Anonymous wrote:Such a soft generation of kids we are raising

Yes, it is so soft to be concerned about dismissal and walking/driving home in the middle of an elevated tornado threat. Give me a break. I grew up in Texas, with frequent severe and tornadoes, and we absolutely were dismissed early for this sort of forecast. We also practiced tornado drills and knew what to do in severe weather. Does your school? Mine doesn’t.

Such a soft generation of kids we are raising

Which schools are staying open?

Anonymous wrote:Field has sent nothing out. Nothing at all.

What is there to say? I find it lame how schools are putting out a “we are monitoring the weather message”.

Send out a message with a call or don’t send one out at all.

I am perplexed at the approach of saying nothing at all. It makes the school look unprepared and/or uncaring to teacher/student safety. At least send a note that the school will be open but that parents are welcome to pick up early.

I’m a teacher at an area independent school that has said nothing. I too have children at other schools being dismissed early. How is it unsafe for everyone else but safe for us to remain in school? Also feeling stressed.

This is how you do it:

A major storm is predicted for Monday, March 16 in the afternoon. Several surrounding counties have announced early dismissals. For the safety of our community, particularly our young drivers, Visitation will dismiss at 1:10 p.m., with all after-school activities cancelled;

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school says we follow mcps but in reality we follow about 95% of the time.
Nothing has been announced yet for today either way.

We are picking our kid up early either way but this is terrible for teachers who may be in harms way and/or have to pick up their own children who may be released early.

Thank you. This is empathy. It’s a bad situation for sure.

I appreciate this too. My children have an early release but my school is staying open. There are no subs for me to leave early. My anxiety is through the roof knowing they’ll be home alone worrying.

Signed,
A teacher

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our school says we follow mcps but in reality we follow about 95% of the time.
Nothing has been announced yet for today either way.

We are picking our kid up early either way but this is terrible for teachers who may be in harms way and/or have to pick up their own children who may be released early.

Thank you. This is empathy. It’s a bad situation for sure.

Anonymous wrote:Our school says we follow mcps but in reality we follow about 95% of the time.
Nothing has been announced yet for today either way.

We are picking our kid up early either way but this is terrible for teachers who may be in harms way and/or have to pick up their own children who may be released early.

Field has sent nothing out. Nothing at all.

Our school says we follow mcps but in reality we follow about 95% of the time.
Nothing has been announced yet for today either way.

No word from our school. I think I’ll pull my kids early if school doesn’t close early. My kids walk to and from the metro, and I don’t want them out in the middle of a storm.

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Anonymous wrote:DC’s school sent an email giving a heads-up that an early closure may happen and they would make a determination as soon as possible. They don’t follow a particular school system; they make their own determinations as needed.

This is what ours did too. I think they feel a lot of pressure to stay open, as a selling point v. public, and I wish they'd ease up on that. Sending kids for 3 hours is not worth the squeeze, imo, and deciding in the morning or midday just makes my workday harder. Just close or go remote.

Yep this is stupid.

Anonymous wrote:DC’s school sent an email giving a heads-up that an early closure may happen and they would make a determination as soon as possible. They don’t follow a particular school system; they make their own determinations as needed.

This is what ours did too. I think they feel a lot of pressure to stay open, as a selling point v. public, and I wish they'd ease up on that. Sending kids for 3 hours is not worth the squeeze, imo, and deciding in the morning or midday just makes my workday harder. Just close or go remote.