Snow day

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why virtual school isn't done during these times? Why are kids away from school for a week because of 3 inches of snow?

Because its pointless AND because the VA dept of education will not count virtual as a counted school say.

I love these comments. I actually teach at a virtual school, we’ve just been moving along with lessons this week. Everyone understands the concepts and is doing their classwork and homework.

You left out some critical details: (1) what age? (2) how many students in your "class" (3) do they all have a SAHP to assist?

I teach math, so my current students are 3rd-6th (different classes throughout the day). About 20 kids in each class. They may have a parent at home, but they know how to join Zoom and Canvas on their own.

“They may have a parent at home?” You really are a clown. Of course there is a parent at home. I would hope that parents aren’t leaving 8-11 year olds at home alone for 6 hours.

This. If those parents have opted into the farce that is virtual learning then they are in the rare category of parents that can manage this, meaning they are home all the time to make sure their child stays on task.

Just because it’s not for you doesn’t make it a farce

[Anonymous]

good lord, what will you guys do once there’s no snow to complain about after kids are back in school next week?

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why virtual school isn't done during these times? Why are kids away from school for a week because of 3 inches of snow?

Because its pointless AND because the VA dept of education will not count virtual as a counted school say.

I love these comments. I actually teach at a virtual school, we’ve just been moving along with lessons this week. Everyone understands the concepts and is doing their classwork and homework.

You left out some critical details: (1) what age? (2) how many students in your "class" (3) do they all have a SAHP to assist?

I teach math, so my current students are 3rd-6th (different classes throughout the day). About 20 kids in each class. They may have a parent at home, but they know how to join Zoom and Canvas on their own.

“They may have a parent at home?” You really are a clown. Of course there is a parent at home. I would hope that parents aren’t leaving 8-11 year olds at home alone for 6 hours.

This. If those parents have opted into the farce that is virtual learning then they are in the rare category of parents that can manage this, meaning they are home all the time to make sure their child stays on task.

Just because it’s not for you doesn’t make it a farce

https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-023-04746-8

"Online education isn’t the best choice: evidence-based medical education in the post-epidemic era—a cross-sectional study"

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Anonymous wrote:good lord, what will you guys do once there’s no snow to complain about after kids are back in school next week?

When it comes to FCPS there's always something to complain about.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why virtual school isn't done during these times? Why are kids away from school for a week because of 3 inches of snow?

Because its pointless AND because the VA dept of education will not count virtual as a counted school say.

I love these comments. I actually teach at a virtual school, we’ve just been moving along with lessons this week. Everyone understands the concepts and is doing their classwork and homework.

Are you really this dense that you would compare daily online instruction with families who chose it to an unexpected switch after teaching/attending class in person for months? Would love to see you in a classroom tomorrow for 6.5 hours with a class of 25 first graders. You wouldn’t last 20 minutes.

Did it and survived…idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anyone want to hazard a guess when they will announce for tomorrow? 7 pm?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t even care about virtual school. But it seems ridiculous that the high school and middle school teachers have totally checked out, not answering emails, posting nothing on schoology, not updating grades. Kids (those that care) could be using this time to catch up or study. I get it that lots won’t do that, but some will and it seems relatively low effort to just do the bare minimum like check your email.

Who is emailing their teacher during the 3-week break?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone want to hazard a guess when they will announce for tomorrow? 7 pm?

Probably. Then a long letter discussing bus stops

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t even care about virtual school. But it seems ridiculous that the high school and middle school teachers have totally checked out, not answering emails, posting nothing on schoology, not updating grades. Kids (those that care) could be using this time to catch up or study. I get it that lots won’t do that, but some will and it seems relatively low effort to just do the bare minimum like check your email.

Who is emailing their teacher during the 3-week break?

It was their vacation. They were actually being told *not* to check email by their admin during that time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone want to hazard a guess when they will announce for tomorrow? 7 pm?

I would guess they will close again. Nothing is melting in this cold.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t even care about virtual school. But it seems ridiculous that the high school and middle school teachers have totally checked out, not answering emails, posting nothing on schoology, not updating grades. Kids (those that care) could be using this time to catch up or study. I get it that lots won’t do that, but some will and it seems relatively low effort to just do the bare minimum like check your email.

Who is emailing their teacher during the 3-week break?

It was their vacation. They were actually being told *not* to check email by their admin during that time.

Yes and why the F! would any of us post work on Schoology that kids who ARE NOT IN SCHOOL won’t do. It’s like you just have to be punitive against someone, for some reason, whether it makes any sense to be or not.

[Anonymous]

How are the secondary roads in your neighborhood on Thursday afternoon? Are the icy roads melted at all?

Are the public sidewalks clear that lead to big schools? The public sidewalk along Burke Lake Road that leads to Lake Braddock Secondary School is not shoveled abd a sheet of hard snow/ice.

Are there any ice school parking lots?

The FedEx truck just got stuck on my side street on a sheet of thick ice. They Couldn’t turn around and completely blocked the road for about 20 minutes.

I can’t imagine it’s safe on the icy secondary roads for buses and bus stops, and that enough sidewalks are cleared for the 50K walkers.

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Anonymous wrote:Baffling that people assume and totally accept that school will be closed Monday as well. Staying closed for more than a full week after a moderate snowfall (not "epic" as Dr. Reid mentioned in her first email) is total BS. WTF is wrong with people for not having an issue with that? My kid (age 13) is finally able to entertain himself on snow days and doesn't need a lot of oversight, but we all need to get back into our routines.

It's nice to see an honest poster but, nevertheless, it's not about you.

All kids need the routine. Being home all day isn't good for anyone.

Oh well. Weather happens. Handle it.

Such a tired argument. We are calling for solutions to handle "weather". We don't all want to sit at home sipping cocoa endlessly like you.

I’m working. I also handled my kids. You know, since that’s my responsibility as a parent. Clearly YMMV.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why virtual school isn't done during these times? Why are kids away from school for a week because of 3 inches of snow?

Because its pointless AND because the VA dept of education will not count virtual as a counted school say.

I love these comments. I actually teach at a virtual school, we’ve just been moving along with lessons this week. Everyone understands the concepts and is doing their classwork and homework.

Shouldn’t you be engaging with your handful of private school students instead of posting here?

You’re soooo angry. Hilarious.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any reason why virtual school isn't done during these times? Why are kids away from school for a week because of 3 inches of snow?

First, there was at least 3x that amount. Over 9 inches of snow fell throughout the county.

With regard to virtual school, that’s not going to happen. Schools don’t get credit for it to be a school day per the governor so what’s the point?

And then there’s the delivery of special education services. If FCPS says they’re having a virtual school day, that means that special education services have to be delivered. That can work virtually for some students, but it’s impossible for so many more. You end with having to provide compensatory services. FCPS just finished providing them afterschool, on the weekends and in the summer AND reimbursing families if they paid a private provider during COVID. There’s no way in hell they are doing that again. It was such a costly mess. Reid would crawl across glass before signing off on virtual instruction.

First, it has nothing to do with whether it was 3 inches or 9 inches. The reason kids are away from school is because the state failed to plow/treat the neighborhood roads, which are now not safe enough for buses to get around and pick up kids and take them to and bring them home from school.

So when will you be ok with safety? When everything has thawed? So another week of no school?

No need for the theatrics. Calm down.