Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised too but only bc MCPS has had such a low standard for delays or cancellation. PP you can't really believe that just bc it is a tiny bit slippery out that everyone should stay barricaded in their homes? A little snow isn't a hazard. Put boots on your kids and drive more carefully, very simple.

Tell that to the driver of the overturned vehicle blocking Georgia Ave. this morning. It took me an hour and a half to get to work. I only hope the driver is OK.

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Anonymous wrote:A delayed opening would have afforded the teachers more time to get to school. My HS child had no teachers for the first two periods . . .

Well your high school's teachers should have left their homes a little earlier then.

I teach HS. My colleague left his house at 5:30am and didn't get here utnil 7:45.

how much earlier should he have left?!?!?!!?!?

It wasn't even snowing at 5:30am this morning. Total BS.

unless he could fly, otherwise he got into traffic on the way to work.

I think your colleague lied. Sorry but the snow started around 6:45am. Does he live in West Virginia?

Sorry for the confusion. I am the one who said the teacher got into traffic, but not the op.

Whittier Blvd. near Whitman was a nightmare. Cars skidding, getting stuck... There were accidents with inexperienced student drivers as well as experienced. Teachers were late to scool. Principals were late. Kids didn't show up until 45 minutes into the day. This was a safety issue, and I give MCPS a big fat F.

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Anonymous wrote:A delayed opening would have afforded the teachers more time to get to school. My HS child had no teachers for the first two periods . . .

Well your high school's teachers should have left their homes a little earlier then.

I teach HS. My colleague left his house at 5:30am and didn't get here utnil 7:45.

how much earlier should he have left?!?!?!!?!?

It wasn't even snowing at 5:30am this morning. Total BS.

unless he could fly, otherwise he got into traffic on the way to work.

I think your colleague lied. Sorry but the snow started around 6:45am. Does he live in West Virginia?

Anonymous wrote:I had a mishap while driving my child to school (at a snails pace). I turned & my car hit an ice patch and slid into an old pile of snow/ice from that big storm 2 weeks ago. Only 4 kids were in class & the teacher didn't show up for 30 min. You can be as careful as you like, but there were slick spots covered by snow that can cause trouble regardless of the speed! Boy this site has a LOT of 'tude'!

Funny I thought it had a lot of helicopter mommies and whiners.

Anonymous wrote:I think what we have is a whole generation of women who were brought up by over protective fathers who taught them that any adversity was cause for panic.

This morning's inch of snow was nothing. Whoever turned their cars over are idiots.

Another all-knowing superior being has graced us with her presence on this thread! Praise the loord and bless her little heart!

I think what we have is a whole generation of women who were brought up by over protective fathers who taught them that any adversity was cause for panic.

This morning's inch of snow was nothing. Whoever turned their cars over are idiots.

I had a mishap while driving my child to school (at a snails pace). I turned & my car hit an ice patch and slid into an old pile of snow/ice from that big storm 2 weeks ago. Only 4 kids were in class & the teacher didn't show up for 30 min. You can be as careful as you like, but there were slick spots covered by snow that can cause trouble regardless of the speed! Boy this site has a LOT of 'tude'!

A car flipped in the Kensington post office parking lot this morning. Our streets were super slick.

Driving on snow is not difficult, but ice is a different story. Good for all of you who breezed around this morning without issues. We had a tough time.

4 school bus accidents in Prince William County this morning. All elementary school buses.

There was no snow first thing in the morning so high school traffic wasn't affected. Elementary and middle schools were. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where you had all sorts of accidents, flipped cars, etc. All for a DUSTING that was nothing first thing in the morning.

A 2 hour delay would not have solved the problem. It would've just put teenaged drivers and high school buses on the road at the time of snow. Which is exactly when the elementary school buses were run into by cars.

The best call in retrospect would've been to close schools. But I could only imagine the outcries of what a stupid decision that would be, how inconvenient it would be for parents blah blah blah.


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Anonymous wrote:Maryland is not made up of former new englanders. There are people from all over the world who don't know how to drive in snow and think they can. We also have a climate of our job is so important we have to get to work no matter what. Yes a delay would have been helpful. I have heard reports of several school bus accidents, really bad traffic, and teachers who have turned around to go home, for their own safety, to try again later. Which means your child really won't be learning much because the school will be trying to find coverage for all the classes missing a teacher, not to mention subs who decided not to pick up jobs because they didn't have to. So adjust to being in Maryland or go back to New England where people know how to drive, and there are never any weather related accidents.

When it snows, take out broom, dust off car. When you drive on snow, drive slowly, let the wheel slip a little if you skid and turn into a spin. Don't brake hard. Brake gently. Don't tail gate.

There. Now you know how to drive on 2 inches of snow. Do you think people are born in New England with preprogramming for learning to drive when it snows? Ice is a different matter, but it was SNOW.

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The problem for me is that my middle school kid will likely get in late while I dust off the car and drive slow to school.

Consider leaving a bit earlier?

My street in Bethesda is not passable. This is ridiculous!!!!

That's the best laugh I have had all day. There were two inches of powdery snow. Not passable. They don't even plow in New Hampshire until there are 4 inches on the ground.

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Anonymous wrote:A delayed opening would have afforded the teachers more time to get to school. My HS child had no teachers for the first two periods . . .

Well your high school's teachers should have left their homes a little earlier then.

I teach HS. My colleague left his house at 5:30am and didn't get here utnil 7:45.

how much earlier should he have left?!?!?!!?!?

It wasn't even snowing at 5:30am this morning. Total BS.

unless he could fly, otherwise he got into traffic on the way to work.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's see. The weather forecast called for snow beginning before dawn and lasting a few hours. 1 - 2 inches forecast for the lower county and 1 inch for the upper county.

Smart parents would plan to get up a half an hour early and get a head start on what MIGHT be a tricky commute.

Stupid parents get up at the regular time, look outside and see snow, and then take to the Internet to whine about the decision of the school system.

God help the next generation.

+1 So true.

I agree. It is always something or someone that is the fault of their undoing.

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Anonymous wrote:A delayed opening would have afforded the teachers more time to get to school. My HS child had no teachers for the first two periods . . .

Well your high school's teachers should have left their homes a little earlier then.

I teach HS. My colleague left his house at 5:30am and didn't get here utnil 7:45.

how much earlier should he have left?!?!?!!?!?

It wasn't even snowing at 5:30am this morning. Total BS.