As the snow pummelled Maryland (we get an average of 19" of snow a year, and this was a 21" snowfall) I expected all weekend not to have school on Monday. However, today, as I was out shoveling in the sunshine and noticed how quickly the snow was melting, my hopes started to fade. When I drove around and didn't have much of a problem, they faded even more. Snow was meltin and it seemed like we'd have school tomorrow.
This last time out, though, I took a different route, around the side streets. Dang, they're bad. There's only room for one car on 2-way streets and several cars are just buried in the snow still. Then, I became confident again.
I've been refreshing the WBAL website obsessively since I returned. Finally at around 6:15pm, they announced that BCPSS is closed for Monday. There's still plenty of confusion: BCPSS is the only school district that has to make their closing nearly a whole paragraph - "Essential employees must report. Liberal Leave in effect". I'm not sure what that means, and none of my teacher colleagues seem to know either, but I'm just assuming we're not to go in. I'll be on liberal leave, thank you.
Now no excuses for not having all the papers graded.
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Best definition I could find, from Howard CC's page:
When liberal leave procedures are in effect, employees may request to use leave time on an emergency basis without the usual advance notice when they determine that road or weather conditions may jeopardize their safety. Requests for liberal leave will generally be approved unless college operations will be severely impaired by the employee's absence. During liberal leave, essential employees may still be required to work. When approved, liberal leave taken will be reported by the employee as one of the following types of leave in the progression listed: personal, annual, and leave without pay.
I'm sure you figured out by now! As I look out the window at storm number two of the school year, wine in hand, that you are not an "essential" employee. Essential employee refers to those individuals that do all the behind the scenes work that keep the schools/district running smoothly; i.e. custodians, some administration, etc.
Have a wonderful week off! *fingers crossed*
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