Anonymous
12/05/2025 19:47
Subject: Re:snow on friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Look at the mcps chat on dcum
MCPS was idiotic because they did a 2 hour delay earlier in the week for what wound up being some light rain, and then didn't do a delay today which led to people commuting to schools on roads that had not yet been treated (why weren't they treated overnight in anticipation??).
Very dumb, but also reflects the way that this call is different in a suburban district where most students are driven by parents or ride school buses significant distances. DCPS certainly has families that drive to school, but on heavily treated urban roads that benefit from heat island effect most of the time. MoCo is massive and can't afford to pre-treat the entire county for a storm like this, and people have to drive much further. It's just a very different decision.
Another thing to keep in mind when people are complaining "everyone around us is closed or delayed, why is DCPS open?" Because DCPS has different factors to consider and the school commute looks really different in the city than it does in places like Rockville or Vienna.
Moco is just way too geographically large. They can’t effectively administrate it. Snow policies are the least of their problems.
+1
I really think it should be split into two separately governed school districts.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 14:51
Subject: Re:snow on friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Look at the mcps chat on dcum
The MCPS show threat is hilarious. I'm surprised most of those hysterical posters on there can actually tie their shoes every morning.
*snow thread
Anonymous
12/05/2025 14:51
Subject: Re:snow on friday
Anonymous wrote:Look at the mcps chat on dcum
The MCPS show threat is hilarious. I'm surprised most of those hysterical posters on there can actually tie their shoes every morning.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 14:02
Subject: snow on friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:dcps often aligns with opm. opm being in an open as normal status was probably a thumb on the scale against a late start delay.
whats opm?[i]
Also until what time do you guys think it will snow? Originally it was 11am but now its around 2pm. I'm secretly hoping for another blizzard like the one in 2016 (I'm a big snow lover)
You must be new here. Office of Personnel Management - which manages federal gov workforce. DCPS follows OPM - if government workers are not getting a delay, than the schools are not either.
Anonymous
12/05/2025 13:15
Subject: snow on friday
Anonymous wrote:dcps often aligns with opm. opm being in an open as normal status was probably a thumb on the scale against a late start delay.
whats opm?
Also until what time do you guys think it will snow? Originally it was 11am but now its around 2pm. I'm secretly hoping for another blizzard like the one in 2016 (I'm a big snow lover)
Anonymous
12/05/2025 13:07
Subject: snow on friday
dcps often aligns with opm. opm being in an open as normal status was probably a thumb on the scale against a late start delay.