What about Monday?

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Anonymous wrote:Just drove by seven locks es and the student drop off lot is still untouched. Can other people report what they're seeing at their local schools here? Yesterday it mentioned only 30 percent of schools were done. Like WHAT?!

Maybe it's time for community to come to the rescue. If one parent of every enrolled child at a school showed up with their ice pick and snow shovel, the parking lots and sidewalks of all schools could be completed in a few hours. Yes, some families have 2 kids enrolled at a school and an infant at home so only 1 parent for 2 students could show up. And yes, there are single parent households with kids in both ES and MS so they shouldn't have to shovel 2x. And I'm sure there are families with multiple children and one parent who has to go to work and cannot help.

My point is, maybe the parents who want kids back in school need to take control. Volunteers could get this done quickly. Many hands makes light work.

“The parents who want kids back in school” — shouldn’t that be all parents?

No, some of us prioritize the safety of our kids over free daycare.

But there is no safety issue at this point.

Are you dense? Not all neighborhood sidewalks are cleaned. There are neighborhoods with narrow paths because of the snow and kids walking on those roads at 7:00am to get to school on top of ice is a safety issue. They slip and fall on that one mile stretch and who is going to cover the bills? You?

Get off your high horse and go to other neighborhoods and see for yourself and stop going on and on about kids needing to walk on ice to get to school because you are not capable of taking care of your kids at home and want free daycare on the pretext if education.

How is walking on top of the snow where sidewalks are a safety issue? Walking in the streets is a safety issue, yes. But on top of compact snow on sidewalks? What is the problem?

I don't know about other neighborhoods but in ours, even if you walk on the compacted ice - which I don't have an issue with actually - you can't cross at instersections because the plows in some places made small mountains. As in vertical 5 feet of snow blocking the exit from the sidewalk, taller than many of the kids. Fun to climb on in boots, not fun to cross when going to school. So the kids are forced to walk in the street, which sucks because cars don't respect the conditions and whip around corners despite not being able to see around the snow piles.

Walk around the mounds and wear boots (though, you ought to be able to follow tracks where you won't sink in much, so boots shouldn't be strictly needed).

What is it about snow that makes people give up so easily?

It’s not snow, it’s the ice. What do you not understand?

Actually, it’s the cars! If there were no cars it would be fine if they walked in the street but the drivers around here are major a$$holes.

+1 The problems I've seen while out mostly stem from cars not slowing down. They don't anticipate that roads may abruptly end or go to one lane and they don't take into account the snow mounds that block the view from other cars turning.

For those reasons, I think we'll have a delay on Monday and likely Tuesday and Wednesday to avoid students waiting for buses in the dark. We can't eliminate the risk altogether anytime soon, but we can minimize it.

Should we delay school every single day for a month?

Apparently we should close for the months of January and February and have school all July and August instead.

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Anonymous wrote:Closed until they can clean the roads where one lane doesn't end abruptly as a prevposter said. Side roads where buses travel just aren't free of ice. So much depends on transportation so for that reason alone they can't open. Unwilling to change school bell times...because of buses. Boundary changes issues ...transportation related.etc.

This is the issue that worries me the most. My street is one lane now thanks to cars parked on the street that prevented both sides from getting plowed. On a school day, multiple buses pass by our house - there is no room for a car or bus to pull to the side safely for blocks at a time right now. We've been chipping away at what is in front of our house, but our neighbors seem to have zero interest in getting to their cars or clearing any snow.

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Anonymous wrote:Just drove by seven locks es and the student drop off lot is still untouched. Can other people report what they're seeing at their local schools here? Yesterday it mentioned only 30 percent of schools were done. Like WHAT?!

