Is this the end of parents in schools (ACPS)?

[Anonymous]

Watch Superintendent Hutchings come out and say something about how letting parents into the school buildings creates racial inequity or some other such nonsense. Therefore, no schools can have parents in the buildings to keep it equal for all.

[Anonymous]

Parents are allowed into Brooks after school hours for events in the building.

[Anonymous]

Parents should NOT be allowed in the building during Covid. It adds another health of threat to kids and teachers. I think the number of outsiders, non-school staff or visitors, should be very limited and virtually non-existent. There is no reason why a parent needs to be in the building for an IEP or a parent-teacher conference. There also is no reason for a parent to be in the building during the school day while other kids and school staff are there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are allowed into Brooks after school hours for events in the building.

Just the moms in the clique. "Normal" moms (and dads) are not.

Not true. I am a parent of a child who does not even attend Brooks and have been to two meetings in the cafeteria in 2022 with my child and other parents and students.

Well I have 2 kids at Brooks and I call BS. You probably don't even know about the shadow FB group.

I've been to cub scouts and Girl Scouts meetings at Brooks in the building--but no one is allowed in during school hours. I see those as very different situations.
Also, you're allowed in to go to the specific place where your meeting is, you can't wander the hallways and see your kid's classroom.

Yes - I was referring to a cub scout meeting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents should NOT be allowed in the building during Covid. It adds another health of threat to kids and teachers. I think the number of outsiders, non-school staff or visitors, should be very limited and virtually non-existent. There is no reason why a parent needs to be in the building for an IEP or a parent-teacher conference. There also is no reason for a parent to be in the building during the school day while other kids and school staff are there.

Yeah our ACPS school has never really allowed parents in the school building whenever. I do think parents should be able to attend a back to school night and maybe a few select performances etc in the cafeteria. Our school is having in person 5th graduation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents should NOT be allowed in the building during Covid. It adds another health of threat to kids and teachers. I think the number of outsiders, non-school staff or visitors, should be very limited and virtually non-existent. There is no reason why a parent needs to be in the building for an IEP or a parent-teacher conference. There also is no reason for a parent to be in the building during the school day while other kids and school staff are there.

I am sorry, but two thirds (probably) of teachers, staff and kids at a school of nearly 900 kids have been walking around unmasked, eating lunch together, not spaced out in a crowded cafeteria indoors, with no outbreaks, for months. But parent teacher conferences, scheduled parent volunteers, Back to School Night, Concerts, annual 504/IEP meetings, field trips, and literally everything else are all online, if they are even happening. We have never been just roaming the halls unfettered before COVID, but blaming this on student safety is BS. And if they really want to protect kids they can do events outdoors, make them hybrid for uncomfortable parents (I mean, your kids are in public school FFS), and require masks for those non-students in attendance (no governor mandate on parents). I just don’t understand why we are still acting like it’s March 2021 just about this one thing. It’s almost like they are afraid of the additional accountability having parents in schools might mean (not me over here not trusting ACPS to do what’s best for kids).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would never leave my child in a school where I was not welcome to visit. Find a new school this is a ridiculous ask.

+1. I was on the fence about sending my daughter to ACPS this past school year but decided against it when I wasn't allowed to tour the school or meet with teachers. After all the craziness and violence I've heard about, I know I made the right call.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should NOT be allowed in the building during Covid. It adds another health of threat to kids and teachers. I think the number of outsiders, non-school staff or visitors, should be very limited and virtually non-existent. There is no reason why a parent needs to be in the building for an IEP or a parent-teacher conference. There also is no reason for a parent to be in the building during the school day while other kids and school staff are there.

I am sorry, but two thirds (probably) of teachers, staff and kids at a school of nearly 900 kids have been walking around unmasked, eating lunch together, not spaced out in a crowded cafeteria indoors, with no outbreaks, for months. But parent teacher conferences, scheduled parent volunteers, Back to School Night, Concerts, annual 504/IEP meetings, field trips, and literally everything else are all online, if they are even happening. We have never been just roaming the halls unfettered before COVID, but blaming this on student safety is BS. And if they really want to protect kids they can do events outdoors, make them hybrid for uncomfortable parents (I mean, your kids are in public school FFS), and require masks for those non-students in attendance (no governor mandate on parents). I just don’t understand why we are still acting like it’s March 2021 just about this one thing. It’s almost like they are afraid of the additional accountability having parents in schools might mean (not me over here not trusting ACPS to do what’s best for kids).

