APS - why are teachers so terrified?

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Lol that next school year will be any better. The v-v-v-variants.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah the principal is clearly making choices that reaffirm In Person kids don’t be getting a drastically better education than kids who stayed home and that the kids who stayed home won’t be ignored so the teachers can only focus on in person kids. Which is the right thing to do.

What are you talking about? The plan is for the teacher to supervise one group of kids in person, teach a second in person class via teams, and teach a third group of kids at home via teams. How exactly is having the teacher be responsible for three groups of kids at once better for DL students? It's not what APS billed as concurrent. It's nonsense made up by a principal who doesn't care if kids learn anything this year.

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Anonymous wrote:At my school specials except PE will be virtual but those teachers are still working at school multiple days per week, they are just live in a classroom space. They don’t want one person to see hundreds of kids each week and be a vector.

For departmentalizing grades it’s likely similar. My school typically departmentalized upper grades in pairs. This year we are all not doing that because of virtual so now homeroom teachers do all subjects other than specials. That was up to each principal.

Just because a teacher is teaching your kid virtually doesn’t mean they aren’t in the building. Some things need to give.

Yes, the principal is choosing to keep departmentalization even if it means kids in K-5 won't receive half their core content in person and will be on their iPad for even more time. This is the decision that is the most objectionable.

We were told that PE would be virtual in the classroom with kids at their desks. No physical movements would be permitted because kids are only 6' apart. No materials can be provided to kids because there is no way to disinfect materials. This is also a really bad decision.

JFC. You complained when the kids were virtual. Now you complain when they are back.

It’s a FCKING pandemic. Your kid will be fine. YOU need to deal with it.

They're not back. They're still getting most instruction virtually because Glebe has decided in person education isn't important for K-5. It's a farce.

For months all we've heard is that the RTS will be different. Why didn't you pay any attention to that. It astounds me that you are surprised by this. Your kids ARE back in the school building. Stop complaining.

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Oh come on. One school in all of Arlington is making decisions that are unnecessary and far worse for students learning. APS administration should step in and tell Glebe to fall in line with other APS schools. There's no reason for the stupid made up rules the principal is putting in place.

Does the Glebe class changing allow for more differentiation? Or not?

No. It allows for much less dofferentiation because students are on their iPads for most classes. In person is better for differentiation.

You don't get it. 100% of the teacher's attention needs to be on conducting the class via DL. There will not be any differentiation between RTS kids and the DL kids. That has been very clear from the get-go. Stop making up stuff. If you want differentiated then you need to homeschool or find a private school that will take you. Otherwise stop beating this dead horse.

You think that you can bully your kid's teacher and principal into doing what you want. I support them 100% in holding firm.

-Signed, A Parent

We are in FCCPS, who uses a concurrent model, kind-of- e.g. only students who want to be remote learn that way- everyone else comes in in-person 4 days a week. Being in person is a dramatic and significant educational improvement for my children. Yes, they get to use paper when kids are chose to be only remote do everything on their computers.
Also- I think people are using 'differentiation' in really different and lose ways- I see at least three different uses.
1. Glebe has elementary students switching to different teachers for subjects- e.g. Mrs. A teaches math multiple times a day, Mr. B teaches language arts multiple times a day. There was a question of whether this was better for differentiation. I took the question to mean, will advanced math students get better teaching with the switching? We were at an APS school that used to do this, but didn't do it this year b/c of the pandemic. The way I have seen this done- the whole class switches, so you get better subject matter expertise, but not 'advanced math' differenentation. This is different than my childhood when we went to different teachers for different levels of math.
2. Another parent stated that being in person was better for differentiation- meaning that the teacher could see that the child was either struggling and tailor work, or finishing in 2 seconds and board, and tailor work. This is true in my experience in FCCPS. Being back in person has been a wonderful wonderful thing for my kids.
3. A third parent took parent 2 to be saying that a teacher would be differentiating between in person and virtual students and got offended.

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Anonymous wrote:At my school specials except PE will be virtual but those teachers are still working at school multiple days per week, they are just live in a classroom space. They don’t want one person to see hundreds of kids each week and be a vector.

For departmentalizing grades it’s likely similar. My school typically departmentalized upper grades in pairs. This year we are all not doing that because of virtual so now homeroom teachers do all subjects other than specials. That was up to each principal.

