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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Years ago when I was a kid Baltimore County, the "Hereford Zone" in the Nothern part of the county had its snow delays/closings announced separately.

Often in the southern part of Baltimore County where I lived we'd be two hours late but the Hereford Zone would be closed.

Everybody was jealous of the kids in the Hereford Zone.[/quote]

With all of the discussion about closures I’m surprised that this hasn’t come up more. I also grew up in Baltimore County and as an adult I can understand the logic for having them on different closures. The weather in Catonsville and the weather in Parkton were often quite different[/quote]

Does the Hereford zone still exist?[/quote]

Looks like it does: https://www.bcps.org/about_us/emergency_notifications_school_closings_and_delays[/quote]

So if Baltimore County, can separate their country, why can MCPS?[/quote]

Don’t know much about BCPS but I can tell you bout the tangled web of MCPS bus services. I live in a DCC neighborhood where 3 MS and 4 HS busses drop off and pick up everyday. In addition, there is one cohort of HS kids walking 2 miles to one of the DCC HS and another group of ES kids walking 1 mile to school. In addition to these consortiums there are kids getting busses to and from all sorts of immersion, magnet and gifted programs. It’s not as simple as drawing boundaries based on where a child goes to school or where the child lives.

Lastly, MCPS has to provide transportation for unhoused students that live outside of MCPS. Long story but if their school of origin is in McPS then we’re in the book for transportation according to state law. [/quote]

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