Washington City Paper report on Inspired Teaching

[Anonymous]

I want to know if those teachers who got Covid are vaccinated. If they are, at least they should be less likely to transmit to others. If not, why not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an ITS parent, and I don't think that this school, or any, will re-open if they aren't confident in the mitigation strategies they have been developing. It isn't worth the risk to students or staff. I'm guessing they are trying to walk the line of informing families when necessary and causing panic if it isn't. Some people will view that as suspicious; others see it as pragmatic. definitely seems like the piece wasn't out to be balanced, but I'm grateful that fellow parent Mary shared her perspective because it does reflect mine and that of many others.

I agree. I'm not that concerned with the inevitable delays and hiccups as long as things are set to go by 8:00 Wednesday.

[Anonymous]

So I guess some classes may have subs on the first day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I guess some classes may have subs on the first day?

we have no idea who the staff members are. could be instructional, could be support, could be admin. So, yes, there could be subs or admin stepping in. This is going to be a year with lots of fluidity and changes, and we've got to get on board for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I guess some classes may have subs on the first day?

Or it is support staff or admin or extended day staff. It takes a lot of adult bodies to make a school run.

[Anonymous]

As an ITS parents who has talked to other ITS parents over the past few days, the more talked-about gripe has been that there was less than 24 hours notice that Meet Your Teacher Day would be changed from in-person to virtual. People had arranged time off from work, childcare, and travel plans around it.

Probably ITS should have planned for virtual or fully-outdoor Meet Your Teacher Day from the beginning or at least a week before, as COVID policies on visitors and guests in the school were being finalized.

[Anonymous]

Sounds to me like the "whistleblower" doesn't want to have to show up for work in person this week.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised ITS parents aren't more concerned about this. Not telling other staff who have been exposed and making them continue to hold indoor activities is scarily reckless. Isn't it likely that more staff have been infected now?? Doesn't the secrecy and recklessness bother people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised ITS parents aren't more concerned about this. Not telling other staff who have been exposed and making them continue to hold indoor activities is scarily reckless. Isn't it likely that more staff have been infected now?? Doesn't the secrecy and recklessness bother people?

Don't you have better things to do than incite anger? Believe me, ITS parents have NO trouble telling admin when they are unhappy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised ITS parents aren't more concerned about this. Not telling other staff who have been exposed and making them continue to hold indoor activities is scarily reckless. Isn't it likely that more staff have been infected now?? Doesn't the secrecy and recklessness bother people?

It bothers me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised ITS parents aren't more concerned about this. Not telling other staff who have been exposed and making them continue to hold indoor activities is scarily reckless. Isn't it likely that more staff have been infected now?? Doesn't the secrecy and recklessness bother people?

It bothers me.

I’m an ITS parent and it bothers me. Makes me question the judgement of the new head of school. And the fact that a staffer felt the need to be a whistleblower shows that staff aren’t free to raise opinions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised ITS parents aren't more concerned about this. Not telling other staff who have been exposed and making them continue to hold indoor activities is scarily reckless. Isn't it likely that more staff have been infected now?? Doesn't the secrecy and recklessness bother people?

I am an ITS parent and am pretty appalled. I don't really trust the school to protect my child and family from Covid and I am pretty much at a loss about what to do at this point. Even the lunch "wins" mentioned above seem very weak to me. From the official communication, I have no idea if my child will eat outside once a month or 90% of the time. This matters to me and my family - and even my child!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised ITS parents aren't more concerned about this. Not telling other staff who have been exposed and making them continue to hold indoor activities is scarily reckless. Isn't it likely that more staff have been infected now?? Doesn't the secrecy and recklessness bother people?

I am an ITS parent and am pretty appalled. I don't really trust the school to protect my child and family from Covid and I am pretty much at a loss about what to do at this point. Even the lunch "wins" mentioned above seem very weak to me. From the official communication, I have no idea if my child will eat outside once a month or 90% of the time. This matters to me and my family - and even my child!

Yep. My child's actual teachers did not mention eating outside AT ALL. Only the inside procedures. It's like they had not gotten the memo from leadership that they had told parents about eating outside. Does not inspire confidence that this is actually happening.

And here it is Monday and we still have no update on the PCR test results or the HVAC repairs.

Will school actually open on Wednesday? Who knows.

[Anonymous]

As a current parent it totally destroyed trust for me. They had the perfect opportunity to inform parents about it all on Thursday night during the parent meeting. Had they told us then I would have been like wow okay they are being proactive and acting in an appropriate manner. Instead they said nothing and probably would have said nothing had they not been told an article was coming out. That doesn't make me feel like they will be open and transparent once students are in the building. If ever there was a time to be upfront and honest with parents it is now especially with a new head of school. It would have given her a chance to prove herself to families and instill trust. Instead I am worried and stressed about sending my kids on Wed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm an ITS parent, and I don't think that this school, or any, will re-open if they aren't confident in the mitigation strategies they have been developing. It isn't worth the risk to students or staff. I'm guessing they are trying to walk the line of informing families when necessary and causing panic if it isn't. Some people will view that as suspicious; others see it as pragmatic. definitely seems like the piece wasn't out to be balanced, but I'm grateful that fellow parent Mary shared her perspective because it does reflect mine and that of many others.

I agree. I'm not that concerned with the inevitable delays and hiccups as long as things are set to go by 8:00 Wednesday.

+100. Team Not That Big of a Deal over here.