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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This seems to be because MCPS takes on the liability burden of getting students to school, whereas other systems do not. Are there creative ways to work around that? Waiver for bus riding/attendance? Optional open days? [/quote]

Because they do have a liability. Letting kids get on at stops that you know are unsafe is a liability. You can't just waive everything away, especially if the consequence is missed work--that's duress.[/quote]

The stops aren't unsafe. Just inconvenient. Walk over the snow. There are tracks to follow.[/quote]

We cannot get to the bus stop. There is a cut through on an unsafe street.  No way to climb over the mound not wait or even get to the bus.  No place to even drive and park for the bus to come.  [/quote]

You can walk around the snow mound at the corner. Don't be so helpless. Do you give up when faced with any minor challenge?[/quote]

DP.  It’s really weird that you want schoolchildren endangering themselves standing in the street just to get to school.  I understand why people are frustrated that schools aren’t ready to open, but I don’t understand the utter lack of concern for the kids who would navigate bus routes and walker paths in these *actual* conditions.  I’ve lived in New England.  No, a storm like this wouldn’t taken down a week plus of school.  No, children wouldn’t be getting to school in these conditions.  The routes are clear there.[/quote]

No, cities and townships in NE don't have armies of people who clear sidewalks at every intersection. Nor do they clear every bus stop. That simply isn't possible to do. Some will always just have to wait until it melts, which could be weeks or months away. The kids just walk over the snow. That works here, too.[/quote]

Possibly you haven’t seen the conditions people are talking about, if your area is super clear.  Yes, school children up north have to walk around snow.  But paths that are not straight in the middle of the street — they exist.[/quote]

I don't believe you lived in NE if you're saying that is unique to Montgomery County.

Yes, kids may have to walk on snow where there aren't cleared sidewalks. They may have to walk around or over  piles of snow, particularly at intersections where plows have pushed snow into sidewalks. People may have to drive on roads at slower speeds because the full road width isn't cleared, or because there may still be some snow on it.

These are all things that can be handled safely. Yes, it is inconvenient. Sometimes uncomfortable. Often it will take more time. But you can do it. And people regularly do it in other parts of the country because it isn't feasible to wait for the snow to melt.[/quote]

I didn’t say it was unique to MoCo.  It clearly is happening region wide. I’m saying during the 15 years I lived in New England I didn’t see streets and sidewalks impassable for this long.  And that included when I lived there in the winter of 2015.  And I certainly experienced inconveniences and paths that stopped suddenly and needing to walk around things  and sometimes stepping into the street because of ice rinks.  My neighborhood is orders of magnitude worse than that right now, and it isn’t the only one.[/quote]

I don't where you lived, regionally or the type of location- urban, rural, suburban- but these aren't unique conditions.  This is what happens everywhere it snows with temperatures that remain well below freezing. Again, you simply can plow everything perfectly. Sidewalks will remain covered or blocked in some places. Roads will be partially cleared. That always happens when it snows more than 6-8 inches and doesn't melt.[/quote]

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