MS Chromebook collection/policy next year

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is how it was done pre-Covid and my kids didn't find it difficult. As I understand it, they were given individual Chromebooks once school reopened to cut down on spreading germs. I thought that policy made sense.

+1 This worked for years before COVID, it's not a big deal.

A lot of homework is online so it’s an issue for families who cannot afford computers. But, you don’t need one to do anything mcps as we don’t have any.

Kids who need devices for homework can sign one out for the year, as well as mifi devices.

I've heard that a lot of kids were trashing their devices so schools wanted to go back to the cart model so there's a bit more oversight

Then punish those kids, not all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like so many decisions at mcps it was farmed out to the principals. My school is staying 1 to 1

Why do they do this? It is one school system and I really don’t know why an issue like this would be school specific. Imagine if they let principals decide if it is a snow day or not. Lol.

[Anonymous]

Too many trashed chromebooks, lost chargers, concerns about screen time. Costs $90 per chromebook charged to the student to replace a screen for example. But they won't fix them until summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how it was done pre-Covid and my kids didn't find it difficult. As I understand it, they were given individual Chromebooks once school reopened to cut down on spreading germs. I thought that policy made sense.

+1 This worked for years before COVID, it's not a big deal.

A lot of homework is online so it’s an issue for families who cannot afford computers. But, you don’t need one to do anything mcps as we don’t have any.

The county gives our free computers to anyone who wants/needs one.

But, that is not the discussion. They are no longer after next year.

That is not true. Why the misinformation?

Montgomery County (not MCPS) is giving out 40,000 free laptops to anyone who needs one. They have only given out 10,000 (reserved) so far, so there are plenty more available.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/obp/computer-for-you.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how it was done pre-Covid and my kids didn't find it difficult. As I understand it, they were given individual Chromebooks once school reopened to cut down on spreading germs. I thought that policy made sense.

+1 This worked for years before COVID, it's not a big deal.

A lot of homework is online so it’s an issue for families who cannot afford computers. But, you don’t need one to do anything mcps as we don’t have any.

Kids who need devices for homework can sign one out for the year, as well as mifi devices.

I've heard that a lot of kids were trashing their devices so schools wanted to go back to the cart model so there's a bit more oversight

Then punish those kids, not all.

Sorry your your child feels punished by not having a Chromebook to take home

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how it was done pre-Covid and my kids didn't find it difficult. As I understand it, they were given individual Chromebooks once school reopened to cut down on spreading germs. I thought that policy made sense.

+1 This worked for years before COVID, it's not a big deal.

A lot of homework is online so it’s an issue for families who cannot afford computers. But, you don’t need one to do anything mcps as we don’t have any.

Kids who need devices for homework can sign one out for the year, as well as mifi devices.

I've heard that a lot of kids were trashing their devices so schools wanted to go back to the cart model so there's a bit more oversight

Then punish those kids, not all.

Mcps tried charging parents for damages. I know some families were charged for damages and in other cases the families were never charged even after months

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how it was done pre-Covid and my kids didn't find it difficult. As I understand it, they were given individual Chromebooks once school reopened to cut down on spreading germs. I thought that policy made sense.

+1 This worked for years before COVID, it's not a big deal.

A lot of homework is online so it’s an issue for families who cannot afford computers. But, you don’t need one to do anything mcps as we don’t have any.

Kids who need devices for homework can sign one out for the year, as well as mifi devices.

I've heard that a lot of kids were trashing their devices so schools wanted to go back to the cart model so there's a bit more oversight

Then punish those kids, not all.

Sorry your your child feels punished by not having a Chromebook to take home

We never got a chrome book and have only used our own. They are really crummy and the repair costs are as much as a new one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Like so many decisions at mcps it was farmed out to the principals. My school is staying 1 to 1

Why do they do this? It is one school system and I really don’t know why an issue like this would be school specific. Imagine if they let principals decide if it is a snow day or not. Lol.

This is school specific because it is an instructional decision and those are decided at the school level. The school can decide what their school focus is and how to manage resources, and the chromebooks play a part in how they want to operate. Some schools may use them more than other schools. Some student populations may be better at bringing them consistently and have them charged and ready to go. If managing them 1 to 1 was not working well or schools were just not asking kids to use them at home, I could see switching back to the cart model being more effective.

[Anonymous]

I guess this means that snow days won’t be able to be made up online, which is fine by me, but we are not going to send out kid to school later in June for makeup days—no learning happens then anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess this means that snow days won’t be able to be made up online, which is fine by me, but we are not going to send out kid to school later in June for makeup days—no learning happens then anyway.

Sorry that should have read “snow” days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess this means that snow days won’t be able to be made up online, which is fine by me, but we are not going to send out kid to school later in June for makeup days—no learning happens then anyway.

Sorry that should have read “snow” days.

It’s hilarious the parents that complained about virtual snow days as being useless when much more learning would have occurred on a virtual January day than these last few days of school. Anything to get their way though.