Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 16:51     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
Anonymous wrote:Maybe they damn well should have closed early! Terrible weather all over MoCo right now when kids are in buses on their way home. Way to go.


I think they did fine.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 16:07     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
Maybe they damn well should have closed early! Terrible weather all over MoCo right now when kids are in buses on their way home. Way to go.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 12:18     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
Won't happen. It's too late to announce an early dismissal because of bus routes.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 12:09     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
I just heard that PG County schools and Frederick County schools are closing early. What does that mean for MCPS? After all we're in between the other locations, right?
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 10:11     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Considering none of the predicted storms have materialized..over night or this morning..I think we can be a bit skeptical about this afternoon too. Not saying ignore it but not obsessing either. I feel like Hurricane Sandy where we spent two days listening to them say the real brunt of the storm was still coming and never did.


That may be true, but asking whether people think it's possible that schools will close early is hardly "obsessing". As a working parent, working at a site an hour from my child's school, I need to have a back up plan in the morning if I think school's going to close. So knowing if I should be calling my mother to ask her if she might be able to pick up, or asking my boss now about telework for the afternoon in case I need to leave quickly, is helpful.

In addition, today is the promotion ceremony for my oldest child's middle school, an event that will be cancelled in case of an early closing. We've got relatives traveling a distance to be there, so I need to decide whether to encourage them to come early and leave a key under the mat, or to delay a little and check WTOP.

None of this is "obsessing", it's "planning", which is part of parenting.


Brava, Mama! I feel ya. There's always so much planning/strategizing and well, worrying on a sunny day, most especially when you are an hour away from home. Doesn't help that every news source scares us into preparing for every emergency possible; tornado, floods, derecho, power outage, lockdowns...


It all feels like a house of cards sometimes. ( and I am a SAHM).
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 10:06     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
Anonymous wrote:If you're a fed -- OPM is allowing unscheduled telework/unscheduled leave today.



Ridiculous.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 08:49     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
If you're a fed -- OPM is allowing unscheduled telework/unscheduled leave today.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 08:41     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
In Bethesda here. Skys just went from normal to very dark (think 9pm level darkness). Was feeling ok about the weather and now I'm not so sure.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 07:17     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
Anonymous wrote:Considering none of the predicted storms have materialized..over night or this morning..I think we can be a bit skeptical about this afternoon too. Not saying ignore it but not obsessing either. I feel like Hurricane Sandy where we spent two days listening to them say the real brunt of the storm was still coming and never did.


That may be true, but asking whether people think it's possible that schools will close early is hardly "obsessing". As a working parent, working at a site an hour from my child's school, I need to have a back up plan in the morning if I think school's going to close. So knowing if I should be calling my mother to ask her if she might be able to pick up, or asking my boss now about telework for the afternoon in case I need to leave quickly, is helpful.

In addition, today is the promotion ceremony for my oldest child's middle school, an event that will be cancelled in case of an early closing. We've got relatives traveling a distance to be there, so I need to decide whether to encourage them to come early and leave a key under the mat, or to delay a little and check WTOP.

None of this is "obsessing", it's "planning", which is part of parenting.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 06:50     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
Considering none of the predicted storms have materialized..over night or this morning..I think we can be a bit skeptical about this afternoon too. Not saying ignore it but not obsessing either. I feel like Hurricane Sandy where we spent two days listening to them say the real brunt of the storm was still coming and never did.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 06:40     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Storms are supposed to be bad starting from about noon onward. Does this mean schools will close early. I'm concerned about my kids riding home on the bus at 3:15 if the weather turns out to be as ugly as expected. Thoughts?



The thoughts are that your children are safer in a school bus or at school than at your house. Calm down.


I'm having trouble believing that someone thinks my child is safer walking home from the bus stop than he would be inside a building. Our school community lost a student this week who was killed by a falling tree in Monday's storm, so this danger is on many people's minds,
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2013 06:02     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
Anonymous wrote:
The thoughts are that your children are safer in a school bus or at school than at your house. Calm down.


Whose thoughts are those thoughts?

OP, I know (because this has happened) that if the weather gets bad while the children are on the school bus, the school bus driver is supposed to go somewhere for the children take shelter there. (The "somewhere" includes the nearest school, but may also include other kinds of buildings -- I don't know.) And if the weather gets bad at dismissal, the school holds the children.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 23:29     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
Anonymous wrote:Storms are supposed to be bad starting from about noon onward. Does this mean schools will close early. I'm concerned about my kids riding home on the bus at 3:15 if the weather turns out to be as ugly as expected. Thoughts?



The thoughts are that your children are safer in a school bus or at school than at your house. Calm down.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:58     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
According to Weather.com, strong storms are expected only between 4 and 6pm. However, it may well rain before that. I suspect the schools will NOT close early, but I could be wrong.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:27     Subject: Tomorrow's storms: early closing??
Storms are supposed to be bad starting from about noon onward. Does this mean schools will close early. I'm concerned about my kids riding home on the bus at 3:15 if the weather turns out to be as ugly as expected. Thoughts?