Just spoke to an MCPS teacher who said she was 99% sure MCPS will be DL in the fall

[Anonymous]

I should say they haven't a clue how they'll execute the hybrid option, not that they're going to take a pass on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God I hope it's the 2 day in-person option....

I'm almost as certain as the teacher friend that it will be the hybrid. All of the districts who have announced already mentioned working with neighboring jurisdictions. If MCPS went against what everyone else is doing I'd be shocked.

Agree with this. MCPS is not going to want to be an outlier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I should say they haven't a clue how they'll execute the hybrid option, not that they're going to take a pass on it.

I think this is the issue. I watched the BOE meeting earlier this week. MCPS is still in the "trying to figure things out" stage. Doing any in-person schooling, even 2 days/week, requires massive planning. School starts in 8 weeks. I am very skeptical they can prepare for in-person in such a short time.

Think of a basic issue like installing a divider on buses between the driver and students. There are 1,000+ buses. How long does it take to order that, receive it, and install them? That alone would be a 4+ week project. Next.. hand sanitizer dispensers outside all 10,000+ classrooms. How long would it take to install all those?

Fairfax made the decision 2 weeks ago to offer DL or hybrid options, and I'm sure they are busy every day doing all the prep work for return to school. I really doubt MCPS is doing the same. We go to the playground outside our ES, and I don't see any work trucks parked in the parking lot, as you'd expect if they were installing stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I should say they haven't a clue how they'll execute the hybrid option, not that they're going to take a pass on it.

I think this is the issue. I watched the BOE meeting earlier this week. MCPS is still in the "trying to figure things out" stage. Doing any in-person schooling, even 2 days/week, requires massive planning. School starts in 8 weeks. I am very skeptical they can prepare for in-person in such a short time.

Think of a basic issue like installing a divider on buses between the driver and students. There are 1,000+ buses. How long does it take to order that, receive it, and install them? That alone would be a 4+ week project. Next.. hand sanitizer dispensers outside all 10,000+ classrooms. How long would it take to install all those?

Fairfax made the decision 2 weeks ago to offer DL or hybrid options, and I'm sure they are busy every day doing all the prep work for return to school. I really doubt MCPS is doing the same. We go to the playground outside our ES, and I don't see any work trucks parked in the parking lot, as you'd expect if they were installing stuff.

Decide first. Then plan.

[Anonymous]

My wife is a MCPS teacher and there has been no information shared with the teachers by MCPS or their Union. Not sure why OP's friend thinks there will only be DL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I should say they haven't a clue how they'll execute the hybrid option, not that they're going to take a pass on it.

I think this is the issue. I watched the BOE meeting earlier this week. MCPS is still in the "trying to figure things out" stage. Doing any in-person schooling, even 2 days/week, requires massive planning. School starts in 8 weeks. I am very skeptical they can prepare for in-person in such a short time.

Think of a basic issue like installing a divider on buses between the driver and students. There are 1,000+ buses. How long does it take to order that, receive it, and install them? That alone would be a 4+ week project. Next.. hand sanitizer dispensers outside all 10,000+ classrooms. How long would it take to install all those?

Fairfax made the decision 2 weeks ago to offer DL or hybrid options, and I'm sure they are busy every day doing all the prep work for return to school. I really doubt MCPS is doing the same. We go to the playground outside our ES, and I don't see any work trucks parked in the parking lot, as you'd expect if they were installing stuff.

That’s ridiculous. They have had months and months to be planning already, and have another 2 months. It is not like they are starting to plan now. All the other school districts in the area around here appear to be willing and able to offer a hybrid option. MCPS is going to have to do so, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I should say they haven't a clue how they'll execute the hybrid option, not that they're going to take a pass on it.

I think this is the issue. I watched the BOE meeting earlier this week. MCPS is still in the "trying to figure things out" stage. Doing any in-person schooling, even 2 days/week, requires massive planning. School starts in 8 weeks. I am very skeptical they can prepare for in-person in such a short time.

Think of a basic issue like installing a divider on buses between the driver and students. There are 1,000+ buses. How long does it take to order that, receive it, and install them? That alone would be a 4+ week project. Next.. hand sanitizer dispensers outside all 10,000+ classrooms. How long would it take to install all those?

Fairfax made the decision 2 weeks ago to offer DL or hybrid options, and I'm sure they are busy every day doing all the prep work for return to school. I really doubt MCPS is doing the same. We go to the playground outside our ES, and I don't see any work trucks parked in the parking lot, as you'd expect if they were installing stuff.

That’s ridiculous. They have had months and months to be planning already, and have another 2 months. It is not like they are starting to plan now. All the other school districts in the area around here appear to be willing and able to offer a hybrid option. MCPS is going to have to do so, too.

MCPS doesn’t have to do anything just because you want them to. They’ll make a decision based on what they are capable of executing.