Just because a teacher is teaching your kid virtually doesn’t mean they aren’t in the building. Some things need to give.

Yes, the principal is choosing to keep departmentalization even if it means kids in K-5 won't receive half their core content in person and will be on their iPad for even more time. This is the decision that is the most objectionable.

We were told that PE would be virtual in the classroom with kids at their desks. No physical movements would be permitted because kids are only 6' apart. No materials can be provided to kids because there is no way to disinfect materials. This is also a really bad decision.

JFC. You complained when the kids were virtual. Now you complain when they are back.

It’s a FCKING pandemic. Your kid will be fine. YOU need to deal with it.

They're not back. They're still getting most instruction virtually because Glebe has decided in person education isn't important for K-5. It's a farce.

For months all we've heard is that the RTS will be different. Why didn't you pay any attention to that. It astounds me that you are surprised by this. Your kids ARE back in the school building. Stop complaining.

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Oh come on. One school in all of Arlington is making decisions that are unnecessary and far worse for students learning. APS administration should step in and tell Glebe to fall in line with other APS schools. There's no reason for the stupid made up rules the principal is putting in place.

Does the Glebe class changing allow for more differentiation? Or not?

No. It allows for much less dofferentiation because students are on their iPads for most classes. In person is better for differentiation.

You don't get it. 100% of the teacher's attention needs to be on conducting the class via DL. There will not be any differentiation between RTS kids and the DL kids. That has been very clear from the get-go. Stop making up stuff. If you want differentiated then you need to homeschool or find a private school that will take you. Otherwise stop beating this dead horse.

You think that you can bully your kid's teacher and principal into doing what you want. I support them 100% in holding firm.

-Signed, A Parent

K-2 isn't concurrent. Teaching them via teams doesn't make anything better for DL kids.

Stop being vindictive and hateful towards little kids who have had a crappy time in DL and really need in person.

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Anonymous wrote:At my school specials except PE will be virtual but those teachers are still working at school multiple days per week, they are just live in a classroom space. They don’t want one person to see hundreds of kids each week and be a vector.

For departmentalizing grades it’s likely similar. My school typically departmentalized upper grades in pairs. This year we are all not doing that because of virtual so now homeroom teachers do all subjects other than specials. That was up to each principal.

Just because a teacher is teaching your kid virtually doesn’t mean they aren’t in the building. Some things need to give.

Yes, the principal is choosing to keep departmentalization even if it means kids in K-5 won't receive half their core content in person and will be on their iPad for even more time. This is the decision that is the most objectionable.

We were told that PE would be virtual in the classroom with kids at their desks. No physical movements would be permitted because kids are only 6' apart. No materials can be provided to kids because there is no way to disinfect materials. This is also a really bad decision.

JFC. You complained when the kids were virtual. Now you complain when they are back.

It’s a FCKING pandemic. Your kid will be fine. YOU need to deal with it.

They're not back. They're still getting most instruction virtually because Glebe has decided in person education isn't important for K-5. It's a farce.

For months all we've heard is that the RTS will be different. Why didn't you pay any attention to that. It astounds me that you are surprised by this. Your kids ARE back in the school building. Stop complaining.

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Oh come on. One school in all of Arlington is making decisions that are unnecessary and far worse for students learning. APS administration should step in and tell Glebe to fall in line with other APS schools. There's no reason for the stupid made up rules the principal is putting in place.

Does the Glebe class changing allow for more differentiation? Or not?

No. It allows for much less dofferentiation because students are on their iPads for most classes. In person is better for differentiation.

You don't get it. 100% of the teacher's attention needs to be on conducting the class via DL. There will not be any differentiation between RTS kids and the DL kids. That has been very clear from the get-go. Stop making up stuff. If you want differentiated then you need to homeschool or find a private school that will take you. Otherwise stop beating this dead horse.

You think that you can bully your kid's teacher and principal into doing what you want. I support them 100% in holding firm.

-Signed, A Parent

K-2 isn't concurrent. Teaching them via teams doesn't make anything better for DL kids.

Stop being vindictive and hateful towards little kids who have had a crappy time in DL and really need in person.

K-2 is concurrent at immersion schools, well sort of. Everyone kept their teacher so the kinder class is broken into 3 classes. Two in person and One virtual. The teacher splits between the 3.

