DC charters - which ones are open? hybrid model? plans of reopening?

[Anonymous]

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MV parent here. Sorry to hear PP. But maybe once a number of charters go hybrid, the PTA/parents at your school can put pressure on Stokes to open.

Why don’t you touch base with the PTA at your school to begin some type of parent led re-opening initiative. There is strength in numbers if many parents are on board.

Does MV have a strong PTA? We are at DCB and the PTA would have no sway with the school when it came to reopening.

Each campus has its own parent group. We are at MV8 so I can’t speak for the P St campus.

We never had to advocate for school re-opening. Since late summer/early fall MV already had processes and steps set up that they were going to take to be ready for re-opening. Every month or so there was either a zoom re-opening meeting or board meeting that communicated to parents who attended what was going on. Communication and transparency has always been good at the school.

The 1st step was modifying the physical space of the building and classrooms which were done in early fall. Then the next step was upgrading the HVAC, and new improved filtering systems done late fall/early winter.

The CARES classroom of both campuses then started and was concentrated at the P St campus. P St is also the campus that had always had the nurse from Children’s. They had not implemented a nurse at 8th St yet. Cares was then expanded at P St. They were monitoring processes and any Covid cases with CARES.

MV was planning on starting hybrid in Jan but due to rising cases in the city delayed it until early Feb. Then this was pushed back to some unknown date. This is when the parents group stepped in and asked the executive leadership for definitive dates on re-opening and details. Email within 24 hours from leadership that bulletin would go out later in the week which it did.

I think although executive leadership may not always take the route parents want, they are always willing to listen to our concerns and respond in a timely manner.

So to answer your question, parents did not have to pressure the school on re-opening. It was more definitive dates when the Jan re-opening was delayed, then early Feb delayed. Plan now is to get the 1st phase of hybrid students in mid Feb.

But now that schools are re-opening and teachers are getting vaccinated, there is no excuse that other schools should not follow. Parents would have a much stronger case now to present/pressure your school to follow.

The only caveat is that if your school has not already made logistical plans and processes for re-opening, then it’s not something they can just do overnight so I don’t think it would be feasible for this spring, and it might be fall.

If your school has set up processes and taken concrete steps to prepare for re-opening and not just send out some BS survey now and then, then spring would be more feasible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a Stokes parent and did not get any email about a plan would anyone be willing to post the email? I f*ucking love that school but if they don't open in the fall I will lose all respect.

+1 at least hybrid. If other schools can figure it out so can Stokes. Once teachers are vaccinated DL shouldn’t be an option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a Stokes parent and did not get any email about a plan would anyone be willing to post the email? I f*ucking love that school but if they don't open in the fall I will lose all respect.

+1 at least hybrid. If other schools can figure it out so can Stokes. Once teachers are vaccinated DL shouldn’t be an option.

Stokes classrooms are very cluttered and the building is quite old so they might have more behind the scenes work to do that you aren’t aware of

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a Stokes parent and did not get any email about a plan would anyone be willing to post the email? I f*ucking love that school but if they don't open in the fall I will lose all respect.

+1 at least hybrid. If other schools can figure it out so can Stokes. Once teachers are vaccinated DL shouldn’t be an option.

Stokes classrooms are very cluttered and the building is quite old so they might have more behind the scenes work to do that you aren’t aware of

I’m so tired of excuses. If there are issues make parents aware of them. The lack of communication from the school is a huge fail. Many schools (charter and DCPS) in this city are old and small. The big schools face capacity issues so it’s not like they have extra space and yet they are finding ways to offer some IP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MV parent here. Sorry to hear PP. But maybe once a number of charters go hybrid, the PTA/parents at your school can put pressure on Stokes to open.

Why don’t you touch base with the PTA at your school to begin some type of parent led re-opening initiative. There is strength in numbers if many parents are on board.

Does MV have a strong PTA? We are at DCB and the PTA would have no sway with the school when it came to reopening.

Each campus has its own parent group. We are at MV8 so I can’t speak for the P St campus.

We never had to advocate for school re-opening. Since late summer/early fall MV already had processes and steps set up that they were going to take to be ready for re-opening. Every month or so there was either a zoom re-opening meeting or board meeting that communicated to parents who attended what was going on. Communication and transparency has always been good at the school.

