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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously?  Do you believe that the teachers, cafeteria staff, secretaries, building services staff and bus drivers all live within 2-/5 miles of the school/and have the same commute to the building as your child?  No, many live much farther away, and they might have gotten more snow/ice than you and can't safely get to school.[/quote]

That shouldn't be the reason. There are many essential workers who have long commutes that are required to report to work after it snows. MCPS is full of entitled whiners.[/quote]

The schools system does not have the same policies or procedures in place as hospitals or emergency responders (firemen, police.. ).  Teacher's and other school employees hours/shifts are not planned for in the same way as many other "essential workers".  But, most importantly, the decision to close schools is predicated primarily on the safety of the students... getting them to/from school, proper supervision while they are there and ensuring the building is safe, additionally meals need to get there and be prepared.  If people are unable to come to work, the conditions for safely running a building may not be met.

Another thing many are not considering is that there are not employees whose only responsibility is to remove snow- so when individuals are doing snow removal, there are other things that are necessary for the running of a school that are not being done.

Most of the trucks used for plowing also used for other purposes and it's not like every school, or even closer has a plow. (MCPS would have to own, have space to park, insure, maintain, and staff 22 plows to have one for each HS cluster-- that does not make fiscal sense in an area that may see this much snow once every 4 years). [/quote]

People could get to work, though.  Sure, Monday was a problem. You wouldn't have wanted many people to try. But yesterday was fine for most people. And that's how schools were able to get cleared.  [b]Things were ready to go today but MCPS didn't want to open.[/b][/quote]

My school wasn’t ready until 1 pm today.[/quote]

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