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Anonymous wrote:At my school specials except PE will be virtual but those teachers are still working at school multiple days per week, they are just live in a classroom space. They don’t want one person to see hundreds of kids each week and be a vector.

For departmentalizing grades it’s likely similar. My school typically departmentalized upper grades in pairs. This year we are all not doing that because of virtual so now homeroom teachers do all subjects other than specials. That was up to each principal.

Just because a teacher is teaching your kid virtually doesn’t mean they aren’t in the building. Some things need to give.

Yes, the principal is choosing to keep departmentalization even if it means kids in K-5 won't receive half their core content in person and will be on their iPad for even more time. This is the decision that is the most objectionable.

We were told that PE would be virtual in the classroom with kids at their desks. No physical movements would be permitted because kids are only 6' apart. No materials can be provided to kids because there is no way to disinfect materials. This is also a really bad decision.

JFC. You complained when the kids were virtual. Now you complain when they are back.

It’s a FCKING pandemic. Your kid will be fine. YOU need to deal with it.

They're not back. They're still getting most instruction virtually because Glebe has decided in person education isn't important for K-5. It's a farce.

For months all we've heard is that the RTS will be different. Why didn't you pay any attention to that. It astounds me that you are surprised by this. Your kids ARE back in the school building. Stop complaining.

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Oh come on. One school in all of Arlington is making decisions that are unnecessary and far worse for students learning. APS administration should step in and tell Glebe to fall in line with other APS schools. There's no reason for the stupid made up rules the principal is putting in place.

Does the Glebe class changing allow for more differentiation? Or not?

No. It allows for much less dofferentiation because students are on their iPads for most classes. In person is better for differentiation.

You don't get it. 100% of the teacher's attention needs to be on conducting the class via DL. There will not be any differentiation between RTS kids and the DL kids. That has been very clear from the get-go. Stop making up stuff. If you want differentiated then you need to homeschool or find a private school that will take you. Otherwise stop beating this dead horse.

You think that you can bully your kid's teacher and principal into doing what you want. I support them 100% in holding firm.

-Signed, A Parent

K-2 isn't concurrent. Teaching them via teams doesn't make anything better for DL kids.

Stop being vindictive and hateful towards little kids who have had a crappy time in DL and really need in person.

K-2 is concurrent at immersion schools, well sort of. Everyone kept their teacher so the kinder class is broken into 3 classes. Two in person and One virtual. The teacher splits between the 3.

Well, it's not at Glebe, which was the school being discussed. If we want to discuss another school's model, let's just be clear what school we are talking about so we don't end up in a muddle.

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Anonymous wrote:At my school specials except PE will be virtual but those teachers are still working at school multiple days per week, they are just live in a classroom space. They don’t want one person to see hundreds of kids each week and be a vector.

For departmentalizing grades it’s likely similar. My school typically departmentalized upper grades in pairs. This year we are all not doing that because of virtual so now homeroom teachers do all subjects other than specials. That was up to each principal.

Just because a teacher is teaching your kid virtually doesn’t mean they aren’t in the building. Some things need to give.

Yes, the principal is choosing to keep departmentalization even if it means kids in K-5 won't receive half their core content in person and will be on their iPad for even more time. This is the decision that is the most objectionable.

We were told that PE would be virtual in the classroom with kids at their desks. No physical movements would be permitted because kids are only 6' apart. No materials can be provided to kids because there is no way to disinfect materials. This is also a really bad decision.

JFC. You complained when the kids were virtual. Now you complain when they are back.

It’s a FCKING pandemic. Your kid will be fine. YOU need to deal with it.

They're not back. They're still getting most instruction virtually because Glebe has decided in person education isn't important for K-5. It's a farce.

For months all we've heard is that the RTS will be different. Why didn't you pay any attention to that. It astounds me that you are surprised by this. Your kids ARE back in the school building. Stop complaining.

+1

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Oh come on. One school in all of Arlington is making decisions that are unnecessary and far worse for students learning. APS administration should step in and tell Glebe to fall in line with other APS schools. There's no reason for the stupid made up rules the principal is putting in place.

Does the Glebe class changing allow for more differentiation? Or not?

No. It allows for much less dofferentiation because students are on their iPads for most classes. In person is better for differentiation.

You don't get it. 100% of the teacher's attention needs to be on conducting the class via DL. There will not be any differentiation between RTS kids and the DL kids. That has been very clear from the get-go. Stop making up stuff. If you want differentiated then you need to homeschool or find a private school that will take you. Otherwise stop beating this dead horse.

