APS Distance learning cancelled due to weather

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Anonymous wrote:I’m saving my ire for the decision that kids need to be masked and 10 feet apart at recess. Has anyone told them how great the ventilation is in the great outdoors!!!!

Working teacher mom here- I agree with you. I do. Hoping the plan may loosen up as time goes on and things get better. Ten feet outside seems a little Draconian.

Keeping kids 10 feet apart, with masks on, during recess after keeping them away from their friends for almost a year will certainly help address the mental health concern the kids are facing..SMH.

It doesn’t even make sense. They’ll be closer together in the building.

It makes no sense. It's up there with the teacher gossip that teachers won't be able to have in person 1:1 conversations with students during hybrid and that they'll only be able to speak with kids through their iPad. Such stupid fear mongering.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m saving my ire for the decision that kids need to be masked and 10 feet apart at recess. Has anyone told them how great the ventilation is in the great outdoors!!!!

Working teacher mom here- I agree with you. I do. Hoping the plan may loosen up as time goes on and things get better. Ten feet outside seems a little Draconian.

Keeping kids 10 feet apart, with masks on, during recess after keeping them away from their friends for almost a year will certainly help address the mental health concern the kids are facing..SMH.

It doesn’t even make sense. They’ll be closer together in the building.

Another attempt at making this RTS plan miserable so people opt to keep their kids home.. what a disgrace.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m saving my ire for the decision that kids need to be masked and 10 feet apart at recess. Has anyone told them how great the ventilation is in the great outdoors!!!!

I am not even worrying about this. Our recess is monitored by recess monitors which are barely out of school themselves. They are often on their phone and basically just make sure no one dies. I am NOT upset about this. I think its fine. But I don't think they are going to be able to keep kids apart nor do I think they will try. [/quote

Good point!

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Anonymous wrote:They canceled because FCPS did. Or they are afraid of power outages. Either way, we will enjoy playing in the snow/sleet/ice.

You are really going to send your kids out to play in sleet?

Yes! The sledding is actually pretty good (& completely uncrowded). I’ve been out with them for a couple of hours, but they’ve been out more than that.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL @ the different tones in the threads about the closure decision. One thread = enjoying the unexpected day off. This thread = highly upset at the decision to close.

Agreed, although I admit to being disturbed by (and frankly concerned for) those who seem ready to fire Duran because he happened to call a snow day.

“Student mental health is SUFFERING!!!!!”

“Here’s a day to just not log into DL. Tell them to sleep, read a book, relax, enjoy “

“how dare you my child needs to be learning!”

"Student mental health is SUFFERING!!!!"

"Here's a day to just not log into DL. Let them spend all day watching YouTube and playing video games and get addicted so they can't learn and then parents can complain that the schools aren't teaching the kids enough".

"how dare you my child needs to be learning!"




Fixed it for you....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m saving my ire for the decision that kids need to be masked and 10 feet apart at recess. Has anyone told them how great the ventilation is in the great outdoors!!!!

Working teacher mom here- I agree with you. I do. Hoping the plan may loosen up as time goes on and things get better. Ten feet outside seems a little Draconian.

Keeping kids 10 feet apart, with masks on, during recess after keeping them away from their friends for almost a year will certainly help address the mental health concern the kids are facing..SMH.

It doesn’t even make sense. They’ll be closer together in the building.

Another attempt at making this RTS plan miserable so people opt to keep their kids home.. what a disgrace.

Be thankful we are keeping our kids hole so there is room in the school for your precious kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m saving my ire for the decision that kids need to be masked and 10 feet apart at recess. Has anyone told them how great the ventilation is in the great outdoors!!!!

I am not even worrying about this. Our recess is monitored by recess monitors which are barely out of school themselves. They are often on their phone and basically just make sure no one dies. I am NOT upset about this. I think its fine. But I don't think they are going to be able to keep kids apart nor do I think they will try. [/quote

Good point!

Go outside today - kids are outside, playing with masks and closer than 10 feet.. they seem HAPPY!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m saving my ire for the decision that kids need to be masked and 10 feet apart at recess. Has anyone told them how great the ventilation is in the great outdoors!!!!

Working teacher mom here- I agree with you. I do. Hoping the plan may loosen up as time goes on and things get better. Ten feet outside seems a little Draconian.

Keeping kids 10 feet apart, with masks on, during recess after keeping them away from their friends for almost a year will certainly help address the mental health concern the kids are facing..SMH.

