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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

+1. Also Neal spoke at an event at our ES last week and said: “deal will be 100% in person” so also cut that sh*t

Neal also calls sitting in a classroom taking a virtual class IPL and dodges questions about reopening, so many parents have very little faith in her willingness to have 100% in person instruction.

This is not exactly correct. She wasn’t happy with the set up. She noted its short comings numerous times in her meetings.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

+1. Also Neal spoke at an event at our ES last week and said: “deal will be 100% in person” so also cut that sh*t

Neal also calls sitting in a classroom taking a virtual class IPL and dodges questions about reopening, so many parents have very little faith in her willingness to have 100% in person instruction.

Yep.

What? She sent out a call today saying Deal is back in classrooms this Fall for 100% in person learning for ALL. You don’t have a kid at Deal so simmer down and stop spreading misinformation.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

+1. Also Neal spoke at an event at our ES last week and said: “deal will be 100% in person” so also cut that sh*t

Neal also calls sitting in a classroom taking a virtual class IPL and dodges questions about reopening, so many parents have very little faith in her willingness to have 100% in person instruction.

Yep.

What? She sent out a call today saying Deal is back in classrooms this Fall for 100% in person learning for ALL. You don’t have a kid at Deal so simmer down and stop spreading misinformation.

Will teachers be teaching face-to-face in the same room as the students? No computers involved in the interaction at all?
I don't trust her.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

+1. Also Neal spoke at an event at our ES last week and said: “deal will be 100% in person” so also cut that sh*t

Neal also calls sitting in a classroom taking a virtual class IPL and dodges questions about reopening, so many parents have very little faith in her willingness to have 100% in person instruction.

Yep.

What? She sent out a call today saying Deal is back in classrooms this Fall for 100% in person learning for ALL. You don’t have a kid at Deal so simmer down and stop spreading misinformation.

Will teachers be teaching face-to-face in the same room as the students? No computers involved in the interaction at all?
I don't trust her.

This. Some of her supporters think we forgot that she was a vocal supporter of WTU's efforts to keep schools closed, told us in meetings that she didn't want to reopen schools, collaborated with LSAT and ADCA officials to silence parents who want to reopen, implemented a truly awful "reopening" plan with kids taking virtual classes in the building while their teachers teach virtually to other kids, and wasn't transparent about the fact that her plan wasn't really IPL. The only reason she's spouting reopening now 100% is because central office is forcing her to. Meanwhile, she has no actual plan to reopen and refuses to answer parent questions about HOW she plans to do this.

Of course we have kids at Deal. What a sorry sack of crap pp to allege we don't.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

+1. Also Neal spoke at an event at our ES last week and said: “deal will be 100% in person” so also cut that sh*t

Neal also calls sitting in a classroom taking a virtual class IPL and dodges questions about reopening, so many parents have very little faith in her willingness to have 100% in person instruction.

Yep.

What? She sent out a call today saying Deal is back in classrooms this Fall for 100% in person learning for ALL. You don’t have a kid at Deal so simmer down and stop spreading misinformation.

Will teachers be teaching face-to-face in the same room as the students? No computers involved in the interaction at all?
I don't trust her.

This. Some of her supporters think we forgot that she was a vocal supporter of WTU's efforts to keep schools closed, told us in meetings that she didn't want to reopen schools, collaborated with LSAT and ADCA officials to silence parents who want to reopen, implemented a truly awful "reopening" plan with kids taking virtual classes in the building while their teachers teach virtually to other kids, and wasn't transparent about the fact that her plan wasn't really IPL. The only reason she's spouting reopening now 100% is because central office is forcing her to. Meanwhile, she has no actual plan to reopen and refuses to answer parent questions about HOW she plans to do this.

Of course we have kids at Deal. What a sorry sack of crap pp to allege we don't.

I’m imagining that, like she said, there will be full in person learning every day for every person that wants it. She probably is tired of talking to you all bc you take her words and twist them and act rude and entitled.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

+1. Also Neal spoke at an event at our ES last week and said: “deal will be 100% in person” so also cut that sh*t

Neal also calls sitting in a classroom taking a virtual class IPL and dodges questions about reopening, so many parents have very little faith in her willingness to have 100% in person instruction.

