BOE Meeting today

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Anonymous wrote:Jack Smith says enrollment is down 2,200 students K-12, and 1,000 students in PreK.

Pre-K is only income-eligible kids (head start and otherwise). That's more concerning than "pods" and flight to private schools.

But the benefit of remote instruction for pre-K, for families, has to be a lot less than the benefit of actual pre-K.

Oh, completely agree that DL isn't great (or frankly, may not be worth it). I just mean that not having kids in it has long term effects. Pre-k has been shown to help close achievement gaps, and with fewer eligible kids in it, they have the potential to worsen even more.

Not having kids in actual pre-K. I doubt that there's any research about virtual pre-K?

And I think the effects of Head Start start to fade after a few years. Lack of content teaching in schools means that any reading gains disappear between 4th and 8th grade, if I remember the research.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS slideshow quotes DCUM comment from "How's your kindergartner doing?" thread.

what did they say?

MCPS IF YOU ARE READING THIS OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!!!

At least 6 Beautiful, caring, dedicated professionals dead forever. People with so many more years to live and gifts to share. No we should not open back up until we have the resources to ensure that our teachers, our students and our communities will be safe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/coronavirus-teacher-deaths-fall/%3foutputType=amp

Unfortunately, some people exploit these deaths to push their agenda. Most probably, these were not due to any in-person school (wtop was also publishing similar title, but when you read the whole story you realize the teachers were actually doing DL, attending some church events where there was an outbreak, doing some outdoor activity etc.)

At least one was already in the hospital before school even started.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS slideshow quotes DCUM comment from "How's your kindergartner doing?" thread.

what did they say?

MCPS IF YOU ARE READING THIS OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!!!

At least 6 Beautiful, caring, dedicated professionals dead forever. People with so many more years to live and gifts to share. No we should not open back up until we have the resources to ensure that our teachers, our students and our communities will be safe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/coronavirus-teacher-deaths-fall/%3foutputType=amp

Unfortunately, some people exploit these deaths to push their agenda. Most probably, these were not due to any in-person school (wtop was also publishing similar title, but when you read the whole story you realize the teachers were actually doing DL, attending some church events where there was an outbreak, doing some outdoor activity etc.)

Typical denier reply. Always look for a way for it not to be true. Sure they weren't living in bubbles but show me the rate for people their ages in their towns. Betcha they are the outliers and the one difference was that they were in classrooms ALL DAY with children. The fact that you are so dismissive of our teachers and their well being is both base and repugnant. You can reteach math and reading you cannot bring people back to life.

This is from the story that I read (don't subscribe to the Post). You are spreading misinformation.

"At least four teachers in three states have died after bouts with the coronavirus since the dawn of the new school year, including a 28-year-old third-grade teacher in South Carolina.

One of the teachers is believed to have become infected at a church meeting, while two others were already self-quarantining or in hospital before students and staff returned to the classroom.

It is not known how the other teachers became infected."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8718359/At-four-teachers-died-COVID-19-start-school-year.html


This does not support your assertion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jack Smith says enrollment is down 2,200 students K-12, and 1,000 students in PreK.

I’m surprised by the PK numbers. Presumably, they could just offer spots to more kids, since so many aren’t able to secure spots in the program.

I think some parents just aren’t interested. My PK-4 son qualified based on special needs, but we decided to pay for private instead. Fortunately, we had the resources to do so. I don’t see any benefit to virtual PK-4 when almost his entire IEP is built around developing social foundations for language and learning and working on emotional regulation. If he was older and it was focused around academics, virtual might make sense, but how is he going to gain skills in peer interaction over zoom? I’m sure head start parents trying to work and possibly take care of older siblings and their schooling found it more effort than it was worth too. Wasted resources and wasted opportunity.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS slideshow quotes DCUM comment from "How's your kindergartner doing?" thread.

what did they say?

MCPS IF YOU ARE READING THIS OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!!!

At least 6 Beautiful, caring, dedicated professionals dead forever. People with so many more years to live and gifts to share. No we should not open back up until we have the resources to ensure that our teachers, our students and our communities will be safe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/coronavirus-teacher-deaths-fall/%3foutputType=amp

Unfortunately, some people exploit these deaths to push their agenda. Most probably, these were not due to any in-person school (wtop was also publishing similar title, but when you read the whole story you realize the teachers were actually doing DL, attending some church events where there was an outbreak, doing some outdoor activity etc.)

Typical denier reply. Always look for a way for it not to be true. Sure they weren't living in bubbles but show me the rate for people their ages in their towns. Betcha they are the outliers and the one difference was that they were in classrooms ALL DAY with children. The fact that you are so dismissive of our teachers and their well being is both base and repugnant. You can reteach math and reading you cannot bring people back to life.

