Is there a timeline to return to school for fcps

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We won't have a timeline until the SB meeting in early February.

They are meeting right now but it's only to cover important topics, like the Langley HS borders.

Updates on actual in person education have to wait.

I am going to go slam my head into the wall now.

Why would they not discuss return to school?

Unbelievable some teachers still don’t want to return to school even after they are vaccinated.

Why does it always go right to teachers? Teachers are waiting to hear about RTS. We have no say. They are discussing the budget and boundaries. This was never a RTS meeting and Brabrand said he wouldn’t have much to present until Feb.

Apparently the FEA rep said they didn't advocate RTS until all children are vaccinated, which would be summer 2022 likely at the earliest. And no offense, but what do you mean you have no say? Surely you can call the administration, your union reps, your school board and state/federal reps (if you live in FCPS boundaries) and advocate for in-person school. I think many, many parents would like to hear that!

DP, ES Teacher

I have emailed the school board. Most teachers are busy keeping heads above water.

Not everyone belongs to a union.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We won't have a timeline until the SB meeting in early February.

They are meeting right now but it's only to cover important topics, like the Langley HS borders.

Updates on actual in person education have to wait.

I am going to go slam my head into the wall now.

Why would they not discuss return to school?

Unbelievable some teachers still don’t want to return to school even after they are vaccinated.

Why does it always go right to teachers? Teachers are waiting to hear about RTS. We have no say. They are discussing the budget and boundaries. This was never a RTS meeting and Brabrand said he wouldn’t have much to present until Feb.

Your Union has a lot of say.

You Union is the reason we are still all virtual

Who is your? Which of the 3 (?) “unions” are you referencing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We won't have a timeline until the SB meeting in early February.

They are meeting right now but it's only to cover important topics, like the Langley HS borders.

Updates on actual in person education have to wait.

I am going to go slam my head into the wall now.

Why would they not discuss return to school?

Unbelievable some teachers still don’t want to return to school even after they are vaccinated.

Why does it always go right to teachers? Teachers are waiting to hear about RTS. We have no say. They are discussing the budget and boundaries. This was never a RTS meeting and Brabrand said he wouldn’t have much to present until Feb.

Apparently the FEA rep said they didn't advocate RTS until all children are vaccinated, which would be summer 2022 likely at the earliest. And no offense, but what do you mean you have no say? Surely you can call the administration, your union reps, your school board and state/federal reps (if you live in FCPS boundaries) and advocate for in-person school. I think many, many parents would like to hear that!

DP, ES Teacher

I have emailed the school board. Most teachers are busy keeping heads above water.

Not everyone belongs to a union.

Thank you to you and the other teacher that posted. As a parent I will be holding my representatives' feet to the fire. I don't know where the continued pushing back and pushing back is coming from, but sounds like we all want the kids back in school. Good luck to you and all of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We won't have a timeline until the SB meeting in early February.

They are meeting right now but it's only to cover important topics, like the Langley HS borders.

Updates on actual in person education have to wait.

I am going to go slam my head into the wall now.

Why would they not discuss return to school?

Unbelievable some teachers still don’t want to return to school even after they are vaccinated.

Why does it always go right to teachers? Teachers are waiting to hear about RTS. We have no say. They are discussing the budget and boundaries. This was never a RTS meeting and Brabrand said he wouldn’t have much to present until Feb.

Apparently the FEA rep said they didn't advocate RTS until all children are vaccinated, which would be summer 2022 likely at the earliest. And no offense, but what do you mean you have no say? Surely you can call the administration, your union reps, your school board and state/federal reps (if you live in FCPS boundaries) and advocate for in-person school. I think many, many parents would like to hear that!

Wow! You guys think we have so much power. I’m another teacher who has done all of this because like a lot of people I HAVE CHILDREN. I’m not part of FEA, so I’m not writing them. But it’s wild that you all think they have so much power, but we are in a pay freeze for three years. We had a 7 year freeze in 20008. Wouldn’t these all powerful unions with no collective bargaining power have fixed that?

I have twin Kinders and am trying to teach HS. I would cut off my arm to go back. I don’t know a single person who thinks we aren’t once we are vaccinated. But we don’t make the rules. Blame us all you’d like, but that gets you nowhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We won't have a timeline until the SB meeting in early February.

They are meeting right now but it's only to cover important topics, like the Langley HS borders.

Updates on actual in person education have to wait.

I am going to go slam my head into the wall now.

Why would they not discuss return to school?

Unbelievable some teachers still don’t want to return to school even after they are vaccinated.

Why does it always go right to teachers? Teachers are waiting to hear about RTS. We have no say. They are discussing the budget and boundaries. This was never a RTS meeting and Brabrand said he wouldn’t have much to present until Feb.

Apparently the FEA rep said they didn't advocate RTS until all children are vaccinated, which would be summer 2022 likely at the earliest. And no offense, but what do you mean you have no say? Surely you can call the administration, your union reps, your school board and state/federal reps (if you live in FCPS boundaries) and advocate for in-person school. I think many, many parents would like to hear that!

DP, ES Teacher

I have emailed the school board. Most teachers are busy keeping heads above water.

Not everyone belongs to a union.

Thank you to you and the other teacher that posted. As a parent I will be holding my representatives' feet to the fire. I don't know where the continued pushing back and pushing back is coming from, but sounds like we all want the kids back in school. Good luck to you and all of us.

The pushback is that they aren’t ready. The plan has changed 800 times and that’s because of leadership. The continual focus on unions and teachers allows leadership to deflect. Why is there not a concrete plan 10 months in?

[Anonymous]

I have seen exactly ZERO teachers speak at the schoolboard meeting in favor or returning to school.

