Snow This Weekend - School Next Week?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

You know sometimes the state grants a waiver.

Not anymore. It's only for districts that have used all their contingency day. And MCPS never uses any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

It's ridiculous that they only build in one day. They should build in more, and then just release early if not used.

Why not have the days? We used to have more than 181 days.

Schools being open on a particular day costs money. Transportation, utilities, salaries. I agree that 1 snow day is ridiculous and is basically never enough, even in years when we get very little actual winter weather. Something always happens. But it's also not as simple as just adding more days on. The funds saved by removing those days have probably already been repurposed to keep something else afloat.

[Anonymous]

As much as it pains me to say it, if this storm really does materialize I'd be prepared to be out all next week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We get 10+ inches Sunday with a dig out Monday followed by a deep freeze, I wouldn’t be surprised to get Tuesday to Thursday off.

I’d be happy with enough snow to get Tuesday off though.

We're not getting much snow. MCPS has plenty of time to prepare.

Are you new here? MCPS always has time to prepare. And they always fail.

Signed an MCPS parent since 2009 (when schools were closed for an entire week before the December break due to snow.)

I don’t remember that and I had a high schooler.

I recall a closure of over a week in February that year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

It's ridiculous that they only build in one day. They should build in more, and then just release early if not used.

Why not have the days? We used to have more than 181 days.

Schools being open on a particular day costs money. Transportation, utilities, salaries. I agree that 1 snow day is ridiculous and is basically never enough, even in years when we get very little actual winter weather. Something always happens. But it's also not as simple as just adding more days on. The funds saved by removing those days have probably already been repurposed to keep something else afloat.

Teachers don’t get paid when snow days are made up so that’s not a concern budget wise.

[Anonymous]

Considering 14 inches of snow my prediction is:
Monday: Already no school(MCPS panicking)
Tuesday: No school
Wednesday: No school
Thursday: Delay at least(No school in play) (Depends how MCPS is feeling or how bad they failed)
Fridayelay is in play (School has a low chance of being off)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Considering 14 inches of snow my prediction is:
Monday: Already no school(MCPS panicking)
Tuesday: No school
Wednesday: No school
Thursday: Delay at least(No school in play) (Depends how MCPS is feeling or how bad they failed)
Fridayelay is in play (School has a low chance of being off)

Really just depends how MCPS handles it. Usually not that well, last year 7 inches of snow was able to close school for three days with a delay the next I believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As much as it pains me to say it, if this storm really does materialize I'd be prepared to be out all next week.

+1 I can only hope they will let childcare open at some point next week. My office will be closed on Monday and by Tuesday I will be expected to go in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

You know sometimes the state grants a waiver.

Not anymore. It's only for districts that have used all their contingency day. And MCPS never uses any.

Last year they ended up extending the school year by one day and had the last three days be early releases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

It's ridiculous that they only build in one day. They should build in more, and then just release early if not used.

Why not have the days? We used to have more than 181 days.

Schools being open on a particular day costs money. Transportation, utilities, salaries. I agree that 1 snow day is ridiculous and is basically never enough, even in years when we get very little actual winter weather. Something always happens. But it's also not as simple as just adding more days on. The funds saved by removing those days have probably already been repurposed to keep something else afloat.

Needing to reserve people to work on those days costs money, too. Money we don't get anything for if we don't have school.

We should set it up so that we expect to break even
or have one extra day. 184 or 185 scheduled days, with 5 more as unscheduled make-up days, seems to me like the right balancing act.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

You know sometimes the state grants a waiver.

Not anymore. It's only for districts that have used all their contingency day. And MCPS never uses any.

Last year they ended up extending the school year by one day and had the last three days be early releases.

Yes, because the state wouldn't give them a waiver. It can't grant waivers until districts use their contingency days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This blows.

Why?

3-4 missed school days that need to be made up? Yes, that sucks.

You know sometimes the state grants a waiver.

Not anymore. It's only for districts that have used all their contingency day. And MCPS never uses any.

Last year they ended up extending the school year by one day and had the last three days be early releases.

yeah and hardly anyone came because camps were already starting/families already had vacations scheduled.

extending the school year is the worst.

[Anonymous]

Extending school year but early release everyday == no school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Considering 14 inches of snow my prediction is:
Monday: Already no school(MCPS panicking)
Tuesday: No school
Wednesday: No school
Thursday: Delay at least(No school in play) (Depends how MCPS is feeling or how bad they failed)
Fridayelay is in play (School has a low chance of being off)

Really just depends how MCPS handles it. Usually not that well, last year 7 inches of snow was able to close school for three days with a delay the next I believe.

Yeah that's why I think if we really do get a foot or more there's a chance of being off all week ala Snowmaggedon.

[Anonymous]

Another thing to add to this is that next week will be the first week of the new marking period. It's a "good" time to be off, if there is such a thing. Nothing is due, grades are in for last MP...