NYC parents vs DC parents

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Anonymous wrote:NYC was surprised how few opted for in person, I think that is the only reason they can do 5 days per week. Low numbers.

Yes, very low numbers. My friend is a principal and she told me 75% of her students are doing all virtual. They expect that number to go up. So her school will easily be able to go to 5 days a week in person.

How in the world is 350,000 kids a low number? Up to 30% of families who need to have their children in school can now send them. In DC that number would be around 13.7 k. How many have the option in DC? 0

It's good to hear that the largest and most complicated school district in the United States is making this work for the families that need and want it.

We have CARE rooms. So the number isn’t zero.

NYC is providing in person learning, a CARE classroom is a supervised setting. So based on publicly available information there are 0 students receiving in person instruction.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NYC was surprised how few opted for in person, I think that is the only reason they can do 5 days per week. Low numbers.

Yes, very low numbers. My friend is a principal and she told me 75% of her students are doing all virtual. They expect that number to go up. So her school will easily be able to go to 5 days a week in person.

How in the world is 350,000 kids a low number? Up to 30% of families who need to have their children in school can now send them. In DC that number would be around 13.7 k. How many have the option in DC? 0

It's good to hear that the largest and most complicated school district in the United States is making this work for the families that need and want it.

We have CARE rooms. So the number isn’t zero.

NYC is providing in person learning, a CARE classroom is a supervised setting. So based on publicly available information there are 0 students receiving in person instruction.

Still not true. There are at least 4 schools that have an in person teacher teaching the class. Ross is one of them.

[Anonymous]

I'm a former DCPS teacher. I dislike much of what the union does. I do think schools should have in-person (especially for ES and special needs). However, I'm not surprised by any of this. DC government has so many times broken the trust of teachers. They have opaque processes to make decisions and don't take into consideration the reality of teaching in DCPS. Many times, despite saying they would consult with everyone, or that they would make decisions transparently, they just decide something and are shocked when teachers feel betrayed. I can't imagine when they say they will make schools safe, the teachers trust that it is true.

I think that De Blasio keeping his word about the 3% will get the kids back to school in NY more quickly (theoretically Dec. 7th). I think setting out metrics and a clear testing strategy is what got the kids back in school in the first place. I can't imagine DC saying "we will test X% randomly each week at each school", "we will enforce a mask policy", "If rates rise above X% we will close schools", "If there are X cases in a class, that class will not meet in-person for two weeks and if there are X cases in a school, that school will close for 2 weeks." That clarity and transparency is what DCPS needs. Then they need to keep their word on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a former DCPS teacher. I dislike much of what the union does. I do think schools should have in-person (especially for ES and special needs). However, I'm not surprised by any of this. DC government has so many times broken the trust of teachers. They have opaque processes to make decisions and don't take into consideration the reality of teaching in DCPS. Many times, despite saying they would consult with everyone, or that they would make decisions transparently, they just decide something and are shocked when teachers feel betrayed. I can't imagine when they say they will make schools safe, the teachers trust that it is true.

I think that De Blasio keeping his word about the 3% will get the kids back to school in NY more quickly (theoretically Dec. 7th). I think setting out metrics and a clear testing strategy is what got the kids back in school in the first place. I can't imagine DC saying "we will test X% randomly each week at each school", "we will enforce a mask policy", "If rates rise above X% we will close schools", "If there are X cases in a class, that class will not meet in-person for two weeks and if there are X cases in a school, that school will close for 2 weeks." That clarity and transparency is what DCPS needs. Then they need to keep their word on it.

Any suggestions on an action plan or who exactly to advocate to about reopening?