Virtual learning in Jan? (DC charter)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But despite this dcb will still have a long waitlist.

Which just speaks to how bad DCPS is in most of the city.

DCPS middle schools, sure. Plenty of nearby DCPS elementary schools that perform just as well and don’t have this never ending pandemic theater foolishness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But despite this dcb will still have a long waitlist.

Which just speaks to how bad DCPS is in most of the city.

DCPS middle schools, sure. Plenty of nearby DCPS elementary schools that perform just as well and don’t have this never ending pandemic theater foolishness.

Maybe, but they don't feed to DCI.

[Anonymous]

KIPP changed their calendar to reflect a return on January 9th to avoid the last minute additional time off that happened last school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But despite this dcb will still have a long waitlist.

Which just speaks to how bad DCPS is in most of the city.

DCPS middle schools, sure. Plenty of nearby DCPS elementary schools that perform just as well and don’t have this never ending pandemic theater foolishness.

Maybe, but they don't feed to DCI.

Well without a DCI guarantee anymore, DCB doesn’t “feed” into it either. You gamble for sixth grade if you want, we are making other plans and not crossing our fingers for a mediocre middle school pathway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But despite this dcb will still have a long waitlist.

Which just speaks to how bad DCPS is in most of the city.

DCPS middle schools, sure. Plenty of nearby DCPS elementary schools that perform just as well and don’t have this never ending pandemic theater foolishness.

Maybe, but they don't feed to DCI.

Well without a DCI guarantee anymore, DCB doesn’t “feed” into it either. You gamble for sixth grade if you want, we are making other plans and not crossing our fingers for a mediocre middle school pathway.

Your are gambling too but with fifth grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:KIPP changed their calendar to reflect a return on January 9th to avoid the last minute additional time off that happened last school year.

I’m sorry that is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCB has a terrible habit of canceling school without notice to parents and imposing nonsensical Covid mitigations. Long-time parent here that is so disillusioned with the school leadership.

The parents must be extremely privileged if they can handle these curve balls. And yet I bet the school think they have equity as their guide star.

[Anonymous]

Our charter hasn’t announced anything similar. But we are masking until some unannounced date past holiday return

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:KIPP changed their calendar to reflect a return on January 9th to avoid the last minute additional time off that happened last school year.

They added a week of break? What is the thinking behind this being helpful vs just kicking the can a week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virtual learning is not learning. We know this.

Especially for the youngest children, who are also the ones who will pose the childcare crunch for families with no school these days. We need to start being explicit about what these moves mean for kids under the age of 7/8 -- this is not virtual learning, it's cancelling school for ECE/1st. Just be honest and call it what it is, instead of pretending that you can close schools and still educate young children. You can't! We've been through this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, you’re lucky your school is looking ahead to 1) what’s coming down the line 2) looking to preserve learning DURING A PANDEMIC 3) looking out for your child/family health!!

I love this comment for so many reasons. It's so typical of the upper-class elitist liberal bubble that many parents live in.

"Looking to preserve learning during a PANDEMIC" - This comment doesn't inform or argue anything. It's meant to bully its way into a valid argument and it has served elitist very well.

The pandemic has been active for over 2 full years now; we are going to school every day during this pandemic without issue. You don't know the struggles that middle and lower-class families face.

Preserve learning? How can parents do that when they have to WORK IN PERSON. They have to work in person serving YOUR food, cleaning YOUR houses, and taking care of YOUR children while their own children are left to fend for themselves, sometimes spending the entire day alone. It's just selfish upper-class rhetoric that thinks it's helping those less fortune while only serving their own selfish needs. We need to stop accepting arguments like this as having any validity whatsoever.

I hope we can work together to find more solutions but virtual learning AIN'T it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, you’re lucky your school is looking ahead to 1) what’s coming down the line 2) looking to preserve learning DURING A PANDEMIC 3) looking out for your child/family health!!

I love this comment for so many reasons. It's so typical of the upper-class elitist liberal bubble that many parents live in.

"Looking to preserve learning during a PANDEMIC" - This comment doesn't inform or argue anything. It's meant to bully its way into a valid argument and it has served elitist very well.

The pandemic has been active for over 2 full years now; we are going to school every day during this pandemic without issue. You don't know the struggles that middle and lower-class families face.

Preserve learning? How can parents do that when they have to WORK IN PERSON. They have to work in person serving YOUR food, cleaning YOUR houses, and taking care of YOUR children while their own children are left to fend for themselves, sometimes spending the entire day alone. It's just selfish upper-class rhetoric that thinks it's helping those less fortune while only serving their own selfish needs. We need to stop accepting arguments like this as having any validity whatsoever.

I hope we can work together to find more solutions but virtual learning AIN'T it.

It also doesn't help when you have these parents, as well as their allies on the WTU board, continually advocating for draconian COVID measures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, you’re lucky your school is looking ahead to 1) what’s coming down the line 2) looking to preserve learning DURING A PANDEMIC 3) looking out for your child/family health!!

I love this comment for so many reasons. It's so typical of the upper-class elitist liberal bubble that many parents live in.

"Looking to preserve learning during a PANDEMIC" - This comment doesn't inform or argue anything. It's meant to bully its way into a valid argument and it has served elitist very well.

The pandemic has been active for over 2 full years now; we are going to school every day during this pandemic without issue. You don't know the struggles that middle and lower-class families face.

Preserve learning? How can parents do that when they have to WORK IN PERSON. They have to work in person serving YOUR food, cleaning YOUR houses, and taking care of YOUR children while their own children are left to fend for themselves, sometimes spending the entire day alone. It's just selfish upper-class rhetoric that thinks it's helping those less fortune while only serving their own selfish needs. We need to stop accepting arguments like this as having any validity whatsoever.

I hope we can work together to find more solutions but virtual learning AIN'T it.

It also doesn't help when you have these parents, as well as their allies on the WTU board, continually advocating for draconian COVID measures.

I think the original “you’re lucky” commenter is actually a teacher who isn’t able to move on from COVID panic mode. It’s the choice of language plus any parents this freaked out have found alternative school arrangements by now (or have gotten over it, more likely).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:KIPP changed their calendar to reflect a return on January 9th to avoid the last minute additional time off that happened last school year.

They added a week of break? What is the thinking behind this being helpful vs just kicking the can a week?

NP. I think the point here is that, of you are going to impose these types of Covid related changes you need to give advanced notice so parents can plan ahead for childcare. KIPP schools support the the kids that most DCPS and almost all other charters performatively support by screaming "EQUITY!"

[Anonymous]

Virtual and required testing is asinine. Widely available tests are supposed to allow society to function. Test and return to school.