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Anonymous wrote:I heard about that. I think MCPS was asleep at the wheel all of last week, not realizing that this snowstorm was different from all the other storms we've had, and that snowplows had great difficulty clearing the ice... and so MCPS panicked over the weekend when they realized parents would be furious if Monday wasn't open, and threw everyone under the bus. I noticed they blamed homeowners as well.

They were asleep because they didn't have to go to work at all. Code Red means everything is closed, and it was Code Red Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week. GMAFB

Seriously? Don’t public entities have a core of personnel that have to work to keep emergency operations going.

Contrast that with DC and Alexandria where they opened up on Wednesday including with food distribution sites.

I guess no one is holding MCPS accountable to a high standard. Or even a mediocre standard

Taylor likes to make sweeping changes, but his weak link is logistics. And logistics, while boring to him, matter.

And he appears to have surrounded himself with people even more incompetent with logistics than he is.

Now what?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard about that. I think MCPS was asleep at the wheel all of last week, not realizing that this snowstorm was different from all the other storms we've had, and that snowplows had great difficulty clearing the ice... and so MCPS panicked over the weekend when they realized parents would be furious if Monday wasn't open, and threw everyone under the bus. I noticed they blamed homeowners as well.

They were asleep because they didn't have to go to work at all. Code Red means everything is closed, and it was Code Red Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week. GMAFB

Seriously? Don’t public entities have a core of personnel that have to work to keep emergency operations going.

Contrast that with DC and Alexandria where they opened up on Wednesday including with food distribution sites.

I guess no one is holding MCPS accountable to a high standard. Or even a mediocre standard

Taylor likes to make sweeping changes, but his weak link is logistics. And logistics, while boring to him, matter.

I dream about MCPS having a new superintendent who is super efficient coming in and being like wtf do you do all day to the Central Office staff. And getting stuff done.

Who will be held accountable?
What is the plan going forward?

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"It doesn't sound like MCPS and MCDOT have been coordinating at all beyond MCPS's request on Sunday afternoon for MCDOT to clear some extra areas. Basically the same time that MCPS bashed MCDOT in its message to the public.

In other words MCPS bureaucrats gave themselves 5 days off and did not talk at all with MCDOT, then bashed them publicly to excuse not opening today. Meanwhile MCDOT staff were literally working all week last week, certainly not perfectly. But at least they were working.

In an update sent Sunday afternoon, officials wrote that “all schools are ready.”

That wasn’t enough to bring kids back, they determined, because the county’s sprawling network of roads needed more work.

On Monday morning, Rockville High School’s parking lot was clear, and salt was sprinkled across the sidewalks bordering the campus. But that didn’t mean a clear walk to school.

While some sidewalks in the surrounding neighborhoods were shoveled, many others remained miniature ice rinks, marked by deep divots and reminders of Rockville’s pets.

Montgomery County paused enforcement of sidewalk clearing requirements, telling residents that they wouldn’t issue violation notices until Monday.

Near Meadow Hall Elementary, a bright yellow sign signaled to drivers that children would be using a crosswalk to get to school. The path to that crosswalk, however, remained buried under thick, slippery ice.

Emily DeTitta, spokeswoman for the county Department of Transportation, said the agency cleared roads surrounding county schools on Sunday night.

“We just received a request from MCPS for some additional areas late yesterday and are either assisting directly or asking the state when they are on state roads to address them,” she said.

Crews are also working to widen neighborhood roads and help clear sidewalks.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard about that. I think MCPS was asleep at the wheel all of last week, not realizing that this snowstorm was different from all the other storms we've had, and that snowplows had great difficulty clearing the ice... and so MCPS panicked over the weekend when they realized parents would be furious if Monday wasn't open, and threw everyone under the bus. I noticed they blamed homeowners as well.

They were asleep because they didn't have to go to work at all. Code Red means everything is closed, and it was Code Red Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week. GMAFB

Seriously? Don’t public entities have a core of personnel that have to work to keep emergency operations going.

Contrast that with DC and Alexandria where they opened up on Wednesday including with food distribution sites.

I guess no one is holding MCPS accountable to a high standard. Or even a mediocre standard

Taylor likes to make sweeping changes, but his weak link is logistics. And logistics, while boring to him, matter.

