APS grades 3-5 teachers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Principals have a big meeting today and will be communicating changes to their staff soon.

This! Teachers have no idea. I've heard some principals have started communicating with their teachers but most are waiting until next week to share school specific plans.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If it's true that 3-5 would go back after 6-12, I think that kind of makes sense. Kids in 3-5 are old enough to mostly get a lot out of distance learning, and they don't have the academic needs older kids do, if that makes sense. Like, if they miss out on a bunch of instruction, they have a long time to make up for it, whereas older kids don't.

I have a sixth grader and a third grader, and as much as I want them to go back (I signed both up for hybrid) I am much more concerned about my sixth grader than my third grader.

I also have a 3rd and 6th grader, and I agree with this. That said, my 3rd grader will be devastated if her brother gets to go back and she doesn’t. She misses school terribly.

I have a first, second, and third grader. I’m more concerned about my third grader than I am about my first or second. He missed a lot in second grade and the transition from second to third is always a big one. It has been a struggle for him this year and school usually isn’t a struggle at all. He understands the content he is being taught but is pretty apathetic. My first grader can be difficult to motivate sometimes but she is generally happy to participate in school.

It’s concerning that they don’t seem to have any sort of plan for 3-5 at this point. My third grader will be devastated if his sisters get to go to school and he doesn’t. It’s especially frustrating because the original plan had preK through third all together and then they switched it and lumped third in with 4-5. I also thought the message from the governor was that pre-K through 3 needed to be prioritized. The mixed messaging is maddening.

[Anonymous]

Agree with the above. Very strange.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our principal does not expect to have to move people based on numbers. I know of one other school where that is also true (both South Arlington)

Our principally very cryptically alluded this week to the idea that many people will not see their children with the same teachers. Don't know if this is because they will pull 3-5 for in-person K-2, if they will shuffle teachers between schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our principal does not expect to have to move people based on numbers. I know of one other school where that is also true (both South Arlington)

Our principally very cryptically alluded this week to the idea that many people will not see their children with the same teachers. Don't know if this is because they will pull 3-5 for in-person K-2, if they will shuffle teachers between schools.

This is a deal-breaker. Like hell they are going to take teachers away from the schools that don’t want hybrid in higher numbers (high EL and Title 1 schools) and give them to the super zip codes, leaving the high risk kids in DL with out of control student teacher ratios.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our principal does not expect to have to move people based on numbers. I know of one other school where that is also true (both South Arlington)

Our principally very cryptically alluded this week to the idea that many people will not see their children with the same teachers. Don't know if this is because they will pull 3-5 for in-person K-2, if they will shuffle teachers between schools.

This is a deal-breaker. Like hell they are going to take teachers away from the schools that don’t want hybrid in higher numbers (high EL and Title 1 schools) and give them to the super zip codes, leaving the high risk kids in DL with out of control student teacher ratios.

What? Those schools wouldn’t end up with fewer teachers, just different teachers. If that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our principal does not expect to have to move people based on numbers. I know of one other school where that is also true (both South Arlington)

Our principally very cryptically alluded this week to the idea that many people will not see their children with the same teachers. Don't know if this is because they will pull 3-5 for in-person K-2, if they will shuffle teachers between schools.

This is a deal-breaker. Like hell they are going to take teachers away from the schools that don’t want hybrid in higher numbers (high EL and Title 1 schools) and give them to the super zip codes, leaving the high risk kids in DL with out of control student teacher ratios.

No. Not just pull - swap. Put teachers available for hybrid at schools that need in-person teachers. Put DL teachers at schools that need more DL. I think that might be a huge cluster, so they will likely start by shuffling within each school and then see where they have mismatches.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our principal does not expect to have to move people based on numbers. I know of one other school where that is also true (both South Arlington)

Our principally very cryptically alluded this week to the idea that many people will not see their children with the same teachers. Don't know if this is because they will pull 3-5 for in-person K-2, if they will shuffle teachers between schools.

This is a deal-breaker. Like hell they are going to take teachers away from the schools that don’t want hybrid in higher numbers (high EL and Title 1 schools) and give them to the super zip codes, leaving the high risk kids in DL with out of control student teacher ratios.

No. Not just pull - swap. Put teachers available for hybrid at schools that need in-person teachers. Put DL teachers at schools that need more DL. I think that might be a huge cluster, so they will likely start by shuffling within each school and then see where they have mismatches.

The upshot being that there may not be enough teachers to cover all 3rd-5th grade hybrid classes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our principal does not expect to have to move people based on numbers. I know of one other school where that is also true (both South Arlington)

Our principally very cryptically alluded this week to the idea that many people will not see their children with the same teachers. Don't know if this is because they will pull 3-5 for in-person K-2, if they will shuffle teachers between schools.

This is a deal-breaker. Like hell they are going to take teachers away from the schools that don’t want hybrid in higher numbers (high EL and Title 1 schools) and give them to the super zip codes, leaving the high risk kids in DL with out of control student teacher ratios.

No. Not just pull - swap. Put teachers available for hybrid at schools that need in-person teachers. Put DL teachers at schools that need more DL. I think that might be a huge cluster, so they will likely start by shuffling within each school and then see where they have mismatches.

There aren’t enough voluntary hybrid teachers, across the board, to meet the demand. So they will take teachers with established relationships with high risk kids and give them to the kids of whiny Northies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our principal does not expect to have to move people based on numbers. I know of one other school where that is also true (both South Arlington)

Our principally very cryptically alluded this week to the idea that many people will not see their children with the same teachers. Don't know if this is because they will pull 3-5 for in-person K-2, if they will shuffle teachers between schools.

This is a deal-breaker. Like hell they are going to take teachers away from the schools that don’t want hybrid in higher numbers (high EL and Title 1 schools) and give them to the super zip codes, leaving the high risk kids in DL with out of control student teacher ratios.

Amen. But the high hybrid parents (who do not overlap with the schools with high failure rates, by the way) will demand it. They are the ones making all the noise!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our principal does not expect to have to move people based on numbers. I know of one other school where that is also true (both South Arlington)

Our principally very cryptically alluded this week to the idea that many people will not see their children with the same teachers. Don't know if this is because they will pull 3-5 for in-person K-2, if they will shuffle teachers between schools.

This is a deal-breaker. Like hell they are going to take teachers away from the schools that don’t want hybrid in higher numbers (high EL and Title 1 schools) and give them to the super zip codes, leaving the high risk kids in DL with out of control student teacher ratios.

No. Not just pull - swap. Put teachers available for hybrid at schools that need in-person teachers. Put DL teachers at schools that need more DL. I think that might be a huge cluster, so they will likely start by shuffling within each school and then see where they have mismatches.

There aren’t enough voluntary hybrid teachers, across the board, to meet the demand. So they will take teachers with established relationships with high risk kids and give them to the kids of whiny Northies.

This seems likely.

[Anonymous]

This demand to return to school while cases are so high will actually likely end up furthering inequity between north and south schools. Why they can’t wait another month to get everyone vaccinated is beyond me. Then you’ll have far more willing to go in, if not all. Instead, southern schools will get their DL teachers replaced and anyone willing to go in will be reshuffled to the far north schools demanding 80% hybrid, I suspect.

[Anonymous]

The whole model is changing for 3-5

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The whole model is changing for 3-5

What does this mean? And do you know this or are you guessing?

[Anonymous]

Ha. I bet they are going to go concurrent. Like the godawful plan for 6-12.