Jun 15 school board meeting & Return in Fall presentation

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Anonymous wrote:Hi! Would someone be able to share what was actually said about half-day Mondays? Is there a time line for when these calendar changes will be decided? Would be helpful for those of us with, ya know, jobs . . .

No timeline was provided. And it would be one Monday per month.

FCPS hates working parents. They think this is 1950 and every family has a SAHM so it’s ok to give random days off.

I believe Melanie Meren said they could just use SACC.

Because the SACC situation isn't totally up in the air, SACC waitlists aren't years long, and SACC is completely covered by tax dollars like school is...

Oh, wait.

I'm pretty sure SACC can't take a couple hundred kids for half a day.

PP here. The point is that it was a totally clueless suggestion.

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Anonymous wrote:News: two SOL dates --- which I think is a good idea.

One set in the fall to assess where kids are.

Another set in the spring to see what progress kids have made.

Ugh. More standardized testing is bad. They need to get rid of SOLs altogether.

How do you propose we hold FCPS accountable for learning loss/"unfinished learning" without a fall test? I'm not trying to be snarky - if there's an alternative that works that isn't testing, great! But at some point, given FCPS's lack of a plan to use ESSR money for real learning, I would like accountability. They have an awful lot of millions sloshing around that are supposed to be used for catching kids up.

The bigger question is why was there no consideration for loss of learning that happened in spring of 2020. That full stop in March of 2020 had a huge impact on my high schooler’s education and course trajectory. He’s a rising senior now. Too late.

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Anonymous wrote:News: two SOL dates --- which I think is a good idea.

One set in the fall to assess where kids are.

Another set in the spring to see what progress kids have made.

Two SOLs? What does that mean?

It means the fallout from parents screaming their kids weren’t learning is even more money will be shoveled to testing companies to test your kids even MORE than they already were.

Or it means VDOE is actually holding district’s accountable for unfinished learning. Virginia is near the bottom of the country in terms of face-to-face hours kids got in classrooms. I am happy VDOE wants to check the effect of that.

Also maybe FCPS should not have actively encouraged families to opt out of SOLs this year. Then maybe they would have had the data they wanted already.

Your post contradicts itself. The first half correctly says this is a VDOE mandate which means your second claim that FCPS wouldn’t have had to do it if they hadn’t “encouraged” kids to opt out this spring is false. It wouldn’t have mattered what FCPS did or didn’t do with spring SOLs; they have no control. It’s state mandates all the way up.

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I hope FCPS feels the pressure of Montgomery county. Masks optional next year!!!!

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Fcps doesn't need to follow Montgomery cnty on anything. FCPS will look to MEDICAL experts at CDC, and then the subsequent VDOE guidance.

What makes the most sense is that unvax'd kids don't need to mask IF community transmission is below XX. If community transmission is high, then either the adults/older kids didn't bother getting vax'd, or the vaccine isn't working on a variant. But, I'm pretty hsppy to live in a county where most people are getting vax'd....and that should allow greater freedom for younger kids re: masks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:News: two SOL dates --- which I think is a good idea.

One set in the fall to assess where kids are.

Another set in the spring to see what progress kids have made.

Ugh. More standardized testing is bad. They need to get rid of SOLs altogether.

How do you propose we hold FCPS accountable for learning loss/"unfinished learning" without a fall test? I'm not trying to be snarky - if there's an alternative that works that isn't testing, great! But at some point, given FCPS's lack of a plan to use ESSR money for real learning, I would like accountability. They have an awful lot of millions sloshing around that are supposed to be used for catching kids up.

The bigger question is why was there no consideration for loss of learning that happened in spring of 2020. That full stop in March of 2020 had a huge impact on my high schooler’s education and course trajectory. He’s a rising senior now. Too late.

FCPS isn't going to think about the spring of 2020 and I can tell you they're barely going to think about the past year. I can almost guarantee they're going to start up the fall just like every other gear and not look back.

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesn't need to follow Montgomery cnty on anything. FCPS will look to MEDICAL experts at CDC, and then the subsequent VDOE guidance.

