Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless we have 2 feet of snow, schools should always be open.
And now with every kid with a laptop. School should never close.

But it’s raining. Plan ahead. Leave earlier.

How do the snowflakes around here survive.

Plan ahead and get on with your day.

People can’t always leave earlier. My neighbor has to wait for her DH to return from work (night shift) or she’d have to take three kids under 6 out with her to get her middle schooler to school at TPMS.

That’s a don’t want to, not a can’t.

They can not take the bus?

We live in that stretch along Piney Branch before Dale that is considered the walk zone. It is not a horrible walk in most weather, but miserable in the cold or pouring rain. I drove my daughter on such mornings.

That does kind of emphasize how it's choices, though, doesn't it? Specifically, there are at least 4 choices:

1. The middle-schooler walks to school in the rain.
2. The neighbor packs up 3 kids under 6 and drives the middle-schooler.
3. The middle-schooler takes a RideOn bus to school (kids ride free).
4. The middle-schooler gets to school late.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless we have 2 feet of snow, schools should always be open.
And now with every kid with a laptop. School should never close.

But it’s raining. Plan ahead. Leave earlier.

How do the snowflakes around here survive.

Plan ahead and get on with your day.

People can’t always leave earlier. My neighbor has to wait for her DH to return from work (night shift) or she’d have to take three kids under 6 out with her to get her middle schooler to school at TPMS.

She could but she doesn’t want to.

That would be incredibly disruptive for the younger ones. You must not have multiple younger kids or you just DGAF how your kids feel.

You people are bizarre. Is this a troll post? I'm one of 4 siblings and grew up in an area that gets a lot more snow than here, and yes, sometimes weather conditions warranted getting everyone out the door earlier than usual, even if it was disruptive to the routines.

No school is going to kick out your kid if you have to bring them to school late (or miss the day altogether) due to local flooding conditions in your neighborhood. Just do what you have to do. Just like those of us downcounty understand that schools sometimes close due to some snow upcounty, sometimes schools stay open even if the weather in your part of the county is subpar.

No, it’s just rain. But if you don’t think it’s safe to drive, you shouldn’t. Take your kid when you think it’s safe. Being late to school will not traumatize your kid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless we have 2 feet of snow, schools should always be open.
And now with every kid with a laptop. School should never close.

But it’s raining. Plan ahead. Leave earlier.

How do the snowflakes around here survive.

Plan ahead and get on with your day.

People can’t always leave earlier. My neighbor has to wait for her DH to return from work (night shift) or she’d have to take three kids under 6 out with her to get her middle schooler to school at TPMS.

She could but she doesn’t want to.

That would be incredibly disruptive for the younger ones. You must not have multiple younger kids or you just DGAF how your kids feel.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless we have 2 feet of snow, schools should always be open.
And now with every kid with a laptop. School should never close.

But it’s raining. Plan ahead. Leave earlier.

How do the snowflakes around here survive.

Plan ahead and get on with your day.

People can’t always leave earlier. My neighbor has to wait for her DH to return from work (night shift) or she’d have to take three kids under 6 out with her to get her middle schooler to school at TPMS.

That’s a don’t want to, not a can’t.

They can not take the bus?

We live in that stretch along Piney Branch before Dale that is considered the walk zone. It is not a horrible walk in most weather, but miserable in the cold or pouring rain. I drove my daughter on such mornings.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least where I am, it’s flooding like nobody’s business. Maybe a foot and a half of water running down the street. I know it’s possible to still get to school but definitely not safe. Seems like when MCPS would usually do a two hour delay (or if there’s an inch of snow lmao). Why not? Are they trying to become less lenient?

Remember the criticism on DCUM when schools closed early the first week although basements were flooding in Twinbrook and someone drowned?

+1 Can you imagine the criticism on this board if MCPS did close or have a 2 hour delay? I can read the comments now "Only MCPS would close for rain! It's hardly raining outside my window! The county is too large! Break it up!" and so on and so forth.

They can't win.

A classic DCUM comment.

So true, especially when, literally, the county directly to the north (FCPS) closed for flooding.

Though, I sympathize It's frustrating when conditions miles away force your school to close. But that's the nature of a big county-wide school system

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless we have 2 feet of snow, schools should always be open.
And now with every kid with a laptop. School should never close.

But it’s raining. Plan ahead. Leave earlier.

How do the snowflakes around here survive.

Plan ahead and get on with your day.

People can’t always leave earlier. My neighbor has to wait for her DH to return from work (night shift) or she’d have to take three kids under 6 out with her to get her middle schooler to school at TPMS.

She could but she doesn’t want to.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think schools should close because a few rural areas have water or snow.

Rural areas, such as Takoma Park (Sligo Creek Parkway between Maple Avenue and Piney Branch Road).

Anonymous wrote:Unless we have 2 feet of snow, schools should always be open.
And now with every kid with a laptop. School should never close.

But it’s raining. Plan ahead. Leave earlier.

How do the snowflakes around here survive.

Plan ahead and get on with your day.

Actually flash flooding is far more dangerous than driving over one inch of fresh snow

Anonymous wrote:MCPS never closes for rain

You have a really short memory.

Anonymous wrote:At least where I am, it’s flooding like nobody’s business. Maybe a foot and a half of water running down the street. I know it’s possible to still get to school but definitely not safe. Seems like when MCPS would usually do a two hour delay (or if there’s an inch of snow lmao). Why not? Are they trying to become less lenient?

GTFO. No way there is a foot and a half of water flooding down your street. Have you ever been in a real flood?

Anonymous wrote:I don't think schools should close because a few rural areas have water or snow.

You just don’t want them to close when it’s not raining where *you* live

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least where I am, it’s flooding like nobody’s business. Maybe a foot and a half of water running down the street. I know it’s possible to still get to school but definitely not safe. Seems like when MCPS would usually do a two hour delay (or if there’s an inch of snow lmao). Why not? Are they trying to become less lenient?

Remember the criticism on DCUM when schools closed early the first week although basements were flooding in Twinbrook and someone drowned?

+1 Can you imagine the criticism on this board if MCPS did close or have a 2 hour delay? I can read the comments now "Only MCPS would close for rain! It's hardly raining outside my window! The county is too large! Break it up!" and so on and so forth.

They can't win.

A classic DCUM comment.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless we have 2 feet of snow, schools should always be open.
And now with every kid with a laptop. School should never close.

But it’s raining. Plan ahead. Leave earlier.

How do the snowflakes around here survive.

Plan ahead and get on with your day.

People can’t always leave earlier. My neighbor has to wait for her DH to return from work (night shift) or she’d have to take three kids under 6 out with her to get her middle schooler to school at TPMS.

That’s a don’t want to, not a can’t.

They can not take the bus?