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Anonymous wrote:Did they say anything about childcare?

Yes, they said when school is closed you are responsible for your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Im confused by all the childcare complaints. Aren’t all childcare facilities closed when MCPS has a weather day? Why would before and after care and MCPS be different?

Of course you are confused..you don't use child care and don't know how it works. Don't worry your pretty little head about it

Anonymous wrote:Did they say anything about childcare?

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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.

You don’t care about those workers either. You just want them on the job for yourself.

We pay hundreds of dollars for them to provide backup care for situations like this one, knowing that MCPS likes to keep schools closed long past when the rest of the economy has opened. If you think people are going to pay for backup care that isn't usable, and that these workers are going to be happy being unemployed, feel free to send donations their way.

Are you still pretending to care about these workers?

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

Why do kids have Chromebooks if they can’t use them for virtual learning situations like this. At least send out homework assignments or class videos to watch.

I teach HS and my class rosters for this semester aren't even published let alone any of the Canvas pages. There's no way we could have given any sort of assignments at the HS level based on the timing of this storm with the semester change

My kid is in MS and all his core classes have been full year classes. Nothing changed for him mid-year except health...

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

Why do kids have Chromebooks if they can’t use them for virtual learning situations like this. At least send out homework assignments or class videos to watch.

I teach HS and my class rosters for this semester aren't even published let alone any of the Canvas pages. There's no way we could have given any sort of assignments at the HS level based on the timing of this storm with the semester change

Anonymous wrote:Im confused by all the childcare complaints. Aren’t all childcare facilities closed when MCPS has a weather day? Why would before and after care and MCPS be different?

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

Why do kids have Chromebooks if they can’t use them for virtual learning situations like this. At least send out homework assignments or class videos to watch.

Because virtual doesn't work for a large percentage of students and subjects. You'd have to add days to the year anyway.

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

Why do kids have Chromebooks if they can’t use them for virtual learning situations like this. At least send out homework assignments or class videos to watch.

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

Why do kids have Chromebooks if they can’t use them for virtual learning situations like this. At least send out homework assignments or class videos to watch.

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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.

You don’t care about those workers either. You just want them on the job for yourself.

We pay hundreds of dollars for them to provide backup care for situations like this one, knowing that MCPS likes to keep schools closed long past when the rest of the economy has opened. If you think people are going to pay for backup care that isn't usable, and that these workers are going to be happy being unemployed, feel free to send donations their way.

Are you still pretending to care about these workers?

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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.

You don’t care about those workers either. You just want them on the job for yourself.

We pay hundreds of dollars for them to provide backup care for situations like this one, knowing that MCPS likes to keep schools closed long past when the rest of the economy has opened. If you think people are going to pay for backup care that isn't usable, and that these workers are going to be happy being unemployed, feel free to send donations their way.

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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.

You're not making sense. Some schools are plowed, therefore child care providers in those schools could potentially operate (assuming they can get enough staff, which only they know), but MCPS is not giving them the option.

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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.

You don’t care about those workers either. You just want them on the job for yourself.