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Anonymous wrote:That's dumb, but at least they're not closing.

Are the buildings at least staying open for child care?

It’s a school system, not a child-care provider. The goal is getting kids home before the severe weather hits.

Get over yourself. Our aftercare provider is staying open.

Your aftercare staying open isn’t the flex you think it is. Managing a handful of kids indoors isn’t the same as getting an entire district home safely.

Keeping kids (and staff) inside a school building is safe and reasonable in the conditions expected. Much better than being on a bus or walking around outdoors, which is what we are trying to avoid with early dismissal.

Right, let’s just keep thousands of kids trapped in classrooms until normal dismissal while a Level 4 storm hits outside. Totally reasonable.

You don't seem to understand what level 4 means here.

Well, the level 4 level means we will have a good chance to see tornadoes in our area tomorrow afternoon and we will most likely be put under a tornado warning by 1pm tomorrow. According to Doug Kammerer, the storms will move through between 2-6pm and into the metro area between 3-5pm. Damaging winds are likely to occur and you don’t want to get caught outside when the storms roll through.

All of this supports the early dismissal that MCPS (and multiple other counties) has announced.

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Anonymous wrote:That's dumb, but at least they're not closing.

Are the buildings at least staying open for child care?

Are you for real? Have you watched the forecast? This is the right call, even if the storms are not as bad as they predict.

Yes. They're describing the same conditions they regularly warn of as storms are advancing. The main difference here is that they're doing it a day before.

But if you read or hear weather reports on the same day as storms, or as they're about to hit, you will regularly hear risks of "peak gusts of 70 to 80 mph" and possible tornadoes.

It’s a Storm Prediction Center Level 4 Moderate Risk day — not your usual ‘maybe a gust here or there.’ MCPS isn’t being dramatic, they’re keeping kids off buses during a real threat.

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Anonymous wrote:That's dumb, but at least they're not closing.

Are the buildings at least staying open for child care?

It’s a school system, not a child-care provider. The goal is getting kids home before the severe weather hits.

Get over yourself. Our aftercare provider is staying open.

Your aftercare staying open isn’t the flex you think it is. Managing a handful of kids indoors isn’t the same as getting an entire district home safely.

Keeping kids (and staff) inside a school building is safe and reasonable in the conditions expected. Much better than being on a bus or walking around outdoors, which is what we are trying to avoid with early dismissal.

Right, let’s just keep thousands of kids trapped in classrooms until normal dismissal while a Level 4 storm hits outside. Totally reasonable.

You don't seem to understand what level 4 means here.

Well, the level 4 level means we will have a good chance to see tornadoes in our area tomorrow afternoon and we will most likely be put under a tornado warning by 1pm tomorrow. According to Doug Kammerer, the storms will move through between 2-6pm and into the metro area between 3-5pm. Damaging winds are likely to occur and you don’t want to get caught outside when the storms roll through.

All of this supports the early dismissal that MCPS (and multiple other counties) has announced.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how this will play out for kids at Blair who have a 9th period? Will school really finish at 12 noon as stated in the message? Or will kids with a 9th period need to stay another 45 mins and not get the bus until nearly 1pm?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how this will play out for kids at Blair who have a 9th period? Will school really finish at 12 noon as stated in the message? Or will kids with a 9th period need to stay another 45 mins and not get the bus until nearly 1pm?

Students with a 9th period get out at 12:50, with buses leaving a few minutes after that.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how this will play out for kids at Blair who have a 9th period? Will school really finish at 12 noon as stated in the message? Or will kids with a 9th period need to stay another 45 mins and not get the bus until nearly 1pm?

How does it work on other early release days?

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Anonymous wrote:That's dumb, but at least they're not closing.

Are the buildings at least staying open for child care?

It’s a school system, not a child-care provider. The goal is getting kids home before the severe weather hits.

Get over yourself. Our aftercare provider is staying open.

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Anonymous wrote:Just announced early release 3/16

MCPS demonstrating that they'll use every excuse to take instruction away from kids.

Can you imagine Midwestern states closing due to a potential for tornadoes?

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Anonymous wrote:That's dumb, but at least they're not closing.

Are the buildings at least staying open for child care?

It’s a school system, not a child-care provider. The goal is getting kids home before the severe weather hits.

Get over yourself. Our aftercare provider is staying open.

Your aftercare staying open isn’t the flex you think it is. Managing a handful of kids indoors isn’t the same as getting an entire district home safely.

Keeping kids (and staff) inside a school building is safe and reasonable in the conditions expected. Much better than being on a bus or walking around outdoors, which is what we are trying to avoid with early dismissal.

Right, let’s just keep thousands of kids trapped in classrooms until normal dismissal while a Level 4 storm hits outside. Totally reasonable.

You don't seem to understand what level 4 means here.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how this will play out for kids at Blair who have a 9th period? Will school really finish at 12 noon as stated in the message? Or will kids with a 9th period need to stay another 45 mins and not get the bus until nearly 1pm?

How does it work on other early release days?

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Anonymous wrote:That's dumb, but at least they're not closing.

Are the buildings at least staying open for child care?

It’s a school system, not a child-care provider. The goal is getting kids home before the severe weather hits.

Get over yourself. Our aftercare provider is staying open.

Your aftercare staying open isn’t the flex you think it is. Managing a handful of kids indoors isn’t the same as getting an entire district home safely.

Keeping kids (and staff) inside a school building is safe and reasonable in the conditions expected. Much better than being on a bus or walking around outdoors, which is what we are trying to avoid with early dismissal.

Right, let’s just keep thousands of kids trapped in classrooms until normal dismissal while a Level 4 storm hits outside. Totally reasonable.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how this will play out for kids at Blair who have a 9th period? Will school really finish at 12 noon as stated in the message? Or will kids with a 9th period need to stay another 45 mins and not get the bus until nearly 1pm?

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how this will play out for kids at Blair who have a 9th period? Will school really finish at 12 noon as stated in the message? Or will kids with a 9th period need to stay another 45 mins and not get the bus until nearly 1pm?

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how this will play out for kids at Blair who have a 9th period? Will school really finish at 12 noon as stated in the message? Or will kids with a 9th period need to stay another 45 mins and not get the bus until nearly 1pm?