charter parents -- envious DCPS at least has a plan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LAMB, DCI, DCB, MV, YY---None of them have any plans to open anytime soon. They're all sitting at home. Why have so-called charter schools if they're just going to follow the DCPS on all closings, from snow to Covid?

Yes, because the only value of charters is whether they open when other systems think that it's not safe to do so. Academics, culture, programming none of that really matters at all.

[Anonymous]

I see a lot of administrators conveniently blaming teachers for not wanting to go back. Ask those administrators for detailed plans and see if they have a plan that addresses:

If half the kids are in a hybrid model on campus, what are the other students doing at home? Parents will not be happy going from 5 days a week of direct instruction to 2 days in person, 3 days at home without any direct instruction because their teachers will be busy teaching to the kids attending in person. This is not going to work for a bilingual school.

What are they going to do with the students whose parents will not send them back to in person learning? Who will teach those students?

What is the plan when teachers get sick- and I mean run of the mill colds, flu, cough, stomach aches, headaches? If you have symptoms you can't show up to work. Almost all teachers show up to teach not feeling well during a regular year.

Instead of admin. admitting they can't logistically figure out how to bring kids back, they are blaming teachers.

In the school in other parts of the country that have opened up there is often no maximum number of kids in a class. They are having the same number of kids in a class as last year. Look at how many students and teacher have Covid in Florida.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nope - the DCPS plan is a disaster and my child has actually been learning during DL. No "wait and see" - the school went headfirst into DL and is doing it pretty well, with lots of room for communication and adjustments.

I'm with this poster. I'm very worried about pulling teachers and resources around in a half-hazard manner. This should have been planned out much better. Plus, we were just told that the elementary schools might be pulling staff from Wilson High School....WHAT???!

This. Thrilled to be at our charter. They have excelled at DL. Kid learning a lot (testing proves it). DCPS is a mess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB, DCI, DCB, MV, YY---None of them have any plans to open anytime soon. They're all sitting at home. Why have so-called charter schools if they're just going to follow the DCPS on all closings, from snow to Covid?

Uh nope. MV bringing some needier students back to class Nov and plan is hybrid in Nov. if everything goes as planned. They have been working on it for a while and communicating well with parents.

Plan is comprehensive, definite and actual, concrete steps have been implemented already in regards to HVAC, classroom restructuring, logistics, processes set up, etc...

Meant hybrid in Jan

so you'll be super upset on December 19 when they say it's not happening?

Do you think all the rest of these schools had the same? LAMB also had a detailed plan, new HVAC, routing in and out of the building, all kinds of prep.

You know what the difference is? MV has been polling families frequently about their DL, what their needs are, etc.. It seems like every 1-2 weeks, there’s a survey. They are now communicating biweekly to families regarding reopening updates. So if that is the case, I would bet they are in frequent communication with teachers too.

LAMB did no such thing. Just like DCPS, top down decision making with no transparency to staff or parents.

Why don’t you touch base here in Jan. If numbers stay low, very good chance of hybrid.

Interesting. Although parents I know still think it won't happen. That's because of both rising Covid cases in winter, and, because the MV teachers are in fact unionized. That's the part I'd want to hear about.

Still, I find it interesting how some schools are more parent ("customer") oriented, and some are staff oriented. I actually am jealous of MV this way BUT wonder if in the big picture, the MV issues with teaching staff behind the scenes are more serious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of administrators conveniently blaming teachers for not wanting to go back. Ask those administrators for detailed plans and see if they have a plan that addresses:

If half the kids are in a hybrid model on campus, what are the other students doing at home? Parents will not be happy going from 5 days a week of direct instruction to 2 days in person, 3 days at home without any direct instruction because their teachers will be busy teaching to the kids attending in person. This is not going to work for a bilingual school.

What are they going to do with the students whose parents will not send them back to in person learning? Who will teach those students?

What is the plan when teachers get sick- and I mean run of the mill colds, flu, cough, stomach aches, headaches? If you have symptoms you can't show up to work. Almost all teachers show up to teach not feeling well during a regular year.

Instead of admin. admitting they can't logistically figure out how to bring kids back, they are blaming teachers.

In the school in other parts of the country that have opened up there is often no maximum number of kids in a class. They are having the same number of kids in a class as last year. Look at how many students and teacher have Covid in Florida.

LAMB had all of that in its plan. Teachers still refused. Other schools are going to realize the same thing. It doesnt matter how good your plans are. Teachers will still refuse to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of administrators conveniently blaming teachers for not wanting to go back. Ask those administrators for detailed plans and see if they have a plan that addresses:

If half the kids are in a hybrid model on campus, what are the other students doing at home? Parents will not be happy going from 5 days a week of direct instruction to 2 days in person, 3 days at home without any direct instruction because their teachers will be busy teaching to the kids attending in person. This is not going to work for a bilingual school.

What are they going to do with the students whose parents will not send them back to in person learning? Who will teach those students?

What is the plan when teachers get sick- and I mean run of the mill colds, flu, cough, stomach aches, headaches? If you have symptoms you can't show up to work. Almost all teachers show up to teach not feeling well during a regular year.