You think that you can bully your kid's teacher and principal into doing what you want. I support them 100% in holding firm.

-Signed, A Parent

K-2 isn't concurrent. Teaching them via teams doesn't make anything better for DL kids.

Stop being vindictive and hateful towards little kids who have had a crappy time in DL and really need in person.

Sigh. RIF. Not all RTS kids are K-2. And there are K-2 kids who are not having a "crappy" time in DL. Generally because they have parents who have a positive attitude intent on making it work. Sorry for your kid that you don't fall into that category.

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Anonymous wrote:At my school specials except PE will be virtual but those teachers are still working at school multiple days per week, they are just live in a classroom space. They don’t want one person to see hundreds of kids each week and be a vector.

For departmentalizing grades it’s likely similar. My school typically departmentalized upper grades in pairs. This year we are all not doing that because of virtual so now homeroom teachers do all subjects other than specials. That was up to each principal.

Just because a teacher is teaching your kid virtually doesn’t mean they aren’t in the building. Some things need to give.

Yes, the principal is choosing to keep departmentalization even if it means kids in K-5 won't receive half their core content in person and will be on their iPad for even more time. This is the decision that is the most objectionable.

We were told that PE would be virtual in the classroom with kids at their desks. No physical movements would be permitted because kids are only 6' apart. No materials can be provided to kids because there is no way to disinfect materials. This is also a really bad decision.

JFC. You complained when the kids were virtual. Now you complain when they are back.

It’s a FCKING pandemic. Your kid will be fine. YOU need to deal with it.

They're not back. They're still getting most instruction virtually because Glebe has decided in person education isn't important for K-5. It's a farce.

For months all we've heard is that the RTS will be different. Why didn't you pay any attention to that. It astounds me that you are surprised by this. Your kids ARE back in the school building. Stop complaining.

+1

+2

Oh come on. One school in all of Arlington is making decisions that are unnecessary and far worse for students learning. APS administration should step in and tell Glebe to fall in line with other APS schools. There's no reason for the stupid made up rules the principal is putting in place.

Does the Glebe class changing allow for more differentiation? Or not?

No. It allows for much less dofferentiation because students are on their iPads for most classes. In person is better for differentiation.

You don't get it. 100% of the teacher's attention needs to be on conducting the class via DL. There will not be any differentiation between RTS kids and the DL kids. That has been very clear from the get-go. Stop making up stuff. If you want differentiated then you need to homeschool or find a private school that will take you. Otherwise stop beating this dead horse.

You think that you can bully your kid's teacher and principal into doing what you want. I support them 100% in holding firm.

-Signed, A Parent

K-2 isn't concurrent. Teaching them via teams doesn't make anything better for DL kids.

Stop being vindictive and hateful towards little kids who have had a crappy time in DL and really need in person.

Sigh. RIF. Not all RTS kids are K-2. And there are K-2 kids who are not having a "crappy" time in DL. Generally because they have parents who have a positive attitude intent on making it work. Sorry for your kid that you don't fall into that category.

This discussion was focused on K-2. I'm sorry if the PP couldn't keep up.

Parents can have had a great attitude about DL and still have a 5-7 yo who can't learn well via that method. I'm sorry you have no compassion for those kids. If there are kids who are doing great in DL, they will still have a dedicated DL teacher in K-2 (not concurrent) and they can keep having that great experience. This issue is about kids who need in person not having that option because of one principal's decision.

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Anonymous wrote:At my school specials except PE will be virtual but those teachers are still working at school multiple days per week, they are just live in a classroom space. They don’t want one person to see hundreds of kids each week and be a vector.

For departmentalizing grades it’s likely similar. My school typically departmentalized upper grades in pairs. This year we are all not doing that because of virtual so now homeroom teachers do all subjects other than specials. That was up to each principal.

Just because a teacher is teaching your kid virtually doesn’t mean they aren’t in the building. Some things need to give.

Yes, the principal is choosing to keep departmentalization even if it means kids in K-5 won't receive half their core content in person and will be on their iPad for even more time. This is the decision that is the most objectionable.

We were told that PE would be virtual in the classroom with kids at their desks. No physical movements would be permitted because kids are only 6' apart. No materials can be provided to kids because there is no way to disinfect materials. This is also a really bad decision.

