School Opening Predictions for Tuesday?

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Anonymous wrote: The last snow day my kid’s teacher mentioned he went skiing. The ones losing out on these borderline half days are our kids who are missing valuable education time that isn’t being made up.

It’s not like your kid’s teacher decided to close schools that day so they could go skiing. The district closed schools, the teacher probably has 4 wheel drive so they went skiing.

The point is that the snow wasn’t so debilitating that people stopped living. It’s only MCPS that closes if the wind blows in a way that bothers it. The rest of us have to continue working while teachers get a ski day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: The last snow day my kid’s teacher mentioned he went skiing. The ones losing out on these borderline half days are our kids who are missing valuable education time that isn’t being made up.

No MCPS teachers are skiing before showing up for work on a 2 hour delay day. The nearest ski places are too far away for that.

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They will change at 7. They often do. 😳🥳

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Anonymous wrote:They will change at 7. They often do. 😳🥳

Drunk teacher alert

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Anonymous wrote:Many other districts in the area are doing the same thing, so I'm baffled as to all these idiotic conspiracy theories and singling out MCPS decision making. Clearly other districts are thinking the same way. Unless MCPS also controls Howard and Baltimore and Fairfax? Heck, Fauquier and Loudoun closed.

They're just really angry and won't take no for an answer. I prefer they express their anger over here than they slap their kids or start screaming at home, honestly. They don't look very mentally stable. No one halfway normal would get this bothered over a school decision!

Lol I think most of us are just perplexed. Thankfully we don't need beforecare and can take our kid to the childcare when it opens at 9. The rest of the world is operating normally. It's weird they can't even open offices on time and reeks of laziness.

Did you offer to shovel your kid's childcare area pavements or at a site that needs more shovelers. Probably not. You are lazy.

There's barely any snow!

Maybe not where you are. Your place, your job, your kid are not the only ones to think about.

[Anonymous]

And it's not for "snow"
Read.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: The last snow day my kid’s teacher mentioned he went skiing. The ones losing out on these borderline half days are our kids who are missing valuable education time that isn’t being made up.

It’s not like your kid’s teacher decided to close schools that day so they could go skiing. The district closed schools, the teacher probably has 4 wheel drive so they went skiing.

The point is that the snow wasn’t so debilitating that people stopped living. It’s only MCPS that closes if the wind blows in a way that bothers it. The rest of us have to continue working while teachers get a ski day.

That snow day isn’t a contracted work day anymore, so technically the teacher is off. Teachers can’t use off days as they wish?

And if it makes you feel better, most teachers work all day on snow days to catch up. So you’re actually getting an extra day of work out of them unpaid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They will change at 7. They often do. 😳🥳

what are the chances this actually happens? I don't think this is likely.

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Anonymous wrote:Many other districts in the area are doing the same thing, so I'm baffled as to all these idiotic conspiracy theories and singling out MCPS decision making. Clearly other districts are thinking the same way. Unless MCPS also controls Howard and Baltimore and Fairfax? Heck, Fauquier and Loudoun closed.

They're just really angry and won't take no for an answer. I prefer they express their anger over here than they slap their kids or start screaming at home, honestly. They don't look very mentally stable. No one halfway normal would get this bothered over a school decision!

Lol I think most of us are just perplexed. Thankfully we don't need beforecare and can take our kid to the childcare when it opens at 9. The rest of the world is operating normally. It's weird they can't even open offices on time and reeks of laziness.

Did you offer to shovel your kid's childcare area pavements or at a site that needs more shovelers. Probably not. You are lazy.

There's barely any snow!

Maybe not where you are. Your place, your job, your kid are not the only ones to think about.

The National Weather Service reported a total of 2 inches as the highest accumulation in MoCo. That was on Sunday. There is no reason for school to be disrupted on Tuesday.

[Anonymous]

It was the right call. Y’all need to quit your whining.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many other districts in the area are doing the same thing, so I'm baffled as to all these idiotic conspiracy theories and singling out MCPS decision making. Clearly other districts are thinking the same way. Unless MCPS also controls Howard and Baltimore and Fairfax? Heck, Fauquier and Loudoun closed.

