Summer school at individual high schools

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WJ announced today it will be offered in person this summer at school. Only open to rising 11th graders who have completed Health A.

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It’s a shame that summer school offerings can’t be more, dare I say, equitable. Why can some schools offer virtual while others can only do in person and then several haven’t even posted anything yet about summer school. Looks like Wooton is the only school that has their act together when it comes to the poorly launched Health B class.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame that summer school offerings can’t be more, dare I say, equitable. Why can some schools offer virtual while others can only do in person and then several haven’t even posted anything yet about summer school. Looks like Wooton is the only school that has their act together when it comes to the poorly launched Health B class.

They need teachers to teach it and not all schools have teachers willing.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame that summer school offerings can’t be more, dare I say, equitable. Why can some schools offer virtual while others can only do in person and then several haven’t even posted anything yet about summer school. Looks like Wooton is the only school that has their act together when it comes to the poorly launched Health B class.

They need teachers to teach it and not all schools have teachers willing.

And for the online Health B, the schools were expected to rework the in-person curriculum for virtual themselves, since there isn’t an MCPS virtual curriculum for it yet. It’s hard enough to get teachers for summer school, let alone teachers with time and energy to rework the curriculum as well.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame that summer school offerings can’t be more, dare I say, equitable. Why can some schools offer virtual while others can only do in person and then several haven’t even posted anything yet about summer school. Looks like Wooton is the only school that has their act together when it comes to the poorly launched Health B class.

They need teachers to teach it and not all schools have teachers willing.

And for the online Health B, the schools were expected to rework the in-person curriculum for virtual themselves, since there isn’t an MCPS virtual curriculum for it yet. It’s hard enough to get teachers for summer school, let alone teachers with time and energy to rework the curriculum as well.

The in-person version is 8-12:30 M-F for 14 days (assuming a holiday), or 63 hours. Health is usually taken over 2 quarters, so roughly 90 instructional days. My math says that this class may be abbreviated in duration, but it is not very abbreviated in time. the 63 hours of class time is equivalent to 42 minutes of instruction for 90 days. This is VERY different than the compacted central summer school version.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame that summer school offerings can’t be more, dare I say, equitable. Why can some schools offer virtual while others can only do in person and then several haven’t even posted anything yet about summer school. Looks like Wooton is the only school that has their act together when it comes to the poorly launched Health B class.

They need teachers to teach it and not all schools have teachers willing.

And for the online Health B, the schools were expected to rework the in-person curriculum for virtual themselves, since there isn’t an MCPS virtual curriculum for it yet. It’s hard enough to get teachers for summer school, let alone teachers with time and energy to rework the curriculum as well.

The in-person version is 8-12:30 M-F for 14 days (assuming a holiday), or 63 hours. Health is usually taken over 2 quarters, so roughly 90 instructional days. My math says that this class may be abbreviated in duration, but it is not very abbreviated in time. the 63 hours of class time is equivalent to 42 minutes of instruction for 90 days. This is VERY different than the compacted central summer school version.

That sounds like a miserable two weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame that summer school offerings can’t be more, dare I say, equitable. Why can some schools offer virtual while others can only do in person and then several haven’t even posted anything yet about summer school. Looks like Wooton is the only school that has their act together when it comes to the poorly launched Health B class.

They need teachers to teach it and not all schools have teachers willing.

And for the online Health B, the schools were expected to rework the in-person curriculum for virtual themselves, since there isn’t an MCPS virtual curriculum for it yet. It’s hard enough to get teachers for summer school, let alone teachers with time and energy to rework the curriculum as well.

The in-person version is 8-12:30 M-F for 14 days (assuming a holiday), or 63 hours. Health is usually taken over 2 quarters, so roughly 90 instructional days. My math says that this class may be abbreviated in duration, but it is not very abbreviated in time. the 63 hours of class time is equivalent to 42 minutes of instruction for 90 days. This is VERY different than the compacted central summer school version.

That sounds like a miserable two weeks.

