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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can’t mcps hold school over zoom this Wed and Thursday?[/quote]

Lack of forewarning to families so some students don’t have a device at home.[/quote]

We only knew this storm was coming for over a week ahead of time 🙄[/quote]

DP. This would have had to be done at the school Board level. There would need to be an established plan after public comment.

This is from SY 225, but I don’t think anything has changed.

“The county school board may authorize the use of virtual education days in severe weather
conditions. Before this authorization is given to local school superintendents, the county school
board must discuss this topic at an open meeting and vote affirmatively on the authorization.
• The county school board shall publish the county’s plan for virtual education on the LEA’s
website.”

https://marylandpublicschools.org/stateboard/Documents/2024/0123/Virtual-Education-for-Severe-Weather-Conditions-2024-2025-School-Year.pdf
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BOE and Taylor are anti-virtual.  They said because it didn't work for them it doesn't work for anyone which is why they didn't release the MVA data and were very secretative of how the program was doing.  Virtual makes sense right now.[/quote]

Well it looks like Anne Arundel and Baltimore County are pivoting to virtual tomorrow. I know some people don’t love virtual but would they rather go to school until the end of June? A day or two of virtual is sensible if they’re not going to put in enough snow days in the calendar. You can’t just hope it never snows. It always snows! [/quote]

That’s because those counties had an approved plan before this storm. MCPS cannot do it now. It requires foresight, pubic comment, and BOE approval. [/quote]

I know. But my point is that it would have been a helpful tool to have had at their disposal for snow events like this one. Fine if it’s not the default. Fine if you choose not to pivot. But goodness, building in one contingency day is like going to Vegas expecting to win big. Maybe you’re lucky sometimes but statistically you will run out of luck. [/quote]

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