Yep.

What? She sent out a call today saying Deal is back in classrooms this Fall for 100% in person learning for ALL. You don’t have a kid at Deal so simmer down and stop spreading misinformation.

Will teachers be teaching face-to-face in the same room as the students? No computers involved in the interaction at all?
I don't trust her.

This. Some of her supporters think we forgot that she was a vocal supporter of WTU's efforts to keep schools closed, told us in meetings that she didn't want to reopen schools, collaborated with LSAT and ADCA officials to silence parents who want to reopen, implemented a truly awful "reopening" plan with kids taking virtual classes in the building while their teachers teach virtually to other kids, and wasn't transparent about the fact that her plan wasn't really IPL. The only reason she's spouting reopening now 100% is because central office is forcing her to. Meanwhile, she has no actual plan to reopen and refuses to answer parent questions about HOW she plans to do this.

Of course we have kids at Deal. What a sorry sack of crap pp to allege we don't.

I’m imagining that, like she said, there will be full in person learning every day for every person that wants it. She probably is tired of talking to you all bc you take her words and twist them and act rude and entitled.

NP. Quit using entitled as an insult. Kids are entitled to in person education.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

+1. Also Neal spoke at an event at our ES last week and said: “deal will be 100% in person” so also cut that sh*t

Neal also calls sitting in a classroom taking a virtual class IPL and dodges questions about reopening, so many parents have very little faith in her willingness to have 100% in person instruction.

Yep.

What? She sent out a call today saying Deal is back in classrooms this Fall for 100% in person learning for ALL. You don’t have a kid at Deal so simmer down and stop spreading misinformation.

Will teachers be teaching face-to-face in the same room as the students? No computers involved in the interaction at all?
I don't trust her.

This. Some of her supporters think we forgot that she was a vocal supporter of WTU's efforts to keep schools closed, told us in meetings that she didn't want to reopen schools, collaborated with LSAT and ADCA officials to silence parents who want to reopen, implemented a truly awful "reopening" plan with kids taking virtual classes in the building while their teachers teach virtually to other kids, and wasn't transparent about the fact that her plan wasn't really IPL. The only reason she's spouting reopening now 100% is because central office is forcing her to. Meanwhile, she has no actual plan to reopen and refuses to answer parent questions about HOW she plans to do this.

Of course we have kids at Deal. What a sorry sack of crap pp to allege we don't.

I’m imagining that, like she said, there will be full in person learning every day for every person that wants it. She probably is tired of talking to you all bc you take her words and twist them and act rude and entitled.

NP. Quit using entitled as an insult. Kids are entitled to in person education.

And they’re going to get it, so stop pretending that this principal has some grand plan to spite you.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

+1. Also Neal spoke at an event at our ES last week and said: “deal will be 100% in person” so also cut that sh*t

Neal also calls sitting in a classroom taking a virtual class IPL and dodges questions about reopening, so many parents have very little faith in her willingness to have 100% in person instruction.

Yep.

What? She sent out a call today saying Deal is back in classrooms this Fall for 100% in person learning for ALL. You don’t have a kid at Deal so simmer down and stop spreading misinformation.

Will teachers be teaching face-to-face in the same room as the students? No computers involved in the interaction at all?
I don't trust her.

This. Some of her supporters think we forgot that she was a vocal supporter of WTU's efforts to keep schools closed, told us in meetings that she didn't want to reopen schools, collaborated with LSAT and ADCA officials to silence parents who want to reopen, implemented a truly awful "reopening" plan with kids taking virtual classes in the building while their teachers teach virtually to other kids, and wasn't transparent about the fact that her plan wasn't really IPL. The only reason she's spouting reopening now 100% is because central office is forcing her to. Meanwhile, she has no actual plan to reopen and refuses to answer parent questions about HOW she plans to do this.

Of course we have kids at Deal. What a sorry sack of crap pp to allege we don't.

I’m imagining that, like she said, there will be full in person learning every day for every person that wants it. She probably is tired of talking to you all bc you take her words and twist them and act rude and entitled.

NP. Quit using entitled as an insult. Kids are entitled to in person education.