JFC. You complained when the kids were virtual. Now you complain when they are back.

It’s a FCKING pandemic. Your kid will be fine. YOU need to deal with it.

They're not back. They're still getting most instruction virtually because Glebe has decided in person education isn't important for K-5. It's a farce.

For months all we've heard is that the RTS will be different. Why didn't you pay any attention to that. It astounds me that you are surprised by this. Your kids ARE back in the school building. Stop complaining.

+1

+2

Oh come on. One school in all of Arlington is making decisions that are unnecessary and far worse for students learning. APS administration should step in and tell Glebe to fall in line with other APS schools. There's no reason for the stupid made up rules the principal is putting in place.

Does the Glebe class changing allow for more differentiation? Or not?

No. It allows for much less dofferentiation because students are on their iPads for most classes. In person is better for differentiation.

You don't get it. 100% of the teacher's attention needs to be on conducting the class via DL. There will not be any differentiation between RTS kids and the DL kids. That has been very clear from the get-go. Stop making up stuff. If you want differentiated then you need to homeschool or find a private school that will take you. Otherwise stop beating this dead horse.

You think that you can bully your kid's teacher and principal into doing what you want. I support them 100% in holding firm.

-Signed, A Parent

K-2 isn't concurrent. Teaching them via teams doesn't make anything better for DL kids.

Stop being vindictive and hateful towards little kids who have had a crappy time in DL and really need in person.

Sigh. RIF. Not all RTS kids are K-2. And there are K-2 kids who are not having a "crappy" time in DL. Generally because they have parents who have a positive attitude intent on making it work. Sorry for your kid that you don't fall into that category.

This discussion was focused on K-2. I'm sorry if the PP couldn't keep up.

Parents can have had a great attitude about DL and still have a 5-7 yo who can't learn well via that method. I'm sorry you have no compassion for those kids. If there are kids who are doing great in DL, they will still have a dedicated DL teacher in K-2 (not concurrent) and they can keep having that great experience. This issue is about kids who need in person not having that option because of one principal's decision.

READ THE TITLE: "APS - why are teachers so terrified?" YOU are super focused on fighting your argument about your K-2. Too bad you are here fighting your fight and not sitting with your kid trying to help him or her out. Be a better parent. I am sure it is possible.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah the principal is clearly making choices that reaffirm In Person kids don’t be getting a drastically better education than kids who stayed home and that the kids who stayed home won’t be ignored so the teachers can only focus on in person kids. Which is the right thing to do.

Good for that principal!

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah the principal is clearly making choices that reaffirm In Person kids don’t be getting a drastically better education than kids who stayed home and that the kids who stayed home won’t be ignored so the teachers can only focus on in person kids. Which is the right thing to do.

Good for that principal!

Psssttt.... this isn't true.

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Anonymous wrote:At my school specials except PE will be virtual but those teachers are still working at school multiple days per week, they are just live in a classroom space. They don’t want one person to see hundreds of kids each week and be a vector.

For departmentalizing grades it’s likely similar. My school typically departmentalized upper grades in pairs. This year we are all not doing that because of virtual so now homeroom teachers do all subjects other than specials. That was up to each principal.

Just because a teacher is teaching your kid virtually doesn’t mean they aren’t in the building. Some things need to give.

Yes, the principal is choosing to keep departmentalization even if it means kids in K-5 won't receive half their core content in person and will be on their iPad for even more time. This is the decision that is the most objectionable.

We were told that PE would be virtual in the classroom with kids at their desks. No physical movements would be permitted because kids are only 6' apart. No materials can be provided to kids because there is no way to disinfect materials. This is also a really bad decision.

JFC. You complained when the kids were virtual. Now you complain when they are back.

It’s a FCKING pandemic. Your kid will be fine. YOU need to deal with it.

They're not back. They're still getting most instruction virtually because Glebe has decided in person education isn't important for K-5. It's a farce.

For months all we've heard is that the RTS will be different. Why didn't you pay any attention to that. It astounds me that you are surprised by this. Your kids ARE back in the school building. Stop complaining.

+1

+2

Oh come on. One school in all of Arlington is making decisions that are unnecessary and far worse for students learning. APS administration should step in and tell Glebe to fall in line with other APS schools. There's no reason for the stupid made up rules the principal is putting in place.

