There is no snow on the ground. It is ridiculous. The NYC new channels are breaking with storm warnings and advisories (of nothing). Currently we have rain mixed with sleet, no reason to shut down the schools or have early dismissals planned since last night.
my mother was a school bus driver for 30 years, and she was more concerned driving in sleet, freezing rain, and ice than in snow. it's dangerous and it's hard to tell if the road is wet, icy, or both. i live south of you by about 100 miles, and i was sliding around this afternoon in a 4 wheel drive truck.
the mid-atlantic isn't used to getting snow and ice as much as other places, and doesn't have the infrastructure to deal with it, so they are cautious. it makes more sense to do that than to have kids stuck in schools or on roads which happened here last year.