School Opening Predictions for Tuesday?

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

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

I think a 24 hour delay is probable through Thursday.

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

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

It's not. That was just a sad teacher that wants a paid day off.

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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.

Oooh, in Scotland you must have walked in a kilt and underwear, so cool of you.

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Why aren't they allowing KAH and other child care providers to open on time to help working parents?

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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.

Most MCPS teachers I know have kids so they are not having fun tomorrow. They are trying to manage their own kids while preparing how to move around the teaching for their own classes because of the missed 2 hours.

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They will hopefully close

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Anonymous wrote:They will hopefully close

🙄🤣

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't they allowing KAH and other child care providers to open on time to help working parents?

The building is closed until the official opening time.

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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.

It is the temperature, not the snow

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't they allowing KAH and other child care providers to open on time to help working parents?

The building is closed until the official opening time.

But that is an MCPS choice. Other years they have let before care providers in to offer services.

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Many teachers live in Howard County. Some will be out since their own kids will not have school. Be prepared for a wasted day tomorrow

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't they allowing KAH and other child care providers to open on time to help working parents?

The building is closed until the official opening time.

But that is an MCPS choice. Other years they have let before care providers in to offer services.

Good grief - this thread is ridiculous. Too many posters who either lack critical thinking skills or are easily baited by trolls.

The schools are not open on time for child care providers for the same reason that they aren't open on time for everyone. It's NOT SAFE. We had slushy snow, it is a hard freeze tonight, and it is TOO DARK in the morning to see ice easily - for both walkers and drivers. I've know two people in the past 8 years who have slipped on ice outside of schools and been seriously injured. A two hour delay to be able to adequately see the state of the school surroundings is just a sensible thing to do.

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't they allowing KAH and other child care providers to open on time to help working parents?

What would be the fun in that?

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't they allowing KAH and other child care providers to open on time to help working parents?

The building is closed until the official opening time.

But that is an MCPS choice. Other years they have let before care providers in to offer services.

Good grief - this thread is ridiculous. Too many posters who either lack critical thinking skills or are easily baited by trolls.

The schools are not open on time for child care providers for the same reason that they aren't open on time for everyone. It's NOT SAFE. We had slushy snow, it is a hard freeze tonight, and it is TOO DARK in the morning to see ice easily - for both walkers and drivers. I've know two people in the past 8 years who have slipped on ice outside of schools and been seriously injured. A two hour delay to be able to adequately see the state of the school surroundings is just a sensible thing to do.

Set your alarm and you'll see it isn't actually dark at 7am! The fact that you know two klutzes that were probably walking into school drunk doesn't change that.

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Anonymous wrote:Many teachers live in Howard County. Some will be out since their own kids will not have school. Be prepared for a wasted day tomorrow

Those teachers should hire babysitters like the rest of us have to do.