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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you look at that, Howard county is delayed but Montgomery county is not. I’m glad I did not have to use my contingency plans. But I would not have been caught off guard if we would have had a delay.

I really hope some of you get your act together so that next time that way you won’t get caught off guard with your shocked Pikachu faces.[/quote]

This actually runs counter to your point that MCPS always follows the lead of other counties and that if the others make a move, MCPS will follow suit. If we'd followed your logic, we would have ASSUMED MCPS would follow suit with HoCo, only to be surprised they didn't. Which goes back to the earlier point made that the only school district you should be relying on to know if school will or won't be closed is the one your kids actually attend. [/quote]

Nobody said that Montgomery county [i]always [/i] follows the lead of other counties and nobody said you should [i]assume[/i] they will automatically close. You have a really bad take on all this.
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Yes, but you and other posters insisted that BECAUSE other schools closed that anyone who was annoyed MCPS decided to NOT follow suit at first, only to pivot after school had started, was foolish because it was obvious based on the patterns.

You can't have it both ways: Either neighboring districts are or aren't a reliable predictor of MCPS's decisions. This example proves that's not always the case and it's best to worry about what MCPS says and does and not other school districts, since MCPS can and does make different decisions from its neighbors.[/quote]

I think we can agree to disagree because I don’t think we’re going to see each other’s way. I still think that paying attention to what other local counties do helps me (and others) not be surprised if and when Montgomery closes or does not close. If there is a big weather pattern coming to the area, you bet I will pay attention to what other school districts are doing so that I could better plan. Maybe it’s because I’m a MoCo native and grew up here that I know what to look for? Who knows but I just know this is what works and has always worked for me.[/quote]

I think the disagreement lies in what we define as the threshold for other school districts being a "reliable predictor." You're being a MoCo native has nothing to do with this as I'm one as well.

Again: My stance and point is you really need to focus on what MCPS says and does and not necessarily other school districts, because as this instance shows with Howard having a two-hour delay and MCPS not, what other school districts do is not always a reliable indicator of what MCPS will do.[/quote]

So growing up here, if you saw that Prince Georges or Howard closed or delayed, would you also have a hunch that Montgomery county was also going to close or delay?[/quote]

Having grown up here, I know that what I think and what PG or Howard do [b]ultimately[/b] doesn't matter, because the only thing I'm bound by is what [b]MCPS[/b] does.

Read the news and pay attention to other school districts as you want. But it's not a guarantee since MCPS can and does make different decisions from its neighbors on a number of fronts for a variety of reasons. Having a hunch about something doesn't matter, other than saying your hunch was right or wrong after MCPS makes it decision. So I don't know why you're placing so much emphasis on it, when as I have stated and as this case proves, [i]what neighboring districts do does not matter[/i] to the decisions MCPS makes. [/quote]

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