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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][size=18] [/size]t[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And MCPS expects free labor from teachers and staff. Teachers and staff are expected to pack up the entire school and unpack at the other end with no compensation or extra time given. We were told to use planning periods or stay after school or come in on weekends because MCPS is too cheap to hire packers.[/quote]

Wonder how the earlier start time and the additional 8 miles will affect teacher commutes and child care arrangement. Are we making the staffing shortage even worse by doing this?[/quote]

Probably, but what's the alternative?

I think folks on this thread might benefit from some perspective. When Northwood reopens, it will serve the Northwood community through a large, updated, modern building. There's absolutely no way to get to that goal without somebody spending time in holding building. If your child is in the "generation" of kids impacted, that sucks for you, but the benefit to the broader community goes beyond the inconvenience for one group of teachers or students.

If folks have an alternative suggestion that ends with the Northwood community getting an updated building, but does not require anyone to be inconvenienced at any point, they should feel free to run for school board.[/quote]

You are being disingenuous. Folks expected to be inconvenienced but MCPS keeps moving everything around. The original plan said it would be two years at the holding facility and no auditorium for year 1. Northwood community agreed to that.
Now it is a 3 year move and no auditorium for all 3 years and possibly no auditorium for at least a year once Northwood moves back. And only one gym will be built out in time and no sports fields or any outdoor space for gym classes. And by the way, kids will be dropped off at the new school by school buses as early as 6.45 am and lunch will be shorter. And teachers have to pack up all the classrooms. And the sports transportation is completely screwed up. This is a bait and switch and not what the community agreed to. [/quote]

One issue is that these plans were set in place in 2019, when the students who'll now be affected were mostly in elementary school, and before the pandemic changed everything.[/quote]

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