Instead of admin. admitting they can't logistically figure out how to bring kids back, they are blaming teachers.

In the school in other parts of the country that have opened up there is often no maximum number of kids in a class. They are having the same number of kids in a class as last year. Look at how many students and teacher have Covid in Florida.

LAMB had all of that in its plan. Teachers still refused. Other schools are going to realize the same thing. It doesnt matter how good your plans are. Teachers will still refuse to work.

*Refuse to work in person

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of administrators conveniently blaming teachers for not wanting to go back. Ask those administrators for detailed plans and see if they have a plan that addresses:

If half the kids are in a hybrid model on campus, what are the other students doing at home? Parents will not be happy going from 5 days a week of direct instruction to 2 days in person, 3 days at home without any direct instruction because their teachers will be busy teaching to the kids attending in person. This is not going to work for a bilingual school.

What are they going to do with the students whose parents will not send them back to in person learning? Who will teach those students?

What is the plan when teachers get sick- and I mean run of the mill colds, flu, cough, stomach aches, headaches? If you have symptoms you can't show up to work. Almost all teachers show up to teach not feeling well during a regular year.

Instead of admin. admitting they can't logistically figure out how to bring kids back, they are blaming teachers.

In the school in other parts of the country that have opened up there is often no maximum number of kids in a class. They are having the same number of kids in a class as last year. Look at how many students and teacher have Covid in Florida.

I have some teacher friends in CO and the hybrid model isn't bad. The ones at home take the class synchronously. There's a screen so teachers can see the students at home, the teachers are mic'd, and they make time to acknowledge both groups of students. They say it doesn't work very well for elementary, but for middle and high school, its working okay. It's less efficient that all in person, but better than DL, and the teachers appreciate getting to actually see how the students are doing. This isn't rocket surgery. It's been done in plenty of places.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of administrators conveniently blaming teachers for not wanting to go back. Ask those administrators for detailed plans and see if they have a plan that addresses:

If half the kids are in a hybrid model on campus, what are the other students doing at home? Parents will not be happy going from 5 days a week of direct instruction to 2 days in person, 3 days at home without any direct instruction because their teachers will be busy teaching to the kids attending in person. This is not going to work for a bilingual school.

What are they going to do with the students whose parents will not send them back to in person learning? Who will teach those students?

What is the plan when teachers get sick- and I mean run of the mill colds, flu, cough, stomach aches, headaches? If you have symptoms you can't show up to work. Almost all teachers show up to teach not feeling well during a regular year.

Instead of admin. admitting they can't logistically figure out how to bring kids back, they are blaming teachers.

In the school in other parts of the country that have opened up there is often no maximum number of kids in a class. They are having the same number of kids in a class as last year. Look at how many students and teacher have Covid in Florida.

LAMB had all of that in its plan. Teachers still refused. Other schools are going to realize the same thing. It doesnt matter how good your plans are. Teachers will still refuse to work.

As a teacher, I don't think I should have to go back until there is NO risk! Herd immunity, 100% vaccination rates for children in classes, etc. I'm not putting my life on the line for you!

[Anonymous]

Not envious. Relieved that our charter stuck with DL and continues to improve it. Understand it doesn't work for all families, but our kids are doing well, and we also are pretty well connected to other parents at our school and haven't heard much complaining at all. Glad not to be dealing with the uncertainty and angst that seems to be DCPS right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of administrators conveniently blaming teachers for not wanting to go back. Ask those administrators for detailed plans and see if they have a plan that addresses:

If half the kids are in a hybrid model on campus, what are the other students doing at home? Parents will not be happy going from 5 days a week of direct instruction to 2 days in person, 3 days at home without any direct instruction because their teachers will be busy teaching to the kids attending in person. This is not going to work for a bilingual school.

What are they going to do with the students whose parents will not send them back to in person learning? Who will teach those students?

What is the plan when teachers get sick- and I mean run of the mill colds, flu, cough, stomach aches, headaches? If you have symptoms you can't show up to work. Almost all teachers show up to teach not feeling well during a regular year.

Instead of admin. admitting they can't logistically figure out how to bring kids back, they are blaming teachers.

In the school in other parts of the country that have opened up there is often no maximum number of kids in a class. They are having the same number of kids in a class as last year. Look at how many students and teacher have Covid in Florida.

LAMB had all of that in its plan. Teachers still refused. Other schools are going to realize the same thing. It doesnt matter how good your plans are. Teachers will still refuse to work.

As a teacher, I don't think I should have to go back until there is NO risk! Herd immunity, 100% vaccination rates for children in classes, etc. I'm not putting my life on the line for you!

Sounds to be like you should maybe try to educate yourself about coronavirus. We are years away from children being fully vaccinated. Pharmaceutical companies are focusing on developing vaccines for adults. They've barely begun working on ones for children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of administrators conveniently blaming teachers for not wanting to go back. Ask those administrators for detailed plans and see if they have a plan that addresses:

If half the kids are in a hybrid model on campus, what are the other students doing at home? Parents will not be happy going from 5 days a week of direct instruction to 2 days in person, 3 days at home without any direct instruction because their teachers will be busy teaching to the kids attending in person. This is not going to work for a bilingual school.

