Wed no school or 2hr delay?

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Anonymous wrote:Cold weather isn’t a reason not to hold school. If you feel it is we should cancel quite a bit of summer vacation so we can start school in early August like they do in the Deep South and you can add a dozen snow/weather days to the calendar.

+1. And then your special snowflake child won’t have to set foot in the ice and cold and can hibernate like a bear in the wintertime.

Then offer our kids bus service as 2 miles in the cold, ice, snow is a bit much.

There is no kid in MCPS who is required to walk to school 2 miles without bus service. Are you posting from another state?

Maybe you are? This is from mcps https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/transportation/rules/riding#:~:text=Who%20rides%20the%20bus?,EEA%2DRA%2C%20Student%20Transportation.:

Elementary school students living more than 1 mile of walking distance from school.*
Middle school students living more than 1.5 miles of walking distance from school.*
High school students living more than 2.0 miles of walking distance from school.*

They probably live in Bethesda which has (unofficially) smaller walk areas because they have such unsafe roads unlike other parts of the county which only have tiny roads where cars always go slow s/

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Anonymous wrote:Cold weather isn’t a reason not to hold school. If you feel it is we should cancel quite a bit of summer vacation so we can start school in early August like they do in the Deep South and you can add a dozen snow/weather days to the calendar.

+1. And then your special snowflake child won’t have to set foot in the ice and cold and can hibernate like a bear in the wintertime.

Then offer our kids bus service as 2 miles in the cold, ice, snow is a bit much.

There is no kid in MCPS who is required to walk to school 2 miles without bus service. Are you posting from another state?

The MCPS high school walk zone is 2 miles.

UP TO 2 miles, with no major highways or highly trafficked roads to cross, and only for high school students (not Ms or ES). So let’s not pretend that every kid is walking 2 miles on the regular. It’s not the case at all.

Not true - our kids cross two major roads, one where a child was killed and there are few sidewalks...Maybe you are privileged and get bus service but we don't. The walk is very unsafe in the street then crossing major roads right now.

Maybe your definition of “major road” differs from MCPS. The MCPS website says “ Transportation is provided if there are hazards such as, but not limited to, multi-lane highways or lack of sidewalks.”

+1. It’s not 2 miles. It’s up to 2 miles for high school students only (not the younger ones) with a lot of exceptions which means most kids walk far less. If the street crossing you’re referencing is so dangerous that a child has been killed, I wonder why you haven’t petitioned MCPs about the hazards present in that particular area. There’s a lot of text about exceptions to the 2 mile walk zone for HS (1 mile for elementary school) including the presence of large roads and lack of sidewalks.

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Anonymous wrote:Won't the snow and ice all cleaned and treated by the end of Tuesday since snow has stopped already? Why prediction of closing for a week....

It depends if we get more snow and it turns into ice. We have had multiple plows and we’ve dug out several times and right now all of it looks like no one has touched it. It’s bad.

Where are you located? We are in Wheaton. We are in an HOA and the contractors came once right after the sleet/freezing rain stopped. Sidewalks and street are completely clear.

I am in Kensington. Streets are not plowed and we are responsible for our own sidewalks. We shoveled 4 times yesterday but still have a coating of icy snow. I predict neighborhood sidewalks are going to be the big problem.

These snow days are a great opportunity for everyone to go out and practice walking on slippery surfaces.

I spent a few winters in an area where they were very good about plowing the main roads but not so much the side streets, and sidewalk clearing was widely variable. We didn't even get a ton of snow but it was COLD so when we did get it it would hang around for weeks. There would be stretches of sidewalks that were downright trecherous but you just had to adapt and carry on. Obviously everyone who can should be out there clearing or hiring someone to do so but things are gonna be slippery for a while.

What is your address so I know where to send the bill for my kid’s broken wrist from all of this “practice” they should be doing

lol. This area never ceases to amaze me.

If you want your kid to never go out when there’s snow and ice, feel free to petition McPS to start school in the beginning of August and we can have the entire month of January off.

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Anonymous wrote:Cold weather isn’t a reason not to hold school. If you feel it is we should cancel quite a bit of summer vacation so we can start school in early August like they do in the Deep South and you can add a dozen snow/weather days to the calendar.

+1. And then your special snowflake child won’t have to set foot in the ice and cold and can hibernate like a bear in the wintertime.

Then offer our kids bus service as 2 miles in the cold, ice, snow is a bit much.

There is no kid in MCPS who is required to walk to school 2 miles without bus service. Are you posting from another state?

Maybe you are? This is from mcps https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/transportation/rules/riding#:~:text=Who%20rides%20the%20bus?,EEA%2DRA%2C%20Student%20Transportation.:

Elementary school students living more than 1 mile of walking distance from school.*
Middle school students living more than 1.5 miles of walking distance from school.*
High school students living more than 2.0 miles of walking distance from school.*

They probably live in Bethesda which has (unofficially) smaller walk areas because they have such unsafe roads unlike other parts of the county which only have tiny roads where cars always go slow s/

And the bus drivers provide hot cocoa and a cookie upon boarding in Bethesda.

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Anonymous wrote:Won't the snow and ice all cleaned and treated by the end of Tuesday since snow has stopped already? Why prediction of closing for a week....

It depends if we get more snow and it turns into ice. We have had multiple plows and we’ve dug out several times and right now all of it looks like no one has touched it. It’s bad.

