Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Form response from Cat Malchodi, who I doubt believes what she was for Ed to write:

"Good afternoon,

On behalf of Dr. Taylor and the MCPS leadership team, thank you so much for sharing this concern about the availability of before school or morning childcare programs that utilize MCPS schools. We greatly appreciate the feedback from our staff and families. As a working mother who utilized these programs when my children were in elementary school for many years, I can certainly appreciate your frustration. We will certainly elevate this to the leaders who are involved in the decision making process and in our discussions with our community partners.

Inclement weather decisions are made with great care and always with safety at the center. This morning’s delay reflected a combination of factors: forecasts showing a meaningful risk of ice, the potential for hazardous road conditions across our large county, and the need to ensure that staff could travel safely to open our schools and offices. These decisions must account for the well-being of both employees and students. Although childcare is a Community Use of Public Facilities (CUPF) function, it still relies on MCPS staff to open and prepare buildings for use. Given all these considerations, delaying the opening of schools, including canceling before-school childcare, was the safest and most responsible choice.

We know today’s decision had a real impact on families, especially those who rely on morning childcare to support work and daily routines. We truly understand how disruptive these changes can be, and we weigh those impacts carefully each time. Our first responsibility, however, is ensuring the safety of students and staff.

Making decisions of this nature is difficult because weather forecasts are never guaranteed, and events may occur sooner or worse than anticipated. Again, we do not take these types of decisions lightly—they truly have everyone’s best interest at the forefront, especially as it relates to safety.

Thank you,
Cat"

MCPS cared about MCPS staff. What horrible people.

No, they don't care about MCPS who need child care to open before school does in order to get to work.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Form response from Cat Malchodi, who I doubt believes what she was for Ed to write:

"Good afternoon,

On behalf of Dr. Taylor and the MCPS leadership team, thank you so much for sharing this concern about the availability of before school or morning childcare programs that utilize MCPS schools. We greatly appreciate the feedback from our staff and families. As a working mother who utilized these programs when my children were in elementary school for many years, I can certainly appreciate your frustration. We will certainly elevate this to the leaders who are involved in the decision making process and in our discussions with our community partners.

Inclement weather decisions are made with great care and always with safety at the center. This morning’s delay reflected a combination of factors: forecasts showing a meaningful risk of ice, the potential for hazardous road conditions across our large county, and the need to ensure that staff could travel safely to open our schools and offices. These decisions must account for the well-being of both employees and students. Although childcare is a Community Use of Public Facilities (CUPF) function, it still relies on MCPS staff to open and prepare buildings for use. Given all these considerations, delaying the opening of schools, including canceling before-school childcare, was the safest and most responsible choice.

We know today’s decision had a real impact on families, especially those who rely on morning childcare to support work and daily routines. We truly understand how disruptive these changes can be, and we weigh those impacts carefully each time. Our first responsibility, however, is ensuring the safety of students and staff.

Making decisions of this nature is difficult because weather forecasts are never guaranteed, and events may occur sooner or worse than anticipated. Again, we do not take these types of decisions lightly—they truly have everyone’s best interest at the forefront, especially as it relates to safety.

Thank you,
Cat"

MCPS cared about MCPS staff. What horrible people.

Cat you already wrote your message. No need for you to reply to comments.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OPM did not allow federal employees to telework for weather today. Extremely poor MoCo decision. Horrible for working families.

MoCo does not cater only to OPM. You need to understand this.

You missed the point. Horrible for all sorts of working families. There are certainly many feds, teachers, medical workers, who need childcare. MoCo does not cater to working parents, clearly.

Frederick Co closed. Howard Co and PGCPS had delays as well. So do federal workers only live in MoCo? Or are MCPS decisions the only wrong ones? Every county did their best to make a decision for student safety. Many MCPS teachers live in Frederick, around 30 percent, do you think they didn't have to make plans too? Yes it is not ideal but ultimately everyone has to make adjustments for our kids.

