PP again. The high school on my way home had less walkers than usual. Maybe more kids were dropped off or took the bus.

Traffic was more of a mess than usual since a lot of people who usually walk got dropped off, and lack of some lanes/places to pass also slowed things down.

But people seemed to manage.

All good for us. I drop my kid at the ES to get to the magnet program and there was a police vehicle in the parking lot. We were a few minutes early but the lot was already full with cars that stayed back to make sure the kids got on the bus. Looks like people came in quite early. Near the ES is a neighborhood HS bus stop and I saw more kids standing there than usual.

There is a special needs kid in my neighborhood and I also saw the small bus waiting for the kid. Bus was there just a few minutes but no one got on. Our neighborhood road which was like a one lane until yesterday seemed more like usual today. I think the snow plow came by again last night.

Good job MCPS! This could have been done on Thursday or Friday, but better late than never. I was impressed that the small bus actually came by to our neighborhood.

My high schooler said his bus was 25 minutes late, and then there was a lot of traffic b/c of lane reductions and he (and everyone else on his bus) ended up being late for 1st period. But that's better than not going to school at all!

Our bus was 20 mins late but clear of snow (saw other busses with snow on roof-so dangerous) and normal driver smiling and waving.

Anonymous wrote:Everything totally fine--even smoother than usual--at car drop off at our ES.

But topic is buses

Everything totally fine--even smoother than usual--at car drop off at our ES.

Blair HS carpool lane drop-off was insanely longer than before. It took me more than half an hour to drop off and backlog car lane blocked the highway entrance and exist.

Car lane drop off at middle school was longer than normal but was pretty smooth.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Drove my kid to school today. I want to complain. On the major road that the HS sits on, the snow was cleared enough to allow one car to get through--so people were being courteous and allowing waves of people to get through.

But the people that live on that street were parked on the street making the road even narrower. The traffic on the road is not a surprise to them. It happens every day. Do we really need to invoke a snow emergency so these people don't park on the street? They were able to move their car elsewhere when the plows were out---put them back there! The county could implement snow emergency parking requirements during school hours. But really, it just seems like common sense.

Driving in the one lane plus street parking is a pita. But where would you like those cars be moved to if not in front of their home? Are you offering to tow the vehicle to your house/driveway so you can get through?

These homes all have driveways. They managed to move them to accommodate the snowplows last week. Move them back to the driveways during school drop off and pick up hours.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you seen some of these roads?! What did folks think was going to be happening today....academic learning? It's already a delayed ooening. The day was for students to see their peers after a week if they didn't see them during sledding in the neighborhood or online playing games; release social energy annoying teachers; feed students; get meals to FarmS before a closure tomorrow; teachers who were able to make it in to assign work; go over expectations for half year classes. Etc.

My kid's three AP teachers have been sending out increasingly agitated emails about needing to finish the curriculum before AP exams in May. There will definitely be intensive instruction today, despite the shortened day.

There is a whole world of school outside of elementary, PP.

The AP teachers will use today to assign work and your teen can work on all the assignments tomorrow at home.

Anonymous wrote:Drove my kid to school today. I want to complain. On the major road that the HS sits on, the snow was cleared enough to allow one car to get through--so people were being courteous and allowing waves of people to get through.

But the people that live on that street were parked on the street making the road even narrower. The traffic on the road is not a surprise to them. It happens every day. Do we really need to invoke a snow emergency so these people don't park on the street? They were able to move their car elsewhere when the plows were out---put them back there! The county could implement snow emergency parking requirements during school hours. But really, it just seems like common sense.

Driving in the one lane plus street parking is a pita. But where would you like those cars be moved to if not in front of their home? Are you offering to tow the vehicle to your house/driveway so you can get through?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you seen some of these roads?! What did folks think was going to be happening today....academic learning? It's already a delayed ooening. The day was for students to see their peers after a week if they didn't see them during sledding in the neighborhood or online playing games; release social energy annoying teachers; feed students; get meals to FarmS before a closure tomorrow; teachers who were able to make it in to assign work; go over expectations for half year classes. Etc.

My kid's three AP teachers have been sending out increasingly agitated emails about needing to finish the curriculum before AP exams in May. There will definitely be intensive instruction today, despite the shortened day.

There is a whole world of school outside of elementary, PP.

Here is that AP class / exam poster again. They found this thread, too. Sigh.

Signed poster who has been there done that with AP classes and exams

Drove my kid to school today. I want to complain. On the major road that the HS sits on, the snow was cleared enough to allow one car to get through--so people were being courteous and allowing waves of people to get through.

But the people that live on that street were parked on the street making the road even narrower. The traffic on the road is not a surprise to them. It happens every day. Do we really need to invoke a snow emergency so these people don't park on the street? They were able to move their car elsewhere when the plows were out---put them back there! The county could implement snow emergency parking requirements during school hours. But really, it just seems like common sense.

Anonymous wrote:Have you seen some of these roads?! What did folks think was going to be happening today....academic learning? It's already a delayed ooening. The day was for students to see their peers after a week if they didn't see them during sledding in the neighborhood or online playing games; release social energy annoying teachers; feed students; get meals to FarmS before a closure tomorrow; teachers who were able to make it in to assign work; go over expectations for half year classes. Etc.

My kid's three AP teachers have been sending out increasingly agitated emails about needing to finish the curriculum before AP exams in May. There will definitely be intensive instruction today, despite the shortened day.

There is a whole world of school outside of elementary, PP.