MCPS Extends School Year by One Day Due to Snow
By Sofia Williamson, Online Opinions Editor
May 3, 2016
MCPS extended the 2015-2016 school year by one day, making the last day of the school year June 20. The request for the one-day waiver was approved by the Maryland State Department of Education April 19. State officials originally rejected an MCPS-requested waiver March 30 to disregard the two days l...
CHS extends the school year due to excessive snow days
By Rebecca Jackson, Circulation Manager
March 21, 2016
The MCPS Board of Education put out a memorandum on March 3, stating the revisions for the third and fourth marking periods. The third marking period will now end on April 12, the week after spring break and the fourth marking period will now end June 17. “We lost a total of 6 work days, inc...
School sidewalks will be priority in snow removal
By Thomas Atkinson, Public Relations Manager
November 21, 2014
Sophomore Jacob Friedman remembers having to walk to school on icy, uncleared sidewalks with start of winter just around the corner. “Many people didn’t shovel the sidewalks, including the school,” Freidman said. “All of the unshoveled snow on the sidewalks turned to ice the next day making...
MCPS fails to adequately clear snow and ice
By Gil Jacobson, Production Editor
February 27, 2014
After a relaxing five-day weekend, many students and staff returned to CHS last Tuesday to the surprise of significant amounts of un-plowed snow and ice in the parking lots. This un-plowed snow and ice even prevented some students and staff members from using their regular parking spaces. “All last w...
MCPS makes a mistake sending students to school
By Yash Nigam, Production Editor
January 10, 2014
MCPS acted irresponsibly by deciding against a school delay Jan. 7, the coldest day of not only this year but also the past two decades. Its inaction and failure to realize that subzero temperatures can prove as harmful, if not more, than snow accumulation highlights the county’s ignorance. According...
Fields remain wet after February snow storms
March 23, 2010
As the last of the 20-plus inches of snow melt away, the CHS fields are still saturated and muddy, but this will not cause any setbacks in the spring sports schedule, which starts before spring break. All practices and games will proceed as scheduled. “Mother nature has melted the snow and our teams...
Blizzard shakes up MCPS
By Yasmin Akbari, Fact Checker
March 2, 2010
Due to the severe storms that hit the area this winter, MCPS cancelled nine school days, exceeding the four contingency days currently built into the school calendar. While the calendar calls for five days to be added to the end of the school year, extending it until June 23, this schedule has since...