DC charters - which ones are open? hybrid model? plans of reopening?

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LAMB announced a move to hybrid learning on March 1.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how self centered ECE parents are. (We al were, it is an observation not an indictment). Sure 80% of ES school students are not in ECE but to hear ECE parents talk you'd think having a small cohort of PK3 kids going back is somehow a solution for COVID.

I don’t have a child in ECE but in a language immersion program, absolutely the ECE and younger kids in K and 1st should go back and be top priority. They cannot stay focused on zoom for any extended period of time. It is also not developmentally appropriate.

For the older kids 2nd-5th, they are able to stay more focused.

No one said anything about a complete solution for all the kids at this point. But at least MV has taken definitive steps to start a safe hybrid program in a limited group of kids who are best served with in person learning. I hope that this might help motivate other charters to do the same as the PP above who asked for details so she could push her school.

Once you have a running hybrid program in place for a limited number of students and it does well, then it’s much easier to get buy in from more teachers to expand.

It makes no sense to prioritize PK over other grades. K-5 in that order should be the priority of every public school and public charter immersion included. PK is NOT mandatory and shouldn’t be prioritized.

Well they are prioritizing K and 1st also.

You obviously don’t have a child in language immersion, and specifically at MV. Please tell me how a child is going to learn to read and write in K next year when all instruction and learning is given in Spanish, and the child can hardly understand Spanish. It will be very difficult and the children will struggle.

Grade level Spanish proficiency expectations are high at MV, especially starting in 1st. I know this from having a child at MV who did not start in PK.

Wrong. I have a child in an immersion program and we did not start in PK. What happens to the poor kids in grades 2 -5 who are missing out on live instruction in subjects they are tested on while 3 and 4 year olds get free day care? Mandatory grades should be the priority. Kids start immersion in K and catch up just fine. It’s irresponsible of any public school to prioritize non mandatory grades not to mention it’s harder to enforce good hygiene, social distancing and mask wearing with 3-4 year old kids.

Not really, a number of immersion schools who start in PK don’t let kids in for K/1st because it is so difficult for many kids to catch up.

Neighbors kid in upper elementary and are doing fine.

Sounds like it’s a phase in so it’s not like 2-5 are not coming back.

What school is your child in and when are they starting hybrid?

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB announced a move to hybrid learning on March 1.

What is the schedule for how many days live and how many DL? What is their safety mitigation plan?

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Wow, it looks like WTU and teachers in DCPS are not going back Monday. What a disaster and sh*tshow. WTU has moved the goalpost again. Some are saying they want the children vaccinated too.

I’m glad that some charters are moving forward with hybrid and leading the way at least.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, it looks like WTU and teachers in DCPS are not going back Monday. What a disaster and sh*tshow. WTU has moved the goalpost again. Some are saying they want the children vaccinated too.

I’m glad that some charters are moving forward with hybrid and leading the way at least.

LOL "I'm glad that some charters are moving forward with hybrid and leading the way at least." Not Stokes which won't even commit to live instruction in a hybrid model for fall 2021. At least they finally got the K-2 kids school issued computers last week. What a joke. Kuddos however to the charters and public schools who are thinking creatively and working hard to get ES kids some in person learning this year.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB announced a move to hybrid learning on March 1.

What is the schedule for how many days live and how many DL? What is their safety mitigation plan?

It’s two days in person two days virtual per week. Typical required safety protocols. Teachers also will be vaccinated by then.

There’s still the chance it falls through though, depends on covid rates falling dramatically.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, it looks like WTU and teachers in DCPS are not going back Monday. What a disaster and sh*tshow. WTU has moved the goalpost again. Some are saying they want the children vaccinated too.

I’m glad that some charters are moving forward with hybrid and leading the way at least.

LOL "I'm glad that some charters are moving forward with hybrid and leading the way at least." Not Stokes which won't even commit to live instruction in a hybrid model for fall 2021. At least they finally got the K-2 kids school issued computers last week. What a joke. Kuddos however to the charters and public schools who are thinking creatively and working hard to get ES kids some in person learning this year.