Do you not read the news? Do you not follow the statistics on Covid?

Some of you are pretty unbelievable in your ignorance about the pandemic. No wonder we're still floundering.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should NOT be allowed in the building during Covid. It adds another health of threat to kids and teachers. I think the number of outsiders, non-school staff or visitors, should be very limited and virtually non-existent. There is no reason why a parent needs to be in the building for an IEP or a parent-teacher conference. There also is no reason for a parent to be in the building during the school day while other kids and school staff are there.

I am sorry, but two thirds (probably) of teachers, staff and kids at a school of nearly 900 kids have been walking around unmasked, eating lunch together, not spaced out in a crowded cafeteria indoors, with no outbreaks, for months. But parent teacher conferences, scheduled parent volunteers, Back to School Night, Concerts, annual 504/IEP meetings, field trips, and literally everything else are all online, if they are even happening. We have never been just roaming the halls unfettered before COVID, but blaming this on student safety is BS. And if they really want to protect kids they can do events outdoors, make them hybrid for uncomfortable parents (I mean, your kids are in public school FFS), and require masks for those non-students in attendance (no governor mandate on parents). I just don’t understand why we are still acting like it’s March 2021 just about this one thing. It’s almost like they are afraid of the additional accountability having parents in schools might mean (not me over here not trusting ACPS to do what’s best for kids).

Do you not read the news? Do you not follow the statistics on Covid?

Some of you are pretty unbelievable in your ignorance about the pandemic. No wonder we're still floundering.

I am very COVID cautious and in reality it would have been better to keep everyone masked in school and allow parents in wearing masks. Unmasking teachers and students, while using COVID as an excuse for keeping parents out of buildings falls flat in terms of a valid COVID precaution.

[Anonymous]

My APS elementary hasn’t allowed parents in the building all year. Someone mentioned APS in this thread.
-ATS parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My APS elementary hasn’t allowed parents in the building all year. Someone mentioned APS in this thread.
-ATS parent

Yeah same with DCPS.

[Anonymous]

Time for parents to stand up against stupidity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents should NOT be allowed in the building during Covid. It adds another health of threat to kids and teachers. I think the number of outsiders, non-school staff or visitors, should be very limited and virtually non-existent. There is no reason why a parent needs to be in the building for an IEP or a parent-teacher conference. There also is no reason for a parent to be in the building during the school day while other kids and school staff are there.

I am sorry, but two thirds (probably) of teachers, staff and kids at a school of nearly 900 kids have been walking around unmasked, eating lunch together, not spaced out in a crowded cafeteria indoors, with no outbreaks, for months. But parent teacher conferences, scheduled parent volunteers, Back to School Night, Concerts, annual 504/IEP meetings, field trips, and literally everything else are all online, if they are even happening. We have never been just roaming the halls unfettered before COVID, but blaming this on student safety is BS. And if they really want to protect kids they can do events outdoors, make them hybrid for uncomfortable parents (I mean, your kids are in public school FFS), and require masks for those non-students in attendance (no governor mandate on parents). I just don’t understand why we are still acting like it’s March 2021 just about this one thing. It’s almost like they are afraid of the additional accountability having parents in schools might mean (not me over here not trusting ACPS to do what’s best for kids).

Do you not read the news? Do you not follow the statistics on Covid?

Some of you are pretty unbelievable in your ignorance about the pandemic. No wonder we're still floundering.

I am very COVID cautious and in reality it would have been better to keep everyone masked in school and allow parents in wearing masks. Unmasking teachers and students, while using COVID as an excuse for keeping parents out of buildings falls flat in terms of a valid COVID precaution.

OP here and this exactly. And despite our “floundering”, hospitals aren’t overrun and there is no crisis anymore. No one in my office wears a mask anymore. As long as we are back to normal everywhere else (planes, buses, restaurants, workplaces) it does not make sense to keep saying “Oh, but COVID” when it comes to schools or just makes teachers and administrators’ jobs easier. Not to mention that the risk for children is so very low, and they have had plenty of opportunities to get vaccinated if they want (5+, or all elementary and up).

[Anonymous]

I think as long as parents are masked it's perfectly safe to hold an open house and let parents of Kindergartners in as well as hold other events. It's not like parents aren't breathing the same air as their children who are likely unmasked at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My APS elementary hasn’t allowed parents in the building all year. Someone mentioned APS in this thread.
-ATS parent

I know some APS schools had in person back to school nights this Fall. Maybe each school does things individually?