The 1st step was modifying the physical space of the building and classrooms which were done in early fall. Then the next step was upgrading the HVAC, and new improved filtering systems done late fall/early winter.

The CARES classroom of both campuses then started and was concentrated at the P St campus. P St is also the campus that had always had the nurse from Children’s. They had not implemented a nurse at 8th St yet. Cares was then expanded at P St. They were monitoring processes and any Covid cases with CARES.

MV was planning on starting hybrid in Jan but due to rising cases in the city delayed it until early Feb. Then this was pushed back to some unknown date. This is when the parents group stepped in and asked the executive leadership for definitive dates on re-opening and details. Email within 24 hours from leadership that bulletin would go out later in the week which it did.

I think although executive leadership may not always take the route parents want, they are always willing to listen to our concerns and respond in a timely manner.

So to answer your question, parents did not have to pressure the school on re-opening. It was more definitive dates when the Jan re-opening was delayed, then early Feb delayed. Plan now is to get the 1st phase of hybrid students in mid Feb.

But now that schools are re-opening and teachers are getting vaccinated, there is no excuse that other schools should not follow. Parents would have a much stronger case now to present/pressure your school to follow.

The only caveat is that if your school has not already made logistical plans and processes for re-opening, then it’s not something they can just do overnight so I don’t think it would be feasible for this spring, and it might be fall.

If your school has set up processes and taken concrete steps to prepare for re-opening and not just send out some BS survey now and then, then spring would be more feasible.

Hmm. I'm glad you're satisfied, but don't assume all parents are as smugly happy with MV as you are. There also very much is a parent pressure group. Indeed, the originator of the change.org petition to open schools is from MV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MV parent here. Sorry to hear PP. But maybe once a number of charters go hybrid, the PTA/parents at your school can put pressure on Stokes to open.

Why don’t you touch base with the PTA at your school to begin some type of parent led re-opening initiative. There is strength in numbers if many parents are on board.

Does MV have a strong PTA? We are at DCB and the PTA would have no sway with the school when it came to reopening.

Each campus has its own parent group. We are at MV8 so I can’t speak for the P St campus.

We never had to advocate for school re-opening. Since late summer/early fall MV already had processes and steps set up that they were going to take to be ready for re-opening. Every month or so there was either a zoom re-opening meeting or board meeting that communicated to parents who attended what was going on. Communication and transparency has always been good at the school.

The 1st step was modifying the physical space of the building and classrooms which were done in early fall. Then the next step was upgrading the HVAC, and new improved filtering systems done late fall/early winter.

The CARES classroom of both campuses then started and was concentrated at the P St campus. P St is also the campus that had always had the nurse from Children’s. They had not implemented a nurse at 8th St yet. Cares was then expanded at P St. They were monitoring processes and any Covid cases with CARES.

MV was planning on starting hybrid in Jan but due to rising cases in the city delayed it until early Feb. Then this was pushed back to some unknown date. This is when the parents group stepped in and asked the executive leadership for definitive dates on re-opening and details. Email within 24 hours from leadership that bulletin would go out later in the week which it did.

I think although executive leadership may not always take the route parents want, they are always willing to listen to our concerns and respond in a timely manner.

So to answer your question, parents did not have to pressure the school on re-opening. It was more definitive dates when the Jan re-opening was delayed, then early Feb delayed. Plan now is to get the 1st phase of hybrid students in mid Feb.

But now that schools are re-opening and teachers are getting vaccinated, there is no excuse that other schools should not follow. Parents would have a much stronger case now to present/pressure your school to follow.

The only caveat is that if your school has not already made logistical plans and processes for re-opening, then it’s not something they can just do overnight so I don’t think it would be feasible for this spring, and it might be fall.

If your school has set up processes and taken concrete steps to prepare for re-opening and not just send out some BS survey now and then, then spring would be more feasible.

Hmm. I'm glad you're satisfied, but don't assume all parents are as smugly happy with MV as you are. There also very much is a parent pressure group. Indeed, the originator of the change.org petition to open schools is from MV.

Yes but her petition was dumb. She wanted DCPS to open. Which they have. How did that help MV?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MV parent here. Sorry to hear PP. But maybe once a number of charters go hybrid, the PTA/parents at your school can put pressure on Stokes to open.

