I would appreciate that. But my own case, please. The same way some of my coworkers take three bagels each and leave nothing for the last lunch period, there won’t be paper left for others if parents just put a case in the office. |
Not possible. Taking assessments like MAP and MCAP requires a computer. |
Some schools seem better at limiting screens than others. Our DC is at William Tyler Page ES and most in-class work and all homework is on paper or physical workbooks. Chromebook time very limited.
And I heard White Oak MS was one of the first to ban phones before MCPS updated its policies. I think principals/admin have a lot of discretion on this issue. |
Not necessarily. If the teacher proactively sets the schedule to limit which websites kids can access they don’t have to be chained to their desk |
There is a big difference in screen addiction between the schools on the cart model versus the schools that let the kids have their Chromebook on their person all day long like a personal device. |
How can MCPS be so stupid as to allow students access to the Internet all day long? Good lord. |
We are heading to SSIMS for MS next year- does anyone know what their phone policy/ chrome book usage is like? |
Opt out. |
Pretty sure the new county wide policy on cell phone usage in middle schools is they cannot be used from bell to bell. |
Pretty ridiculous. And there’s no stopping it. |
Kids playing video games aren't brawling in the classroom. It's an improvement. It's up to parents to train your kids to be better than what MCPS expects. |
How does this work exactly? In ES, a lot of the screen time happens when teachers are working with small groups. How is the teacher supposed to be working with a group of students while simultaneously monitroing how the remaining students are using the screentime? WHy can't they - gasp- just read books instead? This stuff is built to be additive- putting it back on young kids to practice self-control is ridiculous. |
I’d love to stop it, but we don’t have the resources to do the curriculum with paper and pencil. Sometimes the only working printer is in the principal’s conference room. We have 100+ academic staff and 1000+. students |
Bingo. |
That sounds really odd. At my school we have twenty-five printers, mostly b/w laser and they all work, with one exception. (It's currently being serviced. God bless helpdesk tickets.) The copier machine, on the other hand, is a bit more finicky. But we also use CopyPlus quite a bit for regular jobs. However the bigger issue is still access to paper, which has gotten better in recent months. |