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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am pretty furious that MCPS is forcing beforecare to be closed this morning even in parts of the county where it's just raining.  It's not just an inconvenience for families of elementary school kids, but a significant financial burden as well (for example, I am paid hourly and am losing 3 hours of work unnecessarily this morning, and I imagine some parents might have to call off a whole full-day shift of work if they have to watch their kids until 11am.). It's really hostile and  punitive for working families.

Combined with the similar forced closures at the tail end of snow cleanup last winter, this seems like a new policy direction under the new MCPS administration and I hate it.  I get that when there is bad weather anywhere in the county that all schools need to be delayed or closed accordingly, but there is no reason why before/aftercare providers shouldn't be able to make their own decisions about opening based on local conditions, like they used to do prior to last year.  But MCPS has been prohibiting them from opening even when it is perfectly safe locally and they want to be open serving families.

How do we fight this and go back to the old policies of letting the providers make decisions about opening based on local conditions?  Who do we contact? [/quote]

Do the people that work in the childcare center live close by as well?  The delays/closures are for their benefit as well, in terms of not having to drive in poor conditions.[/quote]

That would more sense as an explanation if not for the child care operators wanting to open. If they wanted to close, they could, regardless of what MCPS says.[/quote]

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