School Closings for Tuesday, February 3

[Admin]

Charles County Public Schools are closed on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004. There is a code 2 for employees. The math inservice scheduled for Feb. 3 at the Career and Technology Center has been cancelled and rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 4 starting at 7:30 a.m. in the Central Office Board Room.

This information will be updated throughout the day. E-Mail closing info to webmaster@somd.com.

[Admin]

Calvert County Public Schools are on a two hour delayed opening today, Tuesday, February 3, 2003. Employees are on a Code Yellow.

[Admin]

All St. Mary's County Public Schools will be closed Tuesday, February 3, 2004. Employees are on a Code 4. Code 4 means emergency personnel report on time for work; twelve-month employees report to work (liberal leave in effect); ten and eleven-month employees do not report.

[huntr1]

Calvert County Public Schools Are Closed
Calvert County Public Schools are closed today, Tuesday, February 3, 2004. Employee are on Code Yellow.

[Dymphna]

It's RAINING. The NWS site says it's 34 degrees at PAX. I can understand a delay, maybe because it may have been a little icy earlier but COME ON!

[Sharon (Premo)]

It's barely raining where I am (Calvert) and it's 38*. I can't believe they cancelled school.

[Elle]

I too think it was a little premature to cancel schools today but at the same time my child is my biggest investment and his safety is always number 1. I truly feel sorry for the school systems in this area. They are damned if they do and damned if they don’t, look at all the criticism they received last year for not closing when we got bad weather.

[Dymphna]

Originally posted by kwillia
Exactly... It's a lose/lose situation for them... St. Mary's Countian's also have to keep in mind the the northern end of our county could be at or below the freezing level even if those of us farther south are above freezing. I'm sure other counties are the same way...

I'm in the Northern end of St M's. It wasn't even raining here when I got up at 6am. By the time it did start raining, It was above freezing. They always have the option of declaring a "2-hr delay" in order to buy time for the real decision to close or not.

[Elle]

Originally posted by cmcdanal
They always have the option of declaring a "2-hr delay" in order to buy time for the real decision to close or not.

I can't stand it when they have a 2 hour delay and then change it to closing. I'm lucky as in hubby is home in the morning and then my mom babysits in the afternoon but it really makes it hard on most parents to find childcare when they do that.

[yardsalequeen]

It makes me crazy that the schools say that safety is their #1 Priority - meanwhile I see school buses speeding down my street as if they are in training for the Indy 500 and rolling thru stop signs. Also, the first day of school this year (at Pax Elementary) my child came home with a loop of yarn around his neck with a tag listing his bus # etc - an obvious choking hazard.

I wish some of these school admistrators would see how other states deal with snow and school closings. My nieces in NY can get 10" of snow and still have school.

As far as school closings, it's like all 3 counties are afraid of doing something that the other county is doing (or isn't doing). So if one county decides to close, the others feel they have to do the same.