Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.

Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...

Conditions uncounty shouldn't close anything downcounty, but apparently we're in some snow suicide pact together

Even if a child-care provider wants to open, they often depend on access to locked facilities, building heat and utilities, custodial snow removal, security or emergency protocols, right?

When MCPS closes, that infrastructure shuts down too.

No, MCPS closing does not shut off heat and utilities to buildings.

Essential workers are supposed to report. No reason why they shouldn't be at schools tomorrow getting them ready to open on Tuesday.

MCPS just wants to give their office workers the day off because they are the most entitled laziest people in the country and they are also bizarrely insecure so they need to wave their dicks around and show they can f&CK with every else's day whenever they choose.

The issue isn’t whether the furnace is on. It’s that once the district declares roads and conditions unsafe for systemwide operations, they’re not going to selectively open school facilities to a subset of kids under a different program. That’s a liability and logistics decision, not a “let’s mess with working parents” conspiracy.

You can argue MCPS is too cautious about snow. Fine. But the idea that this is about “office workers being lazy” is unserious. Closing a 200+ school district affects transportation, food service, custodial crews, security, and building access. It’s not a vibe-based call so someone downtown can sleep in.

Criticize the threshold if you want. The name-calling just makes the argument weaker.

You sound unserious. MCPS used to be able to do Code Orange. It no longer does this and hasn't explained why.

[Anonymous]

MCPS can absolutely let child care providers decide if they can open. They did it for years and have stopped because the current MCPS leadership DGAF, they just want to do the bare minimum. They are even trying to change the law so they can shorten the school year by 14 days. It's disgusting

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.

Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...

Conditions uncounty shouldn't close anything downcounty, but apparently we're in some snow suicide pact together

Even if a child-care provider wants to open, they often depend on access to locked facilities, building heat and utilities, custodial snow removal, security or emergency protocols, right?

When MCPS closes, that infrastructure shuts down too.

No, MCPS closing does not shut off heat and utilities to buildings.

Essential workers are supposed to report. No reason why they shouldn't be at schools tomorrow getting them ready to open on Tuesday.

MCPS just wants to give their office workers the day off because they are the most entitled laziest people in the country and they are also bizarrely insecure so they need to wave their dicks around and show they can f&CK with every else's day whenever they choose.

The issue isn’t whether the furnace is on. It’s that once the district declares roads and conditions unsafe for systemwide operations, they’re not going to selectively open school facilities to a subset of kids under a different program. That’s a liability and logistics decision, not a “let’s mess with working parents” conspiracy.

You can argue MCPS is too cautious about snow. Fine. But the idea that this is about “office workers being lazy” is unserious. Closing a 200+ school district affects transportation, food service, custodial crews, security, and building access. It’s not a vibe-based call so someone downtown can sleep in.

Criticize the threshold if you want. The name-calling just makes the argument weaker.

They literally let child care providers open on a Code Red day open a couple of weeks ago

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a lot of these parents are just angry they didn't become teachers for the sweet snow day benefits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS can apply for the waiver again now that it’s used it’s makeup days. It was only denied because they didn’t…

Yup, and this time they’ll get it — much to the chagrin of the hysterical mom on all the weather threads who repeatedly shrieks at teachers “ENJOY TEACHING IN JULY!!!”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.

Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...

Exactly. Very much reads like "Sorry, not sorry we wanted to give our people the day off..if you need to work tomorrow, go f&ck yourself"

Why on earth would they care about that? Your job is your responsibility.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.

Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...

Conditions uncounty shouldn't close anything downcounty, but apparently we're in some snow suicide pact together

A district is a district. All or none.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.

Until your kid is in a bus that crashes.

Don’t be silly. These privileged whiners’ kids aren’t taking the bus.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.

Until your kid is in a bus that crashes.

Don’t be silly. These privileged whiners’ kids aren’t taking the bus.

True. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t drive their kid to school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.

Until your kid is in a bus that crashes.

Don’t be silly. These privileged whiners’ kids aren’t taking the bus.

Child care providers don't offer bus service

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.

Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...

Exactly. Very much reads like "Sorry, not sorry we wanted to give our people the day off..if you need to work tomorrow, go f&ck yourself"

Why on earth would they care about that? Your job is your responsibility.

Because child care is an essential service and prohibiting it from operating just because you don't feel like it is sociopathic

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.

Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...

Exactly. Very much reads like "Sorry, not sorry we wanted to give our people the day off..if you need to work tomorrow, go f&ck yourself"

Why on earth would they care about that? Your job is your responsibility.

Because child care is an essential service and prohibiting it from operating just because you don't feel like it is sociopathic

+1

And I do not need childcare…. But I don’t have to need childcare to understand this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a lot of these parents are just angry they didn't become teachers for the sweet snow day benefits.

Teacher here. This comment made me laugh!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a lot of these parents are just angry they didn't become teachers for the sweet snow day benefits.

Teacher here. This comment made me laugh!!!

Gotta try to stay positive somehow

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.

Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...

Conditions uncounty shouldn't close anything downcounty, but apparently we're in some snow suicide pact together

Even if a child-care provider wants to open, they often depend on access to locked facilities, building heat and utilities, custodial snow removal, security or emergency protocols, right?

When MCPS closes, that infrastructure shuts down too.

No, MCPS closing does not shut off heat and utilities to buildings.

Essential workers are supposed to report. No reason why they shouldn't be at schools tomorrow getting them ready to open on Tuesday.

MCPS just wants to give their office workers the day off because they are the most entitled laziest people in the country and they are also bizarrely insecure so they need to wave their dicks around and show they can f&CK with every else's day whenever they choose.

The issue isn’t whether the furnace is on. It’s that once the district declares roads and conditions unsafe for systemwide operations, they’re not going to selectively open school facilities to a subset of kids under a different program. That’s a liability and logistics decision, not a “let’s mess with working parents” conspiracy.

You can argue MCPS is too cautious about snow. Fine. But the idea that this is about “office workers being lazy” is unserious. Closing a 200+ school district affects transportation, food service, custodial crews, security, and building access. It’s not a vibe-based call so someone downtown can sleep in.

Criticize the threshold if you want. The name-calling just makes the argument weaker.

No one asked you to be the voice of reason. We are venting and complaining here. Gotta blame someone!