Snowing here and sticking—early dismissals?
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Anonymous
Yes, but hindsight is 20/20. |
Anonymous
| The roads are WAY worse today than they were on Wednesday. This would be a "dusting" if it were 30 degrees out. But it's not. |
Anonymous
Damn. I was up until 3;30am last night catching up on work due to this week's previous closings/early dismissals/late openings. I think DW and I will have to trade off on hanging out with our kids this weekend so the other one can focus on getting some work done. |
Anonymous
| They should have closed. Bad calls all around. |
Anonymous
| Snow will stop around noon. |
Anonymous
Yup. Just when the high schools let out. So instead 2.5 hours between end of snow and dismissal, during which the snow can be cleared, there will be 0 hours. I don't get it. |
Anonymous
I think that they would have closed, if there had been more than 2 snow days in the schedule, which was not possible thanks to the wishes of the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce. |
Anonymous
no URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1009 AM EST Fri Feb 1 2019 DCZ001-MDZ013-014-504-VAZ053-054-501-506-012000- /O.CON.KLWX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-190201T2000Z/ District of Columbia-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel- Central and Southeast Montgomery-Fairfax- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Northern Fauquier- Eastern Loudoun- 1009 AM EST Fri Feb 1 2019 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Snow expected. Snow accumulations around one inch. The snow is expected to be heaviest during the morning. * WHERE...Washington D.C. and nearby suburbs. * WHEN...Until 3 PM EST this afternoon. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...With surface temperatures well below freezing, even minor accumulations of snow can cause untreated roads to become icy. This is expected to impact travel today. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Weather Advisory for snow means periods of snow will cause primarily travel difficulties. Expect snow covered roads and limited visibilities, and use caution while driving. |
Anonymous
| MCPS has no excuse, they could have closed given that Hogan or the MD legislature has allowed schools since last May some calendar flexibility. |
Anonymous
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I am SO grateful it is not my job to have to make the decisions about whether to close, open late, dismiss early, etc.
I agree with the PP who said they would have closed school today if they already weren't running a deficit. I love having school start after Labor Day, but I have a flexible schedule so these closings and delays don't affect me as much. I feel for all the working parents without good last-minute coverage. |
Anonymous
Can you elaborate on this? Does that mean they can go past June 15 if there are lots of snow days? |
Anonymous
+1,000. This is NOT a good call. |
Anonymous
Nope, MCPS is entirely to blame on this one. Howard County manages to make the schedule work, including a full week for spring break, under the same rules. Why cant' MCPS pull it off? Note that in spring last yea, SB729 was passed, allowing schools to extend the calendar up to 5 days past 6/15 without a waiver. HoCo took advantage of this, MCPS did not. |
Anonymous
| As the parent of a HS student I am really unhappy about the early dismissal. Now all of these HS students are going to get out on the road while they are still snow covered. At this point they should have just gone with regular dismissal when the snow would have stopped and the roads could be cleared. This is a mess now. |
Anonymous
Yes. Here is HoCo's calendar -- check out June: https://www.hcpss.org/f/news/calendars/calendar201819.pdf That was done without any waivers. Why MCPS didn't do the same thing.. Incompetence is my guess. |