01/17 -2 Hour delay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is where having bigger kids is so much less stressful. I’m going in to work tomorrow and it is what it is. If they cancel, the kids will just have to stick closer to home. I remember feeling so much anxiety about closings when they were little.

Why do they need to go anywhere?

[Anonymous]

Howard county just announced closure for tomorrow

[Anonymous]

Oh but that’s because they can’t have a delayed opening due to previous scheduling of early release.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In my day, we bundled up in coats, hats and gloves and went to school on time on cold days.

Totally sissyfication of America. We are making our children weak.

lol I grew up in Canada. Never had a snow day, temps were often -30 with a lot of snow. What kind of buses do we have here in MCPS that they won't start at 21F?

I went to high school in Canada! We plugged in our cars at night because they had little heaters on the engine so they'd start in the morning. Everyone's car had a little plug hanging out of the hood. I imagine the school buses had them too.

Exactly, people and schools are prepared. We rarely get snow so most aren’t prepared and those heaters are special order only now and not done in this are.

It would be a massive waste of resources to be that "prepared" for such rare events in MoCo.

[Anonymous]

Both my kids slipped and fell on black ice in my own driveway this evening. Thankfully there were no injuries, only some sore bums.

The black ice issue is a big one for kids walking to school. There's no easy one size fits all answer for the entire county, unfortunately. Better to take the conservative route than to risk injuries, not to mention potential accidents caused by inexperienced teenage drivers going to high school in the early AM.

[Anonymous]

Hoping for a closure looking at temps and hypothermia alerts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my day, we bundled up in coats, hats and gloves and went to school on time on cold days.

Totally sissyfication of America. We are making our children weak.

lol I grew up in Canada. Never had a snow day, temps were often -30 with a lot of snow. What kind of buses do we have here in MCPS that they won't start at 21F?

+1 fine black ice is a concern etc. I'm okay with the delay.

But LOL re buses. What do they do in Boston, Chicago, upper Midwest, Canada etc. Modern vehicles should be running fine!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hoping for a closure looking at temps and hypothermia alerts

Hypothermia?!? Much of the country gets colder than this routinely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hoping for a closure looking at temps and hypothermia alerts

Hypothermia?!? Much of the country gets colder than this routinely.

I know but the children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Howard county just announced closure for tomorrow

This really surprised me! Makes me wonder about MCPS tomorrow...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Howard county just announced closure for tomorrow

This really surprised me! Makes me wonder about MCPS tomorrow...

me too!

[Anonymous]

I hope they move to a cancellation but messaging doesn't say they'll consider it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my day, we bundled up in coats, hats and gloves and went to school on time on cold days.

Totally sissyfication of America. We are making our children weak.

lol I grew up in Canada. Never had a snow day, temps were often -30 with a lot of snow. What kind of buses do we have here in MCPS that they won't start at 21F?

+1 fine black ice is a concern etc. I'm okay with the delay.

But LOL re buses. What do they do in Boston, Chicago, upper Midwest, Canada etc. Modern vehicles should be running fine!

They do not. Starting buses tomorrow will be an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope they move to a cancellation but messaging doesn't say they'll consider it

There’s no requirement for them to give advance notice of a possible conversion from delayed opening to full closure. They can just do it tomorrow morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope they move to a cancellation but messaging doesn't say they'll consider it

There’s no requirement for them to give advance notice of a possible conversion from delayed opening to full closure. They can just do it tomorrow morning.

50/50 chance