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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Right before winter break, we had to distribute coats to students who only had hoodies. It wasn’t even freezing yet.

If we open, many walkers will either stay home or arrive frostbitten and dangerously chilled.[/quote]

We will open. MCPS expects families to get their act together during the winter season. It is not MCPS' responsibility to make sure your kid has a coat.

And duh - kids don't show up to school with coats if it's not freezing! My daughter and a whole lot of other tween and teens seem to think it a badge of honor to show up at school in the flimsiest outfits known to humanity. I see the boys walking about in shorts and t-shirts. At least DD wears leggings.
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Leggings! Wow that's definitely t/w/een winter approved. Shorts is more common, a hoddie in weather like this week's.[/quote]

Two posters who can’t differentiate between middle class kids who want to look cool and poor kids who don’t have a choice.[/quote]

We know, but we're making fun of you because MCPS has never used lack of clothing as a criteria for closing schools. Criteria are:

A. Cleared school properties and
B. Temps that allow school buses to start their engines.

By the time MCPS has those two things, the county is usually done with clearing streets and salting. The two are *related*, but MCPS is not responsible for the county's portion of the work! Temps factor in to start the diesel engines. If temps are too cold for easy starts, then temps are too cold for kids who might or might not be adequately clothed. But the criteria is engine start, not clothes!

So you're just very, very, stupid, PP, and you deserve being made fun of. I am certain you know all this, but just want to troll around.

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Can bus engines not start when it is 19 degrees fahrenheit? That seems like a big problem for the rest of the winter.[/quote]

They can.  That's why the PP was telling the earlier poster they were being ridiculous.  It's going to plenty warm tomorrow morning.[/quote]

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