Virtual School?

[Anonymous]

As cases of COVID rise going into Winter Break in the DMV, who decides whether schools will start 2022 virtually.

Can the governors/mayors override the school boards if they don't agree with plan?

(Youngkin is sworn in on Jan 15. Hogan is still Gov of MD.)

[Anonymous]

Md has been clear they will not go virtual. You should have done it all along if you wanted it.

[Anonymous]

Schools will close if any of the 2 conditions below are fulfilled:

1. individual schools or grades: there are not enough staff to keep instruction going, and/or too few students present to advance in the syllabus.
Right now at a couple of schools, this is the case. It will happen in more schools.

2. System-wide shutdown: Hospitals cannot cope even under their surge plan, and a stay-at-home order is given by the Governors or DC Mayor. Perhaps in January.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schools will close if any of the 2 conditions below are fulfilled:

1. individual schools or grades: there are not enough staff to keep instruction going, and/or too few students present to advance in the syllabus.
Right now at a couple of schools, this is the case. It will happen in more schools.

2. System-wide shutdown: Hospitals cannot cope even under their surge plan, and a stay-at-home order is given by the Governors or DC Mayor. Perhaps in January.

God I hope this happens in VA and ya’ll have to either send you kids to school that have teachers out and let Youngkin f this up.

Has my mom used to say, you made your bed, now you can lay in it.

[Anonymous]

I suspect DC and MoCo will try to require virtual for all public and private schools for start of new year. Will Hogan overrule MoCo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suspect DC and MoCo will try to require virtual for all public and private schools for start of new year. Will Hogan overrule MoCo?

I doubt it. MCPS has had a few significant outbreaks and they aren't doing anything but shutting down sports at those schools. The privates are voluntarily going virtual right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suspect DC and MoCo will try to require virtual for all public and private schools for start of new year. Will Hogan overrule MoCo?

Gosh, how many times does this have to be repeated. The state has mandated 180 days of in-person. So if MoCo switched to virtual, those days would not count towards the 180 day mandate and need to be made up at the end of the year, which is not feasible, given teacher contract schedules.

This is simply not up to the local school boards anymore, thank god.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect DC and MoCo will try to require virtual for all public and private schools for start of new year. Will Hogan overrule MoCo?

Gosh, how many times does this have to be repeated. The state has mandated 180 days of in-person. So if MoCo switched to virtual, those days would not count towards the 180 day mandate and need to be made up at the end of the year, which is not feasible, given teacher contract schedules.

This is simply not up to the local school boards anymore, thank god.

Also, critically, teachers don’t want virtual anymore. They have seen the results in their classrooms and don’t it getting worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect DC and MoCo will try to require virtual for all public and private schools for start of new year. Will Hogan overrule MoCo?

Gosh, how many times does this have to be repeated. The state has mandated 180 days of in-person. So if MoCo switched to virtual, those days would not count towards the 180 day mandate and need to be made up at the end of the year, which is not feasible, given teacher contract schedules.

This is simply not up to the local school boards anymore, thank god.

Also, critically, teachers don’t want virtual anymore. They have seen the results in their classrooms and don’t it getting worse.

Also correct. Almost nobody wants virtual beside a small group of people that have let their anxiety overcome though.

MoCo (and MCPS) needs to show faith in the vaccine and our vaccination rates and only respond to limit classroom closure due to outbreaks. This is the time for leadership, knowing the incredibly high cost of school closure and the effectiveness of the vaccine in a highly vaccinated area

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect DC and MoCo will try to require virtual for all public and private schools for start of new year. Will Hogan overrule MoCo?

Gosh, how many times does this have to be repeated. The state has mandated 180 days of in-person. So if MoCo switched to virtual, those days would not count towards the 180 day mandate and need to be made up at the end of the year, which is not feasible, given teacher contract schedules.

This is simply not up to the local school boards anymore, thank god.

This is also why you may see more privates temporarily switch to virtual, but no publics. The privates are not required to follow that state mandate.

[Anonymous]

PG county to be virtual thru MLK day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PG county to be virtual thru MLK day

I am stunned by this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PG county to be virtual thru MLK day

This makes a lot of sense. Why can't we all have this option?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PG county to be virtual thru MLK day

I am stunned by this.

Same. Terrible precedent. Who made the decision?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PG county to be virtual thru MLK day

This makes a lot of sense. Why can't we all have this option?

No, it doesn't. If you wanted your kid virtual, you had the opportunity to sign them up for the virtual academy.