What schools have announced plans for the fall? I bet none.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, it looks like WTU and teachers in DCPS are not going back Monday. What a disaster and sh*tshow. WTU has moved the goalpost again. Some are saying they want the children vaccinated too.

I’m glad that some charters are moving forward with hybrid and leading the way at least.

LOL "I'm glad that some charters are moving forward with hybrid and leading the way at least." Not Stokes which won't even commit to live instruction in a hybrid model for fall 2021. At least they finally got the K-2 kids school issued computers last week. What a joke. Kuddos however to the charters and public schools who are thinking creatively and working hard to get ES kids some in person learning this year.

Stokes parent here and I can commiserate. If there's a will, there's a way. Why is there no real plan besides 36 kids across two campuses for the remainder of the year?

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Anonymous wrote:A friend said Yu Ying is opening Feb. 16th for hybrid (2 weeks home, 1 week in person). DCI is also planing to bring more kids back next month. If there's a will, there's a way.

YY is 3 weeks home, 1 week in person. I’m surprised they aren’t striving for more in-person time because Chinese is such a difficult language to learn

Why, because you think that YY admins and most of the parents care if kids become proficient in Chinese, let alone fluent? What evidence could you possibly have of this?

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Anonymous wrote:A friend said Yu Ying is opening Feb. 16th for hybrid (2 weeks home, 1 week in person). DCI is also planing to bring more kids back next month. If there's a will, there's a way.

YY is 3 weeks home, 1 week in person. I’m surprised they aren’t striving for more in-person time because Chinese is such a difficult language to learn

Why, because you think that YY admins and most of the parents care if kids become proficient in Chinese, let alone fluent? What evidence could you possibly have of this?

OMG give it a rest already. Find a different thread or start yet another one to discuss your issues with YY. This thread is about schools reopening.

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Anonymous wrote:Sela has been open to PreK 3 and 4 kids since Nov and is about to open up to students in all classes - parents are getting to chose in-person or virtual.

Communication has been excellent and planning has been thoughful.

Wow. For the first time ever I wish we were at Sela.

Can we have some links about their success and method to share with our admins?

Is sela open for "cares " classroom or actual hybrid or full-time instruction? Is it open to any current family who wants to return to school?

Not Cares classrooms. Since Nov., parents of PreK3 and PreK4 kids could opt in for a half day of in-person instruction or choose to remain virtual.

They have opened this up to students in all grades and if the parents have opted in for in-person instructions, K-5th will go back to school this month for a full day, no before or after care. Obviously with proper protocols for health and safety in place.

That's great. Here's hope that other charters will follow...

DCUM ECE parents are precious. Come on here and speak about how great Sela is because they allowed 3 and 4 year olds into their building. One year from now the same people will be sniping about Sela's piss poor test results and how they are switching schools.

It has very good test scores compared to most DCPS and DCPCS scores for like student populations. Get a grip.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how self centered ECE parents are. (We al were, it is an observation not an indictment). Sure 80% of ES school students are not in ECE but to hear ECE parents talk you'd think having a small cohort of PK3 kids going back is somehow a solution for COVID.

I don’t have a child in ECE but in a language immersion program, absolutely the ECE and younger kids in K and 1st should go back and be top priority. They cannot stay focused on zoom for any extended period of time. It is also not developmentally appropriate.

For the older kids 2nd-5th, they are able to stay more focused.

No one said anything about a complete solution for all the kids at this point. But at least MV has taken definitive steps to start a safe hybrid program in a limited group of kids who are best served with in person learning. I hope that this might help motivate other charters to do the same as the PP above who asked for details so she could push her school.

Once you have a running hybrid program in place for a limited number of students and it does well, then it’s much easier to get buy in from more teachers to expand.

