Do charter schools really need early dismissal Wednesdays?

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Anonymous wrote:Janeese Lewis George says she wants to give teachers more professional development days, so if she's elected, expect even more time out of school.

Wait, did she really say that???

No, I don't think she did, but I think I know how this misinformation came to be:
1) In some survey (I think the WTU survey), Lewis George said she supported "more differentiated professional development" ...if you read it, you can tell it means "professional development that is differentiated better" not "more professional development"
2) Matt Yglesias then tweeted a screenshot of it and said something along the lines of: Lewis George is calling for less classroom time
3) People then accepted his totally incorrect reading of it and retweeted it saying oh no she wants less class time

The bottom lines are: Lewis George didn't advocate for less classroom time - Matt Yglesias made that up, and if you're annoyed about half-day Wednesdays, that is not actually a mayoral issue because the mayor is over DCPS but doesn't set policies like that for charters and only charters do half-day Wednesdays.

This is Janeese talking out of both sides of her mouth, per usual. She came out in favor of PD days, then, when the inevitable blowback came, pretended that didn't necessarily mean less classtime and came up with this meaningless "professional development that is differentiated better" phrasing.

The basic trade JLG has made with the teachers union throughout her career is that she gives them carte blanche over her education policies in exchange for them giving her its get-out-the-vote operation at election time.

I am a teacher, I was in every meeting we had with her. This is not true, stop lying because as a whole we didn’t support McDuffie, who refused to meet with us or really anyone for that matter.

If you have been paying attention teachers would like less PD days or more meaningful ones. Also you want the experts who teach children to have NO say in policies? That’s a very odd stance.

Thank you for saying this. McDuffie and his team have barely engaged on education issues.

They skipped the education debate. Regardless of where you stand on JLG I can't fathom voting for a guy who has put in basically zero effort and refuses to do any actual constituent work.

Janeese wants to slash funding for charter schools, reduce classtime so teachers can get more time off and opposes raising education standards, including created gifted and talented programs. No thanks. I want someone who won't just do the bidding of the teachers union.

You must be the same person. Stop lying. I am a teacher, the union does not want this. You also must not be engaged in education, teachers have testified FOR higher standards not against.

There will be no slashing of charter funds. Tell me where JLG says this.

It’s fine to want someone else to win, albeit a poor choice if you have children in public schools -what’s not fine is lying out of your ass to slander a candidate but also the very people who teach children.

The budget that's currently before the city council would slash charter funding. The charter community has gone completely ape shit over it. Has JLG said she opposes it? She filled out a questionnaire saying teachers need more PD days. Where has she said she wants to raise educational standards? She's never said any such thing. She's been in the government for almost a decade.

Where’s the link to the questionnaire? I have it (as a teacher) and I do not see anything about more PD. Also you do realize more PD wouldn’t mean LESS school, it’d mean more days for teachers. 🙄

The charter community? No, a few of them. Because that 10k is a lie. It’s about $900.
Have those few also gone crazy gotten upset for the millions DCPS loses for kids charters send to them after count day?

What's a lie is that DCPS loses millions for kids during the year. DCPS budgets are built for more kids than ever come. Also, how come no one ever wants to talk about (or count) the kids who are kicked out of their out of boundary DCPS schools and sent back to their assigned neighborhood school without any transfer of budget?

The charter amount isn't just $900 and you know it. First, charters got $650 or more per student when teacher pay was put into grants instead of through the per pupil. The 2.55% increase for this year is only $385 per student and has to cover all increased costs -- utilities, leases, benefits, salaries, etc. So the money charters will get this year is short of the money needed for teachers -- money that was promised to go through the per pupil starting this year. Funny how everyone pretends to care so much about teachers but I guess it's only if they work in DCPS. More than funny, is how all of the sitting councilmembers including JLG seem to be pretending that they didn't vote for the teacher pay grants with commitments that these should be per pupil funds and act like they've completely forgotten about it now.

Then there is the money that was taken off the top for utilities, telecomm and transportation but only for DCPS. That's at $1,000 per students. There's a list of things that are similar. I'm not arguing for the 10K but to suggest $900 is laughable.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of charters don't actually provide 180 days of instruction per the law. They use accounting tricks to make partial days look like full days.

It's the same with DCPS. Early release days are counted as full instructional days.

DCPS did have routine early release days until some years ago and counted those days as full instructional days. They changed the calendar and did away with those days. The previous poster either doesn't know what they are talking about or is purposely lying. Charters have to submit calendars to OSSE the comply with 180 days of instruction per the law.

Well, the question is what counts as a day of instruction. Schools can be in session for only a few hours and it will be considered a full school day, which is BS.

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Anonymous wrote:Janeese is all in for "flexible scheduling". So what is flexible scheduling, you might ask? Get ready for more asynchronous days, 3-day weekends, 4-day weekends, tech days, packet days, enrichment days, independent learning days, camp days, early dismissal days, rotating drop-off days, and teacher office-hours-only days, with fewer actual normal days.

https://www.weareempowered.org/flexiblescheduling.html


https://www.weareempowered.org/uploads/2/6/1/4/2614188/report_flexible_scheduling_for_schools.pdf

Unbelievable

You people are either liars, sheep (you didn’t watch the video), or just idiots.

What she actually emphasizes:

• Educator retention is connected to student stability -when teachers stay, students get consistent relationships and stronger school culture.
• She wants sustainable systemic wellness built into the system, not one-off perks.
• She’s focused on facilities, outdoor learning, community schools, and after-school programs.

She went on their Podcast, it’s not like they control her. If you look at the document (that she didn’t endorse or create), there will still be 5 days of school.

I want to believe people like you are just trying to live a wonderful life in DC along side everyone. But when I see DISHONEST criticism of JLG like this, it makes me think that you all are worse than Trump supporters. At least they are honest about their selfishness and hatred.

Yes, it’s so pathetic. I guess it’s not just Trumpies who don’t do any research.

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Anonymous wrote:Janeese is all in for "flexible scheduling". So what is flexible scheduling, you might ask? Get ready for more asynchronous days, 3-day weekends, 4-day weekends, tech days, packet days, enrichment days, independent learning days, camp days, early dismissal days, rotating drop-off days, and teacher office-hours-only days, with fewer actual normal days.

https://www.weareempowered.org/flexiblescheduling.html


https://www.weareempowered.org/uploads/2/6/1/4/2614188/report_flexible_scheduling_for_schools.pdf
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