Does the Glebe class changing allow for more differentiation? Or not?

No. It allows for much less dofferentiation because students are on their iPads for most classes. In person is better for differentiation.

You don't get it. 100% of the teacher's attention needs to be on conducting the class via DL. There will not be any differentiation between RTS kids and the DL kids. That has been very clear from the get-go. Stop making up stuff. If you want differentiated then you need to homeschool or find a private school that will take you. Otherwise stop beating this dead horse.

You think that you can bully your kid's teacher and principal into doing what you want. I support them 100% in holding firm.

-Signed, A Parent

K-2 isn't concurrent. Teaching them via teams doesn't make anything better for DL kids.

Stop being vindictive and hateful towards little kids who have had a crappy time in DL and really need in person.

Sigh. RIF. Not all RTS kids are K-2. And there are K-2 kids who are not having a "crappy" time in DL. Generally because they have parents who have a positive attitude intent on making it work. Sorry for your kid that you don't fall into that category.

This discussion was focused on K-2. I'm sorry if the PP couldn't keep up.

Parents can have had a great attitude about DL and still have a 5-7 yo who can't learn well via that method. I'm sorry you have no compassion for those kids. If there are kids who are doing great in DL, they will still have a dedicated DL teacher in K-2 (not concurrent) and they can keep having that great experience. This issue is about kids who need in person not having that option because of one principal's decision.

READ THE TITLE: "APS - why are teachers so terrified?" YOU are super focused on fighting your argument about your K-2. Too bad you are here fighting your fight and not sitting with your kid trying to help him or her out. Be a better parent. I am sure it is possible.

Are you new to the internet? There are certainly several separate conversations going on in a multipage thread.

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Anonymous wrote:At my school specials except PE will be virtual but those teachers are still working at school multiple days per week, they are just live in a classroom space. They don’t want one person to see hundreds of kids each week and be a vector.

For departmentalizing grades it’s likely similar. My school typically departmentalized upper grades in pairs. This year we are all not doing that because of virtual so now homeroom teachers do all subjects other than specials. That was up to each principal.

Just because a teacher is teaching your kid virtually doesn’t mean they aren’t in the building. Some things need to give.

Yes, the principal is choosing to keep departmentalization even if it means kids in K-5 won't receive half their core content in person and will be on their iPad for even more time. This is the decision that is the most objectionable.

We were told that PE would be virtual in the classroom with kids at their desks. No physical movements would be permitted because kids are only 6' apart. No materials can be provided to kids because there is no way to disinfect materials. This is also a really bad decision.

JFC. You complained when the kids were virtual. Now you complain when they are back.

It’s a FCKING pandemic. Your kid will be fine. YOU need to deal with it.

They're not back. They're still getting most instruction virtually because Glebe has decided in person education isn't important for K-5. It's a farce.

For months all we've heard is that the RTS will be different. Why didn't you pay any attention to that. It astounds me that you are surprised by this. Your kids ARE back in the school building. Stop complaining.

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Oh come on. One school in all of Arlington is making decisions that are unnecessary and far worse for students learning. APS administration should step in and tell Glebe to fall in line with other APS schools. There's no reason for the stupid made up rules the principal is putting in place.

Does the Glebe class changing allow for more differentiation? Or not?

No. It allows for much less dofferentiation because students are on their iPads for most classes. In person is better for differentiation.

You don't get it. 100% of the teacher's attention needs to be on conducting the class via DL. There will not be any differentiation between RTS kids and the DL kids. That has been very clear from the get-go. Stop making up stuff. If you want differentiated then you need to homeschool or find a private school that will take you. Otherwise stop beating this dead horse.

You think that you can bully your kid's teacher and principal into doing what you want. I support them 100% in holding firm.

-Signed, A Parent

K-2 isn't concurrent. Teaching them via teams doesn't make anything better for DL kids.

Stop being vindictive and hateful towards little kids who have had a crappy time in DL and really need in person.

Sigh. RIF. Not all RTS kids are K-2. And there are K-2 kids who are not having a "crappy" time in DL. Generally because they have parents who have a positive attitude intent on making it work. Sorry for your kid that you don't fall into that category.

This discussion was focused on K-2. I'm sorry if the PP couldn't keep up.

