Everyone’s thinking it…delay or cancel Friday?

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Anonymous wrote:Closed and they clawback a day from spring break

Parents have travel plans. Teachers have travel plans. They won’t do this.

Shrug. Choices have consequences.

which choice - like the one where they decided to close Wednesday? or the choice to make plans for spring break? So people aren't supposed to make plans on the off chance there are too many snow days? not going to happen. and if they are open a day at spring break - i doubt they do much actual work. What a waste.

One thing I don't understand is who cares if the make up day is during spring break. The kids can skip the day. Anyone's kid ever miss a day or two because of sickness? I think so. Really, who cares if skip a day or two of these make up?

Not easy for high school students who want to get As

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Anonymous wrote:PG county has a half day of asynchronous virtual during their teacher grading day on the 22nd. MCPS should just follow that model.

According to other posts, MCPS doesn't even have an MSDE-approved virtual plan, so can they even count virtual days as school days?

It sounded like they have a plan in that email today. They should send it out and clear up any questions.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/emergency/virtual-learning/

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Anonymous wrote:PG county has a half day of asynchronous virtual during their teacher grading day on the 22nd. MCPS should just follow that model.

According to other posts, MCPS doesn't even have an MSDE-approved virtual plan, so can they even count virtual days as school days?

It sounded like they have a plan in that email today. They should send it out and clear up any questions.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/emergency/virtual-learning/

The details in the docs are from the 2022-2023 school year.

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Anonymous wrote:We are getting zoom links. It's hard to guess but we are not set up for snow. I hope they don't burn through all the snow days.

They already burned through the snow days. There were only two and we used them this week.

So if there’s no school tomorrow they will make it up. They have identified which days already they will use for make ups. Some are teacher work days. Others are during spring break

They've identified which days they could use for makeups, but it'll take a while for them to decide which one(s) they will use. In 2022, they needed to make up three days due to January closures, but they didn't announce the plan until February 24th. The make up days used that year were in April and June.

And the April day was originally a teachers' grading and reporting day, but was changed to an early release day.

Again, this would be very bad. Other than 1/29, we have problems. Two of the makeup days are Muslim holidays. Another day is a Jewish holiday in the evening. A third day impacts Muslim teachers. Two days are spring break. The final day is the last option and at the end so can’t be done first.

Maybe we should restrict one holiday observance in school calendar per religious group. We’re not observing every religious holidays in other cultures.

So do you want Christmas Eve Day or Christmas Day or Easter Monday? Pick one.

I just want winter break and that’s it.

At the semester, I assume?

Mid January?

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Anonymous wrote:We are getting zoom links. It's hard to guess but we are not set up for snow. I hope they don't burn through all the snow days.

They already burned through the snow days. There were only two and we used them this week.

So if there’s no school tomorrow they will make it up. They have identified which days already they will use for make ups. Some are teacher work days. Others are during spring break

They've identified which days they could use for makeups, but it'll take a while for them to decide which one(s) they will use. In 2022, they needed to make up three days due to January closures, but they didn't announce the plan until February 24th. The make up days used that year were in April and June.

And the April day was originally a teachers' grading and reporting day, but was changed to an early release day.

Again, this would be very bad. Other than 1/29, we have problems. Two of the makeup days are Muslim holidays. Another day is a Jewish holiday in the evening. A third day impacts Muslim teachers. Two days are spring break. The final day is the last option and at the end so can’t be done first.

Maybe we should restrict one holiday observance in school calendar per religious group. We’re not observing every religious holidays in other cultures.

So do you want Christmas Eve Day or Christmas Day or Easter Monday? Pick one.

I just want winter break and that’s it.

At the semester, I assume?

Mid January?

That’s even better. Coldest month off to beaches.

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Anonymous wrote:We are getting zoom links. It's hard to guess but we are not set up for snow. I hope they don't burn through all the snow days.

They already burned through the snow days. There were only two and we used them this week.

So if there’s no school tomorrow they will make it up. They have identified which days already they will use for make ups. Some are teacher work days. Others are during spring break

They've identified which days they could use for makeups, but it'll take a while for them to decide which one(s) they will use. In 2022, they needed to make up three days due to January closures, but they didn't announce the plan until February 24th. The make up days used that year were in April and June.

And the April day was originally a teachers' grading and reporting day, but was changed to an early release day.

Again, this would be very bad. Other than 1/29, we have problems. Two of the makeup days are Muslim holidays. Another day is a Jewish holiday in the evening. A third day impacts Muslim teachers. Two days are spring break. The final day is the last option and at the end so can’t be done first.

Maybe we should restrict one holiday observance in school calendar per religious group. We’re not observing every religious holidays in other cultures.

So do you want Christmas Eve Day or Christmas Day or Easter Monday? Pick one.

I just want winter break and that’s it.

At the semester, I assume?

Mid January?

That’s even better. Coldest month off to beaches.

Then we can observe the 15 day lunar festivals.

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By today notification are we waiting until 8pm for mcps ?

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I’m not setting the alarm clock tonight and I’ve already extended internet time by an hour for the kids.

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I assume we'll close.

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HoCo just announced they’re closed tomorrow. MCPS is 100% going to close. Hopefully they announce tonight as well.

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https://wtop.com/closings-and-delays/
A little after 6pm and Fairfax, Loudon, Frederick, and Howard counties have announced closure tomorrow. Almost fully surrounding MoCo. How long until PG and DC close?

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Anonymous wrote:Closed and they clawback a day from spring break

Parents have travel plans. Teachers have travel plans. They won’t do this.

Shrug. Choices have consequences.

which choice - like the one where they decided to close Wednesday? or the choice to make plans for spring break? So people aren't supposed to make plans on the off chance there are too many snow days? not going to happen. and if they are open a day at spring break - i doubt they do much actual work. What a waste.

One thing I don't understand is who cares if the make up day is during spring break. The kids can skip the day. Anyone's kid ever miss a day or two because of sickness? I think so. Really, who cares if skip a day or two of these make up?

Not easy for high school students who want to get As

Or for AP classes that have a ton of material to cover before the May test dates.

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It's posted on the MCPS website - they're closed tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Closed and they clawback a day from spring break

Parents have travel plans. Teachers have travel plans. They won’t do this.

Shrug. Choices have consequences.

which choice - like the one where they decided to close Wednesday? or the choice to make plans for spring break? So people aren't supposed to make plans on the off chance there are too many snow days? not going to happen. and if they are open a day at spring break - i doubt they do much actual work. What a waste.

One thing I don't understand is who cares if the make up day is during spring break. The kids can skip the day. Anyone's kid ever miss a day or two because of sickness? I think so. Really, who cares if skip a day or two of these make up?

Not easy for high school students who want to get As

Why? Do any teachers really dock your grade that much for missing a single day of class?