What's the over under on MCPS closing school due to the eclipse?

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At our ES, the PTA bought eclipse glasses for everyone -- we got a note to let the teacher know if we don't want our kids to go outside to view.

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Anonymous wrote:At our ES, the PTA bought eclipse glasses for everyone -- we got a note to let the teacher know if we don't want our kids to go outside to view.

Would you let your kid go out to see with glasses?

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Anonymous wrote:Our ES is saying that kids who are not being picked up early should stay inside until 3:25pm, so they will be delaying the release time. Kind of sad but I understand it especially since they won't be able to prevent kids from staring up at the sun during but if I were the principal, I'd turn it into an educational event and say all kids are welcome to come out on the blacktop, wear glasses, and stare up at the sun. Anyway, I'm picking my kid up at 2 to avoid all the hassle and we'll just view from the field by our house.

So you expect the principal/school to pay for 500+ pairs of viewing glasses so the kids can watch a 4 minute eclipse? That's too much to expect!' Each family should buy their own and pick up their child if they want to view as a family. Most schools are teaching kids about the eclipse but do educators have to do everything? 😕

City of Gaithersburg is sponsoring glasses for all teachers and students. My kid will be able to see it at school on the hill top. Parents and guardians can join if we bring our own glasses. Where do we get these?

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Anonymous wrote:Our ES is saying that kids who are not being picked up early should stay inside until 3:25pm, so they will be delaying the release time. Kind of sad but I understand it especially since they won't be able to prevent kids from staring up at the sun during but if I were the principal, I'd turn it into an educational event and say all kids are welcome to come out on the blacktop, wear glasses, and stare up at the sun. Anyway, I'm picking my kid up at 2 to avoid all the hassle and we'll just view from the field by our house.

So you expect the principal/school to pay for 500+ pairs of viewing glasses so the kids can watch a 4 minute eclipse? That's too much to expect!' Each family should buy their own and pick up their child if they want to view as a family. Most schools are teaching kids about the eclipse but do educators have to do everything? 😕

City of Gaithersburg is sponsoring glasses for all teachers and students. My kid will be able to see it at school on the hill top. Parents and guardians can join if we bring our own glasses. Where do we get these?

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What school is this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At our ES, the PTA bought eclipse glasses for everyone -- we got a note to let the teacher know if we don't want our kids to go outside to view.

Would you let your kid go out to see with glasses?

Yes, we are.

[Anonymous]

My elementary school has had so many kids who are either absent or leaving early. It's basically not really possible for teachers to do a regular lesson today because so many kids are going to be missing it

[Anonymous]

I absolutely loved the email all MCPS staff got at lunchtime instructing us that we should not drive while wearing eclipse glasses. I wonder if anyone tried to do this.

[Anonymous]

At our ES, school get eclipse glasses for everyone. I suppose every mcps get it free because library pass it out for free. We got a note from teacher that if we don't want our kids to go outside to view at 3pm, let her know. My kid had a great experience.

Is every mcps school getting eclipse glasses for all kids, and take them out to view or just based on principal/teacher's decision?

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Anonymous wrote:Schools across the country are considering this. Stop looking for reasons to blast MCPS.

April 8 falls during MCAP testing. MCPS wants as few disruptions as possible. I’m a teacher and haven’t heard anything about early dismissal.

There is no early dismissal.
Students at all levels will be dismissed during this event where it is uneise yo look directly at the sun (2;04 through 4:30).

I think we all inadvertently look up at the sky/sun. Families and school staff meed to teach students to look downward, I guess .

Is it ever wise to look directly at the sun?

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It sounds like many schools made this a great experience for their kids. Mine is in HS and there was an after school club activity that was open to all. I don’t know the details because we pulled ours out to travel to a place of totality.

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Anonymous wrote:Oeak is 3:20. Thats right at dismissal for many. Kids will stare at the sun and burn their retinas. Im taking my kid out at 3 and have glasses so we will enjoy it together.

Darwin award winners. Can't help stupid

A six year old is not “stupid” or deserving of blindness when they make a mistake like that. Have some empathy.

Nope. Follow directions or suffer the consequences

Parents will sue the school if the kid goes blind on school campus. Even if it was their own fault

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our ES, school get eclipse glasses for everyone. I suppose every mcps get it free because library pass it out for free. We got a note from teacher that if we don't want our kids to go outside to view at 3pm, let her know. My kid had a great experience.

Is every mcps school getting eclipse glasses for all kids, and take them out to view or just based on principal/teacher's decision?

I don't know if the library was giving away glasses for free but last weekend there was a huge message on the website saying to stop asking for glasses, they had none left to give out.

[Anonymous]

It's over, folks. Eclipse no more. Y'all kids will be 23-41 yrs old the next time around. Save your glasses. Or. Donate them.

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Anonymous wrote:It's over, folks. Eclipse no more. Y'all kids will be 23-41 yrs old the next time around. Save your glasses. Or. Donate them.

You can drop off good condition eclipse glasses at any Warby Parker store until April 30th, and they will donate them to Astronomers Without Borders.

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Anonymous wrote:It's over, folks. Eclipse no more. Y'all kids will be 23-41 yrs old the next time around. Save your glasses. Or. Donate them.

You can drop off good condition eclipse glasses at any Warby Parker store until April 30th, and they will donate them to Astronomers Without Borders.

I am planning to do this. Great tip!