What about Monday?

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Anonymous wrote:A two hour delay on Monday would represent a complete failure of leadership. Taylor should lose his job if that comes to pass.

No it should be a full closure.

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Anonymous wrote:We knew freezing rain was a possibility. They should have had a crew out on Sunday dealing with snow when it was powdery and then dripping ice melt. You wouldn’t have this impossible mess if you planned ahead.
And the county seriously has to talk to the schools. I walked by the MS near me. The long stretch of sidewalk in front of it is clean but you can’t access the sidewalk due to the huge piles of snow blocking the entry points.
And since I am out walking a lot, I can see how those that put some extra effort in on Sunday aren’t dealing with an ice block mess this week. This storm wasn’t a surprise.

Sigh. No. We don't have the resources, and if we allocate more resources to snow removal for major storms that come every 10 or 20 years, it takes money away from something else.

Like what? Taylor’s expense account?

No. Bus tracking app. Payouts. Lawsuits. More??

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Anonymous wrote:A two hour delay on Monday would represent a complete failure of leadership. Taylor should lose his job if that comes to pass.

No it should be a full closure.

I love how you're trolling the other PP.

Personally, I'm sure MCPS is doing the best they can, and I refuse to raise my blood pressure for such petty details are which day kids are going to return to school... even though I'd rather it be sooner than later.

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Anonymous wrote:Our PTA volunteered to clear the sidewalks near the school. Reach out to your PTA to see what you can do to help! The contractors are working overtime but this ice is stubborn. It took them 5 hours just to clear the staff parking lot!

Liability?

Hard to believe but not everyone is out there looking for a lawsuit. I'm a teacher and I went and shoveled my school as much as I could these last few days. If I hurt myself doing it then that's my own dumb luck.

GOOD for YOU

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Anonymous wrote:What is happening to other places hit by the same storm? Like is this real? Can someone call Bubba and Jethro to make a blow torch ice melting machine so we can get back to normal? This is not brain surgery!

Fern leaving a havoc. But only through Montgomery County.

Not only through MoCo. Even snowy counties are struggling. Do you really no no one who lives elsewhere in the state of Maryland?

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Anonymous wrote:It will be closed Monday. They have already stated activities in schools closed Sat and Sun. If they are not cleaning over the weekend all the 211 schools, buses, depot, sidewalks, walkways, moving the huge snowbanks away, this stuff is not melting until maybe a Monday when the temp will be whopping 33 degrees. Tues delay or possibly closed if this County still can't figure it out.

They clearly stated they will be clearing parking lots and bus loops over the weekend. Who said they aren’t clearing snow over the weekend?

So overtime work for those contractors? There goes THAT $.

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Anonymous wrote:What have these people been up to all week? I get that this snowcrete is hard to clear but every shopping center and office building in the county has managed to do it!!

They all probably paid top dollar to private contractors. The county, and more specifically the school system, cannot really do that without budget meetings and votes. I mean it's not the most effective way of doing things but it's how local government pretty much everywhere is set up to operate. I have heard all the rumors that private companies have reached out to MCPS to offer help and that MCPS has ignored them but I bet that probably has to do with the fact these local companies are probably charging 500% of what they normally would.

Our small elementary school already has a small utility tractor with a snow plow. While not very practical for the parking lots, it made quick work of the sidewalks. I don't know how common that is. Even if it's unusual, they only needed to use it for a couple of hours, and those are relatively easy to transport between sites.

School sidewalks seemed to be done pretty quickly in my trip around the Germantown/Gaithersburg/Montgomery Village area. Even schools that had untouched parking lots and bus loops had cleared sidewalks

That combo is still useless.

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Anonymous wrote:The photos on MoCoSnow of schools and parking lots are really unbelievable. It wouldn't surprise me if they are closed on Monday at all.

After countless threads, yes, that has already been established.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like all these people who worry about the quality of education in this county really missed their true calling in life of being a teacher.

The ones who don't want it open seem to be the teachers.jist saying wonder why.

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Anonymous wrote:What have these people been up to all week? I get that this snowcrete is hard to clear but every shopping center and office building in the county has managed to do it!!

They all probably paid top dollar to private contractors. The county, and more specifically the school system, cannot really do that without budget meetings and votes. I mean it's not the most effective way of doing things but it's how local government pretty much everywhere is set up to operate. I have heard all the rumors that private companies have reached out to MCPS to offer help and that MCPS has ignored them but I bet that probably has to do with the fact these local companies are probably charging 500% of what they normally would.

Our small elementary school already has a small utility tractor with a snow plow. While not very practical for the parking lots, it made quick work of the sidewalks. I don't know how common that is. Even if it's unusual, they only needed to use it for a couple of hours, and those are relatively easy to transport between sites.

School sidewalks seemed to be done pretty quickly in my trip around the Germantown/Gaithersburg/Montgomery Village area. Even schools that had untouched parking lots and bus loops had cleared sidewalks

Opposite in my part of Germantown. They cleared parking lots, but no one was showing up at the schools.

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Anonymous wrote:What have these people been up to all week? I get that this snowcrete is hard to clear but every shopping center and office building in the county has managed to do it!!

Wrong - sidewalks in the shopping center near my home have a nice block of ice but the parking lot is clear though. I had a medical appointment and I had to walk on the snow/ice since there was no sidewalk. I was anxious since I already have a bad hip and holding onto the parking meter till and was relieved when I got to the walk path beyond the sidewalk.

It made me sad when I thought about people less fortunate than I am who rely on public transportation like buses. Near the Ride on bus stop someone cleared a narrow path on the mound of snow, and the sidewalk just on either side of the stop was clear.

The way the county treats low income housing residents is disgusting. Their apartment walkways have t been shoveled yet they can't get the residents help to have management do their damn job of clearing the walking areas

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Anonymous wrote:Closed Monday and Tuesday. They can’t open if community sidewalks aren’t cleared, even if they clear the school.

Yep. With a delay Wed. Most of this isn't going to melt until maybe Thursday.

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Anonymous wrote:Closed Monday and Tuesday. They can’t open if community sidewalks aren’t cleared, even if they clear the school.

Yep. With a delay Wed. Most of this isn't going to melt until maybe Thursday.

This county is ridiculous. You can walk on snow. Lots of people are doing it.

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Anonymous wrote:What have these people been up to all week? I get that this snowcrete is hard to clear but every shopping center and office building in the county has managed to do it!!

Wrong - sidewalks in the shopping center near my home have a nice block of ice but the parking lot is clear though. I had a medical appointment and I had to walk on the snow/ice since there was no sidewalk. I was anxious since I already have a bad hip and holding onto the parking meter till and was relieved when I got to the walk path beyond the sidewalk.

It made me sad when I thought about people less fortunate than I am who rely on public transportation like buses. Near the Ride on bus stop someone cleared a narrow path on the mound of snow, and the sidewalk just on either side of the stop was clear.

The way the county treats low income housing residents is disgusting. Their apartment walkways have t been shoveled yet they can't get the residents help to have management do their damn job of clearing the walking areas

I'm genuinely curious - in apartments, are the residents supposed to clear anything besides their cars? The nurse at the doc office said she couldn't come to work the past few days because the steps and walk path to her car was not cleared.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like all these people who worry about the quality of education in this county really missed their true calling in life of being a teacher.

The ones who don't want it open seem to be the teachers.jist saying wonder why.

I had two days of leave scheduled for this week anyway. Im just happy i get them back now