Northam expanding school year into the summer -- we need the same in DC

[Anonymous]

Well they'd need to be in person for summer learning to be worth anything. I am not interested in extending DL any further. At least when it's summer I can send my kindergartener to camp with other children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

Teachers have been working all year. They are contracted for a certain number of days. You are getting zero days for free. LOL!

[Anonymous]

Teacher here - I’m happy to work more days through the summer if they are willing to pay me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sure. Just pile on the misery. That’s a way to make a kid joyous and love school — go from pandemic isolation and DL pain to a summer of more school.

Yeah, kids don't get a break (literally) - more punishment for them when adults fail.

+1. our kids are heading to sleepaway camp so they can do something normal for the first time in more than a year. No summer school here. Instead, DCPS should listen to science and get our kids back in classrooms now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

They are working?! Just as you may be? Just remote. Moron

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

You may think they have taken the year off, but in terms of working days they have not. What DCPS should have done was shift to 6 weeks off around Thanksgiving/Christmas and then go to school in the summer.

DCPS can’t just decide to add more days onto the contract without paying more. It’s the same thing that happened during summer bridge (volunteer basis).

This. We all know that in effect teachers haven't been doing their full jobs, but from a timecard perspective they're working full days. So DC's PK teacher who provides less than 12 hours of instruction (each child gets less than 3 hours instruction per week) to her class each week is considered to be working FT. I strongly suspect this cushy arrangement is a large part of why some teachers are fighting returning to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

Teachers have been working all year. They are contracted for a certain number of days. You are getting zero days for free. LOL!

Yes. Teachers manipulated the system into getting paid the same for an inferior product rather than return in person. It's up to DCPS to go through the constact and figure out where DL doesn't count as the instruction that was contracted for and take action going forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

Teachers have been working all year. They are contracted for a certain number of days. You are getting zero days for free. LOL!

Yes. Teachers manipulated the system into getting paid the same for an inferior product rather than return in person. It's up to DCPS to go through the constact and figure out where DL doesn't count as the instruction that was contracted for and take action going forward.

That won’t happen. OSSE authorized distance learning counts toward the required 180 school days. I’m sorry you are really upset over this issue, but this is not something you are going to get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

They are working?! Just as you may be? Just remote. Moron

They're not effective and they are the ones that forced this style of instruction for this long. How hard they are working is irrelevant when they are the ones picking the inefficient method. Most of us work in environments where if we work less efficienctly our boss just expects us to work longer or be replaced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

Teachers have been working all year. They are contracted for a certain number of days. You are getting zero days for free. LOL!

Yes. Teachers manipulated the system into getting paid the same for an inferior product rather than return in person. It's up to DCPS to go through the constact and figure out where DL doesn't count as the instruction that was contracted for and take action going forward.

That won’t happen. OSSE authorized distance learning counts toward the required 180 school days. I’m sorry you are really upset over this issue, but this is not something you are going to get.

Upset is probably the worng word for me. Certainly disappointed. It is what it is, but it's time to start reeling the teachers in. If what you are saying is correct, then the next step would be with OSSE to unspool that decision ASAP (but not worry about trying to claw back the days that have already happened). This could easily turn into a situation of odd political bedfellows with the new administration pushing down for schools to reopen from DoE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

Teachers have been working all year. They are contracted for a certain number of days. You are getting zero days for free. LOL!

Yes. Teachers manipulated the system into getting paid the same for an inferior product rather than return in person. It's up to DCPS to go through the constact and figure out where DL doesn't count as the instruction that was contracted for and take action going forward.

That can't happen legally. However, DCPS can and should assign all teachers back to work for Term 4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

You may think they have taken the year off, but in terms of working days they have not. What DCPS should have done was shift to 6 weeks off around Thanksgiving/Christmas and then go to school in the summer.

DCPS can’t just decide to add more days onto the contract without paying more. It’s the same thing that happened during summer bridge (volunteer basis).

Teachers aren't allowed to strike either, but teachers don't care so much about that, do they?

Or is the rule that if you don't call it a strike, then it's not a strike and it's allowed? Isn't that what teachers say? Maybe we could invent a new name for summer school so it's allowed too.

Teachers have been on strike for months. Schools should have reopened a long time ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

You may think they have taken the year off, but in terms of working days they have not. What DCPS should have done was shift to 6 weeks off around Thanksgiving/Christmas and then go to school in the summer.

DCPS can’t just decide to add more days onto the contract without paying more. It’s the same thing that happened during summer bridge (volunteer basis).

Teachers aren't allowed to strike either, but teachers don't care so much about that, do they?

Or is the rule that if you don't call it a strike, then it's not a strike and it's allowed? Isn't that what teachers say? Maybe we could invent a new name for summer school so it's allowed too.

Teachers have been on strike for months. Schools should have reopened a long time ago.

This makes no sense and you must be a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

You may think they have taken the year off, but in terms of working days they have not. What DCPS should have done was shift to 6 weeks off around Thanksgiving/Christmas and then go to school in the summer.

DCPS can’t just decide to add more days onto the contract without paying more. It’s the same thing that happened during summer bridge (volunteer basis).

Teachers aren't allowed to strike either, but teachers don't care so much about that, do they?

Or is the rule that if you don't call it a strike, then it's not a strike and it's allowed? Isn't that what teachers say? Maybe we could invent a new name for summer school so it's allowed too.

Teachers have been on strike for months. Schools should have reopened a long time ago.

This makes no sense and you must be a troll.

Bowser has said for months, going back to the summer, that she wants schools to open but teachers were refusing to come to work. My child's school has been saying the same thing -- they want to open, but teachers are refusing to come in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not gonna happen. Unless it is voluntary for teachers and students.

Teachers have taken a year off. They don't need the summer off too.

You may think they have taken the year off, but in terms of working days they have not. What DCPS should have done was shift to 6 weeks off around Thanksgiving/Christmas and then go to school in the summer.

DCPS can’t just decide to add more days onto the contract without paying more. It’s the same thing that happened during summer bridge (volunteer basis).

Teachers aren't allowed to strike either, but teachers don't care so much about that, do they?

Or is the rule that if you don't call it a strike, then it's not a strike and it's allowed? Isn't that what teachers say? Maybe we could invent a new name for summer school so it's allowed too.

Teachers have been on strike for months. Schools should have reopened a long time ago.

This makes no sense and you must be a troll.

Bowser has said for months, going back to the summer, that she wants schools to open but teachers were refusing to come to work. My child's school has been saying the same thing -- they want to open, but teachers are refusing to come in.

That’s not a strike. I’m sorry but it isn’t.

Did your school open Tuesday for inperson learning?