What does emergency legislation mean for charters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Stokes has 350 kids, about. Now they have to have a virtual school for at least 10 kids?

zoom for 1 hr a day with a para, and some worksheets. done.

Where is that staff money coming from? Of wait there is no money. So that comes out of educational time for in person kids.

[Anonymous]

Honestly schools are just going to have to give them packets and no time with educators. Because there aren’t resources to do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Stokes has 350 kids, about. Now they have to have a virtual school for at least 10 kids?

zoom for 1 hr a day with a para, and some worksheets. done.

Where is that staff money coming from? Of wait there is no money. So that comes out of educational time for in person kids.

Exactly right. The schools will need to pull bodies from classrooms to make this happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Stokes has 350 kids, about. Now they have to have a virtual school for at least 10 kids?

zoom for 1 hr a day with a para, and some worksheets. done.

Where is that staff money coming from? Of wait there is no money. So that comes out of educational time for in person kids.

Exactly right. The schools will need to pull bodies from classrooms to make this happen.

I swear if this means a return to hybrid I am moving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Stokes has 350 kids, about. Now they have to have a virtual school for at least 10 kids?

zoom for 1 hr a day with a para, and some worksheets. done.

Where is that staff money coming from? Of wait there is no money. So that comes out of educational time for in person kids.

Exactly right. The schools will need to pull bodies from classrooms to make this happen.

don’t charters usually have more flexibility to hire? still sucks up resources but at least they don’t have to pull teachers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Stokes has 350 kids, about. Now they have to have a virtual school for at least 10 kids?

zoom for 1 hr a day with a para, and some worksheets. done.

Where is that staff money coming from? Of wait there is no money. So that comes out of educational time for in person kids.

Exactly right. The schools will need to pull bodies from classrooms to make this happen.

don’t charters usually have more flexibility to hire? still sucks up resources but at least they don’t have to pull teachers

Christ stop being a jacka$$. Do you live in the world? Do you have infinite resources at your disposal? We are already 6 weeks into the school year. You’re going to hire who now, for a temp educator gig? With no extra resources. Damn you stupid vocal parents really like to mess up schools your own selfish whims.

[Anonymous]

DCUM where the privilege few moan about representative democracy and yell at the waiter

I thought charters were better because of all the marketing and NOT being a part of DCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Stokes has 350 kids, about. Now they have to have a virtual school for at least 10 kids?

zoom for 1 hr a day with a para, and some worksheets. done.

Where is that staff money coming from? Of wait there is no money. So that comes out of educational time for in person kids.

Exactly right. The schools will need to pull bodies from classrooms to make this happen.

don’t charters usually have more flexibility to hire? still sucks up resources but at least they don’t have to pull teachers

There are no resources. They’re already stretched thin on staff because of the covid requirements.

I just love how Mendelssohn was like oh money is going to come from all the surplus budgets. Huh?????

[Anonymous]

Why in the world would charters have more stringent rules applied? Kids can go to their DCPS. It sounds like council is taking flexibility away from the charters? Maybe there is a typo? This makes zero sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM where the privilege few moan about representative democracy and yell at the waiter

I thought charters were better because of all the marketing and NOT being a part of DCPS

##charterhater has entered the chat##

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM where the privilege few moan about representative democracy and yell at the waiter

I thought charters were better because of all the marketing and NOT being a part of DCPS

##charterhater has entered the chat##

I don’t think this charter 3% thing is really going to stand or happen in a way that the council thinks it will. Workarounds. But it is still infuriating that we educators are trying to gain a footing with students after a traumatic and difficult disruption to education and we are getting kicked around like a political football. It’s really not in anyone’s best interests. These squeaky wheels think they won a victory for educational equity and representational democracy but they are causing harm with their advocacy. It’s a shame.

[Anonymous]

The more I think about it, the more I think the Post article has a typo around the charter issue. It says:

Charter networks have more leeway, with the council saying each can decide how many eligible virtual learners to accommodate, though each network must cap it at no less than 3 percent of its student body.

That sentence only makes sense (leeway, deciding how many) if the cap is "no more than 3 percent" rather than no less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The more I think about it, the more I think the Post article has a typo around the charter issue. It says:

Charter networks have more leeway, with the council saying each can decide how many eligible virtual learners to accommodate, though each network must cap it at no less than 3 percent of its student body.

That sentence only makes sense (leeway, deciding how many) if the cap is "no more than 3 percent" rather than no less.

Agree. The way this is written is bizarre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM where the privilege few moan about representative democracy and yell at the waiter

I thought charters were better because of all the marketing and NOT being a part of DCPS

##charterhater has entered the chat##

I don’t think this charter 3% thing is really going to stand or happen in a way that the council thinks it will. Workarounds. But it is still infuriating that we educators are trying to gain a footing with students after a traumatic and difficult disruption to education and we are getting kicked around like a political football. It’s really not in anyone’s best interests. These squeaky wheels think they won a victory for educational equity and representational democracy but they are causing harm with their advocacy. It’s a shame.

Agree. We are six weeks in and kids are just now settling down to learning after so much disruption. And now the Council decides to issue an unfunded mandate with no idea how implement it and that will cause more disruption. Teachers must tearing out what’s left of their hair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM where the privilege few moan about representative democracy and yell at the waiter

I thought charters were better because of all the marketing and NOT being a part of DCPS

##charterhater has entered the chat##

I don’t think this charter 3% thing is really going to stand or happen in a way that the council thinks it will. Workarounds. But it is still infuriating that we educators are trying to gain a footing with students after a traumatic and difficult disruption to education and we are getting kicked around like a political football. It’s really not in anyone’s best interests. These squeaky wheels think they won a victory for educational equity and representational democracy but they are causing harm with their advocacy. It’s a shame.

Agree. We are six weeks in and kids are just now settling down to learning after so much disruption. And now the Council decides to issue an unfunded mandate with no idea how implement it and that will cause more disruption. Teachers must tearing out what’s left of their hair.

Truly, the Council sucks. I am so angry about this. I am so angry at the entitled parents who demanded this.