Anonymous wrote:The kids have started a petition. DD has received it several times. Something like 6000 signatures for school to be closed tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:No, the air quality alert ends tonight at midnight. How do you know it will be "worse tomorrow"? MCPS has already cancelled outdoor activities tomorrow. It's the end of the school year - if you want to keep your kid home, go ahead. Mine is going - I have a job to do.

No, it's continued until tomorrow. As long as they don't go outside for recess they are probably fine, unless they have health conditions, then keep them at home.

Anonymous wrote:No, the air quality alert ends tonight at midnight. How do you know it will be "worse tomorrow"? MCPS has already cancelled outdoor activities tomorrow. It's the end of the school year - if you want to keep your kid home, go ahead. Mine is going - I have a job to do.

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Schools are more polluted than the majority of homes. They need to keep doors open to an influx of students. The gyms get really hot, and teachers open those windows. Some teachers, like my kid's teacher, ignore the air quality alerts and bring their students outside (my kid had to rehearse their play outside today, despite the children's protests!).

I agree that schools should close on Code Red days. They can stay open on Code Orange days.

The reason I say this is that Code Red days will become a lot more prevalent with global warming. Snow days will decrease. It's just the new risk we need to adjust to, and protect our children from. The only way we can have school on Code Red days is if we equip public schools with reliable ventilation and air filters, and procedures for not keeping doors/windows wide open for hours, which for the moment is not happening, even in the wealthiest school districts.

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Anonymous wrote:School is inside. God you people.

We can smell the smoke inside the schools! Brand new buildings and we can still smell it. Gyms don’t have AV, doors kept open at dismissal and morning drop off. MCPS does not have the 13 rating air filters and replacing them every 2 days like you’re supposed to in order to keep this junk out of your inside air. And what about all the kids that have to stand and wait for the bus? Think of how much the bus runs contribute to air quality?

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Anonymous wrote:School is inside. God you people.

We can smell the smoke inside the schools! Brand new buildings and we can still smell it. Gyms don’t have AV, doors kept open at dismissal and morning drop off. MCPS does not have the 13 rating air filters and replacing them every 2 days like you’re supposed to in order to keep this junk out of your inside air. And what about all the kids that have to stand and wait for the bus? Think of how much the bus runs contribute to air quality?

Anonymous wrote:School is inside. God you people.

Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow’s air quality will be worse than today. Many schools have bad indoor air quality anyway, even with the pandemic era filters.

Schools out west often have days they close or go virtual to protect young lungs. Brain studies also show that —even correcting for HHI and parents’ education— children learn less when there’s high pollution.

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure we all have a stash of n95s leftover from the pandemic. Send kids to school in masks if you're worried, OP.

Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow’s air quality will be worse than today. Many schools have bad indoor air quality anyway, even with the pandemic era filters.

Schools out west often have days they close or go virtual to protect young lungs. Brain studies also show that —even correcting for
HHI and parents’ education— children learn less when there’s high pollution.

Anonymous wrote:Suck it up and deal. In the late 70s when I was growing up in southern CA, we had regular smog alerts: hazy skies, couldn’t go out for recess, your eyes burned. I’m alive and healthy after YEARs of that. Everyone will be fine with ONE DAY walking from the bus into their school.

There’s more likely to be mishaps from kids being left unattended if their parents have to deal with an emergency school closure.