Per MCPS:
Important Message: 1/21/2025 at 2:45 PM — Refresh page to update message
Montgomery County and Maryland continue to endure frigid temperatures and icy conditions. We do not anticipate conditions to improve until later on Thursday.
The following is an update concerning MCPS’s operating status for today, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. Plowing school lots and walkways and addressing overnight refreezing has been challenging due to the cold temperatures. MCPS central and school-based staff continue to work to get schools and offices ready to open daily, and maintenance problems are prioritized for repair to ensure heat, water, and electrical service is not impacted.
As a result:
Today, Tuesday, January 21, 2025: All MCPS activities, after-school events, and athletics 5:30 PM or later are canceled. This schedule is being adjusted to prioritize safety for adults and children, including our bus drivers. Childcare programs will remain open. Families are asked to contact the childcare providers for more information. Community use activities in MCPS schools may proceed as scheduled, but users are encouraged to check with the Community Use of Public Facilities office.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025, and Thursday, January 23, 2025: Montgomery County Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delay. Before school and childcare programs will also open two hours later than usual.
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- Schools and offices open 2 hours late
- Emergency personnel report on time and follow guidelines for work on delayed openings
- 12-Month Transportation, All Division of Food and Nutrition Central Production Facility (CPF) and warehouse staff, Department of Maintenance and Operations Staff to report on time.
- Morning buses pick up 2 hours late
- Before school and childcare programs will open two hours late, families are encouraged to contact their childcare provider
- Field trips and other activities and programs that begin at 10:30 am or earlier are canceled (such as the Thomas Edison High School of Technology)
- Infant and Toddler appointments scheduled before 10:00 am will be canceled and services scheduled after 10:00 am will continue as scheduled
- AM PreK/Head Start and AM PreK Special Education programs are canceled
- PM PreK/Head Start and PM PreK Special Education programs will begin at their regularly scheduled time
- School ends at normal dismissal time