What are they going to do with the students whose parents will not send them back to in person learning? Who will teach those students?

What is the plan when teachers get sick- and I mean run of the mill colds, flu, cough, stomach aches, headaches? If you have symptoms you can't show up to work. Almost all teachers show up to teach not feeling well during a regular year.

Instead of admin. admitting they can't logistically figure out how to bring kids back, they are blaming teachers.

In the school in other parts of the country that have opened up there is often no maximum number of kids in a class. They are having the same number of kids in a class as last year. Look at how many students and teacher have Covid in Florida.

LAMB had all of that in its plan. Teachers still refused. Other schools are going to realize the same thing. It doesnt matter how good your plans are. Teachers will still refuse to work.

As a teacher, I don't think I should have to go back until there is NO risk! Herd immunity, 100% vaccination rates for children in classes, etc. I'm not putting my life on the line for you!

Sounds to be like you should maybe try to educate yourself about coronavirus. We are years away from children being fully vaccinated. Pharmaceutical companies are focusing on developing vaccines for adults. They've barely begun working on ones for children.

...are teachers really just expecting to do DL for the next few YEARS? It sounds like schools will end up being the very last thing open, at this rate. This is stupid.

[Anonymous]

Lol. Not at all envious. Everyone has a plan until circumstances wreck your sht.

The majority of charters will go back whenever DCPS is actually back for real as well. Most likely next August.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB, DCI, DCB, MV, YY---None of them have any plans to open anytime soon. They're all sitting at home. Why have so-called charter schools if they're just going to follow the DCPS on all closings, from snow to Covid?

Uh nope. MV bringing some needier students back to class Nov and plan is hybrid in Nov. if everything goes as planned. They have been working on it for a while and communicating well with parents.

Plan is comprehensive, definite and actual, concrete steps have been implemented already in regards to HVAC, classroom restructuring, logistics, processes set up, etc...

Meant hybrid in Jan

so you'll be super upset on December 19 when they say it's not happening?

Do you think all the rest of these schools had the same? LAMB also had a detailed plan, new HVAC, routing in and out of the building, all kinds of prep.

You know what the difference is? MV has been polling families frequently about their DL, what their needs are, etc.. It seems like every 1-2 weeks, there’s a survey. They are now communicating biweekly to families regarding reopening updates. So if that is the case, I would bet they are in frequent communication with teachers too.

LAMB did no such thing. Just like DCPS, top down decision making with no transparency to staff or parents.

Why don’t you touch base here in Jan. If numbers stay low, very good chance of hybrid.

Interesting. Although parents I know still think it won't happen. That's because of both rising Covid cases in winter, and, because the MV teachers are in fact unionized. That's the part I'd want to hear about.

Still, I find it interesting how some schools are more parent ("customer") oriented, and some are staff oriented. I actually am jealous of MV this way BUT wonder if in the big picture, the MV issues with teaching staff behind the scenes are more serious.

Another MV parent. I've been impressed with the communication about reopening. They aren't promising hybrid in January, but they are planning as though it will be happening, which is all I can ask of them at this point. Real plans with building entry and exit maps, contingencies, plans for isolation rooms, etc. Of course we need to continue taking into account health metrics so they should not make a decision until we see case rates after the holidays. But I absolutely believe they're working towards reopening if the situation allows.

One thing I will say is that their plan states they will give all teachers 4 fabric non-medical face masks. I.E. no medical grade PPE, which seems like super weak sauce.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of administrators conveniently blaming teachers for not wanting to go back. Ask those administrators for detailed plans and see if they have a plan that addresses:

If half the kids are in a hybrid model on campus, what are the other students doing at home? Parents will not be happy going from 5 days a week of direct instruction to 2 days in person, 3 days at home without any direct instruction because their teachers will be busy teaching to the kids attending in person. This is not going to work for a bilingual school.

What are they going to do with the students whose parents will not send them back to in person learning? Who will teach those students?

What is the plan when teachers get sick- and I mean run of the mill colds, flu, cough, stomach aches, headaches? If you have symptoms you can't show up to work. Almost all teachers show up to teach not feeling well during a regular year.

Instead of admin. admitting they can't logistically figure out how to bring kids back, they are blaming teachers.

In the school in other parts of the country that have opened up there is often no maximum number of kids in a class. They are having the same number of kids in a class as last year. Look at how many students and teacher have Covid in Florida.

LAMB had all of that in its plan. Teachers still refused. Other schools are going to realize the same thing. It doesnt matter how good your plans are. Teachers will still refuse to work.

As a teacher, I don't think I should have to go back until there is NO risk! Herd immunity, 100% vaccination rates for children in classes, etc. I'm not putting my life on the line for you!

NP- do you think your job is more important than my sister that works at Whole Foods or brother that is a nurse? Seriously. Do you think you’re really going to be remote teacher for the next 3 years. Ain’t gonna happen sweetie. You should look into another profession.

[Anonymous]

I’m not jealous of this DCPS plan but I am jealous of other parts of the country where schools are open and seem to be safe.