All day, I clicked "refresh" on the WBAL Weather Report, to check for closing information for Baltimore City. All day, I was disappointed.
It was a crazy day. The kids are amped up to a different level because of the snow. Then, the power went out for about 45 minutes in the building in the middle of the day. We taught and learned by the light from the windows, and hoped nothing was happening in the pitch-black back hallway.
Still, no cancellation of schools, or early dismissal, despite the county getting out an hour early. Not a big deal today, but we're all anxiously awaiting how Dr. Alonso will approach the question of early dismissal and snow days. Most think that because he's from NYC, that he'll almost never cancel school. Maybe he'll see how the city functions with a few inches of snow on the ground and then decide. I couldn't believe how slippery the parking lot as on the way out of the school today. If schools are to stay in session, they should be the first areas salted.
Anyhow, now I'll be refreshing that same WBAL webpage to see if, by chance, Towson University might cancel classes tonight. Goucher already has. I don't want to go back on those roads.
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I'm still feeling some slight shock over Monday's game, and I'm still trying to whip myself into an anger-filled frenzy for Sunday, but if I worked for BCPSS, I surely would have been relieved of my shock and completely filled with anger.
I'm a product of BCPSS and throughout the years, one common complaint among my friends, also BCPSS students, was that Baltimore County could get a dusting of snow and their schools would be on the way to closing. In fact, what made us really angry was that they had dedicated school buses (reliable ones at that!) to pick them up and ferry them almost straight to their homes, and they still got out earlier and more often. We in the City had to wait for MTA buses, more times than not, on their regular routes, not the special buses that service schools. I walked home more than once in deep snow.
Sometimes, it seemed like the mere threat of snow would close County schools. I came to resent the "Hereford zone," since they tended to get out even earlier and more frequently than their counterparts in say, Woodlawn or Essex.
I graduated from the system more than a decade ago. I'm disappointed that things haven't changed much since that time. And yes, it seems like a detriment that Alonso is from New York. Hopefully, he understands --or will some day-- that while students at say, Poly, can walk across Cold Spring Lane and get the Light Rail, many of those same students, unless they're going to the Metro, will likely be using a bus and this still presents challenges in bad weather.
And this is one school that happens to be right next to the Light Rail. The majority of Baltimore schools aren't near either Light Rail or Metro. There's no such thing as neighborhood rail service in all areas of Baltimore, to all areas of Baltimore. It's not even DC.
But then again, the former masters of BCPSS couldn't figure this out either, so I dunno ...
Did you know that Baltimore used to have a quite extensive streetcar system?
Did you know that Baltimore once had plans on the table not just for a larger Metro system than the one in service now, but also a streetcar subway at one time?
It makes me angry that they ripped it up, took it away. It's just fueling my anger for Sunday. It wasn't the only great thing in Baltimore taken away.
Actually, we've already had snow this year.
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