Why don’t you touch base with the PTA at your school to begin some type of parent led re-opening initiative. There is strength in numbers if many parents are on board.

Does MV have a strong PTA? We are at DCB and the PTA would have no sway with the school when it came to reopening.

Each campus has its own parent group. We are at MV8 so I can’t speak for the P St campus.

We never had to advocate for school re-opening. Since late summer/early fall MV already had processes and steps set up that they were going to take to be ready for re-opening. Every month or so there was either a zoom re-opening meeting or board meeting that communicated to parents who attended what was going on. Communication and transparency has always been good at the school.

The 1st step was modifying the physical space of the building and classrooms which were done in early fall. Then the next step was upgrading the HVAC, and new improved filtering systems done late fall/early winter.

The CARES classroom of both campuses then started and was concentrated at the P St campus. P St is also the campus that had always had the nurse from Children’s. They had not implemented a nurse at 8th St yet. Cares was then expanded at P St. They were monitoring processes and any Covid cases with CARES.

MV was planning on starting hybrid in Jan but due to rising cases in the city delayed it until early Feb. Then this was pushed back to some unknown date. This is when the parents group stepped in and asked the executive leadership for definitive dates on re-opening and details. Email within 24 hours from leadership that bulletin would go out later in the week which it did.

I think although executive leadership may not always take the route parents want, they are always willing to listen to our concerns and respond in a timely manner.

So to answer your question, parents did not have to pressure the school on re-opening. It was more definitive dates when the Jan re-opening was delayed, then early Feb delayed. Plan now is to get the 1st phase of hybrid students in mid Feb.

But now that schools are re-opening and teachers are getting vaccinated, there is no excuse that other schools should not follow. Parents would have a much stronger case now to present/pressure your school to follow.

The only caveat is that if your school has not already made logistical plans and processes for re-opening, then it’s not something they can just do overnight so I don’t think it would be feasible for this spring, and it might be fall.

If your school has set up processes and taken concrete steps to prepare for re-opening and not just send out some BS survey now and then, then spring would be more feasible.

Hmm. I'm glad you're satisfied, but don't assume all parents are as smugly happy with MV as you are. There also very much is a parent pressure group. Indeed, the originator of the change.org petition to open schools is from MV.

Yes but her petition was dumb. She wanted DCPS to open. Which they have. How did that help MV?

If you haven't realized it by now, keeping DCPS closed directly effects the charters. None of them would open at all if DCPS wasn't making progress. If the teacher strike had happened and worked, watch MV plans shift and postpone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MV parent here. Sorry to hear PP. But maybe once a number of charters go hybrid, the PTA/parents at your school can put pressure on Stokes to open.

Why don’t you touch base with the PTA at your school to begin some type of parent led re-opening initiative. There is strength in numbers if many parents are on board.

Does MV have a strong PTA? We are at DCB and the PTA would have no sway with the school when it came to reopening.

Each campus has its own parent group. We are at MV8 so I can’t speak for the P St campus.

We never had to advocate for school re-opening. Since late summer/early fall MV already had processes and steps set up that they were going to take to be ready for re-opening. Every month or so there was either a zoom re-opening meeting or board meeting that communicated to parents who attended what was going on. Communication and transparency has always been good at the school.

The 1st step was modifying the physical space of the building and classrooms which were done in early fall. Then the next step was upgrading the HVAC, and new improved filtering systems done late fall/early winter.

The CARES classroom of both campuses then started and was concentrated at the P St campus. P St is also the campus that had always had the nurse from Children’s. They had not implemented a nurse at 8th St yet. Cares was then expanded at P St. They were monitoring processes and any Covid cases with CARES.

MV was planning on starting hybrid in Jan but due to rising cases in the city delayed it until early Feb. Then this was pushed back to some unknown date. This is when the parents group stepped in and asked the executive leadership for definitive dates on re-opening and details. Email within 24 hours from leadership that bulletin would go out later in the week which it did.

I think although executive leadership may not always take the route parents want, they are always willing to listen to our concerns and respond in a timely manner.

So to answer your question, parents did not have to pressure the school on re-opening. It was more definitive dates when the Jan re-opening was delayed, then early Feb delayed. Plan now is to get the 1st phase of hybrid students in mid Feb.