MCPS's decision to keep beforecare providers closed at a time when full-day school-based child care and high schools were all open had nothing to do with student safety and was just stupid. Stop defending it

Bar T runs before care here and they announced it was canceled due to the delay. Can anyone cite a source that confirms MCPS doesn't let them open, how do we know it's not Bar Ts decision?

KAH's message said that it was MCPS as did MCPS's announcement about the delay.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OPM did not allow federal employees to telework for weather today. Extremely poor MoCo decision. Horrible for working families.

MoCo does not cater only to OPM. You need to understand this.

You missed the point. Horrible for all sorts of working families. There are certainly many feds, teachers, medical workers, who need childcare. MoCo does not cater to working parents, clearly.

Frederick Co closed. Howard Co and PGCPS had delays as well. So do federal workers only live in MoCo? Or are MCPS decisions the only wrong ones? Every county did their best to make a decision for student safety. Many MCPS teachers live in Frederick, around 30 percent, do you think they didn't have to make plans too? Yes it is not ideal but ultimately everyone has to make adjustments for our kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Form response from Cat Malchodi, who I doubt believes what she was for Ed to write:

"Good afternoon,

On behalf of Dr. Taylor and the MCPS leadership team, thank you so much for sharing this concern about the availability of before school or morning childcare programs that utilize MCPS schools. We greatly appreciate the feedback from our staff and families. As a working mother who utilized these programs when my children were in elementary school for many years, I can certainly appreciate your frustration. We will certainly elevate this to the leaders who are involved in the decision making process and in our discussions with our community partners.

Inclement weather decisions are made with great care and always with safety at the center. This morning’s delay reflected a combination of factors: forecasts showing a meaningful risk of ice, the potential for hazardous road conditions across our large county, and the need to ensure that staff could travel safely to open our schools and offices. These decisions must account for the well-being of both employees and students. Although childcare is a Community Use of Public Facilities (CUPF) function, it still relies on MCPS staff to open and prepare buildings for use. Given all these considerations, delaying the opening of schools, including canceling before-school childcare, was the safest and most responsible choice.

We know today’s decision had a real impact on families, especially those who rely on morning childcare to support work and daily routines. We truly understand how disruptive these changes can be, and we weigh those impacts carefully each time. Our first responsibility, however, is ensuring the safety of students and staff.

Making decisions of this nature is difficult because weather forecasts are never guaranteed, and events may occur sooner or worse than anticipated. Again, we do not take these types of decisions lightly—they truly have everyone’s best interest at the forefront, especially as it relates to safety.

Thank you,
Cat"

MCPS cared about MCPS staff. What horrible people.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Form response from Cat Malchodi, who I doubt believes what she was for Ed to write:

"Good afternoon,

On behalf of Dr. Taylor and the MCPS leadership team, thank you so much for sharing this concern about the availability of before school or morning childcare programs that utilize MCPS schools. We greatly appreciate the feedback from our staff and families. As a working mother who utilized these programs when my children were in elementary school for many years, I can certainly appreciate your frustration. We will certainly elevate this to the leaders who are involved in the decision making process and in our discussions with our community partners.

Inclement weather decisions are made with great care and always with safety at the center. This morning’s delay reflected a combination of factors: forecasts showing a meaningful risk of ice, the potential for hazardous road conditions across our large county, and the need to ensure that staff could travel safely to open our schools and offices. These decisions must account for the well-being of both employees and students. Although childcare is a Community Use of Public Facilities (CUPF) function, it still relies on MCPS staff to open and prepare buildings for use. Given all these considerations, delaying the opening of schools, including canceling before-school childcare, was the safest and most responsible choice.

We know today’s decision had a real impact on families, especially those who rely on morning childcare to support work and daily routines. We truly understand how disruptive these changes can be, and we weigh those impacts carefully each time. Our first responsibility, however, is ensuring the safety of students and staff.