And he appears to have surrounded himself with people even more incompetent with logistics than he is.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard about that. I think MCPS was asleep at the wheel all of last week, not realizing that this snowstorm was different from all the other storms we've had, and that snowplows had great difficulty clearing the ice... and so MCPS panicked over the weekend when they realized parents would be furious if Monday wasn't open, and threw everyone under the bus. I noticed they blamed homeowners as well.

They were asleep because they didn't have to go to work at all. Code Red means everything is closed, and it was Code Red Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week. GMAFB

Seriously? Don’t public entities have a core of personnel that have to work to keep emergency operations going.

Contrast that with DC and Alexandria where they opened up on Wednesday including with food distribution sites.

I guess no one is holding MCPS accountable to a high standard. Or even a mediocre standard

Taylor likes to make sweeping changes, but his weak link is logistics. And logistics, while boring to him, matter.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you seem to think only MCPS deserves "grace" y'all are a bunch of narcissists that are convinced it was okay to get a 5 day vacation while our community was in crisis

It is not about giving “grace.” I just don’t understand the unhinged reactions to having a week off for the biggest storm in years. Breathe.

This is not the only snow storm in MCPS history. Just last year we also had 4 snow days even though MCPS only built one into the calendar. They didn't change anything--there's still only 1 snow day built into the calendar.

MCPS could have submitted the required virtual learning plan for snow emergencies to MSDE that it said it would do in 2024. It didn't do it.

And now this year we have 5 snow days, with two months of winter remaining, and we're in far worse shape than last year, where we had full days of school instructional time removed and replaced with 3 crappy half days at the end of June where kids watched videos.

Don't bother, PP is someone who doesn't think public education matters. Who cares if we just don't have school. Relaaaax. She's a nut.

Oh my, sorry I intruded on your echo chamber. I’ll go back to the real world so you all can continue hyperventilating here

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you seem to think only MCPS deserves "grace" y'all are a bunch of narcissists that are convinced it was okay to get a 5 day vacation while our community was in crisis

It is not about giving “grace.” I just don’t understand the unhinged reactions to having a week off for the biggest storm in years. Breathe.

This is not the only snow storm in MCPS history. Just last year we also had 4 snow days even though MCPS only built one into the calendar. They didn't change anything--there's still only 1 snow day built into the calendar.

MCPS could have submitted the required virtual learning plan for snow emergencies to MSDE that it said it would do in 2024. It didn't do it.

And now this year we have 5 snow days, with two months of winter remaining, and we're in far worse shape than last year, where we had full days of school instructional time removed and replaced with 3 crappy half days at the end of June where kids watched videos.

You sound hysterical over this.

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Anonymous wrote:Listening to County Council snow session now. Rich Madaleno stated in response to a question from Councilmember Balcombe that MCPS first formally communicated with the County a list of issues they needed fixed at 2:13pm in Sunday. Less than 2 hours later they send out a public message blaming the County for MCPS's decision to close on Monday.

Doesn't Cmember Balcombe represent District 2? That's the area bordering Frederick and Potomac river.

Were roads promptly cleared in District 2? Any District 2 posters here to chime in?

Council member Balcombe is also on the Transportation & Environment (TE) Committee, Climate change, energy policy, water and sewer issues and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission; issues relating to environmental protection and conservation, including forest conservation; and solid waste, County infrastructure issues including public transportation, roadway and street construction and maintenance.

I'm in District 2. The first time I went out was Monday (last week) at noon. The roads were already in pretty good shape.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you seem to think only MCPS deserves "grace" y'all are a bunch of narcissists that are convinced it was okay to get a 5 day vacation while our community was in crisis

It is not about giving “grace.” I just don’t understand the unhinged reactions to having a week off for the biggest storm in years. Breathe.

This is not the only snow storm in MCPS history. Just last year we also had 4 snow days even though MCPS only built one into the calendar. They didn't change anything--there's still only 1 snow day built into the calendar.

MCPS could have submitted the required virtual learning plan for snow emergencies to MSDE that it said it would do in 2024. It didn't do it.

And now this year we have 5 snow days, with two months of winter remaining, and we're in far worse shape than last year, where we had full days of school instructional time removed and replaced with 3 crappy half days at the end of June where kids watched videos.

