When will in-person and CARES slots "winners" be notified? And how?

[Anonymous]

I was wondering the same...did your seat acceptance(s) come from your school or DCPS central?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m probably from the same school as the above posters (whose Principal said there’d be no Pk4).

In the same email he said parents would have two days to accept or decline their spot. (Unsure if those are two working days.)

He also stressed that we would not learn about teacher placements (and that we should not ask).

Sorry, but that's ridiculous. Parents are having to make really important decisions and one enormous factor about whether or not a family will take an in-person spot is who that teacher will be! Sorry, but there are great teachers, good teachers and lousy teachers. We all know that. I would happily follow our amazing DL teacher into the classroom if that is where she is going to be. If she's going to remain as a DL teacher (because she has proven she rocks at it) then we will stay put. To act like who the teacher is shouldn't influence our decision making is just wrong. Your principal is a coward.

He CAN'T tell you. DCPS won't release which teacher is doing DL vs. in person! Thus they can't tell families either.

That tells me that by withholding this information, DCPS is betting on lots of people NOT taking in-person spots because the unknown about the teacher will be enough for some families to stay put in DL. This rollout is the worst.

You can always accept and then decline once you find out. You can’t decline a spot than ask for it back.

[Anonymous]

Hi again, so sorry I don't know how to reply to a comment vs. start a new thread (I'm the one who just posted about my daughter getting a seat but not my other two). My email came from DCPS centrally, not from the school. We are at Hearst. I am really praying for you all that the emails are not all going out once, and that there is still hope for your children. Today has been awful . Thinking of you all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was wondering the same...did your seat acceptance(s) come from your school or DCPS central?

NP. Mine came from central. Got an in person for my IEP child. Nothing yet for my other. We will be taking the spot at least for now to see how things go. If it isn’t working well for DC or case numbers begin to get really high around here, I will pull DC back into virtual.

[Anonymous]

How would that work if parents start pulling their kids back to already inflated virtual classrooms?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi again, so sorry I don't know how to reply to a comment vs. start a new thread (I'm the one who just posted about my daughter getting a seat but not my other two). My email came from DCPS centrally, not from the school. We are at Hearst. I am really praying for you all that the emails are not all going out once, and that there is still hope for your children. Today has been awful . Thinking of you all!

Thank you for taking the time to respond and congratulations! We have an IEP/504 child who is in the red zone for reading (ADHD--sitting at the screen is torture). There are few to none homeless children or at risk (based on what the social worker relayed...and said she can't imagine that outside of homeless children, she can't imagine a kid who needs in-person more). I have questioned the algorithm and what is contained in the "internal database" they are using...during their forums and the DCPS reopen email addresses and crickets. I'm picturing the EL children of diplomats and World Bank employees--who usually don't pay taxes and are here for 2-3 years filling the special needs seats (because they were in the same category--which made no sense).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would that work if parents start pulling their kids back to already inflated virtual classrooms?

They'd probably replace that kid with the next kid on the list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would that work if parents start pulling their kids back to already inflated virtual classrooms?

They'd probably replace that kid with the next kid on the list.

+1 this is exactly what happens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi again, so sorry I don't know how to reply to a comment vs. start a new thread (I'm the one who just posted about my daughter getting a seat but not my other two). My email came from DCPS centrally, not from the school. We are at Hearst. I am really praying for you all that the emails are not all going out once, and that there is still hope for your children. Today has been awful . Thinking of you all!

Thank you for taking the time to respond and congratulations! We have an IEP/504 child who is in the red zone for reading (ADHD--sitting at the screen is torture). There are few to none homeless children or at risk (based on what the social worker relayed...and said she can't imagine that outside of homeless children, she can't imagine a kid who needs in-person more). I have questioned the algorithm and what is contained in the "internal database" they are using...during their forums and the DCPS reopen email addresses and crickets. I'm picturing the EL children of diplomats and World Bank employees--who usually don't pay taxes and are here for 2-3 years filling the special needs seats (because they were in the same category--which made no sense).

Sounds like a similar situation as ours. What school at you at?

[Anonymous]

We got offered a seat for our IEP kid! I'm over the moon!!!

This DL has been H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks for us! Now I'm rooting for Ferebee to stand his ground so it can happen!!!

[Anonymous]

I’m so depressed. No email. Anyone know if any Key offers went out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who needs Russian trolls when DCPS does such a good job of feeding the "WTU is evil" beast here on DCUM. It is so funny how many of you self-identified intellectuals have bitten so very hard. There are pages on this thread blaming everyone but DCPS for this last minute goat rodeo.

Signed,
Not a WTU member or teacher

Conservatives hate unions (because conservatives have been fooled by their billionaire class into thinking what’s good for billionaires is good for them. Nice trick.)

There are lots of conservatives here at DCUM. This is the issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who needs Russian trolls when DCPS does such a good job of feeding the "WTU is evil" beast here on DCUM. It is so funny how many of you self-identified intellectuals have bitten so very hard. There are pages on this thread blaming everyone but DCPS for this last minute goat rodeo.

Signed,
Not a WTU member or teacher

Conservatives hate unions (because conservatives have been fooled by their billionaire class into thinking what’s good for billionaires is good for them. Nice trick.)

There are lots of conservatives here at DCUM. This is the issue.

I’m a liberal but this situation has made me despise the teacher’s union.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who needs Russian trolls when DCPS does such a good job of feeding the "WTU is evil" beast here on DCUM. It is so funny how many of you self-identified intellectuals have bitten so very hard. There are pages on this thread blaming everyone but DCPS for this last minute goat rodeo.

Signed,
Not a WTU member or teacher

Conservatives hate unions (because conservatives have been fooled by their billionaire class into thinking what’s good for billionaires is good for them. Nice trick.)

There are lots of conservatives here at DCUM. This is the issue.

Come on, no there aren't. DC voted 94% for H Clinton in 2016. Where is the big cohort of union-hating DC conservatives? I'm no conservative, but I'm fed up with the behavior of the major stakeholders in this game, Bowser, Ferebee, the WTU, DCPS and OSSE leadership. My kids are pretty well with DL but many others clearly aren't. I think all the ES kids should be able to attend school in two shifts daily, like at Hearst (not our DCPS), with school playgrounds open and supervised all day, to give kids somewhere safe to go when their shift isn't on (so mom and dad can concentrate on work).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who needs Russian trolls when DCPS does such a good job of feeding the "WTU is evil" beast here on DCUM. It is so funny how many of you self-identified intellectuals have bitten so very hard. There are pages on this thread blaming everyone but DCPS for this last minute goat rodeo.

Signed,
Not a WTU member or teacher

Conservatives hate unions (because conservatives have been fooled by their billionaire class into thinking what’s good for billionaires is good for them. Nice trick.)

There are lots of conservatives here at DCUM. This is the issue.

I’m a liberal but this situation has made me despise the teacher’s union.

I’m a parent and a centrist (stopped being a conservative when I realized what they stand for is mainly lies),
And I stand with the union, and with the principal. Our teachers are amazing and they deserve to have a safe and supported teaching experience. And that’s helps our kids too.