MCPS Brian Hill Dissembles

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

I hear global warming is returning to MoCo next week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

Eid isn't celebrated until the evening. It works fine as a school/work day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

4/22 is a religious holiday as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

4/22 is a religious holiday as well.

Passover begins at sundown. It's fine to have school that day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

4/22 is a religious holiday as well.

Passover begins at sundown. It's fine to have school that day.

Yes, either 4/10 or 4/22 would work fine. We'll probably need both of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

4/22 is a religious holiday as well.

Passover begins at sundown. It's fine to have school that day.

Yes, either 4/10 or 4/22 would work fine. We'll probably need both of them.

The prep for a Passover Seder ain’t easy and requires more than a days work. That matzo ball soup don’t cook itself. I’m sure Eid and lunar New Year are the same. If we open one of those days then excused absences should be given to students and teachers alike. It’s a relatively simple solution

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

4/22 is a religious holiday as well.

Passover begins at sundown. It's fine to have school that day.

Yes, either 4/10 or 4/22 would work fine. We'll probably need both of them.

The prep for a Passover Seder ain’t easy and requires more than a days work. That matzo ball soup don’t cook itself. I’m sure Eid and lunar New Year are the same. If we open one of those days then excused absences should be given to students and teachers alike. It’s a relatively simple solution

If it requires "more than a days work" then they already would have had to make alternate plans. 4/21 is a school day.

[Anonymous]

4/21 is a Sunday. This is the first time in quite a while that Passover hasn’t fallen over spring break.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

4/22 is a religious holiday as well.

Passover begins at sundown. It's fine to have school that day.

Yes, either 4/10 or 4/22 would work fine. We'll probably need both of them.

The prep for a Passover Seder ain’t easy and requires more than a days work. That matzo ball soup don’t cook itself. I’m sure Eid and lunar New Year are the same. If we open one of those days then excused absences should be given to students and teachers alike. It’s a relatively simple solution

Religious observances have long been excused absences. That is nothing new.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

4/22 is a religious holiday as well.

Passover begins at sundown. It's fine to have school that day.

Yes, either 4/10 or 4/22 would work fine. We'll probably need both of them.

4/22 would be a disaster. Teachers would be calling out left and right. Students would be mostly absent. People have had plans based on the calendar for a year (or more). (And no, it wasnt irresponsible of anyone to make these plans. MCPS should have never even put Spring Break days as potential make-up days)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

4/22 is a religious holiday as well.

Passover begins at sundown. It's fine to have school that day.

Yes, either 4/10 or 4/22 would work fine. We'll probably need both of them.

The prep for a Passover Seder ain’t easy and requires more than a days work. That matzo ball soup don’t cook itself. I’m sure Eid and lunar New Year are the same. If we open one of those days then excused absences should be given to students and teachers alike. It’s a relatively simple solution

There is no lunar new year day off on MCPS calendar given the county has 15% Asians. But there are multiple days for other religious groups.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

Eid isn't celebrated until the evening. It works fine as a school/work day.

Actually, Eid begins on 4/9 and will be celebrated throughout the day on 4/10. Please don’t comment on things you don’t know

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents only knew what a cluster today was for school admin trying to prep for a potential virtual day tomorrow. The lack of communication from central, rumors, various offices sending out conflicting information. etc. His email at the end of the day was a nice slap in the face. Just bold face lies.

I think we can imagine but I’m really sorry you ran around like that and then got gaslit.

To be fair, it was predictable. Anyone familiar with elementary schools knew they couldn't do virtual. And the central office was never going to fess up to their incompetence.

What needs to be done besides taking home your Chromebook from the cart and a charger? Some younger kids may need password help. Are they set up with the right program for the online learning (zoom? Canvas? Other?)? Seems like the start of the next quarter would be a good time to make sure everyone is set up for this.

Or make sure there are make-up days in the calendar.

Oh great! We already did that one!

You're obsessed with make-up days. Posting in every thread you can...there are other options and they should be used.

Right. Per the district's plans, there are 8 options built into the 2023-2024 calendar. Some are better than others. January 29th seems like the best one, but we'll see if the district can get its act together. Plus we'll probably need to use April 10th as well. These probably won't be the only snow days this year.

As I’ve said before, 4/10 should be a near-last resort. It’s a religious holiday and disenfranchises a group already experiencing hostility from MCPS. 4/22 and 6/14 should be used before 4/10.

4/22 is a religious holiday as well.

Passover begins at sundown. It's fine to have school that day.

Yes, either 4/10 or 4/22 would work fine. We'll probably need both of them.

The prep for a Passover Seder ain’t easy and requires more than a days work. That matzo ball soup don’t cook itself. I’m sure Eid and lunar New Year are the same. If we open one of those days then excused absences should be given to students and teachers alike. It’s a relatively simple solution

Religious observances have long been excused absences. That is nothing new.

Excused absences are still a hardship because students have to weigh the difficulty of making up work against their own religious celebrations that are being suppressed on importance by you