Don't bother, PP is someone who doesn't think public education matters. Who cares if we just don't have school. Relaaaax. She's a nut.

Nut= anyone who promotes education

Anonymous wrote:Listening to County Council snow session now. Rich Madaleno stated in response to a question from Councilmember Balcombe that MCPS first formally communicated with the County a list of issues they needed fixed at 2:13pm in Sunday. Less than 2 hours later they send out a public message blaming the County for MCPS's decision to close on Monday.

Doesn't Cmember Balcombe represent District 2? That's the area bordering Frederick and Potomac river.

Were roads promptly cleared in District 2? Any District 2 posters here to chime in?

Council member Balcombe is also on the Transportation & Environment (TE) Committee, Climate change, energy policy, water and sewer issues and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission; issues relating to environmental protection and conservation, including forest conservation; and solid waste, County infrastructure issues including public transportation, roadway and street construction and maintenance.

Ah so is that why the clarification message was sent Sunday after code red message had already been sent? If staff were at Central office last week or yesterday (Monday) working, they (who?) would have coordinated with MCDOT to have all roads cleared? Was MC government open most of last week and Monday? Couldn't the "coordinating" between MCPS MD MCDOT have been done during virtual work hours? Sounds like he said she said, he didn't do she didn't do stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:If MCPS is accountable (LOL), they should start to put effort and FTE in developing extreme weather contingent transportation plan. Some quick fixes could be tag each stop in different categories, and under extreme weather, only providing stops at category 1 stops (central stops). Or develop special bus routes in plan B and only activate plan B under emergencies. This is what transportation dept with all GIS data can easily do.

Or a virtual learning plan if they insist on staying closed until all the ice melts.

I loved the email where they said they weren’t permitted by the state to offer virtual learning. The state of Maryland authorizes school districts to offer virtual learning during an emergency weather event if they submit a plan.
MCPS posted a presentation about planning to do a plan in 2024 and never did it.

I'm assuming the /s was implied. Surely no one thinks a reasonable plan for the winter involves waiting for snow and ice to melt.

Why do you think MCPS is reasonable? They send out emails grumping that they don't want to open school because roads and sidewalks aren't "perfect."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you seem to think only MCPS deserves "grace" y'all are a bunch of narcissists that are convinced it was okay to get a 5 day vacation while our community was in crisis

It is not about giving “grace.” I just don’t understand the unhinged reactions to having a week off for the biggest storm in years. Breathe.

This is not the only snow storm in MCPS history. Just last year we also had 4 snow days even though MCPS only built one into the calendar. They didn't change anything--there's still only 1 snow day built into the calendar.

MCPS could have submitted the required virtual learning plan for snow emergencies to MSDE that it said it would do in 2024. It didn't do it.

And now this year we have 5 snow days, with two months of winter remaining, and we're in far worse shape than last year, where we had full days of school instructional time removed and replaced with 3 crappy half days at the end of June where kids watched videos.

Don't bother, PP is someone who doesn't think public education matters. Who cares if we just don't have school. Relaaaax. She's a nut.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you seem to think only MCPS deserves "grace" y'all are a bunch of narcissists that are convinced it was okay to get a 5 day vacation while our community was in crisis

It is not about giving “grace.” I just don’t understand the unhinged reactions to having a week off for the biggest storm in years. Breathe.

This is not the only snow storm in MCPS history. Just last year we also had 4 snow days even though MCPS only built one into the calendar. They didn't change anything--there's still only 1 snow day built into the calendar.

MCPS could have submitted the required virtual learning plan for snow emergencies to MSDE that it said it would do in 2024. It didn't do it.

And now this year we have 5 snow days, with two months of winter remaining, and we're in far worse shape than last year, where we had full days of school instructional time removed and replaced with 3 crappy half days at the end of June where kids watched videos.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you seem to think only MCPS deserves "grace" y'all are a bunch of narcissists that are convinced it was okay to get a 5 day vacation while our community was in crisis

It is not about giving “grace.” I just don’t understand the unhinged reactions to having a week off for the biggest storm in years. Breathe.

Of course you don't, you just had a relaxing week off!