School campuses in Middletown have icy conditions needing treatment, Middletown MD
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Road ClosureAccording to the dispatch call, multiple school campuses in Middletown are experiencing icy and unsafe conditions, especially near bus areas and walkways. Salting and treatment are required to improve safety before school activities.
Audio|Heard on: Frederick MD Schools Group Calls
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03:10
Transcript:
00:00
They still haven't come through here and put down salt.
00:02
It's black ice, very slick.
00:06
Fred, the county truck is coming through right now.
00:11
Hey,
00:13
Ed, do you think if after they treat at Brunswick Middle and Brunswick High will be okay going in,
00:22
parents, everybody slowly getting in there,
00:26
or do you have a concern about that campus even after it's treated?
00:31
The high school will be fine, its level.
00:34
The middle school,
00:36
it will be fine, but they're really going to need to heavily salt it so that there's some traction.
00:43
Did you copy?
00:46
Yeah, I copied.
00:51
I shared all that information with Paul about the schools, and just now, I told them that the team feels that we can go.
01:02
We know we're going to have spotty issues on roads,
01:07
and he's going to discuss it with Dr.
01:10
Dyson.
01:12
10-4.
01:14
Fred, the Middletown campus needs treated.
01:18
Elementary, the custodian is out for salt on the walks, but the driveways are snow covered in ice.
01:27
Middletown Elementary or all three schools?
01:32
All three.
01:34
The complex itself definitely needs salted, it's ice.
01:39
From what snow has blown across and froze.
01:42
Fred, right around the buses is solid ice.
01:46
That's going to be really bad.
01:50
As far as the drivers get into their buses, it looks like water runs off here and it's a solid sheet of ice.
01:58
Hey Fred, Liberty Elementary,
02:01
there are contractors here, but it's got the same thing.
02:04
It's got gray to it.
02:06
They possibly can treat it, but we'll have to see because it is very slick.
02:14
All right, thank you.
02:18
Fred, I'm at Valley Elementary, same thing, needs salt.
02:24
Okay, we're going to stick with the two-hour delay.
02:27
I reported the other schools.
02:30
Stay out in your areas.
02:33
Keep me posted on road conditions on those roads.
02:38
And I'm going to switch over to Channel 1 and let the shop and dispatch know.
02:45
Fred,
02:47
I'm not sure who, I was just talking to one of the drivers.
02:51
It is solid ice around the buses at Middletown.
02:54
He said he fell last year, but he said whoever does it up here doesn't do a very good job.
02:59
But it definitely needs, this needs done.
03:02
I mean,
03:03
he's going to start the buses, but it's really bad around the buses.
03:08
And then the loop is nothing but ice.
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Location mentioned:
Middletown, MD 21769
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