This is from the story that I read (don't subscribe to the Post). You are spreading misinformation.

"At least four teachers in three states have died after bouts with the coronavirus since the dawn of the new school year, including a 28-year-old third-grade teacher in South Carolina.

One of the teachers is believed to have become infected at a church meeting, while two others were already self-quarantining or in hospital before students and staff returned to the classroom.

It is not known how the other teachers became infected."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8718359/At-four-teachers-died-COVID-19-start-school-year.html


This does not support your assertion.

Literally all of them died right as school was beginning. Especially for young people, it generally means you got sick a few weeks prior. The only teacher that may have gotten it from a school-like environment based on the article was the coach, and he obviously could have gotten it other places seeing as Mississippi had very high community spread at the time (and still does). The poster clearly didn’t read past the headline. It’s what I HATE about the media. They have made everything about the school debate and COVID so much worse, but it’s our own damn fault because we are intellectually lazy.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS slideshow quotes DCUM comment from "How's your kindergartner doing?" thread.

what did they say?

MCPS IF YOU ARE READING THIS OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!!!

At least 6 Beautiful, caring, dedicated professionals dead forever. People with so many more years to live and gifts to share. No we should not open back up until we have the resources to ensure that our teachers, our students and our communities will be safe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/coronavirus-teacher-deaths-fall/%3foutputType=amp

Unfortunately, some people exploit these deaths to push their agenda. Most probably, these were not due to any in-person school (wtop was also publishing similar title, but when you read the whole story you realize the teachers were actually doing DL, attending some church events where there was an outbreak, doing some outdoor activity etc.)

At least one was already in the hospital before school even started.

so 5/6 got covid and died from in person school that's tragic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS slideshow quotes DCUM comment from "How's your kindergartner doing?" thread.

what did they say?

MCPS IF YOU ARE READING THIS OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!!!

At least 6 Beautiful, caring, dedicated professionals dead forever. People with so many more years to live and gifts to share. No we should not open back up until we have the resources to ensure that our teachers, our students and our communities will be safe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/coronavirus-teacher-deaths-fall/%3foutputType=amp

Unfortunately, some people exploit these deaths to push their agenda. Most probably, these were not due to any in-person school (wtop was also publishing similar title, but when you read the whole story you realize the teachers were actually doing DL, attending some church events where there was an outbreak, doing some outdoor activity etc.)

At least one was already in the hospital before school even started.

so 5/6 got covid and died from in person school that's tragic

That's why most of the schools that opened earlier have already been shutdown. Sadly these places that did this also are now hotspots.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS slideshow quotes DCUM comment from "How's your kindergartner doing?" thread.

what did they say?

MCPS IF YOU ARE READING THIS OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!!!

At least 6 Beautiful, caring, dedicated professionals dead forever. People with so many more years to live and gifts to share. No we should not open back up until we have the resources to ensure that our teachers, our students and our communities will be safe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/coronavirus-teacher-deaths-fall/%3foutputType=amp

Unfortunately, some people exploit these deaths to push their agenda. Most probably, these were not due to any in-person school (wtop was also publishing similar title, but when you read the whole story you realize the teachers were actually doing DL, attending some church events where there was an outbreak, doing some outdoor activity etc.)

At least one was already in the hospital before school even started.

so 5/6 got covid and died from in person school that's tragic

NO! You don't do much actual reading, do you. You have been corrected several times in this thread. One person was working as a football coach during the summer. The rest were not back in school yet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS slideshow quotes DCUM comment from "How's your kindergartner doing?" thread.

what did they say?

MCPS IF YOU ARE READING THIS OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!!!

At least 6 Beautiful, caring, dedicated professionals dead forever. People with so many more years to live and gifts to share. No we should not open back up until we have the resources to ensure that our teachers, our students and our communities will be safe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/coronavirus-teacher-deaths-fall/%3foutputType=amp

Unfortunately, some people exploit these deaths to push their agenda. Most probably, these were not due to any in-person school (wtop was also publishing similar title, but when you read the whole story you realize the teachers were actually doing DL, attending some church events where there was an outbreak, doing some outdoor activity etc.)

At least one was already in the hospital before school even started.

so 5/6 got covid and died from in person school that's tragic

That's why most of the schools that opened earlier have already been shutdown. Sadly these places that did this also are now hotspots.

What are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS slideshow quotes DCUM comment from "How's your kindergartner doing?" thread.

what did they say?

MCPS IF YOU ARE READING THIS OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!!!