[Anonymous]

I reported on another thread that both an elementary school Principal and a high school counselor told us the same thing, re DL. The Principal was talking my daughter's class on the last day of school, and, I suppose, "let it slip". I was sitting right there next to DD and heard her say it. The counselor told me during a conversation about my son's SN accommodations going forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I reported on another thread that both an elementary school Principal and a high school counselor told us the same thing, re DL. The Principal was talking my daughter's class on the last day of school, and, I suppose, "let it slip". I was sitting right there next to DD and heard her say it. The counselor told me during a conversation about my son's SN accommodations going forward.

You can't let a decision slip when it hasn't been decided yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God I hope it's the 2 day in-person option....

I'm almost as certain as the teacher friend that it will be the hybrid. All of the districts who have announced already mentioned working with neighboring jurisdictions. If MCPS went against what everyone else is doing I'd be shocked.

The shoe is on the other foot: it's the other districts who will be forced to reconsider their plans. The cautious districts will decide at the last minute, and the way cases/hospitalizations are trending, they will decide for DL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I reported on another thread that both an elementary school Principal and a high school counselor told us the same thing, re DL. The Principal was talking my daughter's class on the last day of school, and, I suppose, "let it slip". I was sitting right there next to DD and heard her say it. The counselor told me during a conversation about my son's SN accommodations going forward.

You can't let a decision slip when it hasn't been decided yet.

PP you replied to. I think the people I heard just went with what they understood to be the likeliest option? But it really has to be extra-likely if a counselor actually told me, a parent, and if a Principal was confident enough to add a little casual sentence about it in a speech to 4th graders...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I reported on another thread that both an elementary school Principal and a high school counselor told us the same thing, re DL. The Principal was talking my daughter's class on the last day of school, and, I suppose, "let it slip". I was sitting right there next to DD and heard her say it. The counselor told me during a conversation about my son's SN accommodations going forward.

You can't let a decision slip when it hasn't been decided yet.

PP you replied to. I think the people I heard just went with what they understood to be the likeliest option? But it really has to be extra-likely if a counselor actually told me, a parent, and if a Principal was confident enough to add a little casual sentence about it in a speech to 4th graders...

I mean, maybe they think it's likely because it's the easiest option? Sorry everybody, we just won't have school until there's a vaccine/cure, who knows when that will be...

That doesn't mean it's what's going to happen, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I should say they haven't a clue how they'll execute the hybrid option, not that they're going to take a pass on it.

I think this is the issue. I watched the BOE meeting earlier this week. MCPS is still in the "trying to figure things out" stage. Doing any in-person schooling, even 2 days/week, requires massive planning. School starts in 8 weeks. I am very skeptical they can prepare for in-person in such a short time.

Think of a basic issue like installing a divider on buses between the driver and students. There are 1,000+ buses. How long does it take to order that, receive it, and install them? That alone would be a 4+ week project. Next.. hand sanitizer dispensers outside all 10,000+ classrooms. How long would it take to install all those?

Fairfax made the decision 2 weeks ago to offer DL or hybrid options, and I'm sure they are busy every day doing all the prep work for return to school. I really doubt MCPS is doing the same. We go to the playground outside our ES, and I don't see any work trucks parked in the parking lot, as you'd expect if they were installing stuff.

That’s ridiculous. They have had months and months to be planning already, and have another 2 months. It is not like they are starting to plan now. All the other school districts in the area around here appear to be willing and able to offer a hybrid option. MCPS is going to have to do so, too.

To say that they have 8 weeks to plan is completely disingenuous. They've had months and months to do so, and they have 8 more weeks.

MCPS doesn’t have to do anything just because you want them to. They’ll make a decision based on what they are capable of executing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I reported on another thread that both an elementary school Principal and a high school counselor told us the same thing, re DL. The Principal was talking my daughter's class on the last day of school, and, I suppose, "let it slip". I was sitting right there next to DD and heard her say it. The counselor told me during a conversation about my son's SN accommodations going forward.

You can't let a decision slip when it hasn't been decided yet.

PP you replied to. I think the people I heard just went with what they understood to be the likeliest option? But it really has to be extra-likely if a counselor actually told me, a parent, and if a Principal was confident enough to add a little casual sentence about it in a speech to 4th graders...

I mean, maybe they think it's likely because it's the easiest option? Sorry everybody, we just won't have school until there's a vaccine/cure, who knows when that will be...

That doesn't mean it's what's going to happen, though.

To say that they have 8 weeks to plan is completely disingenuous. They've had months and months to do so, and they have 8 more weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God I hope it's the 2 day in-person option....

I'm almost as certain as the teacher friend that it will be the hybrid. All of the districts who have announced already mentioned working with neighboring jurisdictions. If MCPS went against what everyone else is doing I'd be shocked.

The shoe is on the other foot: it's the other districts who will be forced to reconsider their plans. The cautious districts will decide at the last minute, and the way cases/hospitalizations are trending, they will decide for DL.

They're trending down in Montgomery County and Maryland.