Wed no school or 2hr delay?

[Anonymous]

“ As far as our chances to get more snow this weekend.. they look lower today compared to yesterday. The majority of our forecast models are still developing a whopper of a storm off the North Carolina coast by Sunday morning. Today there’s a bit more agreement that the storm will be far enough East of Cape Hatteras, and heading out to sea, that we wouldn’t get much more than a glancing blow. There’s still a 30-40% chance that we could get an inch or two, but the odds of us getting more than 3” are considerably lower now than they were. With so much cold air already in place this storm chance will have to be watched carefully, but for now we’ll just have to focus on staying safe and warm.”

Chuck’s post

[Anonymous]

Sidewalks are clear- except at our local elementary school. Does MCPS have a special budget for fines for failing to clear them on time?

[Anonymous]

I agree with no school tomorrow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

But their bus drivers have been trained to drive in icy conditions and that doesn't happen here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Good luck with the broken bones

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

But their bus drivers have been trained to drive in icy conditions and that doesn't happen here.

Physics is our friend. Buses are heavy. They do fine.

The colder temperatures have helped. We haven't gotten into a melt-refreeze pattern. The roads and sidewalks are just going to get better at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Good luck with the broken bones

You've really got to work on your anxiety problem. Do you let your kids do anything? What about sports, which have much higher rates of injuries?

[Anonymous]

500 square miles of a county and 150,000 students, but sure: if you look out your window and it’s fine then it must be fine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:500 square miles of a county and 150,000 students, but sure: if you look out your window and it’s fine then it must be fine

It's ok if some people have to walk or drive carefully. It's even ok if a small number of people can't make it out.

[Anonymous]

Saw PG county had already canceled through Thursday. Wonder if MCPS will do the same

[Anonymous]

Things are not clear where I am. Snow plows came by and didn’t finish our street and now we have 3 feet of snow blocking the cul de sac. I live 5 blocks from our school and no way can we climb the mountain to even make it to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our street is on the neighborhood bus route. It was plowed once but the leftovers are now ice. DS’s friends neighborhood was completely untouched as of Monday evening. The main roads near us are narrowly plowed but in reasonably decent shape. The neighborhoods have a long way to go and I don’t think there’s anyway they can be ready to open Wednesday. Thursday is a distant maybe. Friday is more likely but probably a delay. When are they announcing decision for Wednesday?

4pm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Things are not clear where I am. Snow plows came by and didn’t finish our street and now we have 3 feet of snow blocking the cul de sac. I live 5 blocks from our school and no way can we climb the mountain to even make it to school.

Come on. You may not be able to drive, but you can certainly walk. 5 blocks! How lazy can you be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things are not clear where I am. Snow plows came by and didn’t finish our street and now we have 3 feet of snow blocking the cul de sac. I live 5 blocks from our school and no way can we climb the mountain to even make it to school.

Come on. You may not be able to drive, but you can certainly walk. 5 blocks! How lazy can you be?

Read! There is a 3 foot mountain of snow that is blocking the road in our cul de sac. There are no sidewalks here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

But their bus drivers have been trained to drive in icy conditions and that doesn't happen here.

Physics is our friend. Buses are heavy. They do fine.

The colder temperatures have helped. We haven't gotten into a melt-refreeze pattern. The roads and sidewalks are just going to get better at this point.

Except they don’t always do fine. I can think of three incidents where our school buses slid off the road with children on board. The last one just this past December.