First Day of Concurrent

[Anonymous]

My LCPS child has had a great experience so far. Based on feedback on this forum I also just got permission for 4 days in secondary. There is so much downtime to accommodate screen breaks, he said it's been like having a private tutor. Frankly I hope the DL kids aren't allowed to re-select. My son got 45min of one on one math help today. None of the DL kids ask questions. This is a great opportunity for catch up foe the HL kids.

[Anonymous]

My 9th grade loved it. He loved eating outside with friends, he loved that he got all his homework done at school (not as efficient at home during asynchronous time), and he loved meeting his teachers in person. It was nice to see him animated last night like he used to be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Concurrent is a stupid model for a stupid school district. Period. Teachers cannot worry about kids in virtual who are safe at home with parental supervision when they have real kids right in front of them that they are physically responsible for and have to watch every second of every day. This is why we are leaving for private. FCPS is just incompetent.

That's funny, I clicked on the wrong forum and all the descriptions were so awful I just assumed I was in the right place (fcps). We start next week. I hope it's better but not counting on it.

This is a very strange comment since most of the feedback here was positive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No child should be in DL. It’s not developmentally appropriate and no child is thriving. Ask this question to any pediatrician or child psychiatrist. Parents stop being paranoid and get your kids back to school with a mask. Enough is enough. 75 percent of the country is back.

Don't you realize that if no one was in DL, they wouldn't have enough space in may of the schools (at least in APS)? You should be happy people chose DL b/c that made hybrid possible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No child should be in DL. It’s not developmentally appropriate and no child is thriving. Ask this question to any pediatrician or child psychiatrist. Parents stop being paranoid and get your kids back to school with a mask. Enough is enough. 75 percent of the country is back.

Don't you realize that if no one was in DL, they wouldn't have enough of a backbone to open in may of the schools (at least in APS)? You should be happy people chose DL b/c that made hybrid possible.

Fixed it for you. The lack of willpower to do anything to get back to school is astonishing. Enjoy DL

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No child should be in DL. It’s not developmentally appropriate and no child is thriving. Ask this question to any pediatrician or child psychiatrist. Parents stop being paranoid and get your kids back to school with a mask. Enough is enough. 75 percent of the country is back.

Don't you realize that if no one was in DL, they wouldn't have enough of a backbone to open in may of the schools (at least in APS)? You should be happy people chose DL b/c that made hybrid possible.

Fixed it for you. The lack of willpower to do anything to get back to school is astonishing. Enjoy DL

Sorry, neighbor, my kids are enrolled in hybrid. Now get off DCUM and put up another orange sign.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mine cried. Camera set up to look at the back of the teacher while she teaches the classroom. One teacher forgot the virtual kids were there. I've told my child to be patient for a few days and see if it gets better, but personally it looked very clearly like the focus will be in-class and those online can just follow along.

Then go into school

With the concurrent model all kids will be virtual more than they are in person.

So for 50% of the time the kids at home should suck it up? It can be addressed especially with caring teachers, but wasn't a promising start.

Um, no- the point was that even the “go to school” pp’s kid will experience the short end of that stick, so perhaps s/he should help focus on a solution rather than be a jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No child should be in DL. It’s not developmentally appropriate and no child is thriving. Ask this question to any pediatrician or child psychiatrist. Parents stop being paranoid and get your kids back to school with a mask. Enough is enough. 75 percent of the country is back.

You are correct! Couldn’t possibly be best for any child. You certainly know what is best for my kids and every kid! You are all knowing, and I for one am most grateful for your guidance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mine cried. Camera set up to look at the back of the teacher while she teaches the classroom. One teacher forgot the virtual kids were there. I've told my child to be patient for a few days and see if it gets better, but personally it looked very clearly like the focus will be in-class and those online can just follow along.

Then go into school

With the concurrent model all kids will be virtual more than they are in person.

So for 50% of the time the kids at home should suck it up? It can be addressed especially with caring teachers, but wasn't a promising start.

Um, no- the point was that even the “go to school” pp’s kid will experience the short end of that stick, so perhaps s/he should help focus on a solution rather than be a jerk.

There’s no solution. Concurrent is a horrible form of instruction. It’s the price we pay to get kids in the building but it is not and cannot be as good as instruction that is done solely in person or solely online. It is impossible to split your attention and focus evenly between two different groups and not have instruction quality suffer. The kid who cried because the camera was pointed at the teacher who was teaching to the class? That’s what many parents here say teachers SHOULD be doing. When we say we have to mostly teach to the device to keep the at home kids in the loop, they act like we are trying to make in person suck for those kids. Neither is true. We want both groups to learn and get attention but this form of instruction is NOT APPROPRIATE and the best we can do is not make it completely awful. There is no way to be great at it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mine cried. Camera set up to look at the back of the teacher while she teaches the classroom. One teacher forgot the virtual kids were there. I've told my child to be patient for a few days and see if it gets better, but personally it looked very clearly like the focus will be in-class and those online can just follow along.

Then go into school

Not an option now for many of Us. Literally a waitlist at some schools.

It's criminal that they have a waitlist. Any child who wants to go in person should be able to. Hybrid should mean half the kids in school and half at home. I honestly can't believe this is how things are in America.

[Anonymous]

Also this ridiculous concurrent instruction is overthinking. Just send the kids to school already like they are doing everywhere else in the world.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No child should be in DL. It’s not developmentally appropriate and no child is thriving. Ask this question to any pediatrician or child psychiatrist. Parents stop being paranoid and get your kids back to school with a mask. Enough is enough. 75 percent of the country is back.

Don't you realize that if no one was in DL, they wouldn't have enough space in may of the schools (at least in APS)? You should be happy people chose DL b/c that made hybrid possible.

do you realize that states through out the country are sending everyone back 5 days a week? Teachers aren't dropping like flies, kids aren't dropping like flies. It turns out to be just fine (at least as 'fine' as any of the other allowable activities like eating inside or working out in indoor gyms)

[Anonymous]

The gyms are open, the restaurants are open, the rec centers are open, sports are open - and schools are not.

If that doesn't anger you, you need to reassess your values.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mine cried. Camera set up to look at the back of the teacher while she teaches the classroom. One teacher forgot the virtual kids were there. I've told my child to be patient for a few days and see if it gets better, but personally it looked very clearly like the focus will be in-class and those online can just follow along.

Then go into school

Not an option now for many of Us. Literally a waitlist at some schools.

It's criminal that they have a waitlist. Any child who wants to go in person should be able to. Hybrid should mean half the kids in school and half at home. I honestly can't believe this is how things are in America.

The waitlist exists because we planned for students whose parents signed the up for hybrid! We (APS) asked you 2x! While some students are dropping out of hybrid, it's not as easy as one in one out. If you are in MS, we have to make sure there is room in ALL of your classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also this ridiculous concurrent instruction is overthinking. Just send the kids to school already like they are doing everywhere else in the world.

I know people in several states who are doing concurrent.