I'm not saying that. I'm saying this is reality, we are a 'sick' country.... What can you do? You can't force people to lose weight or be healthier, teachers aren't an exception to this.... And besides Frump's lack of leadership, I do actually think it's not ALL his fault. We are in general a more unhealthy country and I'm not just talking obesity. I'm also talking food regulations. When I go to countries in Europe or Japan I can literally taste the difference in their foods, from fresh to even their junk foods... |
DCPS is the elephant in the room. If city schools aren't going to open, it creates enormous pressure on everyone else to stay closed too. People are afraid to stick their necks out. |
+1 |
This parent is NOT happier this way. Especially for my PK kid who is "occupied" by a live teacher a whopping 30 minutes per day. Would LOVE to have 2 full days in person for him. Even my other kid can definitely do better with 2 days in person, and asynchronous assignments to complete the other 3 days. This is what we do on Wednesdays already. Stop trying to speak for "most" parents. |
+1! |
I mean, tell that to the vast majority of schools in MA, CT, OH and NY that are doing it just fine. |
Sign me up for 2 days in school and 3 days asynchronous for my 3 and 6 year olds! My kids are by no means engaged or occupied by DL. It's a fight to get them on the computer for class and a struggle to keep them engaged. "Part time school" would far exceed what we're getting today through DL. |
I have friend out of the area whose elementary school kids are in hybrid format 5 days a week, in am/pm format. No one eats lunch at school. Specials are all virtual and the time spent at school is on ela and math. Why can’t we do do that? |
Make no mistake - this is about Bowser and her political aspirations.
She is vying for a spot in Kamala’s administration. After the election, Bowser will reconsider her metrics and everyone will thank her for opening schools. The DC Covid update today shows pretty good numbers. Kids being put first is not going to spike death rate in D.C. it’s just not. What is the reason that nobody ever holds Bowser accountable? |
Because it's not her fault, just teachers. ![]() |
This sounds exactly right. |
1. Kids whose freaking parents don't pick them up ON TIME. 2. There are 90 minutes each day that account for teacher lunch and planning time. If you're ok with about 2 hours of live each day (counting recess) then this plan sounds ok to me. But you're forgetting 1 thing...how many teachers and paras do we have for in person? If we can't even fulfill THIS strange plan how can we do Hybrid?? |
+1. I don’t know of a single school in the city where ECEers wouldn’t get considerably more live instruction going 2 days a week FT than they are at present. True for many K-2ers as well. |
This. Apparently schools will be the absolute last thing that will open out of all the things because our society doesn’t value children or women. |
What this pandemic has shown me is that we have a surge of hobby parents. Parents who think being with their kids, after after care ends is parenting.
Raising kids becomes a hobby- like knitting or marathon training. I really hope one of the longer lasting impact of this situation is that many people stop reproducing. Truly. This isn’t a part time gig. |