schools might closed down till September

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Anonymous wrote: I've decided to "fill in the holes" with my elementary kids and focus on Handwriting, basic math computation, reading and grammar since FCPS has left most of that to parents anyway.


They can also practice learning how to type with a typing program.


This.

We also teaching them to write/read cursive.

Mine have been reading non-stop since we barely let them have x-box time. Also lots of time outside shooting hoops, biking near nobody.
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Anonymous wrote:How can they move to the next grade when they didn’t learn the material of the current grade? Especially math? It makes no sense.


grades will be repeated


No they won’t. The kids have completed 3/4 of the year. Tbh, 4th quarter is almost all standardized prep and testing and “other fun stuff” anyway. And the tests WILL be waived this year. 1st-3rd quarter are the ones where kids are actively learning new stuff and applying it to different concepts with each progressing quarter. 4th quarter is “we have to prep you for all these tests and how can we recap everything we’ve learned?” It’s not ideal but they’ll be ok missing 4th quarter if they have to.
Schools cannot and will not retain an entire cohort of students across the country. That’s ridiculous.

-public high school teacher


Teachers reading this - are you preparing for online education for high school students?


plus, how you the schools make room for the incoming kindergarten students?

No. We will get guidance later this week but everything we plan and post will be supplemental and about reinforcing already learned skills. It won’t be graded and it will be optional. We cannot hold students responsible for suddenly learning via an online platform when we can’t guarantee access to computer or WiFi or that they have an appropriate work environment at home. Legally, there’s no way to ensure sped and EL students are receiving services and accommodations they are legally required to have with regard to instruction. It’s not going to be online education in any true shape or form. It’s impossible to transfer a brick and mortar school to any online platform for all students on such short notice.



Exactly. Which is why we should restart the year.


Ask for your kid to be retained then. They’ve completed about 75% of the year. Nobody is holding them back over one quarter that is almost entirely about standardized testing anyway.


They stay in preschool
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Anonymous wrote:How can they move to the next grade when they didn’t learn the material of the current grade? Especially math? It makes no sense.


grades will be repeated


No they won’t. The kids have completed 3/4 of the year. Tbh, 4th quarter is almost all standardized prep and testing and “other fun stuff” anyway. And the tests WILL be waived this year. 1st-3rd quarter are the ones where kids are actively learning new stuff and applying it to different concepts with each progressing quarter. 4th quarter is “we have to prep you for all these tests and how can we recap everything we’ve learned?” It’s not ideal but they’ll be ok missing 4th quarter if they have to.
Schools cannot and will not retain an entire cohort of students across the country. That’s ridiculous.

-public high school teacher


Teachers reading this - are you preparing for online education for high school students?


plus, how you the schools make room for the incoming kindergarten students?

No. We will get guidance later this week but everything we plan and post will be supplemental and about reinforcing already learned skills. It won’t be graded and it will be optional. We cannot hold students responsible for suddenly learning via an online platform when we can’t guarantee access to computer or WiFi or that they have an appropriate work environment at home. Legally, there’s no way to ensure sped and EL students are receiving services and accommodations they are legally required to have with regard to instruction. It’s not going to be online education in any true shape or form. It’s impossible to transfer a brick and mortar school to any online platform for all students on such short notice.



Exactly. Which is why we should restart the year.


Ask for your kid to be retained then. They’ve completed about 75% of the year. Nobody is holding them back over one quarter that is almost entirely about standardized testing anyway.


They stay in preschool


Nobody here is talking about preschool!!
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How can they move to the next grade when they didn’t learn the material of the current grade? Especially math? It makes no sense.


grades will be repeated


No they won’t. The kids have completed 3/4 of the year. Tbh, 4th quarter is almost all standardized prep and testing and “other fun stuff” anyway. And the tests WILL be waived this year. 1st-3rd quarter are the ones where kids are actively learning new stuff and applying it to different concepts with each progressing quarter. 4th quarter is “we have to prep you for all these tests and how can we recap everything we’ve learned?” It’s not ideal but they’ll be ok missing 4th quarter if they have to.
Schools cannot and will not retain an entire cohort of students across the country. That’s ridiculous.

-public high school teacher


Teachers reading this - are you preparing for online education for high school students?


plus, how you the schools make room for the incoming kindergarten students?

No. We will get guidance later this week but everything we plan and post will be supplemental and about reinforcing already learned skills. It won’t be graded and it will be optional. We cannot hold students responsible for suddenly learning via an online platform when we can’t guarantee access to computer or WiFi or that they have an appropriate work environment at home. Legally, there’s no way to ensure sped and EL students are receiving services and accommodations they are legally required to have with regard to instruction. It’s not going to be online education in any true shape or form. It’s impossible to transfer a brick and mortar school to any online platform for all students on such short notice.



Exactly. Which is why we should restart the year.


Ask for your kid to be retained then. They’ve completed about 75% of the year. Nobody is holding them back over one quarter that is almost entirely about standardized testing anyway.


They stay in preschool


Nobody here is talking about preschool!!


PP posted “ plus, how you the schools make room for the incoming kindergarten students?“. But PP didn’t post properly so it’s hard to follow.
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TWITTER because change.org
on Thursday they started doing that and it worked, so why not do it for grades.


This. I don't know what it is, but this.
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