Most people with a career who are passionate about what they do for a living would advocate for much less. Teachers seem quite happy sitting on their asses.

No you're not doing a good job, no more than a surgeon can direct a patient over zoom to preform their own operation. Its a complete and utter failure and it is now no longer any mystery whatsoever why American kids are lagging behind in education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have seen exactly ZERO teachers speak at the schoolboard meeting in favor or returning to school.

Most people with a career who are passionate about what they do for a living would advocate for much less. Teachers seem quite happy sitting on their asses.

No you're not doing a good job, no more than a surgeon can direct a patient over zoom to preform their own operation. Its a complete and utter failure and it is now no longer any mystery whatsoever why American kids are lagging behind in education.

Not true. Late summer there were calls them and I recall many at the weekly town halls with Brabrand - keep spreading those lies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have seen exactly ZERO teachers speak at the schoolboard meeting in favor or returning to school.

Most people with a career who are passionate about what they do for a living would advocate for much less. Teachers seem quite happy sitting on their asses.

No you're not doing a good job, no more than a surgeon can direct a patient over zoom to preform their own operation. Its a complete and utter failure and it is now no longer any mystery whatsoever why American kids are lagging behind in education.

I’m not a teacher but a parent. Have you ever tried to get a speaking slot? I’m asking this seriously. It’s almost impossible. There’s something like 11 slots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have seen exactly ZERO teachers speak at the schoolboard meeting in favor or returning to school.

Most people with a career who are passionate about what they do for a living would advocate for much less. Teachers seem quite happy sitting on their asses.

No you're not doing a good job, no more than a surgeon can direct a patient over zoom to preform their own operation. Its a complete and utter failure and it is now no longer any mystery whatsoever why American kids are lagging behind in education.

I’m assuming you are homeschooling since you think teachers are useless...right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen exactly ZERO teachers speak at the schoolboard meeting in favor or returning to school.

Most people with a career who are passionate about what they do for a living would advocate for much less. Teachers seem quite happy sitting on their asses.

No you're not doing a good job, no more than a surgeon can direct a patient over zoom to preform their own operation. Its a complete and utter failure and it is now no longer any mystery whatsoever why American kids are lagging behind in education.

I’m assuming you are homeschooling since you think teachers are useless...right?

I hope so.

[Anonymous]

I think you can thank the Superintendent and School Board for “accidentally” making teachers seem like the bad guy. In trying to protect and stand up for the small fraction of teachers with ADA requests (which was actually a much larger fraction than any other year), the entire RTS process came grinding to a halt due to “staffing”. This then pit parents (whose kids were languishing in DL) against all teachers (who were generalized to not want to ever return to school ever again.)

[Anonymous]

To all the teachers who are saying they want to go back and their Union doesn't speak for you. I get it, and I 100% believe you.

But, the head of FEA (who spoke 1st again tonight at the SB meeting) has said they should not return to school until all children are vaccinated, which would be 2022 at the earliest. FEA may be small but they own half of the school board and the school board had been pushing the FEA agenda from day 1.

You say you are powerless?

I am in a union too (ALPA) and when my union started making unrealistic demands and in my mind embarrassing my profession I ran for Union leadership and changed the agenda). Until one of you do that and remove the ass clowns who lead FEA and FCFT then you are as responsible as them.

Maybe that's not fair, but if you want the insurance and the soon to happen collective bargaining then that's your burden.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen exactly ZERO teachers speak at the schoolboard meeting in favor or returning to school.

Most people with a career who are passionate about what they do for a living would advocate for much less. Teachers seem quite happy sitting on their asses.

No you're not doing a good job, no more than a surgeon can direct a patient over zoom to preform their own operation. Its a complete and utter failure and it is now no longer any mystery whatsoever why American kids are lagging behind in education.

Not true. Late summer there were calls them and I recall many at the weekly town halls with Brabrand - keep spreading those lies.

I’ve heard multiple teachers speaking up about opening at town halls and within our school community, especially now that they are getting vaccinated. Our school had more teachers volunteer to do a concurrent pilot than they had children volunteer. It sounds like you just want someone to blame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have seen exactly ZERO teachers speak at the schoolboard meeting in favor or returning to school.

Most people with a career who are passionate about what they do for a living would advocate for much less. Teachers seem quite happy sitting on their asses.

No you're not doing a good job, no more than a surgeon can direct a patient over zoom to preform their own operation. Its a complete and utter failure and it is now no longer any mystery whatsoever why American kids are lagging behind in education.

I’m assuming you are homeschooling since you think teachers are useless...right?

My kids go to private, 5 days a week, in person.

Our private Catholic K-8 school is 200 yards from a FCPS elementary that has been vacant for almost a year now.

My wife and I are both FCPS K-12 grads, we moved here for the school and still hope to one day send them back to that now vacant school. But the prospect of that happening is growing smaller every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To all the teachers who are saying they want to go back and their Union doesn't speak for you. I get it, and I 100% believe you.

But, the head of FEA (who spoke 1st again tonight at the SB meeting) has said they should not return to school until all children are vaccinated, which would be 2022 at the earliest. FEA may be small but they own half of the school board and the school board had been pushing the FEA agenda from day 1.

You say you are powerless?

I am in a union too (ALPA) and when my union started making unrealistic demands and in my mind embarrassing my profession I ran for Union leadership and changed the agenda). Until one of you do that and remove the ass clowns who lead FEA and FCFT then you are as responsible as them.

Maybe that's not fair, but if you want the insurance and the soon to happen collective bargaining then that's your burden.

Teacher associations are expensive, which is partly why teachers don't join. We can't lead change at the union level if we can't afford to join.