When will in-person and CARES slots "winners" be notified? And how?

[Anonymous]

I messaged DCPS planning team about the timing, and this is their reply:

“Families whose children are offered an in-person learning seat will receive an email by close of business today.“ How is this is “by October 23d” - I don’t know. Its’s technically pretty much “by October 24th”.

[Anonymous]

Well PK4 at my DCPS will not have an in person classroom. It was my understanding that teachers could qualify to remain virtual due to health conditions. I can respect that but it makes me wonder if that grade will ever have in person school this school year. That's if DCPS ever finds a way to bring all kids back to school.

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Anonymous wrote:Well PK4 at my DCPS will not have an in person classroom. It was my understanding that teachers could qualify to remain virtual due to health conditions. I can respect that but it makes me wonder if that grade will ever have in person school this school year. That's if DCPS ever finds a way to bring all kids back to school.

How did you find out? Did you get an email about it today?

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Anonymous wrote:Well PK4 at my DCPS will not have an in person classroom. It was my understanding that teachers could qualify to remain virtual due to health conditions. I can respect that but it makes me wonder if that grade will ever have in person school this school year. That's if DCPS ever finds a way to bring all kids back to school.

How did you find out? Did you get an email about it today?

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:HaHa - I'll be checking this post to see what happens. My son is identified as EL because we speak Spanish and English at home, so I'm wondering if he'll end up getting a spot????

Can you please advise where exactly can you look up if you child identifies as English learner? We speak another language at home, which we did note in her files when enrolling her in school last year, and also last year they made her go to a ELL office to pass some test to see if she needs ELL help, but she passed them well. So we don't really know if she's considered an English learner or not any more. We still speak solely our native (not English) language at home.

If she passed the test she is not an ELL student.

So then how is it enough to identify as EL for the initial poster I quoted without the test? "My son is identified as EL because we speak Spanish and English at home"

Mine is only in PreK. I don't think they do the EL test until beginning of kindergarten.

If your child speaks another language, or has another language spoken at home, they should get tested in PreK. The test only measures listening and speaking skills. I've been told that EL services in PreK are "consultation" - which means the classroom teacher and the EL teacher discuss how best to help your child's language improve. Classroom teacher implements the lessons.

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Anonymous wrote:Well PK4 at my DCPS will not have an in person classroom. It was my understanding that teachers could qualify to remain virtual due to health conditions. I can respect that but it makes me wonder if that grade will ever have in person school this school year. That's if DCPS ever finds a way to bring all kids back to school.

How did you find out? Did you get an email about it today?

Different parent here but I’m assuming we’re at the same school. We were informed by the principle. In the same email where he told us that we’ll get an email from central office today if we’ve been offered an in-person spot.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone gotten an email? I either need a spot or to put my child in private school.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone gotten an email? I either need a spot or to put my child in private school.

Nope. And I am checking every 5 minutes (only slightly exaggerating)!

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Anonymous wrote:Well PK4 at my DCPS will not have an in person classroom. It was my understanding that teachers could qualify to remain virtual due to health conditions. I can respect that but it makes me wonder if that grade will ever have in person school this school year. That's if DCPS ever finds a way to bring all kids back to school.

How did you find out? Did you get an email about it today?

Different parent here but I’m assuming we’re at the same school. We were informed by the principle. In the same email where he told us that we’ll get an email from central office today if we’ve been offered an in-person spot.

OK that is nuts. What school? They can't find anyone to teach 6 kids in person?

[Anonymous]

I’m probably from the same school as the above posters (whose Principal said there’d be no Pk4).

In the same email he said parents would have two days to accept or decline their spot. (Unsure if those are two working days.)

He also stressed that we would not learn about teacher placements (and that we should not ask).

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Anonymous wrote:Well PK4 at my DCPS will not have an in person classroom. It was my understanding that teachers could qualify to remain virtual due to health conditions. I can respect that but it makes me wonder if that grade will ever have in person school this school year. That's if DCPS ever finds a way to bring all kids back to school.

