What happened to 2.5-3.5 hours of live instruction per day?

[Anonymous]

The schedule the 4th grade teacher presented showed online classes from 8:30-3:30 with two 10 minute breaks and an hour for lunch. I have to believe some of that time will be working independently on actual paper. Otherwise my child is going to explode

[Anonymous]

My kids school only has 30 minutes for lunch which I find disappointing. The kids need more time than that to eat and get a screen break. An hour would’ve been really nice.

[Anonymous]

My 6th grader has 2.5 hours of required time live. There are also 1.5 hours of reading, math, and intervention blocks which he will sometimes need to take a part in but not everyday. So it could vary but it will probably be around 3-3.5 hours of live instruction which is what the county said for this age. I think our school did a good job by color coding our schedule and making sure parents knew that teacher directed time could vary day by day depending on what they are doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The schedule the 4th grade teacher presented showed online classes from 8:30-3:30 with two 10 minute breaks and an hour for lunch. I have to believe some of that time will be working independently on actual paper. Otherwise my child is going to explode

We only get 30 minutes for lunch!!! And a short break in the am and one in the pm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:80 minute class
15 minute break
80 minute class
55 minute lunch
80 minute class
15 minute break
80 minute class

So that's 320 minutes (5.33 hours) of class each day.

What grade? That seems way too long but my kids are in elementary.

Middle school

[Anonymous]

My 5th grader's schedule (FCPS) is as follows:

9:00 - 9:30 - Morning meeting
9:30 - 10:30 - Science
10:30 - 10:45 - Break
10:45 - 11:15 - Specials
11:15 - 11:45 - First Charger Time (Small group work, and asynchronous learning)
11:45 - 12:45 - Lunch/Recess/Family Choice
12:45 - 1:15 - Second Charger Time (Small group work, and asynchronous learning)
1:15 - 2:15 - Math
2:15 - 2:25 - Break
2:25 - 3:25 - Language Arts
3:25 - 3:40 - Closing Circle

I'm generally okay with this schedule, although I feel that there is WAY too much 'doing nothing time' (10:45 - 1:15) in the middle of the day, and it's more academically loaded towards the end of the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 5th grader's schedule (FCPS) is as follows:

9:00 - 9:30 - Morning meeting
9:30 - 10:30 - Science
10:30 - 10:45 - Break
10:45 - 11:15 - Specials
11:15 - 11:45 - First Charger Time (Small group work, and asynchronous learning)
11:45 - 12:45 - Lunch/Recess/Family Choice
12:45 - 1:15 - Second Charger Time (Small group work, and asynchronous learning)
1:15 - 2:15 - Math
2:15 - 2:25 - Break
2:25 - 3:25 - Language Arts
3:25 - 3:40 - Closing Circle

I'm generally okay with this schedule, although I feel that there is WAY too much 'doing nothing time' (10:45 - 1:15) in the middle of the day, and it's more academically loaded towards the end of the day.

The asynchronous is way too much. What are the teachers doing????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 5th grader's schedule (FCPS) is as follows:

9:00 - 9:30 - Morning meeting
9:30 - 10:30 - Science
10:30 - 10:45 - Break
10:45 - 11:15 - Specials
11:15 - 11:45 - First Charger Time (Small group work, and asynchronous learning)
11:45 - 12:45 - Lunch/Recess/Family Choice
12:45 - 1:15 - Second Charger Time (Small group work, and asynchronous learning)
1:15 - 2:15 - Math
2:15 - 2:25 - Break
2:25 - 3:25 - Language Arts
3:25 - 3:40 - Closing Circle

I'm generally okay with this schedule, although I feel that there is WAY too much 'doing nothing time' (10:45 - 1:15) in the middle of the day, and it's more academically loaded towards the end of the day.

The asynchronous is way too much. What are the teachers doing????

DP
Looks to me like they are meeting with small groups at that time. Do you interpret it differently?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard the state didn’t approved the plan which is a shame. We chose virtual bc of the schedule and it is VERY different than advertised.

If true, I'm actually really happy that the state is involved. If DL is going to be imposed on us, there should be actual governance over the districts so that they don't do another year of kick the can down the road.

I don't know if that's true. This article says that VDOE isn't approving plans at all - just requiring submission and offering guidance. It's left up to local school boards.
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2020/07/08/virginia-dept-of-education-is-not-approving-school-reopening-plans-its-up-to-local-school-boards/