11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

What kind of idiot thinks COVID is more of a threat to kids than mental illness resulting from nearly two YEARS of chronic stress?

Clueless people are ruining our kids. Not COVID.

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I don't know. What kind of big brain genius thinks that 2-4 weeks of virtual will do more long-term damage on a population level than even "only" an extra 10% of kids getting COVID because schools all stayed in-person?

What kind of beautiful mind thinks that we wouldn't soon all be forced to go virtual from staffing shortages alone, no matter what the policy is?

What kind of galactic superintelligent being thinks that everyone getting COVID all at once will be less stressful to the mental health of kids than a few weeks of home instruction?

You can be as cute with the terms as you want, but I can't fathom how people still trust MCPS to return to in-person after two weeks only of virtual. Come on, people. I'm not even going to touch how cavalier you are about kids' mental health.

I can't fathom how they expect families to find childcare solutions in two-week increments. And two-week increments that can apparently start/stop midweek.

Everyone should have seen this coming and lined up other arrangements if you have two parents working outside the home. This is a bad as unprepared people panicking trying to find rapid tests on Christmas Eve rather than a month before.

This is the kind of dismissive post that makes your contribution irrelevant. There are no arrangements to be had. If you don't have family in the area, you have no options.

We don’t have family in the area and we made it happen. So did all of our friends. And back then, there really WERE almost no options because EVERYTHING was closed.

Try harder.

How did you make it happen. Get specific. Because I bet you’re lot as clever / resourceful as you think you are.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS failing your kids, again. Your kids are going to be years behind private school kids and kids from other states.

Eh. I don’t think so.

It’s a fact.

No. It’s an opinion.

No, it’s a fact. You’re in denial. MCPS admitted they taught half the curriculum last year. MCPS kids are behind and falling more behind every day. But, you keep your denial up.

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Anonymous wrote:More info will be sent out later, but here's the list from the current MCPS press conference:

Rock Terrace
Cannon Road
North Chevy Chase elementary
Hallie Wells
Monocacy
Roberto Clemente
Forest Knolls
Waters Landing
Rosemont
Seneca Valley
Sherwood elementary

Not surprised about Clemente. It is one of the largest MS in MCPS, larger than several HSs in the country, overcrowded and many kids who need the services that MCPS offers. Very high FARMS and ESOL rates. It is just unfortunate.

So interesting that you singled out Clemente. How do explain all the rest - including the very affluent neighborhood schools? You implicitly seem to be saying poor immigrants are the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

What kind of idiot thinks COVID is more of a threat to kids than mental illness resulting from nearly two YEARS of chronic stress?

Clueless people are ruining our kids. Not COVID.

NP.

I don't know. What kind of big brain genius thinks that 2-4 weeks of virtual will do more long-term damage on a population level than even "only" an extra 10% of kids getting COVID because schools all stayed in-person?

What kind of beautiful mind thinks that we wouldn't soon all be forced to go virtual from staffing shortages alone, no matter what the policy is?

What kind of galactic superintelligent being thinks that everyone getting COVID all at once will be less stressful to the mental health of kids than a few weeks of home instruction?

You can be as cute with the terms as you want, but I can't fathom how people still trust MCPS to return to in-person after two weeks only of virtual. Come on, people. I'm not even going to touch how cavalier you are about kids' mental health.

I can't fathom how they expect families to find childcare solutions in two-week increments. And two-week increments that can apparently start/stop midweek.

Everyone should have seen this coming and lined up other arrangements if you have two parents working outside the home. This is a bad as unprepared people panicking trying to find rapid tests on Christmas Eve rather than a month before.

This is the kind of dismissive post that makes your contribution irrelevant. There are no arrangements to be had. If you don't have family in the area, you have no options.

We don’t have family in the area and we made it happen. So did all of our friends. And back then, there really WERE almost no options because EVERYTHING was closed.

Try harder.

How did you make it happen. Get specific. Because I bet you’re lot as clever / resourceful as you think you are.

Is PP coming back to discuss how they and their friends make this work?

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Hoping that MCPS will go virtual AND will address the reasons why it was not as effective as in-person teaching.
The reason why virtual learning did not go well last year for many is not so much the format. It is due to grade inflation, the fact that teachers can not give less than 50% even when students are cheating or not doing the work, the fact that students don't have to attend a class more than a minute to be officially present, that they did not have to turn their camera on, the lack of deadlines except for the last day of the marking period... Teachers want to instill good work ethics, good habits, honesty... They are forced to do just the opposite. This is not how we prepare children and teenagers for their future.

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Anonymous wrote:Hoping that MCPS will go virtual AND will address the reasons why it was not as effective as in-person teaching.
The reason why virtual learning did not go well last year for many is not so much the format. It is due to grade inflation, the fact that teachers can not give less than 50% even when students are cheating or not doing the work, the fact that students don't have to attend a class more than a minute to be officially present, that they did not have to turn their camera on, the lack of deadlines except for the last day of the marking period... Teachers want to instill good work ethics, good habits, honesty... They are forced to do just the opposite. This is not how we prepare children and teenagers for their future.

