Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Sucks for parts but good call. Many streets haven't even see a plow, too cold to move snow and I bet many teachers are bonding out yet. Many school lots (from friends pictures) are not clean either.

Many lots are cleared and they could let the child care providers decide if they could open in those cases but MCPS doesn't care

And here we go again.

If you don’t want MCPS to control your childcare, choose childcare that is not in an MCPS building.

You make it sound like there are plenty of good childcare options and we’re just obstinately refusing to use them.

Anonymous wrote:211schools are not ready. Period. Done. Get over it. It'll open back up on Tues or Wed next week.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of the streets in our neighborhood have been plowed. Muddy Branch & Darnestown Road areas.

That's odd. We're not far from there in Kentlands and the plow came through multiple times on Sunday alone. Our street is in good shape.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Sucks for parts but good call. Many streets haven't even see a plow, too cold to move snow and I bet many teachers are bonding out yet. Many school lots (from friends pictures) are not clean either.

Many lots are cleared and they could let the child care providers decide if they could open in those cases but MCPS doesn't care

None of the downcounty schools in my area are cleared. They prioritized the meal distribution school sites, which makes sense.

It is what it is. I approve the decision from a safety standpoint, but I really wish there was virtual learning for high schoolers: AP exams are in May and the College Board doesn't care how many days schools were closed.

So those schools can't open child care but others could, preventing parents from losing income and workplaces people like you and me rely on from being short staffed. But MCPS doesn't care

MCPS cares, but less about your work than about the childcare workers who need to commute. I've never had to use MCPS childcare, so I'm just guessing here. Most people are still digging out their driveways, so I think this debate is moot.

I don't like how every time something doesn't go your way, or every time you think there's blood in the water, you start critizing MCPS, and others start critizing "Bethesda". The reflexive "bash the rich" or "bash the establishment" is puerile.

MCPS does not give one single f&ck about child care workers. They don't know them, haven't talked to them. They just trot out the phrase "child care workers" to justify the decisions that give them more time off but notably take away income from these workers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is just hurting the before/aftercare providers at their schools.

Bar-T workers aren't unionized like MCPS staff, and people are going to be less likely to sign up their kids for these expensive programs, if they can't actually provide the backup care people pay hundreds of dollars a month for.

MCPS plowed the food distribution schools first. Lots of schools are not plowed yet, and because of that, there is no way childcare centers can open.

If you think your school is fully cleared, call MCPS to ask that your childcare center be open tomorrow or Thursday.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is just hurting the before/aftercare providers at their schools.

Bar-T workers aren't unionized like MCPS staff, and people are going to be less likely to sign up their kids for these expensive programs, if they can't actually provide the backup care people pay hundreds of dollars a month for.

Some places are more urban and more plowed out than others. Supermarkets and most retail near me is open. Somehow they have hourly wage workers to staff their stores and are willing to be there. My kid is at tae kwon do this afternoon, and the learning center near me seems to be open too. MCPS is hurting the hourly wage aftercare workers by not letting them work if certain schools are able to be opened.

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is just hurting the before/aftercare providers at their schools.

Bar-T workers aren't unionized like MCPS staff, and people are going to be less likely to sign up their kids for these expensive programs, if they can't actually provide the backup care people pay hundreds of dollars a month for.

Anonymous wrote:None of the streets in our neighborhood have been plowed. Muddy Branch & Darnestown Road areas.

Anonymous wrote:Did we really need another thread for this?

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is just hurting the before/aftercare providers at their schools.

Bar-T workers aren't unionized like MCPS staff, and people are going to be less likely to sign up their kids for these expensive programs, if they can't actually provide the backup care people pay hundreds of dollars a month for.

Anonymous wrote:This has been said countless times. All grades and students are capable of having some virtual learning days when necessary. It was not going to be every day. They botched virtual learning. This week Tues through Fri could have easily been one of those virtual weeks.

Anonymous wrote:Good. Sucks for parts but good call. Many streets haven't even see a plow, too cold to move snow and I bet many teachers are bonding out yet. Many school lots (from friends pictures) are not clean either.