And they’re going to get it, so stop pretending that this principal has some grand plan to spite you.

DP. There is zero reason for parents to trust the word of principals. They are correct to be skeptical and want an assurance of return to normal.

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The truth is, all of DCPS is moving toward using online programs, distributing assignments online, having students complete assignments online, and grading them online. That's where we were headed before COVID and it's going to continue.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

+1. Also Neal spoke at an event at our ES last week and said: “deal will be 100% in person” so also cut that sh*t

Neal also calls sitting in a classroom taking a virtual class IPL and dodges questions about reopening, so many parents have very little faith in her willingness to have 100% in person instruction.

Yep.

What? She sent out a call today saying Deal is back in classrooms this Fall for 100% in person learning for ALL. You don’t have a kid at Deal so simmer down and stop spreading misinformation.

Will teachers be teaching face-to-face in the same room as the students? No computers involved in the interaction at all?
I don't trust her.

This. Some of her supporters think we forgot that she was a vocal supporter of WTU's efforts to keep schools closed, told us in meetings that she didn't want to reopen schools, collaborated with LSAT and ADCA officials to silence parents who want to reopen, implemented a truly awful "reopening" plan with kids taking virtual classes in the building while their teachers teach virtually to other kids, and wasn't transparent about the fact that her plan wasn't really IPL. The only reason she's spouting reopening now 100% is because central office is forcing her to. Meanwhile, she has no actual plan to reopen and refuses to answer parent questions about HOW she plans to do this.

Of course we have kids at Deal. What a sorry sack of crap pp to allege we don't.

I’m imagining that, like she said, there will be full in person learning every day for every person that wants it. She probably is tired of talking to you all bc you take her words and twist them and act rude and entitled.

NP. Quit using entitled as an insult. Kids are entitled to in person education.

And they’re going to get it, so stop pretending that this principal has some grand plan to spite you.

DP. There is zero reason for parents to trust the word of principals. They are correct to be skeptical and want an assurance of return to normal.

Exactly. Not only are kids entitled to in person learning, parents are entitled to clear and straightforward communication from school leaders.

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More principals should be like Neal. Parents don’t have nearly the sway they think they do and managing a 1,000+ person school means that subsets of parents are always gonna be unhappy. This past year beside, kids love their deal experience and that’s what matters.

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Anonymous wrote:More principals should be like Neal. Parents don’t have nearly the sway they think they do and managing a 1,000+ person school means that subsets of parents are always gonna be unhappy. This past year beside, kids love their deal experience and that’s what matters.

Ummm ... I hardly think wanting kids to be in school in person is "micromanaging."

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Anonymous wrote:Is it any different than prior years? And is it purely about teachers being disgruntled? It sounds like some teachers moved because they....uh....wanted their kids to go to school in person and they are just staying someplace else?

I’m leaving my NW ES purely bc the families showed themselves to be really rude and entitled during the reopening period. I’m very excited to get out of the toxic W3 school culture.

So are you going to a different DCPS? Or what?

Yep different DCPS EOTP don’t want to get too detailed on here but it wasn’t too hard to find a school happy to take on a teacher with 5 straight years of highly effective scores. Looking forward to getting back to working with kids instead of placating overbearing parents

It really frustrates me when educators assume that low income parents won't have (or shouldn't have) expectations and desires and be as engaged and demanding as higher income parents. It sometimes feels as if certain educators talk about the importance of family engagement but don't really want it and worse look for a certain student body assuming there won't be parents asking questions or keeping an eye out.

It really frustrates me when other posters assume that lower income families won’t have expectations, desires and be as engaged as parents in Ward 3 or EOTP. Lower income families care and can be engaged. Being a demanding asshole and treating teachers like they personally owe us or that our darling angels are exceptional above all others isn’t the same as being active in your child’s learning community.

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Anonymous wrote:More principals should be like Neal. Parents don’t have nearly the sway they think they do and managing a 1,000+ person school means that subsets of parents are always gonna be unhappy. This past year beside, kids love their deal experience and that’s what matters.

Talk to the subset of parents of kids with special needs at Deal. Different experience.

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lafayette is losing a lot of teachers and other staff.