They're just really angry and won't take no for an answer. I prefer they express their anger over here than they slap their kids or start screaming at home, honestly. They don't look very mentally stable. No one halfway normal would get this bothered over a school decision!

Lol I think most of us are just perplexed. Thankfully we don't need beforecare and can take our kid to the childcare when it opens at 9. The rest of the world is operating normally. It's weird they can't even open offices on time and reeks of laziness.

Did you offer to shovel your kid's childcare area pavements or at a site that needs more shovelers. Probably not. You are lazy.

There's barely any snow!

Maybe not where you are. Your place, your job, your kid are not the only ones to think about.

The National Weather Service reported a total of 2 inches as the highest accumulation in MoCo. That was on Sunday. There is no reason for school to be disrupted on Tuesday.

The safest sidewalks are the ones that weren’t shoveled. They did not delay for the snow. Ice is the problem!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And it's not for "snow"
Read.

You read

Code Yellow - Two Hour Delay - Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025

Snow on Sunday and extremely cold temperatures have resulted in dangerous conditions on roads, sidewalks, and parking lots, especially in the more northern areas of our county. With temperatures continuing to remain extremely cold, any areas addressed today will refreeze overnight, further impacting travel conditions. Therefore, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will operate on a Code Yellow schedule, with a two-hour delay on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.[b]

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Pull up your big girl panties and get ready for late school tomorrow.

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Well, it’s an acceptable decision.

It shouldn't be. Expect more.

Eh, you need to relax. I think on time would have been fine too, but I’m ok with taking precautions. Safety first.

A two-hour delay doesn't improve safety.

Oh is this what you don't understand? High schoolers catch their buses before dawn, and the older ones drive themselves to school in the dark. Teen brains aren't quite ready to handle black ice (I know, I'm sure you did it very well). The visibility of a post-dawn bus pickup or drive to school makes a HUGE safety difference. You can *see* the ice you're stepping, or driving on, and can plan accordingly. It also gives school staff who needs to travel before dawn, more time to get to school safely.

To me, who was ready to drive my kids to school at the regular time tomorrow, I think a 2 hr delay is perfectly understandable. I do note that Wednesday is supposed to be even colder, and Thursday will be cold too. Are they planning on 2hr delays for those as well? Seems like they'll expect everyone to get their act together and be on time.

Regardless, we will manage.

You can't see black ice. It isn't literally black. They call it black ice because of the pavement underneath it.

A delay does nothing tomorrow.

It does do something. As PP pointed out, some students and staff are at school by 7am. It's just getting bright out. A delay allows more time for a cautious arrival whether by foot, car. or bus from 13,024 bus stops. Should have been closed with child care programs on a delay tomorrow, a 2hr delay Wed and Thurs.

As someone with far more experience driving on snow and ice than you do, I can assure you it doesn't matter.

It would be different if it was going to warm up enough to melt snow/ice, but it isn't going to.

You can drive or walk in twilight.

These excuses are getting increasingly ridiculous.

Yeah, you're not credible when you say stuff like that. I lived in Scotland as a child, where daylight gets pretty short in the winter, and the number of accidents on slippery roads in the dark explodes after the first snow or the first freezing rain of the winter. It's just a physical fact. Human eyes don't do well in low light conditions.

I'm not saying we have to close schools every time it's slippery out in the winter darkness! But after a big freeze, it makes sense to have families adjust and give them a little more time to drive slowly, or walk slowly. I bet they won't delay on Wednesday morning, when conditions will be exactly the same. Because they hope people will have made adjustments to their routine.

Don't be so mentally rigid.

I'd be surprised if they didn't delay on Wednesday. I think we may even be delayed on Thurs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: The last snow day my kid’s teacher mentioned he went skiing. The ones losing out on these borderline half days are our kids who are missing valuable education time that isn’t being made up.

It’s not like your kid’s teacher decided to close schools that day so they could go skiing. The district closed schools, the teacher probably has 4 wheel drive so they went skiing.

The point is that the snow wasn’t so debilitating that people stopped living. It’s only MCPS that closes if the wind blows in a way that bothers it. The rest of us have to continue working while teachers get a ski day.

If it helps you any, understand this:

MCPS teachers are only paid for two snow days. After that, they work for free on makeup days. Teachers who have summer jobs can lose money if there’s more than a couple makeup days.