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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weird how MCPS, along with districts across the state, all decided to ‘hate working parents’ on the same icy roads. Almost like weather is involved.

I assume you missed that most districts across Maryland are also closed because ice is notoriously difficult to remove. But sure, it’s probably a coordinated anti-parent agenda.

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Nobody (well, almost nobody) is complaining about school being closed.  We are complaining about the MCPS ban that keeps any school-based child care program from being allowed to open once their lot is plowed/safe and they have enough staff able to come in.  And it appears to just be happening because school-based childcare only is allowed to open when MCPS offices iron and Taylor has decided to give all central office staff snow days pretty much every day that school staff have off, the impact on childcare and working parents being treated as irrelevant. That's the anti-working parent part of it.
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Respectfully, this feels like a lot of words to say “I want MCPS to prioritize my childcare needs over its own operations.” School-based childcare is school-based. If MCPS is closed, it’s not wild that programs housed in MCPS buildings are also closed.
Calling that “anti-working parent” is a stretch. Snow days have existed forever, and families who rely on school calendars know closures ripple. You can argue the policy should change, but framing it as some moral failing by central office staff for taking snow days is a bit much. Not every inconvenience is an injustice.
Also, if independence from MCPS decisions is the goal, that’s exactly what non-school-based childcare already offers.[/quote]

The "policy change" was prohibiting child care providers from opening. Historically MCPS made an effort to allow them open. Taylor changed that.[/quote]

+1  The data show that. My kids are past the aftercare years, but that was a big reason people signed up for before/after care.  Because you need it for snow weeks like this one.[/quote]

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