MCPS closed tomorrow 1/3

[Anonymous]

The snow is not the reason for canceling classes tomorrow. It is the staffing shortage. This is pretty obvious. Tomorrow they will declare one or two weeks of virtual learning I am sure. At this point, notwithstanding MCPS incompetence as evidenced in so many occasions, without teachers and other school staff - who will be simultaneously sick in the coming days - there is no way to have in person school, maybe not even virtual. So let’s just accept the reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The snow is not the reason for canceling classes tomorrow. It is the staffing shortage. This is pretty obvious. Tomorrow they will declare one or two weeks of virtual learning I am sure. At this point, notwithstanding MCPS incompetence as evidenced in so many occasions, without teachers and other school staff - who will be simultaneously sick in the coming days - there is no way to have in person school, maybe not even virtual. So let’s just accept the reality.

Wrong. Because they have to give notice before they do that.

[Anonymous]

MCPS needs help in their communications. At 5 pm I got a text linking https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2021-2022/Community-Update-20220102-final.html, which says decisions are typically made at 5 am.
Then they called it 2.5 hours later.
It could be more clear and they could definitely be more efficient with their communications. I have gotten probably ten emails or texts from them today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS needs help in their communications. At 5 pm I got a text linking https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2021-2022/Community-Update-20220102-final.html, which says decisions are typically made at 5 am.
Then they called it 2.5 hours later.
It could be more clear and they could definitely be more efficient with their communications. I have gotten probably ten emails or texts from them today.

You must be new here. MCPS needing help with communications is par for the course.

[Anonymous]

My High Schooler got this email earlier today. I am sure more will follow:

Hello, Class,

I hope you had a good break and that you managed to dodge sickness. Despite significant precautions, I unfortunately did not, so I will not be in school until Jan 11, but I do expect learning to continue............

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My High Schooler got this email earlier today. I am sure more will follow:

Hello, Class,

I hope you had a good break and that you managed to dodge sickness. Despite significant precautions, I unfortunately did not, so I will not be in school until Jan 11, but I do expect learning to continue............

Will your kid's class have a sub in this case or are they virtual for this class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My High Schooler got this email earlier today. I am sure more will follow:

Hello, Class,

I hope you had a good break and that you managed to dodge sickness. Despite significant precautions, I unfortunately did not, so I will not be in school until Jan 11, but I do expect learning to continue............

Will your kid's class have a sub in this case or are they virtual for this class?

She didn’t say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS needs help in their communications. At 5 pm I got a text linking https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2021-2022/Community-Update-20220102-final.html, which says decisions are typically made at 5 am.
Then they called it 2.5 hours later.
It could be more clear and they could definitely be more efficient with their communications. I have gotten probably ten emails or texts from them today.

You must be new here. MCPS needing help with communications is par for the course.

Not new. I’m pointing out why people are frustrated they called it early. Then people say there are complaints no matter when MCPS calls it. My issue isn’t whether they call in the night before or the morning, but be more clear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My High Schooler got this email earlier today. I am sure more will follow:

Hello, Class,

I hope you had a good break and that you managed to dodge sickness. Despite significant precautions, I unfortunately did not, so I will not be in school until Jan 11, but I do expect learning to continue............

Will your kid's class have a sub in this case or are they virtual for this class?

She didn’t say.

Low odds of getting a sub these days. There are no virtual HS classes at the moment. Nice of the teacher to let the kids know ahead of time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no reason for closure.

What they should do is have all students log in for
A virtual day due to snow. There should never be a snow day
Ever again. Everyone has a chrome book at home with them.

MCPS is a joke. And honestly their should never be a closure due to snow. It’s going to snow, then report to work 2 hours early to be ready. Get the busses on the road an hour early. To be waiting at the stops.

Northern states have this down to a science, no reason this county can’t too.

The federal government closes for weather too, genius. Is this your first day on planet earth or something?

Hahaha

[Anonymous]

Am I the only one hoping that Tuesday is off as well?
Playing outside in the fresh air is exactly what is needed right now. Everyone is so stressed and anxious regarding Covid right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone gets these alerts in triplicate across emails, texts, etc.

Welcome to DCUM where we also post notices too.

Yeah everyone runs to DCUM for school closing information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All these people cheering on a fake snow day are the same ones 6 months ago crying about “learning loss”.

If you don’t want your kids to lean then don’t cry when they don’t learn anything.

First, gonna have to call you out as a troll. No one cheering on a “fake” snow day is also a parent of a kid, who like mine, suffered learning loss over the pandemic. I swear, the MCPS teachers Union must have a troll farm working these threads because between the “you just want day care” and the “you’ll just have paras watching your kids” and the “teachers will die in droves” the same old crap keeps popping up and it’s absolute nonsense, flying in the face of all of the evidence and data.

Not one person is saying teachers will die in droves. People are trying to tell you (which you cannot grasp), that there will be massive staff shortages. Again, why is this so hard for most of you posters to comprehend? No teachers… no subs…schools need these both to function.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one hoping that Tuesday is off as well?
Playing outside in the fresh air is exactly what is needed right now. Everyone is so stressed and anxious regarding Covid right now.

They’ve had ten days off but now it’s important that they play in the fresh air.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The snow is not the reason for canceling classes tomorrow. It is the staffing shortage. This is pretty obvious. Tomorrow they will declare one or two weeks of virtual learning I am sure. At this point, notwithstanding MCPS incompetence as evidenced in so many occasions, without teachers and other school staff - who will be simultaneously sick in the coming days - there is no way to have in person school, maybe not even virtual. So let’s just accept the reality.

So every other school system in the area and the federal government are also closing because of secret staff shortages?