Why Weren't Schools Closed Today?

If you look at a list of all the school closings, you'll see that every surrounding county has cancelled school, except for us.

A most of you have seen by now, Montgomery County will do whatever it can to get a couple hours of school in. A lot of you have yet to be plowed and it's nearly time to head out to school.

The problem is this...We were expected to get 4-8 inches of snow, but totals in Montgomery County are at about half an inch-2.5 inches. Official totals from Montgomery Village and Poolesville are both at 2 inches or below, so we simply didn't get enough snow to warrant a day off of school.

That is why the rating remained at 4 Pencils, and never moved up to 5.