APS: details on how long dropoff will take?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The logistic are unreal, parents better be patient. Kids all have to be ready to start the day at their desks at 9am, so hybrid families need to plan to show up at school really early to wait in line. No pulling into the kiss and drop at 8:45.

We were told drop off will be rolling so they we won’t necessarily start right at 9 (staff)

Of course not, we'll be lucky if the academic day begins by 9:30 each day. So much for this not impacting actual academic time. Glad those Open Schools Now people only care about having their kids in a building, and not actually getting an education.

The education pretty much sucks, though.

Not for my APS child. With the exception of one teacher, his teachers have done an impressive job this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares? They get to go to school after 1 year off - that’s good enough for me

I'm op and am elated! I want to know if I will need to reschedule a recurring morning meeting that takes place on my kids in person day. I'm really looking forward to having my early elementary kid in school.

I would alot a LOT of time at first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The logistic are unreal, parents better be patient. Kids all have to be ready to start the day at their desks at 9am, so hybrid families need to plan to show up at school really early to wait in line. No pulling into the kiss and drop at 8:45.

We were told drop off will be rolling so they we won’t necessarily start right at 9 (staff)

So what time will the kids not in person/full time DL that day start?

The normal time.

[Anonymous]

Oh man, I can’t imagine the drop off line at HB Woodlawn. I guess we will park somewhere and walk. If we can get it together early enough it might be a nice time together? (Trying to look on the bright side)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The logistic are unreal, parents better be patient. Kids all have to be ready to start the day at their desks at 9am, so hybrid families need to plan to show up at school really early to wait in line. No pulling into the kiss and drop at 8:45.

We were told drop off will be rolling so they we won’t necessarily start right at 9 (staff)

So what time will the kids not in person/full time DL that day start?

The normal time.

Then hybrid kids will just join once they arrive? That doesn’t seem to make sense with what our elementary school told us. He said kids would be congregated in the gym upon arrival and then released the class together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh man, I can’t imagine the drop off line at HB Woodlawn. I guess we will park somewhere and walk. If we can get it together early enough it might be a nice time together? (Trying to look on the bright side)

Oof that will be difficult from a parking perspective but At least HB doesn’t start at 7:50!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh man, I can’t imagine the drop off line at HB Woodlawn. I guess we will park somewhere and walk. If we can get it together early enough it might be a nice time together? (Trying to look on the bright side)

Oof that will be difficult from a parking perspective but At least HB doesn’t start at 7:50!

Oh man that is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The logistic are unreal, parents better be patient. Kids all have to be ready to start the day at their desks at 9am, so hybrid families need to plan to show up at school really early to wait in line. No pulling into the kiss and drop at 8:45.

We were told drop off will be rolling so they we won’t necessarily start right at 9 (staff)

So what time will the kids not in person/full time DL that day start?

The normal time.

Then hybrid kids will just join once they arrive? That doesn’t seem to make sense with what our elementary school told us. He said kids would be congregated in the gym upon arrival and then released the class together.

I'm going to bet that gets changed- someone is going to nix that idea since it defeats the purpose of cohorting kids. Most schools will have students go straight to classrooms and teachers will have some sort of independent work/choice board.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an APS teacher. We have been doing a daily screening using a website for staff that I believe they will be having students complete as well. That way the screening is done ahead of time. Then when you get to school or on bus all that needs to be done is the temp check as you enter.

Thank you, this is great!

Not so fast. The admin will have to look at the dashboard to make sure your kid passed screening (and filled it out).

[Anonymous]

Arlington needs to jettison its 11 students to a bus silliness.
Both FCPS and FCCPS are allowing 1 student per seat, and both are allowing siblings to sit next ot each other on the bus.
fcps policy "• Students should load the bus from back-to-front and unload from front-to-back.
• Students are to be seated one per seat and closest to the window unless they are siblings coming from the same household."
https://www.fcps.edu/returntoschool/return-school-questions-and-answers?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The logistic are unreal, parents better be patient. Kids all have to be ready to start the day at their desks at 9am, so hybrid families need to plan to show up at school really early to wait in line. No pulling into the kiss and drop at 8:45.

We were told drop off will be rolling so they we won’t necessarily start right at 9 (staff)

So what time will the kids not in person/full time DL that day start?

The normal time.

Then hybrid kids will just join once they arrive? That doesn’t seem to make sense with what our elementary school told us. He said kids would be congregated in the gym upon arrival and then released the class together.

I'm going to bet that gets changed- someone is going to nix that idea since it defeats the purpose of cohorting kids. Most schools will have students go straight to classrooms and teachers will have some sort of independent work/choice board.

Our school is having children go straight to their classroom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an APS teacher. We have been doing a daily screening using a website for staff that I believe they will be having students complete as well. That way the screening is done ahead of time. Then when you get to school or on bus all that needs to be done is the temp check as you enter.

Thank you, this is great!

Not so fast. The admin will have to look at the dashboard to make sure your kid passed screening (and filled it out).

APS teacher here. Yes, there is this issue. I'm not sure how it will be resolved. Basically plan that the first few weeks it's going to be a giant cluster getting kids to classrooms. And if you have an elementary student who is bus eligible check their schedule (my elementary kid's was posted). It has him sitting at school waiting for the bus home for over 90 minutes. I'm going to be picking up for sure. His morning pickup time is reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arlington needs to jettison its 11 students to a bus silliness.
Both FCPS and FCCPS are allowing 1 student per seat, and both are allowing siblings to sit next ot each other on the bus.
fcps policy "• Students should load the bus from back-to-front and unload from front-to-back.
• Students are to be seated one per seat and closest to the window unless they are siblings coming from the same household."
https://www.fcps.edu/returntoschool/return-school-questions-and-answers?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

Yes, this is a perfect example of APS constantly shooting itself in the foot. WHY!? Seriously, WHY is this the policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington needs to jettison its 11 students to a bus silliness.
Both FCPS and FCCPS are allowing 1 student per seat, and both are allowing siblings to sit next ot each other on the bus.
fcps policy "• Students should load the bus from back-to-front and unload from front-to-back.
• Students are to be seated one per seat and closest to the window unless they are siblings coming from the same household."
https://www.fcps.edu/returntoschool/return-school-questions-and-answers?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

Yes, this is a perfect example of APS constantly shooting itself in the foot. WHY!? Seriously, WHY is this the policy.

+1. This is just some arbitrary rule they made up. APS sports this winter were allowed 20 kids per bus but for actual school they can only have 11?? APS you never cease to amaze me with your inane policies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The logistic are unreal, parents better be patient. Kids all have to be ready to start the day at their desks at 9am, so hybrid families need to plan to show up at school really early to wait in line. No pulling into the kiss and drop at 8:45.

We were told drop off will be rolling so they we won’t necessarily start right at 9 (staff)

So what time will the kids not in person/full time DL that day start?

The normal time.

Then hybrid kids will just join once they arrive? That doesn’t seem to make sense with what our elementary school told us. He said kids would be congregated in the gym upon arrival and then released the class together.

I'm going to bet that gets changed- someone is going to nix that idea since it defeats the purpose of cohorting kids. Most schools will have students go straight to classrooms and teachers will have some sort of independent work/choice board.

Our school is having children go straight to their classroom

DP. I expect this will vary by school depending on how many students have selected hybrid. For the schools with very low percentages, their arrival window can be much shorter, so it's more feasible to send students directly to classes without interrupting teacher prep time. At the schools with 70% doing hybrid, they'll necessarily need a longer arrival time, and probably will need to hold students somewhere so that teachers still get their before-school prep time.