Should we prepare for virtual schooling starting in January?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PG county is going virtual on Monday. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/586391-maryland-school-district-temporarily-going-back-to-virtual-learning-amid

Absolutely crazy. Is it not clear to these people that virtual learning was a disaster? How many more studies do we need to show that school closings do not prevent community spread? If MCPS does this, I’m going to start voting republican for the first time in my life.

Yep. Me too. This is lunacy and the opposite of equity. This will be catastrophic for these kids

Equity is equal treatment. Good for PG for being responsible. If you close some schools and not others that would not be equity.

Your kids can survive with virtual. They may not be able to survive with you all day but that is a separate issue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please no.

DD did fine with DL, but DS… he’s learned so much more this year already than last year. His anxiety is much better. I know I’m going to get bashed and told I’m an awful, uninvolved parent that DS didn’t excel at virtual learning. I am involved, but it just didn’t work for him.

Its not going to happen so nothing to worry about.

After the first kid dies, and it's on the news - they'll change their tune.

Been waiting for that since March 2020 and yet kids are not severely affected by it

Many kids have long term issues and many deaths. Your kids could survive virtual except you are the problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm an elementary school teacher and I hated distance learning. Having kids back in the building has been such a welcome change. However, I do think MCPS should consider being virtual that first week of January to help stop the spread in schools. Let's be honest, there are going to be staff and students who get sick from COVID over break. Operationally, we don't have the subs needed to cover classes on a normal day. If we have the usual absences and people out with COVID we wouldn't be able to operate the school. We had so many staff out one day this week that every non-classroom teacher was covering classes which meant our students weren't getting their much needed intervention groups.

Teacher, you and the posters who responded to you don't understand this wave. It won't go away after a week. When your school district tells you to go home, expect it to be for an extended period of time.

The only way it goes away is if we get enough people infected by it.

Sure, but not all at once, otherwise your pending heart attack or your future car accident will kill you because there won't be enough staff to care for you at the hospital.
See how that works?

This is why everything's going to get shut down for a while. We want Omicron to not rip through the population, but for everyone to catch it a tad bit slower, so that we don't overburden our hospitals and infect all our medical staff at once.

That was the argument in March 2020…. And then it took an entire year to get the schools open again. All while every other activity was allowed to go on.

This. Been there, done that, not falling for it again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please no.

DD did fine with DL, but DS… he’s learned so much more this year already than last year. His anxiety is much better. I know I’m going to get bashed and told I’m an awful, uninvolved parent that DS didn’t excel at virtual learning. I am involved, but it just didn’t work for him.

Its not going to happen so nothing to worry about.

After the first kid dies, and it's on the news - they'll change their tune.

Been waiting for that since March 2020 and yet kids are not severely affected by it

And when MCPS students had the option to go in-person in March 2021, DCUM was filled with "BUT SO MANY PEOPLE WILL DIE BECAUSE OF THIS!!!111"

When school started in August, DCUM was filled with "BUT SO MANY PEOPLE WILL DIE BECAUSE OF THIS!!!111"

They can't help themselves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please no.

DD did fine with DL, but DS… he’s learned so much more this year already than last year. His anxiety is much better. I know I’m going to get bashed and told I’m an awful, uninvolved parent that DS didn’t excel at virtual learning. I am involved, but it just didn’t work for him.

Its not going to happen so nothing to worry about.

After the first kid dies, and it's on the news - they'll change their tune.

Been waiting for that since March 2020 and yet kids are not severely affected by it

Many kids have long term issues and many deaths. Your kids could survive virtual except you are the problem.

There have not been MANY deaths around her. Put up or shut up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please no.

DD did fine with DL, but DS… he’s learned so much more this year already than last year. His anxiety is much better. I know I’m going to get bashed and told I’m an awful, uninvolved parent that DS didn’t excel at virtual learning. I am involved, but it just didn’t work for him.

Its not going to happen so nothing to worry about.

After the first kid dies, and it's on the news - they'll change their tune.

Been waiting for that since March 2020 and yet kids are not severely affected by it

Many kids have long term issues and many deaths. Your kids could survive virtual except you are the problem.

There have not been MANY deaths around her. Put up or shut up.

*around here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please no.

DD did fine with DL, but DS… he’s learned so much more this year already than last year. His anxiety is much better. I know I’m going to get bashed and told I’m an awful, uninvolved parent that DS didn’t excel at virtual learning. I am involved, but it just didn’t work for him.

