School Opening Predictions for Tuesday?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My parents had a backup plan for snow closures and delays back in the 90's when I was a kid. I don't see how you can live in this area and not have a plan for your own kids. It's not a surprise that we get some delays and closures each year. Schools are not childcare people.

Schools are child care and they've functioned as such since the first public schools were established.

Also keep in mind that MCPS/Taylor prevented before/after care programs from opening on-time.

#SafetyFirst

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, the problem is getting the buses started with the cold and a 3 day weekend.

It isn't that cold. The buses will start fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

And Howard just closed. So some staff might be out. Some will use their back up daycare options so they can go to Montgomery County.

Totally wasted day! MCPS should close too. Why couldn't Howard make the decision sooner? Seems like a last minute trick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just came to say this. Wonder if Moco will be next?

MCPS quite often follows Howard, however the decision came so late. A couple hours earlier and MCPS would have fallen in line. Tough now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just came to say this. Wonder if Moco will be next?

MCPS quite often follows Howard, however the decision came so late. A couple hours earlier and MCPS would have fallen in line. Tough now.

Ha! Now mcps follows Howard when it used to be the opposite.

[Anonymous]

MCPS should be closed today. Have you been outside yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's too late to change it now.

It can be modified if necessary. But they prob won't reconsider.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just came to say this. Wonder if Moco will be next?

MCPS quite often follows Howard, however the decision came so late. A couple hours earlier and MCPS would have fallen in line. Tough now.

How sad that you're going to have to go to work.

[Anonymous]

Well, since the roads are fine, someone took it open themselves to shut down 270 North at Montrose. I like people with ambition. Enjoy that commute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS should be closed today. Have you been outside yet?

Yes. I needed to clean off my car. Have you? There was no reason to delay, much less close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Might they change to a closed day this late ?

No. Hope your lessons plan are done, you're working today.

The teacher hate is so ridiculous on this site.

For my fellow teachers: thank you for what you do and have a good day today. You’re appreciated by most and despised by few. Unfortunately, those few all reside here on this site.

[Anonymous]

The sidewalk is so slippery. Taylor made the wrong call.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sidewalk is so slippery. Taylor made the wrong call.

Get a walker if you find it that difficult.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Perhaps that’s easier for you to afford.

And seriously… you’ve never taken off for childcare? Why should teachers be held to a higher standard than other professionals?

It's not easy for me to afford, either. But we can't all take off at the last-minute.

Then you need a back-up childcare plan for when childcare in schools are closed. This is not an MCPS issue, this is a you issue. It is not MCPS' responsibility to provide childcare for your child so you can go to work. If you picked a childcare provider that follows the MCPS schedule, again that is on you. You need to look for a daycare that operates independently, so that you can go to work.

It seems to me like the PP DOES have a backup plan- the point was that teachers need a backup plan too in case the county they live in does not have the same delay/closure as the county they work in. Everyone should have a backup plan, even teachers. I don't think that's unreasonable.

As to the point you should have childcare that operates "independently", what do you even mean by that? Most providers either follow MCPS, MCPS admin offices, or the Feds (or sometimes a hybrid, lol), they're not sitting there making their own independent closure decisions. Even if they are, there's no guaruntee they'll make deicions more favorable to your schedule. I'd rather know who they are following, but YMMV.

Taking a day off is a backup plan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sidewalk is so slippery. Taylor made the wrong call.

My sidewalk is a sheet of ice