Montgomery County Public Schools officials say there wasn't enough time to get schools operating safely after a plane crashed caused a mass power outage.
“We should learn from covid that we have to be careful when we close schools, because it does impact the kids’ learning,” Maria Szokolai, a parent of a fifth- and seventh-grader, said.
Forty-four of 210 schools — almost 21 percent of the district’s schools were without power after the crash. Five central facilities — including two bus depots — were out as well, which would have impacted how many buses were able to pick up students on Monday, Baxter said. Meanwhile, school staff had been checking computer networks to see if they were online, and some staff had been dispatched to buildings to survey the power status and respond to security alarms that had gone off, Baxter said.After another check-in between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., school officials recommended Superintendent Monifa McKnight close all schools.
Schools are often in a no-win situation. There are some situations — like a large blizzard — where it’s clear in advance the school can’t open the next day, but other situations should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, Klinger said.just after 1:30 a.m., but some residents continued to report outages on social media.
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