APS cancels Summer school for many previously qualified students due to lack of staffing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even with the most supportive parents and admin I would want the summer off if I were a teacher this year. Wouldn’t you?

APS teacher here. This is me. I’m exhausted and need a break before we hit the ground running in the fall. I want to spend time with my own kids this summer and have time to see family members I haven’t seen in over a year.

Selfish. The rest of us work year round and often for less pay.

Then congrats on finding work that is apparently worse than what the people whom you are complaining about have.

Critical thinking wasn't a prerequisite for your employment I take it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:*goes to email, comes back*

Our family was selected for summer school previously. I'm still unclear after reading it who is still qualified for it.

What a mess. APS couldn't do right for our children this year. Makes me wonder about next, and if I should take door #2: private school

me too. I expect a note from the assistant principal this week. One way or the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and I saw first hand that virtual was harder for my children and my students than it was for me.

We teachers got vaccinated early so we could support our students and many have failed to do so. Summer school is a chance to make it up to the kids but now some are backing away from that duty.

Ok “teacher” Summer school has NEVER been a duty. It’s always been a voluntary role for those looking to earn extra cash during the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I’m a teacher and I saw first hand that virtual was harder for my children and my students than it was for me.

We teachers got vaccinated early so we could support our students and many have failed to do so. Summer school is a chance to make it up to the kids but now some are backing away from that duty.

Go teach yourself what a 'contract' is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:What did you all expect to happen? Harangue and harass teachers all year and this is what you get.

+1,000,000

+1 million

Thanks, teacher haters.

It's more than just teacher hate from parents though. APS didn't do right by them either at any turn.

APS has certainly made mistakes, but they did wait until teachers were vaccinated and also just approved a decent pay package.

The teacher haters are 100% TRASH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What did you all expect to happen? Harangue and harass teachers all year and this is what you get.

+1,000,000

+1 million

Thanks, teacher haters.

It's more than just teacher hate from parents though. APS didn't do right by them either at any turn.

APS has certainly made mistakes, but they did wait until teachers were vaccinated and also just approved a decent pay package.

The teacher haters are 100% TRASH.

I agree with everything you said but the decent pay package. It's much better than what was originally offered, but basically crumbs after taxes.

I'm not sure the modest step increase and COLA will keep teachers here next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:*goes to email, comes back*

Our family was selected for summer school previously. I'm still unclear after reading it who is still qualified for it.

What a mess. APS couldn't do right for our children this year. Makes me wonder about next, and if I should take door #2: private school

EL 1’s and 2’s (newcomers)
IEP students who qualify for ESY: that is, in your IEP it provides for summer school because you have critical life skills as your goals and the team determines summer services are necessary to address them. If unsure, check your IEP under the “ESY” page. It would be detailed there.

Originally all students with IEP’s were eligible regardless of academic need. For example a student who has speech services only for articulation would get to attend the reading and math strengthening program even if on or above grade level.

[Anonymous]

I’m a teacher and I saw first hand that virtual was harder for my children and my students than it was for me.

We teachers got vaccinated early so we could support our students and many have failed to do so. Summer school is a chance to make it up to the kids but now some are backing away from that duty.

Perhaps, but not an APS teacher. Every APS teacher knows very well that summer school is outside the contract and not a "duty."

[Anonymous]

This should have been obvious to everyone paying the least bit of attention. I don’t blame teachers one bit for not signing up. That’s why it was so important to get kids in for more days this spring. Don’t need to worry about staffing and our kids desperately need every day they can get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just saw message from Superintendent thar Summer school enrollment is drastically reduced due to not enough teachers at elementary school level signed up to teach. There will be only Lexia and dreambox offered to kids including those with IEP that do not have ESY. This may be the only option APS can offer,but the kids will be further behind than now....Pre-K that got a letter can go to Summer school and they got extra days of school this year. Great for them ,sucks for K through 5th that need support too.

Gee- I wonder why teachers are clamoring to work this summer?! Teachers are BURNT OUT. They need higher pay. Period. If you want APS schools to stay “top notch”, pay our teachers better so that the good ones stay for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*goes to email, comes back*

Our family was selected for summer school previously. I'm still unclear after reading it who is still qualified for it.

What a mess. APS couldn't do right for our children this year. Makes me wonder about next, and if I should take door #2: private school

EL 1’s and 2’s (newcomers)
IEP students who qualify for ESY: that is, in your IEP it provides for summer school because you have critical life skills as your goals and the team determines summer services are necessary to address them. If unsure, check your IEP under the “ESY” page. It would be detailed there.

Originally all students with IEP’s were eligible regardless of academic need. For example a student who has speech services only for articulation would get to attend the reading and math strengthening program even if on or above grade level.

As a parent of a child with a language disorder, you aren't getting speech services for articulation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just saw message from Superintendent thar Summer school enrollment is drastically reduced due to not enough teachers at elementary school level signed up to teach. There will be only Lexia and dreambox offered to kids including those with IEP that do not have ESY. This may be the only option APS can offer,but the kids will be further behind than now....Pre-K that got a letter can go to Summer school and they got extra days of school this year. Great for them ,sucks for K through 5th that need support too.

Gee- I wonder why teachers are clamoring to work this summer?! Teachers are BURNT OUT. They need higher pay. Period. If you want APS schools to stay “top notch”, pay our teachers better so that the good ones stay for years.

Its not even the pay, its how they are treated. Working summers is voluntary. It is not in their contract. Also if its in person, many may not want in person but would be ok virtual.

[Anonymous]

I used to teach summer school pre-kids but now the pay is not worth the cost to put my kids into camps or daycare. I didn’t go into teaching for the summers off but they certainly are one of the few perks I have left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*goes to email, comes back*

Our family was selected for summer school previously. I'm still unclear after reading it who is still qualified for it.

What a mess. APS couldn't do right for our children this year. Makes me wonder about next, and if I should take door #2: private school

EL 1’s and 2’s (newcomers)
IEP students who qualify for ESY: that is, in your IEP it provides for summer school because you have critical life skills as your goals and the team determines summer services are necessary to address them. If unsure, check your IEP under the “ESY” page. It would be detailed there.

Originally all students with IEP’s were eligible regardless of academic need. For example a student who has speech services only for articulation would get to attend the reading and math strengthening program even if on or above grade level.

As a parent of a child with a language disorder, you aren't getting speech services for articulation.

Yes I know that. But I did get an initial letter of eligibility for summer school math/reading strengthening because of his status as a student with an IEP. All students with an IEP for any reason were initially eligible. Now it’s only those with ESY. I had opted out already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even with the most supportive parents and admin I would want the summer off if I were a teacher this year. Wouldn’t you?

APS teacher here. This is me. I’m exhausted and need a break before we hit the ground running in the fall. I want to spend time with my own kids this summer and have time to see family members I haven’t seen in over a year.

Selfish. The rest of us work year round and often for less pay.

Have you considered teaching, then? Sounds like you could do less work for more money. What's stopping you?

I wish i had summers off, and occasionally consider teaching (I'm an office drone), but then think about how different K-12 is from being a grad school TA, which I loved. And I stay at my desk. You could chose to change careers too.