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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]Are people actually trying to get over a WEEK off school? Look at the weather report - this ice is not going anywhere. You have had 8 days to dig your car out. [/quote]

I think most of us are eager for our kids to get back at this point but some of us are actually concerned about the conditions out there.  Believe it or not.[/quote]

Some of us have been out and about since day 1, because of dogs needing to be walked, etc, and "the conditions" are what they are. They are not going to change. Everyone is walking the icy snow without sinking. Everyone is getting salt stuck into their shoe treads and tracking it home. Dogs' paws need to be wiped because the salt is toxic. You dig your car out and you let your kid go to school. The only annoying thing at this point are the snow mounds that block some pedestrian crossings. You had time to get your kid solid boots to walk to school... but my husband navigates them in his worn and slippery sneakers. I am sure some kids will walk to school in inadequate shoes. They will survive, even though it's not ideal. The cold temperatures are fine, unless a [b]bus doesn't arrive[/b], but that's very unlikely next week.

This is how it is, PP. You cannot have perfect conditions all the time.

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How will a bus arrive if the roads are not passable? Should parents be calling you when that happens??[/quote]

The major thoroughfares are clear. If anything, MCPS should create central bus stops that avoid the smaller neighborhood streets right now. It works perfectly fine for the magnet schools.

Or just drive your kid or carpool with other parents. It's not that difficult. [/quote]

It actually is difficult and when you don’t acknowledge it, you seem crazy and people will dismiss your posts. This is not an easy decision for MCPS. Opening schools with 50% students showing up is not a win for MCPS. [/quote]

Yes it is. It is really odd that you don’t see that. This is exactly like Covid - where parents expressed the desire to keep kids at home but changed that desire as soon as school opened. Open the schools and the kids will come. [/quote]

It's fascinating to see how much of the patterns of all of this were set in COVID, including the same attacks on parents who have the audacity to think their kids should go to school. [/quote]

I will say that I see this situation as a bit different. COVID was a matter of public health. There were concerns about large groups of people being together in a confined space. That I kind of get, even if how it played out was that for kids it didn't really matter. Here, there's no concern with kids being together. The concern is simply whether some kids can get there. That is not an excuse to keep the schools closed. [/quote]

Are you still this stupid?  Kids spread COVID.  Teachers and staff died.  Do you imagine schools run without adults? [/quote]

Most private schools seem to function just fine... [/quote]

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