But now that schools are re-opening and teachers are getting vaccinated, there is no excuse that other schools should not follow. Parents would have a much stronger case now to present/pressure your school to follow.

The only caveat is that if your school has not already made logistical plans and processes for re-opening, then it’s not something they can just do overnight so I don’t think it would be feasible for this spring, and it might be fall.

If your school has set up processes and taken concrete steps to prepare for re-opening and not just send out some BS survey now and then, then spring would be more feasible.

Hmm. I'm glad you're satisfied, but don't assume all parents are as smugly happy with MV as you are. There also very much is a parent pressure group. Indeed, the originator of the change.org petition to open schools is from MV.

I don’t perceive post above as being smugly at all. Found it very informative and helpful and encouraging as charter schools open to push others to follow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a Stokes parent and did not get any email about a plan would anyone be willing to post the email? I f*ucking love that school but if they don't open in the fall I will lose all respect.

+1 at least hybrid. If other schools can figure it out so can Stokes. Once teachers are vaccinated DL shouldn’t be an option.

Stokes classrooms are very cluttered and the building is quite old so they might have more behind the scenes work to do that you aren’t aware of

I’m so tired of excuses. If there are issues make parents aware of them. The lack of communication from the school is a huge fail. Many schools (charter and DCPS) in this city are old and small. The big schools face capacity issues so it’s not like they have extra space and yet they are finding ways to offer some IP.

This. There are always excuses. If there are issues, be transparent and give strategies to address them. That’s what real leadership is about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MV parent here. Sorry to hear PP. But maybe once a number of charters go hybrid, the PTA/parents at your school can put pressure on Stokes to open.

Why don’t you touch base with the PTA at your school to begin some type of parent led re-opening initiative. There is strength in numbers if many parents are on board.

Does MV have a strong PTA? We are at DCB and the PTA would have no sway with the school when it came to reopening.

Each campus has its own parent group. We are at MV8 so I can’t speak for the P St campus.

We never had to advocate for school re-opening. Since late summer/early fall MV already had processes and steps set up that they were going to take to be ready for re-opening. Every month or so there was either a zoom re-opening meeting or board meeting that communicated to parents who attended what was going on. Communication and transparency has always been good at the school.

The 1st step was modifying the physical space of the building and classrooms which were done in early fall. Then the next step was upgrading the HVAC, and new improved filtering systems done late fall/early winter.

The CARES classroom of both campuses then started and was concentrated at the P St campus. P St is also the campus that had always had the nurse from Children’s. They had not implemented a nurse at 8th St yet. Cares was then expanded at P St. They were monitoring processes and any Covid cases with CARES.

MV was planning on starting hybrid in Jan but due to rising cases in the city delayed it until early Feb. Then this was pushed back to some unknown date. This is when the parents group stepped in and asked the executive leadership for definitive dates on re-opening and details. Email within 24 hours from leadership that bulletin would go out later in the week which it did.

I think although executive leadership may not always take the route parents want, they are always willing to listen to our concerns and respond in a timely manner.

So to answer your question, parents did not have to pressure the school on re-opening. It was more definitive dates when the Jan re-opening was delayed, then early Feb delayed. Plan now is to get the 1st phase of hybrid students in mid Feb.

But now that schools are re-opening and teachers are getting vaccinated, there is no excuse that other schools should not follow. Parents would have a much stronger case now to present/pressure your school to follow.

The only caveat is that if your school has not already made logistical plans and processes for re-opening, then it’s not something they can just do overnight so I don’t think it would be feasible for this spring, and it might be fall.

If your school has set up processes and taken concrete steps to prepare for re-opening and not just send out some BS survey now and then, then spring would be more feasible.

Hmm. I'm glad you're satisfied, but don't assume all parents are as smugly happy with MV as you are. There also very much is a parent pressure group. Indeed, the originator of the change.org petition to open schools is from MV.

Yes but her petition was dumb. She wanted DCPS to open. Which they have. How did that help MV?

If you haven't realized it by now, keeping DCPS closed directly effects the charters. None of them would open at all if DCPS wasn't making progress. If the teacher strike had happened and worked, watch MV plans shift and postpone.