Really sucks for the class of 2025 and beyond.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame that summer school offerings can’t be more, dare I say, equitable. Why can some schools offer virtual while others can only do in person and then several haven’t even posted anything yet about summer school. Looks like Wooton is the only school that has their act together when it comes to the poorly launched Health B class.

They need teachers to teach it and not all schools have teachers willing.

And for the online Health B, the schools were expected to rework the in-person curriculum for virtual themselves, since there isn’t an MCPS virtual curriculum for it yet. It’s hard enough to get teachers for summer school, let alone teachers with time and energy to rework the curriculum as well.

The in-person version is 8-12:30 M-F for 14 days (assuming a holiday), or 63 hours. Health is usually taken over 2 quarters, so roughly 90 instructional days. My math says that this class may be abbreviated in duration, but it is not very abbreviated in time. the 63 hours of class time is equivalent to 42 minutes of instruction for 90 days. This is VERY different than the compacted central summer school version.

That sounds like a miserable two weeks.

Really sucks for the class of 2025 and beyond.

At this point, my class of '25 kid is just glad to have a summer option. They were willing to take Health B virtually next summer, but would much rather knock it out this year, even if it means a crummy 3 weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like Blair has Health A and B in person at Washington Adventist University

https://sites.google.com/mcpsmd.net/mbhssummerprograms2023/credit

Thank you! My kid is at Blair and this is the first I’ve seen this.

There was a link in the principal's newsletter

I just went back to look and commend you for getting far enough into the newsletter to find this info. (And sharing it on DCUM, of course.) DC and I just looked for summer school info on the Blair website two days ago and couldn't find it anywhere. Even knowing it's there, I can't find it. And with those smore newsletters, the email isn't searchable either. So, bless you DCUM stranger! Kid is really hoping to take Health B this summer.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a shame that summer school offerings can’t be more, dare I say, equitable. Why can some schools offer virtual while others can only do in person and then several haven’t even posted anything yet about summer school. Looks like Wooton is the only school that has their act together when it comes to the poorly launched Health B class.

They need teachers to teach it and not all schools have teachers willing.

And for the online Health B, the schools were expected to rework the in-person curriculum for virtual themselves, since there isn’t an MCPS virtual curriculum for it yet. It’s hard enough to get teachers for summer school, let alone teachers with time and energy to rework the curriculum as well.

The in-person version is 8-12:30 M-F for 14 days (assuming a holiday), or 63 hours. Health is usually taken over 2 quarters, so roughly 90 instructional days. My math says that this class may be abbreviated in duration, but it is not very abbreviated in time. the 63 hours of class time is equivalent to 42 minutes of instruction for 90 days. This is VERY different than the compacted central summer school version.

That sounds like a miserable two weeks.

Really sucks for the class of 2025 and beyond.

At this point, my class of '25 kid is just glad to have a summer option. They were willing to take Health B virtually next summer, but would much rather knock it out this year, even if it means a crummy 3 weeks.

Agree. Mine will do it this and next summer.

[Anonymous]

I am new to MCPS. Is this summer a must for all? Why are kids taking courses over the summer - to be able to have smaller load during the year or to be able to take more classes during the regular school year?

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Anonymous wrote:I am new to MCPS. Is this summer a must for all? Why are kids taking courses over the summer - to be able to have smaller load during the year or to be able to take more classes during the regular school year?

Take better classes.

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Anonymous wrote:I am new to MCPS. Is this summer a must for all? Why are kids taking courses over the summer - to be able to have smaller load during the year or to be able to take more classes during the regular school year?

It's entirely optional. Some kids take classes they don't want to deal with or won't have room for during the school year.

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It seems the virtual health B at Wootton is not “honor”?

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Anonymous wrote:I am new to MCPS. Is this summer a must for all? Why are kids taking courses over the summer - to be able to have smaller load during the year or to be able to take more classes during the regular school year?

Kids get seven classes at most schools so by the time they do pe and a foriegn language they don’t have time for their interests. Summer health frees up a credit to take what they want. Welcome.