UPDATED: MCPS Announces No School on Thursday, Councilmember Craig Rice Says “Good Call”

UPDATED: Montgomery County Public Schools will provide free lunch at 12 school sites.

ORIGINAL POST: Montgomery County Public Schools are closed Thursday, January 28, due to emergency weather conditions. All school and community activities in school buildings also are canceled. All administrative offices are open on time. Day care programs in school buildings will remain open as scheduled.

Free lunch will be provided at eleven school sites. Visit http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/emergency/ for more information.

Shortly after the decision was made, Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice tweeted out that it was a “good call” because “some sidewalks [are] still blocked.”

.@MCPS Schools Closed Thursday, January 28; Administrative Offices Open On Time. More information at https://t.co/ktqrd6Mtbt

— MCPS (@MCPS) January 27, 2016

With some sidewalks still blocked, @MCPS closes school again tomorrow. Good call. #keepourkidssafe

— Craig Rice (@RicePolitics) January 27, 2016

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