No it doesn’t. charters are free to open when they want to. There are no unions. They are CHOOSING to do what is easiest and follow a school system that has to plan for 45,000 students. Charters are supposed to be nimble, etc. Stop trying to blame DCPS for your charters lack of opening. Blame the board or blame yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MV parent here. Sorry to hear PP. But maybe once a number of charters go hybrid, the PTA/parents at your school can put pressure on Stokes to open.

Why don’t you touch base with the PTA at your school to begin some type of parent led re-opening initiative. There is strength in numbers if many parents are on board.

Does MV have a strong PTA? We are at DCB and the PTA would have no sway with the school when it came to reopening.

Each campus has its own parent group. We are at MV8 so I can’t speak for the P St campus.

We never had to advocate for school re-opening. Since late summer/early fall MV already had processes and steps set up that they were going to take to be ready for re-opening. Every month or so there was either a zoom re-opening meeting or board meeting that communicated to parents who attended what was going on. Communication and transparency has always been good at the school.

The 1st step was modifying the physical space of the building and classrooms which were done in early fall. Then the next step was upgrading the HVAC, and new improved filtering systems done late fall/early winter.

The CARES classroom of both campuses then started and was concentrated at the P St campus. P St is also the campus that had always had the nurse from Children’s. They had not implemented a nurse at 8th St yet. Cares was then expanded at P St. They were monitoring processes and any Covid cases with CARES.

MV was planning on starting hybrid in Jan but due to rising cases in the city delayed it until early Feb. Then this was pushed back to some unknown date. This is when the parents group stepped in and asked the executive leadership for definitive dates on re-opening and details. Email within 24 hours from leadership that bulletin would go out later in the week which it did.

I think although executive leadership may not always take the route parents want, they are always willing to listen to our concerns and respond in a timely manner.

So to answer your question, parents did not have to pressure the school on re-opening. It was more definitive dates when the Jan re-opening was delayed, then early Feb delayed. Plan now is to get the 1st phase of hybrid students in mid Feb.

But now that schools are re-opening and teachers are getting vaccinated, there is no excuse that other schools should not follow. Parents would have a much stronger case now to present/pressure your school to follow.

The only caveat is that if your school has not already made logistical plans and processes for re-opening, then it’s not something they can just do overnight so I don’t think it would be feasible for this spring, and it might be fall.

If your school has set up processes and taken concrete steps to prepare for re-opening and not just send out some BS survey now and then, then spring would be more feasible.

Hmm. I'm glad you're satisfied, but don't assume all parents are as smugly happy with MV as you are. There also very much is a parent pressure group. Indeed, the originator of the change.org petition to open schools is from MV.

Yes but her petition was dumb. She wanted DCPS to open. Which they have. How did that help MV?

If you haven't realized it by now, keeping DCPS closed directly effects the charters. None of them would open at all if DCPS wasn't making progress. If the teacher strike had happened and worked, watch MV plans shift and postpone.

No it doesn’t. charters are free to open when they want to. There are no unions. They are CHOOSING to do what is easiest and follow a school system that has to plan for 45,000 students. Charters are supposed to be nimble, etc. Stop trying to blame DCPS for your charters lack of opening. Blame the board or blame yourself.

Oh, don't worry, I blame my charter, I just know that a win for DCPS helps a lot. Remember, charter schools are tiny and none want to be first to try this out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MV parent here. Sorry to hear PP. But maybe once a number of charters go hybrid, the PTA/parents at your school can put pressure on Stokes to open.

Why don’t you touch base with the PTA at your school to begin some type of parent led re-opening initiative. There is strength in numbers if many parents are on board.

Does MV have a strong PTA? We are at DCB and the PTA would have no sway with the school when it came to reopening.

Each campus has its own parent group. We are at MV8 so I can’t speak for the P St campus.

We never had to advocate for school re-opening. Since late summer/early fall MV already had processes and steps set up that they were going to take to be ready for re-opening. Every month or so there was either a zoom re-opening meeting or board meeting that communicated to parents who attended what was going on. Communication and transparency has always been good at the school.

The 1st step was modifying the physical space of the building and classrooms which were done in early fall. Then the next step was upgrading the HVAC, and new improved filtering systems done late fall/early winter.