Making decisions of this nature is difficult because weather forecasts are never guaranteed, and events may occur sooner or worse than anticipated. Again, we do not take these types of decisions lightly—they truly have everyone’s best interest at the forefront, especially as it relates to safety.

Thank you,
Cat"

MCPS cared about MCPS staff. What horrible people.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OPM did not allow federal employees to telework for weather today. Extremely poor MoCo decision. Horrible for working families.

MoCo does not cater only to OPM. You need to understand this.

You missed the point. Horrible for all sorts of working families. There are certainly many feds, teachers, medical workers, who need childcare. MoCo does not cater to working parents, clearly.

Frederick Co closed. Howard Co and PGCPS had delays as well. So do federal workers only live in MoCo? Or are MCPS decisions the only wrong ones? Every county did their best to make a decision for student safety. Many MCPS teachers live in Frederick, around 30 percent, do you think they didn't have to make plans too? Yes it is not ideal but ultimately everyone has to make adjustments for our kids.

MCPS's decision to keep beforecare providers closed at a time when full-day school-based child care and high schools were all open had nothing to do with student safety and was just stupid. Stop defending it

Bar T runs before care here and they announced it was canceled due to the delay. Can anyone cite a source that confirms MCPS doesn't let them open, how do we know it's not Bar Ts decision?

Anonymous wrote:Form response from Cat Malchodi, who I doubt believes what she was for Ed to write:

"Good afternoon,

On behalf of Dr. Taylor and the MCPS leadership team, thank you so much for sharing this concern about the availability of before school or morning childcare programs that utilize MCPS schools. We greatly appreciate the feedback from our staff and families. As a working mother who utilized these programs when my children were in elementary school for many years, I can certainly appreciate your frustration. We will certainly elevate this to the leaders who are involved in the decision making process and in our discussions with our community partners.

Inclement weather decisions are made with great care and always with safety at the center. This morning’s delay reflected a combination of factors: forecasts showing a meaningful risk of ice, the potential for hazardous road conditions across our large county, and the need to ensure that staff could travel safely to open our schools and offices. These decisions must account for the well-being of both employees and students. Although childcare is a Community Use of Public Facilities (CUPF) function, it still relies on MCPS staff to open and prepare buildings for use. Given all these considerations, delaying the opening of schools, including canceling before-school childcare, was the safest and most responsible choice.

We know today’s decision had a real impact on families, especially those who rely on morning childcare to support work and daily routines. We truly understand how disruptive these changes can be, and we weigh those impacts carefully each time. Our first responsibility, however, is ensuring the safety of students and staff.

Making decisions of this nature is difficult because weather forecasts are never guaranteed, and events may occur sooner or worse than anticipated. Again, we do not take these types of decisions lightly—they truly have everyone’s best interest at the forefront, especially as it relates to safety.

Thank you,
Cat"

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OPM did not allow federal employees to telework for weather today. Extremely poor MoCo decision. Horrible for working families.

MoCo does not cater only to OPM. You need to understand this.

You missed the point. Horrible for all sorts of working families. There are certainly many feds, teachers, medical workers, who need childcare. MoCo does not cater to working parents, clearly.

Frederick Co closed. Howard Co and PGCPS had delays as well. So do federal workers only live in MoCo? Or are MCPS decisions the only wrong ones? Every county did their best to make a decision for student safety. Many MCPS teachers live in Frederick, around 30 percent, do you think they didn't have to make plans too? Yes it is not ideal but ultimately everyone has to make adjustments for our kids.

MCPS's decision to keep beforecare providers closed at a time when full-day school-based child care and high schools were all open had nothing to do with student safety and was just stupid. Stop defending it

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Form response from Cat Malchodi, who I doubt believes what she was for Ed to write:

"Good afternoon,

On behalf of Dr. Taylor and the MCPS leadership team, thank you so much for sharing this concern about the availability of before school or morning childcare programs that utilize MCPS schools. We greatly appreciate the feedback from our staff and families. As a working mother who utilized these programs when my children were in elementary school for many years, I can certainly appreciate your frustration. We will certainly elevate this to the leaders who are involved in the decision making process and in our discussions with our community partners.