It makes no sense to prioritize PK over other grades. K-5 in that order should be the priority of every public school and public charter immersion included. PK is NOT mandatory and shouldn’t be prioritized.

Well they are prioritizing K and 1st also.

You obviously don’t have a child in language immersion, and specifically at MV. Please tell me how a child is going to learn to read and write in K next year when all instruction and learning is given in Spanish, and the child can hardly understand Spanish. It will be very difficult and the children will struggle.

Grade level Spanish proficiency expectations are high at MV, especially starting in 1st. I know this from having a child at MV who did not start in PK.

Wrong. I have a child in an immersion program and we did not start in PK. What happens to the poor kids in grades 2 -5 who are missing out on live instruction in subjects they are tested on while 3 and 4 year olds get free day care? Mandatory grades should be the priority. Kids start immersion in K and catch up just fine. It’s irresponsible of any public school to prioritize non mandatory grades not to mention it’s harder to enforce good hygiene, social distancing and mask wearing with 3-4 year old kids.

Not really, a number of immersion schools who start in PK don’t let kids in for K/1st because it is so difficult for many kids to catch up.

Neighbors kid in upper elementary and are doing fine.

Sounds like it’s a phase in so it’s not like 2-5 are not coming back.

What school is your child in and when are they starting hybrid?

You are flat out wrong. Most of immersion schools (I'd bet all but I don't have time to research them) accept kids at K including Mundo Verde (we were offered a seat for K) -- even Yu Ying takes kids up to 2nd grade. New kids started at our school in K and catch up fine. I agree that some upper ES kids (grades 4-5 ) are doing better with DL but many are not. We know some who are struggling. Kids in K-5 are expected to learn and our tested on new more complex material. Schools should start with K and move up to 5. Once these kids are back they can start providing free day care again.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how self centered ECE parents are. (We al were, it is an observation not an indictment). Sure 80% of ES school students are not in ECE but to hear ECE parents talk you'd think having a small cohort of PK3 kids going back is somehow a solution for COVID.

I don’t have a child in ECE but in a language immersion program, absolutely the ECE and younger kids in K and 1st should go back and be top priority. They cannot stay focused on zoom for any extended period of time. It is also not developmentally appropriate.

For the older kids 2nd-5th, they are able to stay more focused.

No one said anything about a complete solution for all the kids at this point. But at least MV has taken definitive steps to start a safe hybrid program in a limited group of kids who are best served with in person learning. I hope that this might help motivate other charters to do the same as the PP above who asked for details so she could push her school.

Once you have a running hybrid program in place for a limited number of students and it does well, then it’s much easier to get buy in from more teachers to expand.

It makes no sense to prioritize PK over other grades. K-5 in that order should be the priority of every public school and public charter immersion included. PK is NOT mandatory and shouldn’t be prioritized.

Well they are prioritizing K and 1st also.

You obviously don’t have a child in language immersion, and specifically at MV. Please tell me how a child is going to learn to read and write in K next year when all instruction and learning is given in Spanish, and the child can hardly understand Spanish. It will be very difficult and the children will struggle.

Grade level Spanish proficiency expectations are high at MV, especially starting in 1st. I know this from having a child at MV who did not start in PK.

Wrong. I have a child in an immersion program and we did not start in PK. What happens to the poor kids in grades 2 -5 who are missing out on live instruction in subjects they are tested on while 3 and 4 year olds get free day care? Mandatory grades should be the priority. Kids start immersion in K and catch up just fine. It’s irresponsible of any public school to prioritize non mandatory grades not to mention it’s harder to enforce good hygiene, social distancing and mask wearing with 3-4 year old kids.

Not really, a number of immersion schools who start in PK don’t let kids in for K/1st because it is so difficult for many kids to catch up.

Neighbors kid in upper elementary and are doing fine.

Sounds like it’s a phase in so it’s not like 2-5 are not coming back.

What school is your child in and when are they starting hybrid?