The CARES classroom of both campuses then started and was concentrated at the P St campus. P St is also the campus that had always had the nurse from Children’s. They had not implemented a nurse at 8th St yet. Cares was then expanded at P St. They were monitoring processes and any Covid cases with CARES.

MV was planning on starting hybrid in Jan but due to rising cases in the city delayed it until early Feb. Then this was pushed back to some unknown date. This is when the parents group stepped in and asked the executive leadership for definitive dates on re-opening and details. Email within 24 hours from leadership that bulletin would go out later in the week which it did.

I think although executive leadership may not always take the route parents want, they are always willing to listen to our concerns and respond in a timely manner.

So to answer your question, parents did not have to pressure the school on re-opening. It was more definitive dates when the Jan re-opening was delayed, then early Feb delayed. Plan now is to get the 1st phase of hybrid students in mid Feb.

But now that schools are re-opening and teachers are getting vaccinated, there is no excuse that other schools should not follow. Parents would have a much stronger case now to present/pressure your school to follow.

The only caveat is that if your school has not already made logistical plans and processes for re-opening, then it’s not something they can just do overnight so I don’t think it would be feasible for this spring, and it might be fall.

If your school has set up processes and taken concrete steps to prepare for re-opening and not just send out some BS survey now and then, then spring would be more feasible.

Hmm. I'm glad you're satisfied, but don't assume all parents are as smugly happy with MV as you are. There also very much is a parent pressure group. Indeed, the originator of the change.org petition to open schools is from MV.

Yes but her petition was dumb. She wanted DCPS to open. Which they have. How did that help MV?

If you haven't realized it by now, keeping DCPS closed directly effects the charters. None of them would open at all if DCPS wasn't making progress. If the teacher strike had happened and worked, watch MV plans shift and postpone.

No it doesn’t. charters are free to open when they want to. There are no unions. They are CHOOSING to do what is easiest and follow a school system that has to plan for 45,000 students. Charters are supposed to be nimble, etc. Stop trying to blame DCPS for your charters lack of opening. Blame the board or blame yourself.

NP. I don't have a kid at MV but just chiming in to point out that charters often make decisions in concert with DCPS for a variety of reasons. For example, many families have kids in charters and DCPS, some charter teachers have kids in DCPS or vice versa, so most if not all charters try to stick with the same school schedule/holidays/breaks as DCPS. Charters may make other decisions to be consistent with DCPS for liability reasons. While it's true that charters don't have to deal with unions or Central, they don't and can't move as independently as some people seem to expect.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a Stokes parent and did not get any email about a plan would anyone be willing to post the email? I f*ucking love that school but if they don't open in the fall I will lose all respect.

+1 at least hybrid. If other schools can figure it out so can Stokes. Once teachers are vaccinated DL shouldn’t be an option.

Stokes classrooms are very cluttered and the building is quite old so they might have more behind the scenes work to do that you aren’t aware of

I’m so tired of excuses. If there are issues make parents aware of them. The lack of communication from the school is a huge fail. Many schools (charter and DCPS) in this city are old and small. The big schools face capacity issues so it’s not like they have extra space and yet they are finding ways to offer some IP.

This. There are always excuses. If there are issues, be transparent and give strategies to address them. That’s what real leadership is about.

Clichés about leadership are what real leadership is about? OK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a Stokes parent and did not get any email about a plan would anyone be willing to post the email? I f*ucking love that school but if they don't open in the fall I will lose all respect.

+1 at least hybrid. If other schools can figure it out so can Stokes. Once teachers are vaccinated DL shouldn’t be an option.

Stokes classrooms are very cluttered and the building is quite old so they might have more behind the scenes work to do that you aren’t aware of

I’m so tired of excuses. If there are issues make parents aware of them. The lack of communication from the school is a huge fail. Many schools (charter and DCPS) in this city are old and small. The big schools face capacity issues so it’s not like they have extra space and yet they are finding ways to offer some IP.

This. There are always excuses. If there are issues, be transparent and give strategies to address them. That’s what real leadership is about.

Clichés about leadership are what real leadership is about? OK.

What’s your beef? Don’t see you denying accuracy of the statement.

[Anonymous]

In summary, so far schools opening include:

Sela
MV
YY
LAMB - not definite, dependent on numbers

Anyone else?

What about some of the non-immersion schools such as ITDS, TR, SWW?