How did you find out? Did you get an email about it today?

Different parent here but I’m assuming we’re at the same school. We were informed by the principle. In the same email where he told us that we’ll get an email from central office today if we’ve been offered an in-person spot.

OK that is nuts. What school? They can't find anyone to teach 6 kids in person?

There are only two classes per grade. If both teachers take CARES leave they have no one to teach in person.

[Anonymous]

There is a teacher training the next two Wednesdays. Is that training specifically for those teachers who will be doing the in-person teaching or is it all sorts of teachers?

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Anonymous wrote:HaHa - I'll be checking this post to see what happens. My son is identified as EL because we speak Spanish and English at home, so I'm wondering if he'll end up getting a spot????

Can you please advise where exactly can you look up if you child identifies as English learner? We speak another language at home, which we did note in her files when enrolling her in school last year, and also last year they made her go to a ELL office to pass some test to see if she needs ELL help, but she passed them well. So we don't really know if she's considered an English learner or not any more. We still speak solely our native (not English) language at home.

If she passed the test she is not an ELL student.

So then how is it enough to identify as EL for the initial poster I quoted without the test? "My son is identified as EL because we speak Spanish and English at home"

Mine is only in PreK. I don't think they do the EL test until beginning of kindergarten.

If your child speaks another language, or has another language spoken at home, they should get tested in PreK. The test only measures listening and speaking skills. I've been told that EL services in PreK are "consultation" - which means the classroom teacher and the EL teacher discuss how best to help your child's language improve. Classroom teacher implements the lessons.

Hmm I was not informed if he was tested. He did receive a 4/9 on the ENglish learning scale and then a 6/9 on the English learning scale later on which kind of pissed me off because he is in Spanish immersion and speaks in Spanish with his teacher. Also I have spoken English to him since birth and we live in the US for goodness sakes - so his English is fine! I decided not to pursue it at the time because I know it doesnt matter (I am an EL teacher in another district.) But i may ask now because I want to see if there was an actual test (pretty sure I asked and there wasnt.)

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Anonymous wrote:I will happily accept a spot if offered. And I believe the science is on the side of reopening elementary schools, especially in communities with as low case numbers as DC.

I hope you get one, pp. All kids should have the opportunity to go back in person, but at least this is a start.

There is no start. This is the plan until the end of the school year

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Anonymous wrote:HaHa - I'll be checking this post to see what happens. My son is identified as EL because we speak Spanish and English at home, so I'm wondering if he'll end up getting a spot????

Can you please advise where exactly can you look up if you child identifies as English learner? We speak another language at home, which we did note in her files when enrolling her in school last year, and also last year they made her go to a ELL office to pass some test to see if she needs ELL help, but she passed them well. So we don't really know if she's considered an English learner or not any more. We still speak solely our native (not English) language at home.

If she passed the test she is not an ELL student.

So then how is it enough to identify as EL for the initial poster I quoted without the test? "My son is identified as EL because we speak Spanish and English at home"

Mine is only in PreK. I don't think they do the EL test until beginning of kindergarten.

If your child speaks another language, or has another language spoken at home, they should get tested in PreK. The test only measures listening and speaking skills. I've been told that EL services in PreK are "consultation" - which means the classroom teacher and the EL teacher discuss how best to help your child's language improve. Classroom teacher implements the lessons.

Hmm I was not informed if he was tested. He did receive a 4/9 on the ENglish learning scale and then a 6/9 on the English learning scale later on which kind of pissed me off because he is in Spanish immersion and speaks in Spanish with his teacher. Also I have spoken English to him since birth and we live in the US for goodness sakes - so his English is fine! I decided not to pursue it at the time because I know it doesnt matter (I am an EL teacher in another district.) But i may ask now because I want to see if there was an actual test (pretty sure I asked and there wasnt.)

If he did, you would know - we got this official paper (not through email) saying that we must go to a specific location across the town during school hours to go through ELL -related testing.