Just spoke to an MCPS teacher who said she was 99% sure MCPS will be DL in the fall

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Anonymous wrote:If this is accurate, MCPS is saying: it's just too tough, we can't figure it out, so we'll just kind of dribble along with remote instruction and see what happens.

I wouldn’t expect anything less from MCPS.

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PPs, where on FB did you see this? I’m in some staff and parent MCPS groups and have seen nothing about this.

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Anonymous wrote:PPs, where on FB did you see this? I’m in some staff and parent MCPS groups and have seen nothing about this.

I heard the page is called “How to troll DCUM”

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It was posted on a private group page for HSM teachers, but two others have heard the same message was sent to principals.

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So the 3-5 schools won't have any kids there at all?

And what about kids with IEP and 504 plans who aren't in grades K, 6, and 9? Will they get services at home?

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Anonymous wrote:The Thanksgiving date is intentional so that they can cancel in person due to virus load and go distance the entire year. Just watch.

Smartest most responsible thing to do. I swear I saw a Jan date posted they have since retracted. I am all in for safe and healthy school start whenever. And I work.

I never would have believed there were so many people posting on DCUM that the safest, most responsible thing to do is for kids to miss 1 1/3 years of school.

It’s called a pandemic.

It's called taking the easy way out.

It's called ignoring the science.

It's called sacrificing our children.

This is pretty dramatic considering what other generations or children in other parts of the world have gone through. Your kids will be fine. Make their time at home valuable in other ways.

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It is our understanding that MCPS is planning to bring back students in transition grades (pre-K/K, 6, and 9) first, and other grades in phases. School schedules in person and online will vary by school (ES/MS/HS). Students in all grades will start the year online, and MCPS hopes to have all willing students back in school buildings for 1-2 days a week by Thanksgiving. Some of the bigger challenges include transportation (12 students on a bus instead of up to 77) and having enough teachers to teach smaller classes in person while simultaneously teaching students in online classes at home. MCPS is hoping to have some students back in buildings 2 times a week as early as September (but not from day one). They just don’t think all students will be back in buildings 1-2 days a week until later in the fall.

Actually, I think this isn't a bad plan. First you get the school year started for everyone with DL. Lots of training and curriculum work is happening this summer for teachers. Focus on getting kids used to the DL environment and working. Then, each school will have a subset of students to bring into the building. It is going to take some effort to get all of the moving parts to function correctly for a hybrid rotation. Meanwhile, distance learning will still happen while the F2F part gets figured out. Add more students as the first group gets settled.

If cases remain under control, then we might get to a stable, hybrid situation that can be maintained for several months. If cases rise and school needs to shut down again, then DL is still in place as the default.

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It is our understanding that MCPS is planning to bring back students in transition grades (pre-K/K, 6, and 9) first, and other grades in phases. School schedules in person and online will vary by school (ES/MS/HS). Students in all grades will start the year online, and MCPS hopes to have all willing students back in school buildings for 1-2 days a week by Thanksgiving. Some of the bigger challenges include transportation (12 students on a bus instead of up to 77) and having enough teachers to teach smaller classes in person while simultaneously teaching students in online classes at home. MCPS is hoping to have some students back in buildings 2 times a week as early as September (but not from day one). They just don’t think all students will be back in buildings 1-2 days a week until later in the fall.

Actually, I think this isn't a bad plan. First you get the school year started for everyone with DL. Lots of training and curriculum work is happening this summer for teachers. Focus on getting kids used to the DL environment and working. Then, each school will have a subset of students to bring into the building. It is going to take some effort to get all of the moving parts to function correctly for a hybrid rotation. Meanwhile, distance learning will still happen while the F2F part gets figured out. Add more students as the first group gets settled.

If cases remain under control, then we might get to a stable, hybrid situation that can be maintained for several months. If cases rise and school needs to shut down again, then DL is still in place as the default.

You are kidding yourself. Having this kind of setup plan is just giving them leeway to never actually have any f2f education for the entirety of the year. I can guarantee you the f2f plan is all talk and won't ever happen. It's to hard for them and they don't do hard.

