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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There will be more delays and cancellations this winter. Best to make preparations now. 
I have lived and worked in this county long enough to remember times when a delay wasn’t called and should have been. Or days when a delay should have turned into a cancellation and didn’t. I also know that the parents of the children who didn’t get to come home again because of those errors in mcps judgement would be happy to have their children back. Remember this the next time inclement weather effects the school day.[/quote]

curious why you conclude that delays or cancellations “should have been called.” presumably there was no mass carnage on those days. so that actually seems to support NOT delaying/cancelling. [/quote]

Huh?  Did you forget about the school bus that slid off the road?  It wasn't carnage but it wasn't good.[/quote]

Somehow jurisdictions everywhere manage it … at a certain point kids have to go to school. [/quote]

Maryland drivers can't even drive safely in good weather, let alone bad weather. There were crashes all over the place this morning. MCPS made the right call.[/quote]

Yeah I'm from a great lakes city that gets a fair amount of snow, and I've just accepted this area can't handle even a small amount of snow.  I think part of it is the lack of understanding that in inclement weather, you need to build in extra time to get somewhere.  My dad would regularly be up an hour early in the winter- e.g., a half hour to clear the driveway, an extra half hour to commute to work.  Sure they were better at plowing the roads there but with lake effect snow they can't always keep up, it's gonna be messy.  You just deal.  Here no one understands the concept of building in extra time to clear their cars or go slow- they want to leave at their normal time and drive their normal speeds and then slide off the road.[/quote]

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