Montgomery County Schools Make Weather Decision for Thursday

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ROCKVILLE, MD – Montgomery County Public Schools will be closed to students Thursday, Jan. 28, as crews continue to open roads from the weekend snowstorm, so the school system is ramping up its free lunch offerings.

All school and community activities in school buildings are canceled Thursday. All administrative offices will open on time.

Day-care programs in school buildings will remain open as scheduled.

Free lunch will be provided at 11 school sites on Thursday, says the school district, noting, “We recognized that many of our students rely on our free and reduced meal program and that closing schools can create unintended barriers to meals.”

To ensure all students have access to healthy meals while schools are closed, Montgomery County Public Schools is offering free lunches to all students Thursday, Jan. 28, at these schools:

• Sargent Shriver Elementary School between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
• Gaithersburg Elementary School between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.
• Clopper Mill Elementary School between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
• Arcola Elementary School between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
• Harmony Hills Elementary School between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
• Washington Grove Elementary School between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
• JoAnn Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
• Whetstone Elementary School between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
• New Hampshire Estates Elementary School between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
• Roscoe Nix Elementary School between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.
• Capt. James Daly Elementary School between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.

Your child does not have to attend school at one of the locations to receive a lunch and no identification is required.

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Snow Removal Efforts

County leaders warned residents Wednesday that they must clear their snow of sidewalks or face tickets. Failing to shovel walks will put students at risk when they return to school, officials said.

As residents wait for snowplows, MC311, Montgomery County’s hotline for government information and service requests, has been swamped with calls. Operators for the system cannot tell residents an exact time they will see snowplows on their street.

To see the progress of snowplows in your area, go to the county’s snowplow tracker and create a service request if your road has not been plowed.