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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was so unhappy with MCPS that I moved my 3rd and 4th kids to private for high school, but, I also think kids have not missed that much school due to weather since we started back up after COVID.

It has just been a couple of days. MCPS is too large to pivot to virtual learning on a days notice. My kid's private doesn't go virtual due to weather (even though they are well-setup to do it. Do we all remember when our kids missed weeks of learning in MCPS in March/April/May of 2020? That was a s***show. This is just a couple of days. Kids will be fine.[/quote]

Finally, a SANE voice of reason. All these parents screaming that the sky is falling are absolutely unhinged.[/quote]

You're hearing from just a few people that are either very strongly personally invested in virtual (probably parents whose kids are already in VA), as well as a few parents/teachers that are worried their spring break/summer plans are going to be affected because they chose to make inflexible plans on scheduled make-up days.

It's weird. There are days identified in the calendar for snow days. We're in exactly the situation they were intended for. There shouldn't be great controversy over what to do. [/quote]

Just because the calendar was decided upon earlier doesn’t mean it isn’t biased or problematic. It also doesn’t specify the order in which makeup days are used, which is what we are discussing now. I don’t get how you can’t see that[/quote]

No court would question a public school calendar developed through a district's standard public process. There's no risk of a discrimination lawsuit. [/quote]

Because a standard public process couldn’t be discriminatory?  I’m not necessarily saying I think the MCPS calendar is discriminatory, but your statement is ridiculous because such a process could have discriminatory intent or effect and certainly could be subject to litigation risk.[/quote]

Not when it comes to picking a school calendar. The reality is, there are too many holidays to avoid them all.[/quote]

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