You are flat out wrong. Most of immersion schools (I'd bet all but I don't have time to research them) accept kids at K including Mundo Verde (we were offered a seat for K) -- even Yu Ying takes kids up to 2nd grade. New kids started at our school in K and catch up fine. I agree that some upper ES kids (grades 4-5 ) are doing better with DL but many are not. We know some who are struggling. Kids in K-5 are expected to learn and our tested on new more complex material. Schools should start with K and move up to 5. Once these kids are back they can start providing free day care again.

Oh give it a rest.

At least they are moving forward with hybrid for some students and phasing in students while you sit and make judgement without saying what school your kid is at.

Let me guess, Stokes or DCB both of which have no plans for hybrid.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB announced a move to hybrid learning on March 1.

What is the schedule for how many days live and how many DL? What is their safety mitigation plan?

It’s two days in person two days virtual per week. Typical required safety protocols. Teachers also will be vaccinated by then.

There’s still the chance it falls through though, depends on covid rates falling dramatically.

Thanks for the update. Numbers are decreasing and more people getting vaccinated every week in DC.

I hope the numbers work out for your school.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how self centered ECE parents are. (We al were, it is an observation not an indictment). Sure 80% of ES school students are not in ECE but to hear ECE parents talk you'd think having a small cohort of PK3 kids going back is somehow a solution for COVID.

I don’t have a child in ECE but in a language immersion program, absolutely the ECE and younger kids in K and 1st should go back and be top priority. They cannot stay focused on zoom for any extended period of time. It is also not developmentally appropriate.

For the older kids 2nd-5th, they are able to stay more focused.

No one said anything about a complete solution for all the kids at this point. But at least MV has taken definitive steps to start a safe hybrid program in a limited group of kids who are best served with in person learning. I hope that this might help motivate other charters to do the same as the PP above who asked for details so she could push her school.

Once you have a running hybrid program in place for a limited number of students and it does well, then it’s much easier to get buy in from more teachers to expand.

It makes no sense to prioritize PK over other grades. K-5 in that order should be the priority of every public school and public charter immersion included. PK is NOT mandatory and shouldn’t be prioritized.

Well they are prioritizing K and 1st also.

You obviously don’t have a child in language immersion, and specifically at MV. Please tell me how a child is going to learn to read and write in K next year when all instruction and learning is given in Spanish, and the child can hardly understand Spanish. It will be very difficult and the children will struggle.

Grade level Spanish proficiency expectations are high at MV, especially starting in 1st. I know this from having a child at MV who did not start in PK.

Wrong. I have a child in an immersion program and we did not start in PK. What happens to the poor kids in grades 2 -5 who are missing out on live instruction in subjects they are tested on while 3 and 4 year olds get free day care? Mandatory grades should be the priority. Kids start immersion in K and catch up just fine. It’s irresponsible of any public school to prioritize non mandatory grades not to mention it’s harder to enforce good hygiene, social distancing and mask wearing with 3-4 year old kids.

Not really, a number of immersion schools who start in PK don’t let kids in for K/1st because it is so difficult for many kids to catch up.

Neighbors kid in upper elementary and are doing fine.

Sounds like it’s a phase in so it’s not like 2-5 are not coming back.

What school is your child in and when are they starting hybrid?

You are flat out wrong. Most of immersion schools (I'd bet all but I don't have time to research them) accept kids at K including Mundo Verde (we were offered a seat for K) -- even Yu Ying takes kids up to 2nd grade. New kids started at our school in K and catch up fine. I agree that some upper ES kids (grades 4-5 ) are doing better with DL but many are not. We know some who are struggling. Kids in K-5 are expected to learn and our tested on new more complex material. Schools should start with K and move up to 5. Once these kids are back they can start providing free day care again.

Oh give it a rest.

At least they are moving forward with hybrid for some students and phasing in students while you sit and make judgement without saying what school your kid is at.

Let me guess, Stokes or DCB both of which have no plans for hybrid.

What's the problem? You can't take it that someone caught you making stuff up?