At least 6 Beautiful, caring, dedicated professionals dead forever. People with so many more years to live and gifts to share. No we should not open back up until we have the resources to ensure that our teachers, our students and our communities will be safe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/coronavirus-teacher-deaths-fall/%3foutputType=amp

Unfortunately, some people exploit these deaths to push their agenda. Most probably, these were not due to any in-person school (wtop was also publishing similar title, but when you read the whole story you realize the teachers were actually doing DL, attending some church events where there was an outbreak, doing some outdoor activity etc.)

At least one was already in the hospital before school even started.

so 5/6 got covid and died from in person school that's tragic

That's why most of the schools that opened earlier have already been shutdown. Sadly these places that did this also are now hotspots.

What percentage of schools that have opened have been shut down? You say "most" so can you help us by quantifying that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS slideshow quotes DCUM comment from "How's your kindergartner doing?" thread.

what did they say?

MCPS IF YOU ARE READING THIS OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!!!

At least 6 Beautiful, caring, dedicated professionals dead forever. People with so many more years to live and gifts to share. No we should not open back up until we have the resources to ensure that our teachers, our students and our communities will be safe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/coronavirus-teacher-deaths-fall/%3foutputType=amp

Unfortunately, some people exploit these deaths to push their agenda. Most probably, these were not due to any in-person school (wtop was also publishing similar title, but when you read the whole story you realize the teachers were actually doing DL, attending some church events where there was an outbreak, doing some outdoor activity etc.)

At least one was already in the hospital before school even started.

so 5/6 got covid and died from in person school that's tragic

I think it's clear why you've chosen DL over home schooling.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS slideshow quotes DCUM comment from "How's your kindergartner doing?" thread.

what did they say?

MCPS IF YOU ARE READING THIS OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!!!

At least 6 Beautiful, caring, dedicated professionals dead forever. People with so many more years to live and gifts to share. No we should not open back up until we have the resources to ensure that our teachers, our students and our communities will be safe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/coronavirus-teacher-deaths-fall/%3foutputType=amp

Unfortunately, some people exploit these deaths to push their agenda. Most probably, these were not due to any in-person school (wtop was also publishing similar title, but when you read the whole story you realize the teachers were actually doing DL, attending some church events where there was an outbreak, doing some outdoor activity etc.)

At least one was already in the hospital before school even started.

so 5/6 got covid and died from in person school that's tragic

That's why most of the schools that opened earlier have already been shutdown. Sadly these places that did this also are now hotspots.

That is factually - very - incorrect.

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Anonymous wrote:Now Jack Smith is claiming that the MD-state-provided metrics are not sufficient.

MoCo apparently needs different, special "complex" metrics.

Of course they are. If you don't like the metrics, demand other metrics while claiming there's a lack of guidance.

He clearly has no intention of reopening this school year. If the BoE isn't willing to step up (and there's no sign they will), cross your fingers for next fall. But by then we'll be dealing with the anti-vaxxers.

This entire situation has brought out all of the crazy extremists in America. First, the right-wing virus deniers and restriction/mask protesters. Now, the crazy left-wing politicians that just want to keep locked down to play politics with one of the most reasonable Republican governors. The third group will be the anti-vaxxers. Aren't there any sane people left in this world?

Unfortunately true, and I'm especially upset with the current left-wing politicians playing politics over schools. Indoor bowling okay, but schools no.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS slideshow quotes DCUM comment from "How's your kindergartner doing?" thread.

what did they say?

MCPS IF YOU ARE READING THIS OPEN THE SCHOOLS!!!!!

At least 6 Beautiful, caring, dedicated professionals dead forever. People with so many more years to live and gifts to share. No we should not open back up until we have the resources to ensure that our teachers, our students and our communities will be safe. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/coronavirus-teacher-deaths-fall/%3foutputType=amp

Unfortunately, some people exploit these deaths to push their agenda. Most probably, these were not due to any in-person school (wtop was also publishing similar title, but when you read the whole story you realize the teachers were actually doing DL, attending some church events where there was an outbreak, doing some outdoor activity etc.)

At least one was already in the hospital before school even started.

so 5/6 got covid and died from in person school that's tragic

That's why most of the schools that opened earlier have already been shutdown. Sadly these places that did this also are now hotspots.

Most schools have been shutdown AND these places are now hotspots? Do you just make stuff up that has no basis in fact? You sound like a politician.

[Anonymous]

There's one parent who made it known the only reason why she wanted the school re-opened was so she could work full-time. When someone pointed out to her how crass that was, she backed off a bit - claimed it was for the sake of the kids' education. Took a drive today and saw a bunch of kids playing in the soccer fields without masks. Shook my head - some people can learn by observation and listening, and others have to learn through self-experience.