Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:15     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.


Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...


Exactly. Very much reads like "Sorry, not sorry we wanted to give our people the day off..if you need to work tomorrow, go f&ck yourself"


So... pardon my meteorological nerdiness, but the "deathband" of snow for this storm, in MoCo, is a straight line from the southernmost tip of MoCo, to Damascus. West and east of this straight line, snowfall is lighter. Inside this straight line, there are some power outages.

This isn't a north and south divide.


I mean we are just a bunch of silly parents reading the message MCPS sent out
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:14     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.


Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...


Conditions uncounty shouldn't close anything downcounty, but apparently we're in some snow suicide pact together
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:14     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.


Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...


Exactly. Very much reads like "Sorry, not sorry we wanted to give our people the day off..if you need to work tomorrow, go f&ck yourself"


So... pardon my meteorological nerdiness, but the "deathband" of snow for this storm, in MoCo, is a straight line from the southernmost tip of MoCo, to Damascus. West and east of this straight line, snowfall is lighter. Inside this straight line, there are some power outages.

This isn't a north and south divide.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:10     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.


Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...


Exactly. Very much reads like "Sorry, not sorry we wanted to give our people the day off..if you need to work tomorrow, go f&ck yourself"
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:10     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
Anonymous wrote:One more missed day after tomorrow and we’re into July 4 week.


I’m not sure they can do that.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:10     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.


Exactly right!
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:10     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
MCPS can apply for the waiver again now that it’s used it’s makeup days. It was only denied because they didn’t…
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:08     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
One more missed day after tomorrow and we’re into July 4 week.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:08     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.


Yup, especially when they are specifically referring to conditions up county, which should not be a reason to close childcare downcounty. But it's also just about what I expected from these jerks at this point...
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:08     Subject: Re:Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
Anonymous wrote:UPDATE: MCPS now CODE RED-SCHOOL SYSTEM CLOSED for Monday, February 23. Please see www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org for details. Although we announced a delayed opening for Monday, February 23, worsening conditions and greater-than-expected accumulation have made it unsafe to open schools, even with a delay.

SERIOUSLY? EVERY WEATHER STATION HAD PROJECTED SIGNIFICANT NIGHT TIME ACCUMULATION.

What a bunch of liars and incompetents. Do they just stick their noses out and think: "hur, dur, ground not white, open tomorrow"?





Given the past month, seems like they wanted to at least signal that they would have opened if they could have. Makes sense to me.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:07     Subject: Re:Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
UPDATE: MCPS now CODE RED-SCHOOL SYSTEM CLOSED for Monday, February 23. Please see www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org for details. Although we announced a delayed opening for Monday, February 23, worsening conditions and greater-than-expected accumulation have made it unsafe to open schools, even with a delay.

SERIOUSLY? EVERY WEATHER STATION HAD PROJECTED SIGNIFICANT NIGHT TIME ACCUMULATION.

What a bunch of liars and incompetents. Do they just stick their noses out and think: "hur, dur, ground not white, open tomorrow"?



Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:04     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
School in July, here we come!
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:04     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
I don't understand why they are proactively prohibiting child care providers from operating at all tomorrow. The phrase "out of an abundance of caution" should not be used in a message closing child care for thousands of families. This decision could be made school by school.
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:03     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
Code Red
Anonymous
Post 02/22/2026 20:03     Subject: Code yellow (2 hr delay) for Monday 2/23
Now CODE RED-CLOSED