Yes grade inflation is why virtual learning sucks for K-4. Give me a break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hoping that MCPS will go virtual AND will address the reasons why it was not as effective as in-person teaching.
The reason why virtual learning did not go well last year for many is not so much the format. It is due to grade inflation, the fact that teachers can not give less than 50% even when students are cheating or not doing the work, the fact that students don't have to attend a class more than a minute to be officially present, that they did not have to turn their camera on, the lack of deadlines except for the last day of the marking period... Teachers want to instill good work ethics, good habits, honesty... They are forced to do just the opposite. This is not how we prepare children and teenagers for their future.

FFS. Virtual doesn't work for children because children are not robots. Even rodents get stressed by social isolation; you think primates do better with it?

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How's the 1st day of VL?

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Anonymous wrote:Hoping that MCPS will go virtual AND will address the reasons why it was not as effective as in-person teaching.
The reason why virtual learning did not go well last year for many is not so much the format. It is due to grade inflation, the fact that teachers can not give less than 50% even when students are cheating or not doing the work, the fact that students don't have to attend a class more than a minute to be officially present, that they did not have to turn their camera on, the lack of deadlines except for the last day of the marking period... Teachers want to instill good work ethics, good habits, honesty... They are forced to do just the opposite. This is not how we prepare children and teenagers for their future.

Yes grade inflation is why virtual learning sucks for K-4. Give me a break.

You can require your kids to do the work.

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Anonymous wrote:Hoping that MCPS will go virtual AND will address the reasons why it was not as effective as in-person teaching.
The reason why virtual learning did not go well last year for many is not so much the format. It is due to grade inflation, the fact that teachers can not give less than 50% even when students are cheating or not doing the work, the fact that students don't have to attend a class more than a minute to be officially present, that they did not have to turn their camera on, the lack of deadlines except for the last day of the marking period... Teachers want to instill good work ethics, good habits, honesty... They are forced to do just the opposite. This is not how we prepare children and teenagers for their future.

Yes grade inflation is why virtual learning sucks for K-4. Give me a break.

You can require your kids to do the work.

A kid can have his parent teach him everything. That does not make DL "learning," especially for K-4.

I'm so tired of this charade that DL is education, especially for the youngest kids. We would be better off just cancelling school entirely rather than continuing to engage in this mass delusion.

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Anonymous wrote:Hoping that MCPS will go virtual AND will address the reasons why it was not as effective as in-person teaching.
The reason why virtual learning did not go well last year for many is not so much the format. It is due to grade inflation, the fact that teachers can not give less than 50% even when students are cheating or not doing the work, the fact that students don't have to attend a class more than a minute to be officially present, that they did not have to turn their camera on, the lack of deadlines except for the last day of the marking period... Teachers want to instill good work ethics, good habits, honesty... They are forced to do just the opposite. This is not how we prepare children and teenagers for their future.

Yes grade inflation is why virtual learning sucks for K-4. Give me a break.

You can require your kids to do the work.

Of course. But that doesn’t make up for the 6.5 hours of “instruction” which for young children, simply isn’t effective or sufficient on any level. Either education matters to you and to MCPS or it doesn’t. DL does not equal education.

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Anonymous wrote:How's the 1st day of VL?

Its asynchronous. The academic classes have assignments, passages to read, a math review, etc. A few emailed a link to the "MCPS Monthly Choice Board" which seems geared towards younger kids, but whatever.

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The FARMS/ESOL thing is just ridiculous, and is the kind of pick-your-data-to-back-your-bias (or, in this case, pick a single datum and insinuate that it supports a viewpoint) that pervades modern American discourse. Look at the rates in all the schools. Do you see higher positive rates correlating well with higher ESOL/FARMS schools? Nope!

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Anonymous wrote:The FARMS/ESOL thing is just ridiculous, and is the kind of pick-your-data-to-back-your-bias (or, in this case, pick a single datum and insinuate that it supports a viewpoint) that pervades modern American discourse. Look at the rates in all the schools. Do you see higher positive rates correlating well with higher ESOL/FARMS schools? Nope!

No. No such correlation. I would like to see rate of opt-in per school prior to the break, however. We have friends at other schools who opted in and barely got tested, but our kids were tested often.

Somehow I don't think they will disseminate that information.

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Anonymous wrote:Hoping that MCPS will go virtual AND will address the reasons why it was not as effective as in-person teaching.
The reason why virtual learning did not go well last year for many is not so much the format. It is due to grade inflation, the fact that teachers can not give less than 50% even when students are cheating or not doing the work, the fact that students don't have to attend a class more than a minute to be officially present, that they did not have to turn their camera on, the lack of deadlines except for the last day of the marking period... Teachers want to instill good work ethics, good habits, honesty... They are forced to do just the opposite. This is not how we prepare children and teenagers for their future.

Yes grade inflation is why virtual learning sucks for K-4. Give me a break.

You can require your kids to do the work.

A kid can have his parent teach him everything. That does not make DL "learning," especially for K-4.

I'm so tired of this charade that DL is education, especially for the youngest kids. We would be better off just cancelling school entirely rather than continuing to engage in this mass delusion.

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