Where are you located? We are in Wheaton. We are in an HOA and the contractors came once right after the sleet/freezing rain stopped. Sidewalks and street are completely clear.

I am in Kensington. Streets are not plowed and we are responsible for our own sidewalks. We shoveled 4 times yesterday but still have a coating of icy snow. I predict neighborhood sidewalks are going to be the big problem.

These snow days are a great opportunity for everyone to go out and practice walking on slippery surfaces.

I spent a few winters in an area where they were very good about plowing the main roads but not so much the side streets, and sidewalk clearing was widely variable. We didn't even get a ton of snow but it was COLD so when we did get it it would hang around for weeks. There would be stretches of sidewalks that were downright trecherous but you just had to adapt and carry on. Obviously everyone who can should be out there clearing or hiring someone to do so but things are gonna be slippery for a while.

What is your address so I know where to send the bill for my kid’s broken wrist from all of this “practice” they should be doing

lol. This area never ceases to amaze me.

If you want your kid to never go out when there’s snow and ice, feel free to petition McPS to start school in the beginning of August and we can have the entire month of January off.

+1 Feel free to wrap your kid in bubble wrap and homeschool them so they don’t have to be outside in this treacherous snow and break their bones. The rest of us will have to deal with living in an area with annual snowstorms and find a way to send our kids to school.

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This post has really gotten negative. The truth is we still have roads not plowed and lots of slush and ice in the morning.

No school Wednesday

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Still no plow here too.

My money is on no school Wednesday for sure, but they will try to set up sites where they give out meals if they are able to.

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Anonymous wrote:Still no plow here too.

My money is on no school Wednesday for sure, but they will try to set up sites where they give out meals if they are able to.

Yep. This.

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Anonymous wrote:Closed for the week. 50/50 new system comes through on Saturday. Make your plans now.

No, there's practically no chance of a Saturday event. It's not coming together.

Wrong. There’s a 50% chance so there is, in fact, a chance.

Sigh. Can't argue with stupid, I guess. The 50% number is wrong. This is what I'm trying to tell you.

hold my beer

Still holding it? Chances are increasing.

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Anonymous wrote:As of Tuesday morning 60% of county roads have had “one pass.”

They came through my neighborhood yesterday. That one pass left 1-2 inches of compacted snow that is now solid ice. I can’t imagine a bus going up our hilly roads in these conditions.

Agreed. The problem is that ice will not be going away anytime soon, so I don't know when on earth it will be feasible to reopen.

The ice doesn't need to melt for schools to open. What do you think northern states do?

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Anonymous wrote:Closed for the week. 50/50 new system comes through on Saturday. Make your plans now.

No, there's practically no chance of a Saturday event. It's not coming together.

Wrong. There’s a 50% chance so there is, in fact, a chance.

Sigh. Can't argue with stupid, I guess. The 50% number is wrong. This is what I'm trying to tell you.

hold my beer

Still holding it? Chances are increasing.

Chuck Bell just posted the opposite on his FB page.

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Anonymous wrote:Closed for the week. 50/50 new system comes through on Saturday. Make your plans now.

No, there's practically no chance of a Saturday event. It's not coming together.

Wrong. There’s a 50% chance so there is, in fact, a chance.

Sigh. Can't argue with stupid, I guess. The 50% number is wrong. This is what I'm trying to tell you.

hold my beer

Still holding it? Chances are increasing.

This morning i’m reading potential for light snow on Sunday-40%. That’s not a winter storm.

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Anonymous wrote:Cold weather isn’t a reason not to hold school. If you feel it is we should cancel quite a bit of summer vacation so we can start school in early August like they do in the Deep South and you can add a dozen snow/weather days to the calendar.

+1. And then your special snowflake child won’t have to set foot in the ice and cold and can hibernate like a bear in the wintertime.

Then offer our kids bus service as 2 miles in the cold, ice, snow is a bit much.

There is no kid in MCPS who is required to walk to school 2 miles without bus service. Are you posting from another state?

The MCPS high school walk zone is 2 miles.

More concerning: for ES kids, it's 1 mile.

Most ES students aren't walking alone.

That's the problem. She doesn't want to feel cold!

I wouldn't want my kids cold, why would you want your kids cold or risk being hit by a car or slipping?

They went outside today. Why wouldn't they be able to get to school later this week? I really don't understand your perspective.

Because the roads are one lane, no sidewalks and we only have one car that's awd and needed to get to work. Mine will just skip school as there is no other good option.

Everything beyond neighborhood side streets has been plowed. The kids walked through snow to sled, so why can't they walk through snow to get to school?

And any capable driver can do just fine with a FWD vehicle. You don't need AWD.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is cleaning the 13k or so bus stops??

If you have one on your street, get together with a couple neighbors and shovel it after the plow goes through? There's no magocal crew going around to each bus stop. Or if y'all can't do that then just have your kids climb over it.

Did you shovel your bus stop?

I don't care if my kids climb on snow banks. They've already been doing that.

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Anonymous wrote:Closed for the week. 50/50 new system comes through on Saturday. Make your plans now.

No, there's practically no chance of a Saturday event. It's not coming together.

Wrong. There’s a 50% chance so there is, in fact, a chance.

Sigh. Can't argue with stupid, I guess. The 50% number is wrong. This is what I'm trying to tell you.

hold my beer

Still holding it? Chances are increasing.

This morning i’m reading potential for light snow on Sunday-40%. That’s not a winter storm.

Every source has an update and it’s a week out.