MCPS closing/delaying on Monday?

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Will schools be closed Wednesday due to ice?

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Anonymous wrote:Will schools be closed Wednesday due to ice?

I’d bet money on a delay, for sure.

But they’ll have all day Tuesday to clear and salt, so as long as the buses can run, Wednesday is probably on.

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I hope Wed is on, and just a delay, which seems reasonable but in my experience MCPS is always closed longer than I think is reasonable, so I am planning for a closure.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope Wed is on, and just a delay, which seems reasonable but in my experience MCPS is always closed longer than I think is reasonable, so I am planning for a closure.

+1

They won't use tomorrow to clean

[Anonymous]

At least the next storm is scheduled for the weekend

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Anonymous wrote:At least the next storm is scheduled for the weekend

What a relief.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why code purple can’t be used for future snow days. I thought I read that would be an option since MCPS has cut back on the padded in snow days but another poster said they won’t use virtual. Why not?

State law doesn't allow it (except under exceptional circumstances). Schools were abusing it. The allowance for virtual days wasn't intended to cover normal winter weather.

Virtual learning is pretty useless. All evidence points to kids not learning this way. Even adults struggle to stay focused when they are facing a screen

No, it wasn't useless. Your kids may not have succeeded, but clearly, there is a reason why... look inward. My kids did great. Far better education than in person. We've had multiple teachers out sick for weeks so two days is a big deal when they prepare for AP/IB tests. We have to pay for tutoring to make up for the absences. And, when some teachers are there they barely teach and play videos.

We can see now that this is a rarer situation than the reverse.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you are unhinged. Nothing is being learned in school on makeup days. Half the kids don’t even come to school. The 180 day rule is stupid. So what if the school year becomes less. Advocate for quality rather than quantity

We don’t get quality either. The state sets the 180 rule. Our hs teachers sent out emails with assignments due tomorrow. Kids should get credit.

You had teachers email today with work that must be completed on a snow day?

DP - yes, my kids are in HS. I remember reading all these fights about storms over the years and didn’t really understand how much pressure is on HS kids until I had one.

Magnet school perhaps or W school?

No, but does it matter?

Yes. Because at many MCPS high schools (outside the top 10), kids would never do work that was assigned on a snow day. Some students have good reason - because they are helping out their parents and relatives by providing free babysitting

I’d love to know the %of students actually affected. Seems very small and not worth detailing the whole rest of the class.

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I don't care, it'll be nice to have another day to go sledding and have snowball fights with my kid, but I don't get why they aren't even allowing childcare providers to operate tomorrow. The main roads are fine.

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Anonymous wrote:At least the next storm is scheduled for the weekend

It’s anticipated next weekend, but we can’t actually schedule them. 😉

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why code purple can’t be used for future snow days. I thought I read that would be an option since MCPS has cut back on the padded in snow days but another poster said they won’t use virtual. Why not?

State law doesn't allow it (except under exceptional circumstances). Schools were abusing it. The allowance for virtual days wasn't intended to cover normal winter weather.

Virtual learning is pretty useless. All evidence points to kids not learning this way. Even adults struggle to stay focused when they are facing a screen

No, it wasn't useless. Your kids may not have succeeded, but clearly, there is a reason why... look inward. My kids did great. Far better education than in person. We've had multiple teachers out sick for weeks so two days is a big deal when they prepare for AP/IB tests. We have to pay for tutoring to make up for the absences. And, when some teachers are there they barely teach and play videos.

DP. The reason why is that most kids don't do well with virtual learning.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why code purple can’t be used for future snow days. I thought I read that would be an option since MCPS has cut back on the padded in snow days but another poster said they won’t use virtual. Why not?

State law doesn't allow it (except under exceptional circumstances). Schools were abusing it. The allowance for virtual days wasn't intended to cover normal winter weather.

Virtual learning is pretty useless. All evidence points to kids not learning this way. Even adults struggle to stay focused when they are facing a screen

No, it wasn't useless. Your kids may not have succeeded, but clearly, there is a reason why... look inward. My kids did great. Far better education than in person. We've had multiple teachers out sick for weeks so two days is a big deal when they prepare for AP/IB tests. We have to pay for tutoring to make up for the absences. And, when some teachers are there they barely teach and play videos.

DP. The reason why is that most kids don't do well with virtual learning.

+1 done really need to have this debate now?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why code purple can’t be used for future snow days. I thought I read that would be an option since MCPS has cut back on the padded in snow days but another poster said they won’t use virtual. Why not?

State law doesn't allow it (except under exceptional circumstances). Schools were abusing it. The allowance for virtual days wasn't intended to cover normal winter weather.

Virtual learning is pretty useless. All evidence points to kids not learning this way. Even adults struggle to stay focused when they are facing a screen

No, it wasn't useless. Your kids may not have succeeded, but clearly, there is a reason why... look inward. My kids did great. Far better education than in person. We've had multiple teachers out sick for weeks so two days is a big deal when they prepare for AP/IB tests. We have to pay for tutoring to make up for the absences. And, when some teachers are there they barely teach and play videos.

DP. The reason why is that most kids don't do well with virtual learning.

Most kids didn't show up or put in the effort. Younger kids needed support. Its far better to have virtual than what we have now, nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why code purple can’t be used for future snow days. I thought I read that would be an option since MCPS has cut back on the padded in snow days but another poster said they won’t use virtual. Why not?

State law doesn't allow it (except under exceptional circumstances). Schools were abusing it. The allowance for virtual days wasn't intended to cover normal winter weather.

Virtual learning is pretty useless. All evidence points to kids not learning this way. Even adults struggle to stay focused when they are facing a screen

No, it wasn't useless. Your kids may not have succeeded, but clearly, there is a reason why... look inward. My kids did great. Far better education than in person. We've had multiple teachers out sick for weeks so two days is a big deal when they prepare for AP/IB tests. We have to pay for tutoring to make up for the absences. And, when some teachers are there they barely teach and play videos.

DP. The reason why is that most kids don't do well with virtual learning.

Most kids didn't show up or put in the effort. Younger kids needed support. Its far better to have virtual than what we have now, nothing.

The same thing will happen now. Most kids won’t show up. Or they join and then play video games on the side. Why are you beating a dead horse?

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Teachers get very few perks. This is a small one. Why take away something fun and spontaneous? Life has become over scheduled for everyone. Snow days are a chance to slow down. It is important to appreciate the wonder of nature