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MCPS adopts state-required inclement-weather virtual-learning plan; board presses on equity and meal access
Summary
The board approved a Maryland State Department of Education–required inclement-weather virtual learning plan that allows the superintendent to enact virtual instruction for multi-day weather events after built-in makeup days are exhausted. Board members raised concerns about connectivity, device readiness, and federal/state limits on emergency meal distribution.
Montgomery County Public Schools adopted a state-required inclement-weather virtual learning plan that gives the superintendent the discretion to transition to virtual instruction for multi-day weather events when makeup days are exhausted and there is sufficient advance notice to provision families.
Administration described the plan as an "option" not a replacement for snow days and emphasized it is intended as a structured insurance policy to minimize instructional loss during extended closures. Dr. Tamara Hewlett, director of curriculum development, summarized MSDE requirements (noting a cited standard in the transcript) and explained the plan's structure: a mix of asynchronous work and four hours of daily…
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