It doesn’t even make sense. They’ll be closer together in the building.

Another attempt at making this RTS plan miserable so people opt to keep their kids home.. what a disgrace.

Be thankful we are keeping our kids hole so there is room in the school for your precious kid.

what??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL @ the different tones in the threads about the closure decision. One thread = enjoying the unexpected day off. This thread = highly upset at the decision to close.

Agreed, although I admit to being disturbed by (and frankly concerned for) those who seem ready to fire Duran because he happened to call a snow day.

“Student mental health is SUFFERING!!!!!”

“Here’s a day to just not log into DL. Tell them to sleep, read a book, relax, enjoy “

“how dare you my child needs to be learning!”

"Student mental health is SUFFERING!!!!"

"Here's a day to just not log into DL. Let them spend all day watching YouTube and playing video games and get addicted so they can't learn and then parents can complain that the schools aren't teaching the kids enough".

"how dare you my child needs to be learning!"




Fixed it for you....

Did you just make the argument kids will get addicted to YouTube after one day? Even if that weren’t ludicrous on its face, just don’t let them watch it. Problem solved. My kids have painted, read, done a puzzle, helped me shovel. They’re off screens because they are on them all the time so they’re enjoying the day off of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m saving my ire for the decision that kids need to be masked and 10 feet apart at recess. Has anyone told them how great the ventilation is in the great outdoors!!!!

Working teacher mom here- I agree with you. I do. Hoping the plan may loosen up as time goes on and things get better. Ten feet outside seems a little Draconian.

Keeping kids 10 feet apart, with masks on, during recess after keeping them away from their friends for almost a year will certainly help address the mental health concern the kids are facing..SMH.

It doesn’t even make sense. They’ll be closer together in the building.

Another attempt at making this RTS plan miserable so people opt to keep their kids home.. what a disgrace.

Be thankful we are keeping our kids hole so there is room in the school for your precious kid.

what??

None of you have any clue how RTS works. I swear.

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody can be curious about why they went from closing just buildings to closing buildings and classes and still be excited about the kids having a break. (I’m somebody)

My kids have had a break for 11 months with no schooling from Mid March -September, and the bare minimum this year. There is absolutely no reason why they can’t do virtual learning.

A) That hasn't been my experience at all. School is tough for my kids, both emotionally and intellectually. B) You don't know that there is absolutely no reason why they can't do virtual learning without an explanation from the district. It could be legit, it could not.

The district gave a reason. They said they updated the status due to the weather forecast and OPM closure and full closure of other districts and they noted they are concerned with power outages.

That's good. Where did they say this? And how did the weather forecast change?

Omg . You NEED to get a life or learn how to look stuff up for yourself.

It’s not in the website, on the email, or in a text message. I don’t have Facebook. I am fine with a snow day but I don’t think wanting an explanation on somewhere besides a social media platform I don’t use is unreasonable (or means I don’t have a life or know how to look stuff up).

NP.

Hint: check Twitter. You don't even need an account to look at APS updates.

[Anonymous]

The school board meeting tonight should be fun.

[Anonymous]

It’s unfortunate that so many kids didn’t learn today. We were thrilled to have an inclement weather day today. My kids built lego structures, read books, slid down our hill in the ice, shoveled neighborhood sidewalks, worked on Lexia and dreambox, and helped me bake some muffins. The way I see it, they learned about architecture, reading, science (playing with velocity on the sled), improved their citizenship skills, and did some math. Not bad for a snow day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s unfortunate that so many kids didn’t learn today. We were thrilled to have an inclement weather day today. My kids built lego structures, read books, slid down our hill in the ice, shoveled neighborhood sidewalks, worked on Lexia and dreambox, and helped me bake some muffins. The way I see it, they learned about architecture, reading, science (playing with velocity on the sled), improved their citizenship skills, and did some math. Not bad for a snow day.

How nice that you don’t have to work.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s unfortunate that so many kids didn’t learn today. We were thrilled to have an inclement weather day today. My kids built lego structures, read books, slid down our hill in the ice, shoveled neighborhood sidewalks, worked on Lexia and dreambox, and helped me bake some muffins. The way I see it, they learned about architecture, reading, science (playing with velocity on the sled), improved their citizenship skills, and did some math. Not bad for a snow day.

How nice that you don’t have to work.

We don’t know they didn’t. Quite a bit of that could be done with minor supervision.