Its not going to happen so nothing to worry about.

After the first kid dies, and it's on the news - they'll change their tune.

Been waiting for that since March 2020 and yet kids are not severely affected by it

And when MCPS students had the option to go in-person in March 2021, DCUM was filled with "BUT SO MANY PEOPLE WILL DIE BECAUSE OF THIS!!!111"

When school started in August, DCUM was filled with "BUT SO MANY PEOPLE WILL DIE BECAUSE OF THIS!!!111"

They can't help themselves.

Yep.

What’s the definition of insanity again?

[Anonymous]

FYI, PG county going virtual. I’m sure other counties will shortly follow suit.

https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2021/12/prince-georges-county-public-schools-shifts-to-virtual-learning-due-to-uptick-in-covid-cases/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PG county is going virtual on Monday. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/586391-maryland-school-district-temporarily-going-back-to-virtual-learning-amid

Absolutely crazy. Is it not clear to these people that virtual learning was a disaster? How many more studies do we need to show that school closings do not prevent community spread? If MCPS does this, I’m going to start voting republican for the first time in my life.

Yep. Me too. This is lunacy and the opposite of equity. This will be catastrophic for these kids

Equity is equal treatment. Good for PG for being responsible. If you close some schools and not others that would not be equity.

Your kids can survive with virtual. They may not be able to survive with you all day but that is a separate issue.

You’re either daft or so privileged that you don’t get how bad virtual learning is poor kids. Many kids in PG County do not reliable Internet, parents who make sure they’re logging in, a reliable source of food, etc. you’re so cruel and myopic that it hurts my soul. All so you can feed your anxiety

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FYI, PG county going virtual. I’m sure other counties will shortly follow suit.

https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2021/12/prince-georges-county-public-schools-shifts-to-virtual-learning-due-to-uptick-in-covid-cases/

The state better order them to add those days back into the end of the year. Districts need 180 days in-person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm an elementary school teacher and I hated distance learning. Having kids back in the building has been such a welcome change. However, I do think MCPS should consider being virtual that first week of January to help stop the spread in schools. Let's be honest, there are going to be staff and students who get sick from COVID over break. Operationally, we don't have the subs needed to cover classes on a normal day. If we have the usual absences and people out with COVID we wouldn't be able to operate the school. We had so many staff out one day this week that every non-classroom teacher was covering classes which meant our students weren't getting their much needed intervention groups.

Teacher, you and the posters who responded to you don't understand this wave. It won't go away after a week. When your school district tells you to go home, expect it to be for an extended period of time.

The only way it goes away is if we get enough people infected by it.

Sure, but not all at once, otherwise your pending heart attack or your future car accident will kill you because there won't be enough staff to care for you at the hospital.
See how that works?

This is why everything's going to get shut down for a while. We want Omicron to not rip through the population, but for everyone to catch it a tad bit slower, so that we don't overburden our hospitals and infect all our medical staff at once.

That was the argument in March 2020…. And then it took an entire year to get the schools open again. All while every other activity was allowed to go on.

+1 this is the real reason a temporary closure is politically very problematic

[Anonymous]

MDSE does require 180 days of in-person instruction unless it grants a school district a waiver.

https://marylandpublicschools.org/stateboard/Documents/2021/0427/ResolutionInPersonInstructionSY21%2022.pdf

"Beginning with the opening of schools for the 2021-2022 school year, local boards of education must permit all students to attend school for at least 180 actual school days and
a minimum of 1,080 school hours during a 10-month period for in-person, in-school instruction, with the teacher in the classroom. Any deviation from this will need State
Board approval."

PGCPS either must have gotten approval from the state BOE, or they are just counting on getting it retroactively.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many colleges moving to virtual for spring, cancelling December commencement etc.. it would not be a surprise if mcps went virtual again. I certainly hope it doesn’t. Virtual has been terrible for my child. 2nd grader never got to have a full year of school since Kindergarten!

Don’t worry. They will be announcing virtual very shortly before the weekend is over.

[Anonymous]

There’s no way MCPS will go virtual. The parent backlash would be horrendous. The demographics of PG county is different.

[Anonymous]

If we're back to virtual, will KidsCo, KAH, etc. still be allowed to operate their care programs in MCPS buildings?

I'm not trying to be sarcastic. If schools won't open, the hubs (both free and fee-based) better be.