Maybe it's time for community to come to the rescue. If one parent of every enrolled child at a school showed up with their ice pick and snow shovel, the parking lots and sidewalks of all schools could be completed in a few hours. Yes, some families have 2 kids enrolled at a school and an infant at home so only 1 parent for 2 students could show up. And yes, there are single parent households with kids in both ES and MS so they shouldn't have to shovel 2x. And I'm sure there are families with multiple children and one parent who has to go to work and cannot help.

My point is, maybe the parents who want kids back in school need to take control. Volunteers could get this done quickly. Many hands makes light work.

“The parents who want kids back in school” — shouldn’t that be all parents?

No, some of us prioritize the safety of our kids over free daycare.

But there is no safety issue at this point.

Are you dense? Not all neighborhood sidewalks are cleaned. There are neighborhoods with narrow paths because of the snow and kids walking on those roads at 7:00am to get to school on top of ice is a safety issue. They slip and fall on that one mile stretch and who is going to cover the bills? You?

Get off your high horse and go to other neighborhoods and see for yourself and stop going on and on about kids needing to walk on ice to get to school because you are not capable of taking care of your kids at home and want free daycare on the pretext if education.

How is walking on top of the snow where sidewalks are a safety issue? Walking in the streets is a safety issue, yes. But on top of compact snow on sidewalks? What is the problem?

I don't know about other neighborhoods but in ours, even if you walk on the compacted ice - which I don't have an issue with actually - you can't cross at instersections because the plows in some places made small mountains. As in vertical 5 feet of snow blocking the exit from the sidewalk, taller than many of the kids. Fun to climb on in boots, not fun to cross when going to school. So the kids are forced to walk in the street, which sucks because cars don't respect the conditions and whip around corners despite not being able to see around the snow piles.

Walk around the mounds and wear boots (though, you ought to be able to follow tracks where you won't sink in much, so boots shouldn't be strictly needed).

What is it about snow that makes people give up so easily?

It’s not snow, it’s the ice. What do you not understand?

Actually, it’s the cars! If there were no cars it would be fine if they walked in the street but the drivers around here are major a$$holes.

+1 The problems I've seen while out mostly stem from cars not slowing down. They don't anticipate that roads may abruptly end or go to one lane and they don't take into account the snow mounds that block the view from other cars turning.

For those reasons, I think we'll have a delay on Monday and likely Tuesday and Wednesday to avoid students waiting for buses in the dark. We can't eliminate the risk altogether anytime soon, but we can minimize it.

Should we delay school every single day for a month?

I think you just gave the pp her first orgasm.

Are you 10 years old?

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Anonymous wrote:Closed until they can clean the roads where one lane doesn't end abruptly as a prevposter said. Side roads where buses travel just aren't free of ice. So much depends on transportation so for that reason alone they can't open. Unwilling to change school bell times...because of buses. Boundary changes issues ...transportation related.etc.

This is the issue that worries me the most. My street is one lane now thanks to cars parked on the street that prevented both sides from getting plowed. On a school day, multiple buses pass by our house - there is no room for a car or bus to pull to the side safely for blocks at a time right now. We've been chipping away at what is in front of our house, but our neighbors seem to have zero interest in getting to their cars or clearing any snow.

I spent 40 minutes going 2 miles on Viers Mill yesterday because it went from 2.5 lanes to 1.5 lanes then 2 lanes. The constant merging and inability to stay in one lane caused tremendous traffic backups. I see this bring a big problem with everyone trying to get to school in a short time period.

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I think they should do a 1 hour delay instead of a 2 hour delay for the whole of next week if that is something that is within the law. If not a 2 hour delay.

The high schoolers will not be walking in the dark then. And if they are on the roads, at least the car drivers will see them

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should do a 1 hour delay instead of a 2 hour delay for the whole of next week if that is something that is within the law. If not a 2 hour delay.

The high schoolers will not be walking in the dark then. And if they are on the roads, at least the car drivers will see them

Give your kid a flashlight. Your fear of the dark isn't a good reason for my kids to have to wait until 10:30 to go to school.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should do a 1 hour delay instead of a 2 hour delay for the whole of next week if that is something that is within the law. If not a 2 hour delay.