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It is our understanding that MCPS is planning to bring back students in transition grades (pre-K/K, 6, and 9) first, and other grades in phases. School schedules in person and online will vary by school (ES/MS/HS). Students in all grades will start the year online, and MCPS hopes to have all willing students back in school buildings for 1-2 days a week by Thanksgiving. Some of the bigger challenges include transportation (12 students on a bus instead of up to 77) and having enough teachers to teach smaller classes in person while simultaneously teaching students in online classes at home. MCPS is hoping to have some students back in buildings 2 times a week as early as September (but not from day one). They just don’t think all students will be back in buildings 1-2 days a week until later in the fall.

Actually, I think this isn't a bad plan. First you get the school year started for everyone with DL. Lots of training and curriculum work is happening this summer for teachers. Focus on getting kids used to the DL environment and working. Then, each school will have a subset of students to bring into the building. It is going to take some effort to get all of the moving parts to function correctly for a hybrid rotation. Meanwhile, distance learning will still happen while the F2F part gets figured out. Add more students as the first group gets settled.

If cases remain under control, then we might get to a stable, hybrid situation that can be maintained for several months. If cases rise and school needs to shut down again, then DL is still in place as the default.

There's no need for time to get used to DL environment. Kids were already doing it since April anyway. My 1st grader is pretty good at the MyMCPS portal and using Zoom, but she wants to see her friends in real life.

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Anonymous wrote:If this is accurate, MCPS is saying: it's just too tough, we can't figure it out, so we'll just kind of dribble along with remote instruction and see what happens.

Typical MCPS. FCPS and ACPS in Virginia can pull this off, so why can't MCPS?

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I hope the ESOL , SpEd and 504 kids can come along with the transition year students. They need the services.

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It is our understanding that MCPS is planning to bring back students in transition grades (pre-K/K, 6, and 9) first, and other grades in phases. School schedules in person and online will vary by school (ES/MS/HS). Students in all grades will start the year online, and MCPS hopes to have all willing students back in school buildings for 1-2 days a week by Thanksgiving. Some of the bigger challenges include transportation (12 students on a bus instead of up to 77) and having enough teachers to teach smaller classes in person while simultaneously teaching students in online classes at home. MCPS is hoping to have some students back in buildings 2 times a week as early as September (but not from day one). They just don’t think all students will be back in buildings 1-2 days a week until later in the fall.

Actually, I think this isn't a bad plan. First you get the school year started for everyone with DL. Lots of training and curriculum work is happening this summer for teachers. Focus on getting kids used to the DL environment and working. Then, each school will have a subset of students to bring into the building. It is going to take some effort to get all of the moving parts to function correctly for a hybrid rotation. Meanwhile, distance learning will still happen while the F2F part gets figured out. Add more students as the first group gets settled.

If cases remain under control, then we might get to a stable, hybrid situation that can be maintained for several months. If cases rise and school needs to shut down again, then DL is still in place as the default.

You are kidding yourself. Having this kind of setup plan is just giving them leeway to never actually have any f2f education for the entirety of the year. I can guarantee you the f2f plan is all talk and won't ever happen. It's to hard for them and they don't do hard.

Yeah, "by Thanksgiving" basically means "at some point, maybe". Because really, what do they expect to happen between now and Thanksgiving?

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Well there’s another super pneumonia in Kazakhstan worse than COVID-19. Covid is kicking the shi$ out of people down South. We all need to hunker down again by late August I’m betting. Better to be prepared.

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Anonymous wrote:If this is accurate, MCPS is saying: it's just too tough, we can't figure it out, so we'll just kind of dribble along with remote instruction and see what happens.

Typical MCPS. FCPS and ACPS in Virginia can pull this off, so why can't MCPS?

I mean I get your point - but it remains to be seen if FCPS and ACPS can actually pull this off.

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Anonymous wrote:Well there’s another super pneumonia in Kazakhstan worse than COVID-19. Covid is kicking the shi$ out of people down South. We all need to hunker down again by late August I’m betting. Better to be prepared.

Sorry, MCPS kids, no school for you, people are sick in Kazakhstan.