared? So many streets are not plowed, how are child care providers supposed to get out of their neighborhoods to get to the school?

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Anonymous wrote:How do you think child care is supposed to work if the school parking lots, side walks etc are not cleared? So many streets are not plowed, how are child care providers supposed to get out of their neighborhoods to get to the school?

Many lots and streets are cleared. The providers always have the option to not open. MCPS has not given them that option. This has been explained as nauseum on these threads. It's clear Thomas just wants to give his people a bunch of free days off. Montgomery County Government is open today. Not even liberal leave. This is embarrassing for MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:How many plows does MCPS have? 4? Not sure why the lots and sidewalks couldn't be salted in advance and then plowed out late Monday and Tuesday. The school down the road had 2 tractors plowing sidewalks and some of the parking lot. Itbwas definitely useable by 2pm when i walked by. The county needs.to make schools the priority.

The issue isn’t mcps. Many side streets are not plowed. The snow turned to ice making it impossible to walk and cars and busses cannot get through. Some people cannot get out as the doors are frozen shut. Ours froze shut.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone tried to email Thomas and ask him why he has changed the daycare policy? He supposedly responds to emails. He may have a good reason. I’m guessing if childcare centers on MCPS properties are open and someone slips and falls (parent, child, or worker), then they sue MCPS not the daycare. I’m also guessing this has happened a few times and MCPS needs to lower its legal liability. No one wants to screw over working parents. But you know full well that a significant subset of those parents would sue MCPS for any slight injury or car accident on MCPS property due to snow and ice. I’m not emailing Thomas myself because my kids have fortunately aged out of requiring childcare.

I think he just wants to build loyalty among Central Office staff by giving them paid snowdays every time that school-based staff get an (unpaid) snow day. I think he hasn't made them work a single snow day since he arrived.

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I wonder if the schools have been running heat this whole time. If not, it's going to be an icebox when we go back. Dress appropriately

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Anonymous wrote:How do you think child care is supposed to work if the school parking lots, side walks etc are not cleared? So many streets are not plowed, how are child care providers supposed to get out of their neighborhoods to get to the school?

Many lots and streets are cleared. The providers always have the option to not open. MCPS has not given them that option. This has been explained as nauseum on these threads. It's clear Thomas just wants to give his people a bunch of free days off. Montgomery County Government is open today. Not even liberal leave. This is embarrassing for MCPS.

Most public schools in the DMV are closed. Its just a few days. Its not the end of the world. Get a grip.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m nervous about my high school kids losing a week before APs since they are already really far behind. Wish those teachers could email out the assignments so kids could get ahead. It’s going to be brutal when they get back.

I agree that MCPS teachers should send out homework at least. Seems like they have been instructed not to do any work though.

Why aren’t more people talking about this? One DC is at W HS and the other is at private. Private school kid was given a freebie snow day on Monday, but had work Tuesday and will again today—it amounted to roughly four hours of wreading, writing, prepping for an upcoming lab, and problem sets. I get that it’s the start of the new term and many students have a new teacher even but that shouldn’t impact teachers’ ability to assign work. Not blaming the teachers as I am aware this is an mcps issue vs individual issue, but frankly it’s pathetic.

I understand the upset about childcare for those with younger kids but why aren’t families with MS/HS students more upset that there kids aren’t being asked to do anything academic?

So you want more free labor from teachers.

That’s ridiculous. Teachers are still getting paid, even with the snow day. And sending out a few assignments is hardly a crushing work load.

Yes, teachers got paid for the one snow day, but that is it. And their professional day for grading was taken away. They won't get that time back. And if you think it is that easy to send out a few assignments, then you should be able to go online and print off a couple of activities for your kid. They are on your time now, you need to take care of them.

I don’t understand why you say you are not being paid and your professional day for grading was taken away. I assume you had lessons planned for this week so why is it crazy to ask why teachers don’t posted some sort of assignment for HS kids this week? Like read x-y in book etc.

This has been explained but I will explain it again. We are now on day 2 of regular school that has been canceled. That means we will be making up 2 days in June. If we receive pay for those 2 days this week, we are not going to be paid to teach on those 2 June days. As for the professional day, no we will not make it up. It’s just gone.

Why do you say it's "just gone" rather than it took place on Monday as scheduled, just at home? Were there trainings that were cancelled?

I'm confused by this, too. Few teachers go in on grading days.

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Anonymous wrote:How many plows does MCPS have? 4? Not sure why the lots and sidewalks couldn't be salted in advance and then plowed out late Monday and Tuesday. The school down the road had 2 tractors plowing sidewalks and some of the parking lot. Itbwas definitely useable by 2pm when i walked by. The county needs.to make schools the priority.

The issue isn’t mcps. Many side streets are not plowed. The snow turned to ice making it impossible to walk and cars and busses cannot get through. Some people cannot get out as the doors are frozen shut. Ours froze shut.

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Those of us without garages cleared the area in front of our front doors so we could go in and out of the house. Your doors are not "frozen shut" - they have ice blocking them from opening that you chose not to clear when it was easy to do so.

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Anonymous wrote:How do you think child care is supposed to work if the school parking lots, side walks etc are not cleared? So many streets are not plowed, how are child care providers supposed to get out of their neighborhoods to get to the school?

How did everyone else who didn't get a snow day today get to work?