APS - School on Monday?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there's a 40% chance we do virtual AFTER monday. Kids need to go to school monday to get their devices.

Due to staffing issues? County-wide or school by school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there's a 40% chance we do virtual AFTER monday. Kids need to go to school monday to get their devices.

Due to staffing issues? County-wide or school by school?

They will say it's staffing issues. If they do it school by school, middle school is likely to be first. They have the highest rates of kids out and teachers out; combined.

[Anonymous]

All kids should have their devices— APS made even K kinds bring them home daily this year in case we go virtual. But really, they can’t just keep closing school for staffing issues, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there's a 40% chance we do virtual AFTER monday. Kids need to go to school monday to get their devices.

Due to staffing issues? County-wide or school by school?

They will say it's staffing issues. If they do it school by school, middle school is likely to be first. They have the highest rates of kids out and teachers out; combined.

I thought it had to be school by school (and even class by class) based on the VA law

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All kids should have their devices— APS made even K kinds bring them home daily this year in case we go virtual. But really, they can’t just keep closing school for staffing issues, right?

So your child will sit in a classroom with...who?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there's a 40% chance we do virtual AFTER monday. Kids need to go to school monday to get their devices.

Due to staffing issues? County-wide or school by school?

They will say it's staffing issues. If they do it school by school, middle school is likely to be first. They have the highest rates of kids out and teachers out; combined.

I thought it had to be school by school (and even class by class) based on the VA law

SB 1303 doesn’t require the decision to be class by class, although it’s possible that districts might sometimes implement it that way. Staff absenteeism can be a factor in determining whether to close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All kids should have their devices— APS made even K kinds bring them home daily this year in case we go virtual. But really, they can’t just keep closing school for staffing issues, right?

So your child will sit in a classroom with...who?

I heard that Syphax just got a huge shipment of Tickle Me Elmos.

[Anonymous]

It just seems like APS would have given us a heads up if going virtual really were on the table for some point next week. They couldn't just drop it from the sky, right?

If the possibility didn't come up at the School Board meeting, it doesn't seem like it's being planned for as some kind of option. And if it was even remotely possible for next week, I HOPE APS would be laying the groundwork for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It just seems like APS would have given us a heads up if going virtual really were on the table for some point next week. They couldn't just drop it from the sky, right?

If the possibility didn't come up at the School Board meeting, it doesn't seem like it's being planned for as some kind of option. And if it was even remotely possible for next week, I HOPE APS would be laying the groundwork for it.

Oh, they could totally drop it from the sky. In fact, that's what I'd expect. They don't want to start to take the heat by laying groundwork unless they know they can't possibly avoid it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All kids should have their devices— APS made even K kinds bring them home daily this year in case we go virtual. But really, they can’t just keep closing school for staffing issues, right?

How does that work without enough teachers? Kids sit in auditoriums/cafeterias?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All kids should have their devices— APS made even K kinds bring them home daily this year in case we go virtual. But really, they can’t just keep closing school for staffing issues, right?

So your child will sit in a classroom with...who?

I heard that Syphax just got a huge shipment of Tickle Me Elmos.

That might be true, but no one was there to except the packages because they’re all out with Covid

[Anonymous]

Seriously wth is going on at Syphax that so many people are out? They don't have to sit 30 to a room (right?), so why are so many staff getting sick? Or is Syphax mainly a teaching facility?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously wth is going on at Syphax that so many people are out? They don't have to sit 30 to a room (right?), so why are so many staff getting sick? Or is Syphax mainly a teaching facility?

They're getting it from the community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there's a 40% chance we do virtual AFTER monday. Kids need to go to school monday to get their devices.

Due to staffing issues? County-wide or school by school?

Probably just to shut-up the people who don't want to return in-person yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously wth is going on at Syphax that so many people are out? They don't have to sit 30 to a room (right?), so why are so many staff getting sick? Or is Syphax mainly a teaching facility?

It’s where the central office and school board sit, right?