Virtual School?

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Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/remote-learning-failure.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/nyregion/nyc-remote-learning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/briefing/remote-learning-covid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html

Thoughts?

I read these as they were published. Comparing to a world where COVID doesn't exist isn't really helpful. How does well-planned virtual or hybrid look compared to the sh1t show of unplanned closures, burnt out teachers, and half-classed spending the day in the gym.

We know what virtual and hybrid look like because we did that last year. And we know it resulted in learning losses, worse mental health for children, and behavioral issues this year. We don't have to guess what happens when we have extended school closures.

Maybe for your kids, not mine.

Fortunately we can look at data and not just listen to your personal anecdote. And fortunately policy should be made taking into account larger scale trends than would be captured by the harping sanctimommy that haunts DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:PG county to be virtual thru MLK day

I am stunned by this.

Same. Terrible precedent. Who made the decision?

And how were they allowed to, given the 180 day in-person state requirement?

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Anonymous wrote:PG county to be virtual thru MLK day

I am stunned by this.

Same. Terrible precedent. Who made the decision?

And how were they allowed to, given the 180 day in-person state requirement?

I'm wondering if they've got some cushion already for snow days? Otherwise I don't know, but it's a good question. Is there a teachers' union in PG and are they opposed to tacking on two extra weeks at the end of the school year?

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Anonymous wrote:I would expect DC to follow PG lead for publics. Will Bowser force all DC Privates virtual? What will MoCo do?

Moco said it is not going virtual unless forced. PG apparently just values school less.

They value their students, staff and their families. Clearly you don’t.

PG does not do a cost benefit analysis. Which is a shame and so harmful to children that admin should be fired for the stupidity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would expect DC to follow PG lead for publics. Will Bowser force all DC Privates virtual? What will MoCo do?

Moco said it is not going virtual unless forced. PG apparently just values school less.

They value their students, staff and their families. Clearly you don’t.

PG does not do a cost benefit analysis. Which is a shame and so harmful to children that admin should be fired for the stupidity.

Perhaps they did but just came to a different conclusion. I think you’d find PG county is much much more Covid cautious than even Montgomery. Parents seem to be ok with this move.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would expect DC to follow PG lead for publics. Will Bowser force all DC Privates virtual? What will MoCo do?

Moco said it is not going virtual unless forced. PG apparently just values school less.

They value their students, staff and their families. Clearly you don’t.

PG does not do a cost benefit analysis. Which is a shame and so harmful to children that admin should be fired for the stupidity.

Perhaps they did but just came to a different conclusion. I think you’d find PG county is much much more Covid cautious than even Montgomery. Parents seem to be ok with this move.[/quote]

No, they really aren't. Nor are their children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/remote-learning-failure.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/nyregion/nyc-remote-learning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/briefing/remote-learning-covid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html

Thoughts?

My thought is parents need to stop with the blame game and be parents and support your kids.

We are still in virtual. It’s been fine. No depression, no anxiety and learning.

What a privileged, selfish response. Get some perspective

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just picked up my DC from middle school early. 2/3 of the kids in his grade are out positive or quarantining and as well as 3 of his 6 teachers. The remaining kids will be hanging around the auditorium and gym all day. They should have just gone virtual.

Something something virtual school means learning loss something something

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/opinion/remote-learning-failure.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/06/nyregion/nyc-remote-learning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/briefing/remote-learning-covid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/pandemic-adolescents-depression-anxiety.html

Thoughts?

My thought is parents need to stop with the blame game and be parents and support your kids.

We are still in virtual. It’s been fine. No depression, no anxiety and learning.

What a privileged, selfish response. Get some perspective

oh don't respond to that poster. She's pretty prolific in how her kids are "thriving" in virtual, and how everyone else is a bad parent.