The storm has confirmed that the county and MCPS really need to re-evaluate their snow removal strategy. I get that the change to sleet made the snow harder to remove, but this was not a storm of snowmageddon proportions and should not be paralyzing the region this long.

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Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?

Less privileged? Is this a joke? We bought a small, crappy house closer in in large part because we don't have the "privilege" to WAH. Dealing with a longer commute, more frequent snowfalls, and unplowed roads way up county was not a practical option for us. It feels now like we are being punished so those that did don't feel left out. Childcare operators should be allowed to operate if they are able.

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Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?

If Taylor wants that to be the policy, then he should say that. But Montgomery County and neighboring counties have never taken the all-or-nothing approach to paid child care.

Mcps is closed due to safety. You need a back up plan. What do you do holidays and summers?

I pay for child care, just like I am right now. Except the child care I'm paying for isn't being allowed to operate.

Apparently on top of the 600$ a month we pay for childcare, including for backup care when schools are closed, we need to find a good backup to our backup care which MCPS won’t let operate.

+1. Totally ridiculous.

Poors being poor.

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Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?

If Taylor wants that to be the policy, then he should say that. But Montgomery County and neighboring counties have never taken the all-or-nothing approach to paid child care.

Mcps is closed due to safety. You need a back up plan. What do you do holidays and summers?

I pay for child care, just like I am right now. Except the child care I'm paying for isn't being allowed to operate.

Apparently on top of the 600$ a month we pay for childcare, including for backup care when schools are closed, we need to find a good backup to our backup care which MCPS won’t let operate.

+1. Totally ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?

If Taylor wants that to be the policy, then he should say that. But Montgomery County and neighboring counties have never taken the all-or-nothing approach to paid child care.

Mcps is closed due to safety. You need a back up plan. What do you do holidays and summers?

But it’s not a holiday or summer. Most Families can not afford to have two sets of backup daycare. Most families don’t even have one

Don't have kids if you can't afford a nanny.

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Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?

If Taylor wants that to be the policy, then he should say that. But Montgomery County and neighboring counties have never taken the all-or-nothing approach to paid child care.

Mcps is closed due to safety. You need a back up plan. What do you do holidays and summers?

But it’s not a holiday or summer. Most Families can not afford to have two sets of backup daycare. Most families don’t even have one

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?

If Taylor wants that to be the policy, then he should say that. But Montgomery County and neighboring counties have never taken the all-or-nothing approach to paid child care.

Mcps is closed due to safety. You need a back up plan. What do you do holidays and summers?

I pay for child care, just like I am right now. Except the child care I'm paying for isn't being allowed to operate.

Apparently on top of the 600$ a month we pay for childcare, including for backup care when schools are closed, we need to find a good backup to our backup care which MCPS won’t let operate.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?

If Taylor wants that to be the policy, then he should say that. But Montgomery County and neighboring counties have never taken the all-or-nothing approach to paid child care.

Mcps is closed due to safety. You need a back up plan. What do you do holidays and summers?

Is it closed for safety or equity?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?

If Taylor wants that to be the policy, then he should say that. But Montgomery County and neighboring counties have never taken the all-or-nothing approach to paid child care.

Mcps is closed due to safety. You need a back up plan. What do you do holidays and summers?

I pay for child care, just like I am right now. Except the child care I'm paying for isn't being allowed to operate.

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Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I'm imagining the PTAs at Carderock Springs and Westbrook collecting snow clearing dues from everyone to have a boutique private contractor come to plow their grounds after every storm so KAH can open while they all return to their law firms. Somehow it doesn't seem like much of a stretch.

You don't seem to understand the demographic that uses before/aftercare.

But even playing along with your ridiculous scenario, that seems like a great way to shame MCPS into preparing facilities. Right now they don't seem to have much of an incentive, which is why some schools didn't do anything on Monday.

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Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?

If Taylor wants that to be the policy, then he should say that. But Montgomery County and neighboring counties have never taken the all-or-nothing approach to paid child care.

Mcps is closed due to safety. You need a back up plan. What do you do holidays and summers?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?

If Taylor wants that to be the policy, then he should say that. But Montgomery County and neighboring counties have never taken the all-or-nothing approach to paid child care.

Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I'm imagining the PTAs at Carderock Springs and Westbrook collecting snow clearing dues from everyone to have a boutique private contractor come to plow their grounds after every storm so KAH can open while they all return to their law firms. Somehow it doesn't seem like much of a stretch.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?

Sorry, meant MCPS run in the last post.

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Anonymous wrote:Opening some childcare centers and not others would be very inequitable. What about people who live upcounty and get their streets plowed last.

Just because your neighborhood is prioritized first, doesn't mean that everything should be able to revolve around you.

I honestly can't tell- is this post a joke?

No it's not. Just reflect and think. People need to understand that this is MCPS, in all CAPS. It's not just your own bubble that dictates these decisions. Have some heart.

Child care programs inherently aren't "equitable" in the way you're trying to use the term. You have to pay to
use them.

Should we close down all child care programs until they're universally accessible?

That's how it should be for childcare that is non-MCPS run. It makes sense that if MCPS is closed, then activities in MCPS buildings should be closed. Everyone around the county pays to use childcare programs. Why should the child care near you be open while less privileged families are unable to send their children to childcare due to unplowed roads and schools?