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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm appreciative that they were slow to reopen for the reasons described in this thread.  But more time out of school just isn't tenable.  It's going to be below zero all week.  The problems present now will also be there a week from now.

I think they should institute some flexibility.  For instance, starting 2 hours late but allowing drop off from normal start time until the delayed start time to reduce traffic.  Maybe even putting busses on a different schedule spanning that full window (though this may be difficult given that they haven't telegraphed it ahead of time).

I wonder if they could enlist MOCO law enforcement to do traffic control for the morning and afternoon hours?

Ideally, MCPS will use this opportunity to come up with an emergency plan for severe weather in the coming year-- for instance, building it into some employees' contracts that on certain emergency days they are assigned crossing guard duty or bus stop duty to keep kids safe in the morning before school.  [/quote]

This is the most reasonable comment I've come across in the last few days. CREATIVE thinking is what's going to help resolve this mess. I encourage you to email Dr. Taylor and whomever else to try to give them some ideas. [/quote]

DP. I don’t think adding EVEN MORE to teachers’ contracts will be well received. Also, those same teachers you want to ask even MORE of also have to get their own children to schools and have to commute themselves over icy streets. They’ll all call out when they have to report for snow duty two hours before their own kids’ schools open.

And law enforcement? MCPS is between 25-30% understaffed and can’t fill existing shifts. They can’t divert the few officers they have from calls to direct traffic. They aren’t as available as the PP thinks they are.

Who will staff the school for two hours during extended drop-off? The same teachers who were just diverted to traffic duty?

Yes, we need creative thinking. But the suggestions have to be realistic. 
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