PGCPS virtual until 1/14/21

[Anonymous]

This is garbage. We are prioritizing the wrong things, once again at the expense of our most vulnerable, kids. Schools go virtual, but kids are all over the place. It doesn't help control the spread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is garbage. We are prioritizing the wrong things, once again at the expense of our most vulnerable, kids. Schools go virtual, but kids are all over the place. It doesn't help control the spread!

Yep and in the county with a disproportionate number of disadvantaged kids. Great job

[Anonymous]

Will the state BOE drop the hammer and tell them to go back now or go for two more weeks in person at the end of the school year?

[Anonymous]

If the state BOE/Hogan don't stop PGCPS, what would stop other school districts in Maryland from going virtual?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yet sports stadiums are full and bars are open. These poor kids are being screwed because no one wants to do the difficult things.

Well then why doesn’t the government close sports stadiums and bars instead of schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the state BOE/Hogan don't stop PGCPS, what would stop other school districts in Maryland from going virtual?

Nothing at all, they will go virtual too. My kids are in MCPS, and I'm wondering what it took, case-wise, for PGCPS to close. For example, my teen's high school has 39 cases this week. Another one has more than 75. What do your numbers look like?

[Anonymous]

If this was MCPS, there would be 50 pages of responses already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The district that can least afford to do this does it again. Moronic

Hopefully the two weeks of learning at home won't hurt them.

“Learning”. Odds are slim this will only be 2 weeks. Give an inch they take a mile

There's no way spread will be better by mid January. Spread is happening in the community, not in schools.

Schools are closed because there aren't enough teachers to teach the kids.

We should have made plans to keep teaching grades preK-3 in person no matter what else.

My kids grades 4 and 5 did OK with virtual. My younger kids did not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The district that can least afford to do this does it again. Moronic

Hopefully the two weeks of learning at home won't hurt them.

“Learning”. Odds are slim this will only be 2 weeks. Give an inch they take a mile

There's no way spread will be better by mid January. Spread is happening in the community, not in schools.

Schools are closed because there aren't enough teachers to teach the kids.

We should have made plans to keep teaching grades preK-3 in person no matter what else.

My kids grades 4 and 5 did OK with virtual. My younger kids did not.

Where are you getting this information that there are not enough teachers? I have heard this dire prediction several times on this thread, conjuring up fear mongering imagines of teachers dropping like flies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The district that can least afford to do this does it again. Moronic

Hopefully the two weeks of learning at home won't hurt them.

“Learning”. Odds are slim this will only be 2 weeks. Give an inch they take a mile

There's no way spread will be better by mid January. Spread is happening in the community, not in schools.

Schools are closed because there aren't enough teachers to teach the kids.

We should have made plans to keep teaching grades preK-3 in person no matter what else.

My kids grades 4 and 5 did OK with virtual. My younger kids did not.

Where are you getting this information that there are not enough teachers? I have heard this dire prediction several times on this thread, conjuring up fear mongering imagines of teachers dropping like flies.

It’s false. PP is talking out to their butt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The district that can least afford to do this does it again. Moronic

Hopefully the two weeks of learning at home won't hurt them.

“Learning”. Odds are slim this will only be 2 weeks. Give an inch they take a mile

There's no way spread will be better by mid January. Spread is happening in the community, not in schools.

Schools are closed because there aren't enough teachers to teach the kids.

We should have made plans to keep teaching grades preK-3 in person no matter what else.

My kids grades 4 and 5 did OK with virtual. My younger kids did not.

Where are you getting this information that there are not enough teachers? I have heard this dire prediction several times on this thread, conjuring up fear mongering imagines of teachers dropping like flies.

I’m in prince georges. My kids’ grade had most of its teachers out this week due to quarantine exposure. They were mixing classes, not moving classrooms for specials or other classes, they ended after and before care. I don’t think it was just my kids’ grade, but not sure. Kid said a lot of students were absent yesterday and today also but not sure about the numbers. I think it’s the lack of teachers causing the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yet sports stadiums are full and bars are open. These poor kids are being screwed because no one wants to do the difficult things.

And there you have it. Same as it ever was (i.e., Sept 2020) when education was the first thing we decided should be sacrificed but it didn't matter because everything else went on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The district that can least afford to do this does it again. Moronic

Hopefully the two weeks of learning at home won't hurt them.

“Learning”. Odds are slim this will only be 2 weeks. Give an inch they take a mile

March 2020 was two weeks too. And think how much our kids all learned those 18 months.

[Anonymous]

What do they expect parents to do? This isn’t 2020 where everyone is virtual. Peoples jobs expect them to be in. What the hell do they do with their kids for 3 weeks? This is BS.

-teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do they expect parents to do? This isn’t 2020 where everyone is virtual. Peoples jobs expect them to be in. What the hell do they do with their kids for 3 weeks? This is BS.

-teacher

Exactly. This is entirely different than 2020 when this was all relatively novel and people were generally home in some fashion (forced or otherwise). This is also entirely different than colleges shutting down as those students can take care of themselves. Not to mention all the hassle and extra work it now piles onto teachers. PGGPS is trying to apply a 2020 solution to a 2021 dynamic, and it will be a logistical disaster. Just terrible leadership all around.