Can we get an emergency closure tomorrow?

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Anonymous wrote:Great idea- let’s let the kids who rely on school lunches to eat starve. For the parents who rely on schools to watch their kids, let them get fired. You people are so privileged

Um summer break starts in 7 school days… what do you think is gonna happen then?

People plan for that. They don’t plan for unscheduled unnecessary closures

They didn’t plan for backup care? Sounds like a Them Problem. Shrug.

You are so privileged

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Huh? Didn't Monifa make us memorize purple blue orange days? Isn't this what that's for?

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Anonymous wrote:Were there any asthma attacks today anywhere? The only thing I noticed was a lot kids needed tissues to blow their blow their noses.

You're on the internet-Right! NOW! You can actually look things up while you're here!
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/stamford-asthma-canada-wildfires-poor-air-quality-18140204.php

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I think people are blowing this out of proportion calling for school closures. One of my kids has asthma and chronic lung disease from being extremely premature, and she has been absolutely fine today even when playing outside for a bit here and there. Really worried parents can keep their kids home or mask them.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people are blowing this out of proportion calling for school closures. One of my kids has asthma and chronic lung disease from being extremely premature, and she has been absolutely fine today even when playing outside for a bit here and there. Really worried parents can keep their kids home or mask them.

Exactly

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I am shocked people from a county that made 2 year olds mask for years in daycare would push for school closures due to smoke. Completely shocked!

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Anonymous wrote:Do not cancel school. They can stay inside. Parents who are paranoid can keep your kids home or send them in a mask. Don’t punish everyone else.

100%.

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Anonymous wrote:No, the air quality alert ends tonight at midnight. How do you know it will be "worse tomorrow"? MCPS has already cancelled outdoor activities tomorrow. It's the end of the school year - if you want to keep your kid home, go ahead. Mine is going - I have a job to do.

So what? School is not your babysitter.

Yes in fact school is my babysitter.

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Schools are more polluted than the majority of homes. They need to keep doors open to an influx of students. The gyms get really hot, and teachers open those windows. Some teachers, like my kid's teacher, ignore the air quality alerts and bring their students outside (my kid had to rehearse their play outside today, despite the children's protests!).

I agree that schools should close on Code Red days. They can stay open on Code Orange days.

The reason I say this is that Code Red days will become a lot more prevalent with global warming. Snow days will decrease. It's just the new risk we need to adjust to, and protect our children from. The only way we can have school on Code Red days is if we equip public schools with reliable ventilation and air filters, and procedures for not keeping doors/windows wide open for hours, which for the moment is not happening, even in the wealthiest school districts.

If they close, who will watch the kids. Parents had a fit over virtual school....

And, those of us in virtual, why should we not get educational days because you are having a tantrum over air quality. Put a mask on and you'll be fine.

1. I am not having a tantrum. I am explaining my point of view, rude person.

2. I did put on a mask while outside today, and will do so again tomorrow, and for every Code Red day. However this is not about me, or my kids (who happen to have asthma, and who used their inhalers and wore their masks at school, today). It's about the health of the population as a whole.

3. I know I'm going against the grain, because there is a certain group that needs repeated education when it comes to health matters and who reflexively abuses others when it comes to new ideas (God forbid we'd want to improve on what we had in the 70s! Uphill both ways is how we want to keep it!). But one day, if you live long enough to live through more global warming events, you will come to see my point of view. We now need to think about air pollution in a much more careful way than before. It's easy to do, and not scary.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people are blowing this out of proportion calling for school closures. One of my kids has asthma and chronic lung disease from being extremely premature, and she has been absolutely fine today even when playing outside for a bit here and there. Really worried parents can keep their kids home or mask them.

Agreed. Our school cancelled outdoor recess, but plenty of kids running around the neighborhood today after school. It's been totally fine.

And, the outside air is the same as the inside air for most people.

Definitely people blowing this out of proportion by calling for school closures.

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90% chance it will be closed

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Anonymous wrote:I’m for using a snow day for a code red day because the advice is to stay indoors with closed windows.

Many had trouble breathing with even limited exposure and had to use their inhalers multiple times. It’s difficult to keep the polluted air out with all the people going in and out of schools and buses.

It's the same polluted air at your house. What difference does it make?

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Anonymous wrote:The kids have started a petition. DD has received it several times. Something like 6000 signatures for school to be closed tomorrow.

Stupid petition

Tell that to the 10,000 people who have signed it.

Let's see when MCPS calls this closure. My kid actually has something fun going on at school tomorrow and will be disappointed if it gets cancelled, but I think it's likely that MCPS calls an emergency closure in the morning.

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Insider info. Schools are projected to close

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Anonymous wrote:Insider info. Schools are projected to close

And MCPS will be the only one. Disgraceful