The high schoolers will not be walking in the dark then. And if they are on the roads, at least the car drivers will see them

I don't believe that's even an option

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should do a 1 hour delay instead of a 2 hour delay for the whole of next week if that is something that is within the law. If not a 2 hour delay.

The high schoolers will not be walking in the dark then. And if they are on the roads, at least the car drivers will see them

Give your kid a flashlight. Your fear of the dark isn't a good reason for my kids to have to wait until 10:30 to go to school.

Your kids will still be idiots even with the two extra hours of school

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should do a 1 hour delay instead of a 2 hour delay for the whole of next week if that is something that is within the law. If not a 2 hour delay.

The high schoolers will not be walking in the dark then. And if they are on the roads, at least the car drivers will see them

Give your kid a flashlight. Your fear of the dark isn't a good reason for my kids to have to wait until 10:30 to go to school.

Your kids will still be idiots even with the two extra hours of school

Maybe. But they're 7 and 8. What's your excuse?

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should do a 1 hour delay instead of a 2 hour delay for the whole of next week if that is something that is within the law. If not a 2 hour delay.

The high schoolers will not be walking in the dark then. And if they are on the roads, at least the car drivers will see them

Give your kid a flashlight. Your fear of the dark isn't a good reason for my kids to have to wait until 10:30 to go to school.

Your kids will still be idiots even with the two extra hours of school

Maybe. But they're 7 and 8. What's your excuse?

I got 4s and 5s on my AP exams. Idiot? Hardly.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should do a 1 hour delay instead of a 2 hour delay for the whole of next week if that is something that is within the law. If not a 2 hour delay.

The high schoolers will not be walking in the dark then. And if they are on the roads, at least the car drivers will see them

Give your kid a flashlight. Your fear of the dark isn't a good reason for my kids to have to wait until 10:30 to go to school.

Your kids will still be idiots even with the two extra hours of school

Maybe. But they're 7 and 8. What's your excuse?

I got 4s and 5s on my AP exams. Idiot? Hardly.

Weird flex. But I'm sure you've got to take the wins wherever you can get them.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should do a 1 hour delay instead of a 2 hour delay for the whole of next week if that is something that is within the law. If not a 2 hour delay.

The high schoolers will not be walking in the dark then. And if they are on the roads, at least the car drivers will see them

Give your kid a flashlight. Your fear of the dark isn't a good reason for my kids to have to wait until 10:30 to go to school.

Your kids will still be idiots even with the two extra hours of school

Maybe. But they're 7 and 8. What's your excuse?

Get off social media. You need actual help.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should do a 1 hour delay instead of a 2 hour delay for the whole of next week if that is something that is within the law. If not a 2 hour delay.

The high schoolers will not be walking in the dark then. And if they are on the roads, at least the car drivers will see them

Give your kid a flashlight. Your fear of the dark isn't a good reason for my kids to have to wait until 10:30 to go to school.

Your kids will still be idiots even with the two extra hours of school

Maybe. But they're 7 and 8. What's your excuse?

Get off social media. You need actual help.

If only I had gotten that 5 on the social media AP test. Now what am I going to talk about at my high school reunion?

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Anonymous wrote:The kids are never going back to school, I've concluded. Such a mess. And with no makeup days in sight.

Your overdramatics are so boring and childish.

DP. No it is the F reality. Wake up!

The kids will return and we always have make up days. We did last year and 1993. It is the safety that matters most. I have fallen many times this storm and I have seen kids keep falling wherever I see them. Its dangerous and I understand frustrating as parents not to see the schools open.

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I was a MCPS student back when we had those storms in 1993 and 1996. I remember they extended the school day by about 20 - 30 minutes instead of making up so many days. If we get more snow I think MCPS should consider doing it again. Once you get around June 10th absolutely nobody wants to be in school.