What makes the most sense is that unvax'd kids don't need to mask IF community transmission is below XX. If community transmission is high, then either the adults/older kids didn't bother getting vax'd, or the vaccine isn't working on a variant. But, I'm pretty hsppy to live in a county where most people are getting vax'd....and that should allow greater freedom for younger kids re: masks.

Vaccinated teachers should definitely not be required to wear them. WTH!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesn't need to follow Montgomery cnty on anything. FCPS will look to MEDICAL experts at CDC, and then the subsequent VDOE guidance.

What makes the most sense is that unvax'd kids don't need to mask IF community transmission is below XX. If community transmission is high, then either the adults/older kids didn't bother getting vax'd, or the vaccine isn't working on a variant. But, I'm pretty hsppy to live in a county where most people are getting vax'd....and that should allow greater freedom for younger kids re: masks.

Vaccinated teachers should definitely not be required to wear them. WTH!!!

What are you getting worked up about? I never said vax'd teachers should wear masks....trying reading what was written.

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesn't need to follow Montgomery cnty on anything. FCPS will look to MEDICAL experts at CDC, and then the subsequent VDOE guidance.

What makes the most sense is that unvax'd kids don't need to mask IF community transmission is below XX. If community transmission is high, then either the adults/older kids didn't bother getting vax'd, or the vaccine isn't working on a variant. But, I'm pretty hsppy to live in a county where most people are getting vax'd....and that should allow greater freedom for younger kids re: masks.

Vaccinated teachers should definitely not be required to wear them. WTH!!!

What are you getting worked up about? I never said vax'd teachers should wear masks....trying reading what was written.

They are for summer school. And nothing has been said about dropping it for fall.

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The superintendent said during tbe mtg (see p1 of this thread) that VDOE is waiting to see the CDC guidelines before they set the guidelines for VA. Then FCPS will work from that. So, we don't know what fcps will do in the fall.

All I said (above) is that

1. We don't need to blindly follow Montgomery cnty, and
2. Masks for unvax'd kids should be tied to community rates of infection...and that will likely be low because of high vaccination rstes here in Fairfax.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope FCPS feels the pressure of Montgomery county. Masks optional next year!!!!

Mongomery County, MD????? or PA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesn't need to follow Montgomery cnty on anything. FCPS will look to MEDICAL experts at CDC, and then the subsequent VDOE guidance.

What makes the most sense is that unvax'd kids don't need to mask IF community transmission is below XX. If community transmission is high, then either the adults/older kids didn't bother getting vax'd, or the vaccine isn't working on a variant. But, I'm pretty hsppy to live in a county where most people are getting vax'd....and that should allow greater freedom for younger kids re: masks.

Vaccinated teachers should definitely not be required to wear them. WTH!!!

What are you getting worked up about? I never said vax'd teachers should wear masks....trying reading what was written.

They are for summer school. And nothing has been said about dropping it for fall.

We don’t have to wear them when outdoors, so I can see the indoor requirement dropping by the end of summer.

ES Teacher

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hope FCPS feels the pressure of Montgomery county. Masks optional next year!!!!

Mongomery County, MD????? or PA?

MD

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope FCPS feels the pressure of Montgomery county. Masks optional next year!!!!

Mongomery County, MD????? or PA?

MD

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I didn’t realize they have announced mask optional for next school year. At the end of May they said they will require masks in the fall.
https://www.mymcmedia.org/mcps-releases-fall-reopening-plans-and-mask-wearing-requirements/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesn't need to follow Montgomery cnty on anything. FCPS will look to MEDICAL experts at CDC, and then the subsequent VDOE guidance.

What makes the most sense is that unvax'd kids don't need to mask IF community transmission is below XX. If community transmission is high, then either the adults/older kids didn't bother getting vax'd, or the vaccine isn't working on a variant. But, I'm pretty hsppy to live in a county where most people are getting vax'd....and that should allow greater freedom for younger kids re: masks.

Vaccinated teachers should definitely not be required to wear them. WTH!!!

What are you getting worked up about? I never said vax'd teachers should wear masks....trying reading what was written.

They are for summer school. And nothing has been said about dropping it for fall.

We don’t have to wear them when outdoors, so I can see the indoor requirement dropping by the end of summer.

ES Teacher

But for recess kids then have to be 6’ apart. We know now that’s nearly impossible.