Anonymous
09/01/2021 13:10
Subject: School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
Anonymous wrote:This all seems very odd to me. Normally this type of weather forecast would never be enough to close schools. What's different?
It's that the worst of the weather (along with likely floods) will be arriving as the usual rush hour/end of day traffic is peaking. MCPS has significantly more bus transportation of students and just generally more transportation logistics to worry about, as well as some parts of the county that are significantly more rural than D.C., so I'm not surprised they closed early while D.C. didn't.
Anonymous
09/01/2021 13:07
Subject: School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
Anonymous wrote:I'm picking up my kids early. We walk a mile through pretty dense, mature trees. I hate to do it, but it's my job to keep my kids safe.
I find it odd that you felt the need to write such a defensive comment lol
Anonymous
09/01/2021 13:04
Subject: School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This all seems very odd to me. Normally this type of weather forecast would never be enough to close schools. What's different?
The amount of rain (people trying to drive home). The winds, the tornado threat. There are lots of issues. You may not have been around about 10 years ago when DCPS closed for a hurricane. But it has happened.
Oh, I was. That's why I am a little confused. This is definitely not a hurricane-level event, according to CWG and all of the modeling.
Anonymous
09/01/2021 12:45
Subject: School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
I'm picking up my kids early. We walk a mile through pretty dense, mature trees. I hate to do it, but it's my job to keep my kids safe.
Anonymous
09/01/2021 12:45
Subject: School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
Anonymous wrote:This all seems very odd to me. Normally this type of weather forecast would never be enough to close schools. What's different?
The amount of rain (people trying to drive home). The winds, the tornado threat. There are lots of issues. You may not have been around about 10 years ago when DCPS closed for a hurricane. But it has happened.
Anonymous
09/01/2021 12:43
Subject: School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
This all seems very odd to me. Normally this type of weather forecast would never be enough to close schools. What's different?
Anonymous
09/01/2021 12:42
Subject: Re:School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
Anonymous wrote:This post didn’t age well.
LOL! Seriously.
Anonymous
09/01/2021 12:41
Subject: Re:School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
This post didn’t age well.
Anonymous
09/01/2021 12:38
Subject: School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
Our charter is following DCPS guidance and closing aftercare.
Anonymous
09/01/2021 12:34
Subject: Re:School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
Stokes is closing at 12:30 
No idea why this makes sense. We got notice at 11 am.
No idea why this makes sense. We got notice at 11 am.
Anonymous
09/01/2021 12:15
Subject: School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
yeah, tornado watch until 7. I hope our school's external dismissal goes quickly today!
Anonymous
09/01/2021 11:59
Subject: Re:School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
All DCPS after school activities (including aftercare) are cancelled today (9/1)
Anonymous
09/01/2021 11:52
Subject: School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
Just looked at the map-- looks like it will rain but most severe weather pushes north of the city. MCPS makes sense.
Anonymous
09/01/2021 11:51
Subject: School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
Anonymous wrote:Looks like MCPS is closing early, and I saw a tweet about a DCPS aftercare program closing today.
Since I posted this, LAMB cancelled their aftercare today too.
Anonymous
09/01/2021 11:50
Subject: School closing because of Ida storms/flooding risk?
Our charter cancelled afterschool activities.