Parents can have had a great attitude about DL and still have a 5-7 yo who can't learn well via that method. I'm sorry you have no compassion for those kids. If there are kids who are doing great in DL, they will still have a dedicated DL teacher in K-2 (not concurrent) and they can keep having that great experience. This issue is about kids who need in person not having that option because of one principal's decision.

OMGAWD!!! MY FIVE YEAR OLD WON'T GET ANY DIFFERENTIATION ON ONE SUBJECT WHILE IN PERSON DURING A PANDEMIC!!! WOE IS ME!!!!

Chill TF out and let the teachers do their job. Your ridiculous hysterics aren't helping.

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Anonymous wrote:At my school specials except PE will be virtual but those teachers are still working at school multiple days per week, they are just live in a classroom space. They don’t want one person to see hundreds of kids each week and be a vector.

For departmentalizing grades it’s likely similar. My school typically departmentalized upper grades in pairs. This year we are all not doing that because of virtual so now homeroom teachers do all subjects other than specials. That was up to each principal.

Just because a teacher is teaching your kid virtually doesn’t mean they aren’t in the building. Some things need to give.

Yes, the principal is choosing to keep departmentalization even if it means kids in K-5 won't receive half their core content in person and will be on their iPad for even more time. This is the decision that is the most objectionable.

We were told that PE would be virtual in the classroom with kids at their desks. No physical movements would be permitted because kids are only 6' apart. No materials can be provided to kids because there is no way to disinfect materials. This is also a really bad decision.

JFC. You complained when the kids were virtual. Now you complain when they are back.

It’s a FCKING pandemic. Your kid will be fine. YOU need to deal with it.

They're not back. They're still getting most instruction virtually because Glebe has decided in person education isn't important for K-5. It's a farce.

For months all we've heard is that the RTS will be different. Why didn't you pay any attention to that. It astounds me that you are surprised by this. Your kids ARE back in the school building. Stop complaining.

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Oh come on. One school in all of Arlington is making decisions that are unnecessary and far worse for students learning. APS administration should step in and tell Glebe to fall in line with other APS schools. There's no reason for the stupid made up rules the principal is putting in place.

Does the Glebe class changing allow for more differentiation? Or not?

No. It allows for much less dofferentiation because students are on their iPads for most classes. In person is better for differentiation.

You don't get it. 100% of the teacher's attention needs to be on conducting the class via DL. There will not be any differentiation between RTS kids and the DL kids. That has been very clear from the get-go. Stop making up stuff. If you want differentiated then you need to homeschool or find a private school that will take you. Otherwise stop beating this dead horse.

You think that you can bully your kid's teacher and principal into doing what you want. I support them 100% in holding firm.

-Signed, A Parent

K-2 isn't concurrent. Teaching them via teams doesn't make anything better for DL kids.

Stop being vindictive and hateful towards little kids who have had a crappy time in DL and really need in person.

Sigh. RIF. Not all RTS kids are K-2. And there are K-2 kids who are not having a "crappy" time in DL. Generally because they have parents who have a positive attitude intent on making it work. Sorry for your kid that you don't fall into that category.

This discussion was focused on K-2. I'm sorry if the PP couldn't keep up.

Parents can have had a great attitude about DL and still have a 5-7 yo who can't learn well via that method. I'm sorry you have no compassion for those kids. If there are kids who are doing great in DL, they will still have a dedicated DL teacher in K-2 (not concurrent) and they can keep having that great experience. This issue is about kids who need in person not having that option because of one principal's decision.

OMGAWD!!! MY FIVE YEAR OLD WON'T GET ANY DIFFERENTIATION ON ONE SUBJECT WHILE IN PERSON DURING A PANDEMIC!!! WOE IS ME!!!!

Chill TF out and let the teachers do their job. Your ridiculous hysterics aren't helping.

Flip that. My 5 yo will get 1-2 in person classes per day with the entire rest of the day on teams while the teacher does something else and there is no in class support.

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OMGAWD!!! MY FIVE YEAR OLD WON'T GET ANY DIFFERENTIATION ON ONE SUBJECT WHILE IN PERSON DURING A PANDEMIC!!! WOE IS ME!!!!

Chill TF out and let the teachers do their job. Your ridiculous hysterics aren't helping.

I really think the Glebe plan is so bad that posters can't even wrap their head around it. They are assuming that something reasonable is planned and jump in to support teachers, when they don't even understand how bad it really is.