APS cancels Summer school for many previously qualified students due to lack of staffing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Loft is, as far as I can tell, the one responsible for unilaterally shortening elementary school days when children returned in person. Unlike the other counties that reverted to full days.

That’s a long list of mistakes.

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Anonymous wrote:Physician here. An essential worker is an essential! If you want to be in job that isn’t important , requires dedication and sacrifice and very necessary, then don’t be a teacher. I never once complained that my employer asked me go to VHC to take care of Covid patients. I never questioned anyones intentions. I took the proper precautions , followed CDD guidelines and did my job. I am still alive and kicking. There was no need for closing schools and hiding. Everyone who was essential needed to rise up, wear PPE, gloves and work. We are supposed to be in a different class all together and it’s sad teachers didn’t understand that but every other essential worker did. Sorry to break it to you...masks actually work and that was all that was really needed. That is the truth the private schools teachers and the rest of the public schools systems knew already.

Perhaps APS should pay them physician’s wages then.

Perhaps teachers’ degrees should be harder to obtain. As it stands, it’s one of the easiest degrees to get.

PP is a physician, but I am a nurse that also had to go in. Hospital custodians, and hell, even Costco workers, went to work without complaint. The entire time.
Without sufficient PPE. Was it stressful? Absolutely! But we are essential workers, just as teachers are.

So cut the crap about having “the worst year ever”. It’s a bit tone deaf when WE ALL HAVE HAD THE FIRST YEAR EVER.

Or fine, take the summer break, and then don’t ever complain about your low salaries ever again.

They didn’t go in without complaint. Be clear. You’re literally here complaining that you, a nurse, had to handle a health crisis. Teachers did not ever sign up to teach in summer and don’t get paid to. It’s not the same.

I went to work without complaint. My complaints are with others that are too lazy to do their jobs.

Who didn’t do their job? I just got home from school. I’ve been working since August when we returned. Your argument is invalid. Teachers worked the whole year.

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Anonymous wrote:Physician here. An essential worker is an essential! If you want to be in job that isn’t important , requires dedication and sacrifice and very necessary, then don’t be a teacher. I never once complained that my employer asked me go to VHC to take care of Covid patients. I never questioned anyones intentions. I took the proper precautions , followed CDD guidelines and did my job. I am still alive and kicking. There was no need for closing schools and hiding. Everyone who was essential needed to rise up, wear PPE, gloves and work. We are supposed to be in a different class all together and it’s sad teachers didn’t understand that but every other essential worker did. Sorry to break it to you...masks actually work and that was all that was really needed. That is the truth the private schools teachers and the rest of the public schools systems knew already.

Perhaps APS should pay them physician’s wages then.

Perhaps teachers’ degrees should be harder to obtain. As it stands, it’s one of the easiest degrees to get.

PP is a physician, but I am a nurse that also had to go in. Hospital custodians, and hell, even Costco workers, went to work without complaint. The entire time.
Without sufficient PPE. Was it stressful? Absolutely! But we are essential workers, just as teachers are.

So cut the crap about having “the worst year ever”. It’s a bit tone deaf when WE ALL HAVE HAD THE FIRST YEAR EVER.

Or fine, take the summer break, and then don’t ever complain about your low salaries ever again.

They didn’t go in without complaint. Be clear. You’re literally here complaining that you, a nurse, had to handle a health crisis. Teachers did not ever sign up to teach in summer and don’t get paid to. It’s not the same.

I went to work without complaint. My complaints are with others that are too lazy to do their jobs.

Who didn’t do their job? I just got home from school. I’ve been working since August when we returned. Your argument is invalid. Teachers worked the whole year.

Bahahahahahaha

[Anonymous]

I don’t care about summer school. I care that teachers slacked off for over a year!

[Anonymous]

I don’t care about summer school. I care that teachers slacked off for over a year!

Prove it, troll. I'll bet you have no idea what teachers do every day. Every teacher I know is working their tail off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care about summer school. I care that teachers slacked off for over a year!

Screaming at windmills.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t care about summer school. I care that teachers slacked off for over a year!

Cry more pls

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Physician here. An essential worker is an essential! If you want to be in job that isn’t important , requires dedication and sacrifice and very necessary, then don’t be a teacher. I never once complained that my employer asked me go to VHC to take care of Covid patients. I never questioned anyones intentions. I took the proper precautions , followed CDD guidelines and did my job. I am still alive and kicking. There was no need for closing schools and hiding. Everyone who was essential needed to rise up, wear PPE, gloves and work. We are supposed to be in a different class all together and it’s sad teachers didn’t understand that but every other essential worker did. Sorry to break it to you...masks actually work and that was all that was really needed. That is the truth the private schools teachers and the rest of the public schools systems knew already.

Perhaps APS should pay them physician’s wages then.

Perhaps teachers’ degrees should be harder to obtain. As it stands, it’s one of the easiest degrees to get.

PP is a physician, but I am a nurse that also had to go in. Hospital custodians, and hell, even Costco workers, went to work without complaint. The entire time.
Without sufficient PPE. Was it stressful? Absolutely! But we are essential workers, just as teachers are.

So cut the crap about having “the worst year ever”. It’s a bit tone deaf when WE ALL HAVE HAD THE FIRST YEAR EVER.

Or fine, take the summer break, and then don’t ever complain about your low salaries ever again.

They didn’t go in without complaint. Be clear. You’re literally here complaining that you, a nurse, had to handle a health crisis. Teachers did not ever sign up to teach in summer and don’t get paid to. It’s not the same.

I went to work without complaint. My complaints are with others that are too lazy to do their jobs.

Who didn’t do their job? I just got home from school. I’ve been working since August when we returned. Your argument is invalid. Teachers worked the whole year.

Bahahahahahaha

Oh, you're a child. Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's all remember when Loft said that concurrent was not developmentally appropriate for middle schoolers. That was before she expanded it to elementary!!!

That was only because she also dialed back her initial plan to assign virtual kids & hybrid kids separately at the beginning of the year.... "We'll figure it out later," she said.

Concurrent has actually worked really well for my 6th grader. I can see it working pretty well for upper classes in elementary as well. I remember when this switchover happened and at least for middle schoolers, I really thought it made sense, rather than reassign teachers and classes. A lot of students wanted to stay with the teachers they had been assigned to, and didn't want to change teachers so that their classes could be split up into all virtual vs. in person. I thought that was going to be a nightmare, personally.

+1

No matter what Bridget Loft did this year, there would have always been haters. I like her.

She has been horrible in her jobs way before Covid. This year has just shown a huge spotlight on it. But for some reason she is the golden child of APS that they will never get rid of. Maybe since this year EVERYONE sees how how bad she is maybe it will change. I’m not holding my breath

-some one who had to deal with her unfortunate “leadership” at Swanson

I’ve worked for her, and I think she’s great. Unfortunately, that sometimes means making sound decisions that are unpopular, and during this pandemic, the superintendent of teaching and learning is damned no matter what they do. I think she’s done fairly well with hand she’s been dealt.

Also- she shouldn’t have had to apologize about the email. All she said is, they can’t staff summer school. So what? I’m a teacher. Not offended.

I think she read DCUM and saw how parents blamed teachers rather than a) asking why the district didn’t secure staffing before offering summer school and b) considering that many teachers are burn out and others need more remunerative summer work (largely unavailable last summer).