Inclement weather decisions are made with great care and always with safety at the center. This morning’s delay reflected a combination of factors: forecasts showing a meaningful risk of ice, the potential for hazardous road conditions across our large county, and the need to ensure that staff could travel safely to open our schools and offices. These decisions must account for the well-being of both employees and students. Although childcare is a Community Use of Public Facilities (CUPF) function, it still relies on MCPS staff to open and prepare buildings for use. Given all these considerations, delaying the opening of schools, including canceling before-school childcare, was the safest and most responsible choice.

We know today’s decision had a real impact on families, especially those who rely on morning childcare to support work and daily routines. We truly understand how disruptive these changes can be, and we weigh those impacts carefully each time. Our first responsibility, however, is ensuring the safety of students and staff.

Making decisions of this nature is difficult because weather forecasts are never guaranteed, and events may occur sooner or worse than anticipated. Again, we do not take these types of decisions lightly—they truly have everyone’s best interest at the forefront, especially as it relates to safety.

Thank you,
Cat"

Just a lot of BS and no explanation of why beforecare couldn't be open 9-11 when everyone else was.

Anonymous wrote:Form response from Cat Malchodi, who I doubt believes what she was for Ed to write:

"Good afternoon,

On behalf of Dr. Taylor and the MCPS leadership team, thank you so much for sharing this concern about the availability of before school or morning childcare programs that utilize MCPS schools. We greatly appreciate the feedback from our staff and families. As a working mother who utilized these programs when my children were in elementary school for many years, I can certainly appreciate your frustration. We will certainly elevate this to the leaders who are involved in the decision making process and in our discussions with our community partners.

Inclement weather decisions are made with great care and always with safety at the center. This morning’s delay reflected a combination of factors: forecasts showing a meaningful risk of ice, the potential for hazardous road conditions across our large county, and the need to ensure that staff could travel safely to open our schools and offices. These decisions must account for the well-being of both employees and students. Although childcare is a Community Use of Public Facilities (CUPF) function, it still relies on MCPS staff to open and prepare buildings for use. Given all these considerations, delaying the opening of schools, including canceling before-school childcare, was the safest and most responsible choice.

We know today’s decision had a real impact on families, especially those who rely on morning childcare to support work and daily routines. We truly understand how disruptive these changes can be, and we weigh those impacts carefully each time. Our first responsibility, however, is ensuring the safety of students and staff.

Making decisions of this nature is difficult because weather forecasts are never guaranteed, and events may occur sooner or worse than anticipated. Again, we do not take these types of decisions lightly—they truly have everyone’s best interest at the forefront, especially as it relates to safety.

Thank you,
Cat"

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OPM did not allow federal employees to telework for weather today. Extremely poor MoCo decision. Horrible for working families.

MoCo does not cater only to OPM. You need to understand this.

You missed the point. Horrible for all sorts of working families. There are certainly many feds, teachers, medical workers, who need childcare. MoCo does not cater to working parents, clearly.

Frederick Co closed. Howard Co and PGCPS had delays as well. So do federal workers only live in MoCo? Or are MCPS decisions the only wrong ones? Every county did their best to make a decision for student safety. Many MCPS teachers live in Frederick, around 30 percent, do you think they didn't have to make plans too? Yes it is not ideal but ultimately everyone has to make adjustments for our kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OPM did not allow federal employees to telework for weather today. Extremely poor MoCo decision. Horrible for working families.

MoCo does not cater only to OPM. You need to understand this.

You missed the point. Horrible for all sorts of working families. There are certainly many feds, teachers, medical workers, who need childcare. MoCo does not cater to working parents, clearly.