Will there be any learning next week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an elementary teacher and we've already made it through the ELA and math pacing guide in terms of lessons that must be taught this year. We've had our end of year parties and field days so next week just feels like checking a box to say we had 180 days of school. Really stupid to be going back.

There are these things called science and history and art and geography and music that get really shortchanged in schools. How about planning a fun interdisciplinary project to enrich your kids? WHY would you and your district not plan to fully utilize the days on the calendar?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:mcps should start school in mid-august and end at the beginning of june. with the current schedule, it's a month of prolonged winding down.

for this most bizarre school year, i think a prolonged wind down is fine, because everyone reallly needs a break. but moving forward, i don't see the point of it. students would learn more by bumping up the schedule by a couple weeks imo.

It's a month of prolonged winding down because the "adults" fail to plan and make good use of the time. Not because of the calendar or because 180 days is too much.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess too many kids were failing the exams so they got rid of them. That’s one way to close the achievement gap.

More because they have APs/IBs and all the state mandated testing. Enough testing!

Because having to show that you learned something is terrible!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm an elementary teacher and we've already made it through the ELA and math pacing guide in terms of lessons that must be taught this year. We've had our end of year parties and field days so next week just feels like checking a box to say we had 180 days of school. Really stupid to be going back.

Or you could plan enrichment activities that reinforce this year's learning...

Yes, I’m sure that you, random parent, know much more about managing elementary schoolers the last week of school than the teachers who ACTUALLY DO IT!

PP Teacher here - thanks for the tip mom, I thought we would just sit in our classroom all day and stare at the walls. Of course we're going to do some fun activities and things we can't normally do since we are locked into the boring Benchmark curriculum.

This is what you wrote before: "next week just feels like checking a box to say we had 180 days of school. Really stupid to be going back." Sure sounds like you're planning nothing more enriching them if they had vacation days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm an elementary teacher and we've already made it through the ELA and math pacing guide in terms of lessons that must be taught this year. We've had our end of year parties and field days so next week just feels like checking a box to say we had 180 days of school. Really stupid to be going back.

There are these things called science and history and art and geography and music that get really shortchanged in schools. How about planning a fun interdisciplinary project to enrich your kids? WHY would you and your district not plan to fully utilize the days on the calendar?

Because if you were actually in a classroom, you would see the kids are just completely done. They checked out a couple weeks ago and it has been painful trying to drag them through the last couple of weeks of school. I’m teaching real kids - not just eager, empty vessels who are thrilled to soak up information.
I wish some of you could spend a week at your kids school and realize how challenging teaching has been this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My freshman has a math test, a physics project, a French project, and an English presentation. They’ve already taken their stuff home for PE and band, so probably nothing in those classes, and their AP Gov class is watching movies. So kind of a mixed bag.

The OP is just trolling. Although I'm sure some teaching are winding things down, school is still in session. If they want to be taken seriously, they'll post specifics.

+1000

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a junior and keeps asking to stay home next week.
He said his teachers are not doing anything next week and he has already turned in all assignments.
I’m not sure whether to make him go or not. I recently learned that attendance this year doesn’t really mean anything.
MCPS is not enforcing any attendance policies.

My kids have plenty of assignments and tests to complete.

Mine too I have no idea what these people are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is a junior and keeps asking to stay home next week.
He said his teachers are not doing anything next week and he has already turned in all assignments.
I’m not sure whether to make him go or not. I recently learned that attendance this year doesn’t really mean anything.
MCPS is not enforcing any attendance policies.

My kids have plenty of assignments and tests to complete.

Mine too I have no idea what these people are talking about.

m

Are you saying they have assignments to complete right until the last day?
Your kids probably have assignments that are overdue. No one is requiring assignments after Tuesday

[Anonymous]

Which schools are not really holding classes? Can you be specific or is this just more anti-MCPS fiction?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is a junior and keeps asking to stay home next week.
He said his teachers are not doing anything next week and he has already turned in all assignments.
I’m not sure whether to make him go or not. I recently learned that attendance this year doesn’t really mean anything.
MCPS is not enforcing any attendance policies.

My kids have plenty of assignments and tests to complete.

Mine too I have no idea what these people are talking about.

m

Are you saying they have assignments to complete right until the last day?
Your kids probably have assignments that are overdue. No one is requiring assignments after Tuesday

Mine have tests all week and a couple of projects to do as well. We're @MCPS which by law has 180 days of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which schools are not really holding classes? Can you be specific or is this just more anti-MCPS fiction?

This is obviously just another troll finding another issue to harp on. If you haven't noticed, they start a couple of these threads each week. I'd expect a new one on the board, McKnight, the collapse of western civ within 72 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm an elementary teacher and we've already made it through the ELA and math pacing guide in terms of lessons that must be taught this year. We've had our end of year parties and field days so next week just feels like checking a box to say we had 180 days of school. Really stupid to be going back.

There are these things called science and history and art and geography and music that get really shortchanged in schools. How about planning a fun interdisciplinary project to enrich your kids? WHY would you and your district not plan to fully utilize the days on the calendar?

Because if you were actually in a classroom, you would see the kids are just completely done. They checked out a couple weeks ago and it has been painful trying to drag them through the last couple of weeks of school. I’m teaching real kids - not just eager, empty vessels who are thrilled to soak up information.
I wish some of you could spend a week at your kids school and realize how challenging teaching has been this year.

100%

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't they have finals?

Not since the Obama administration.

What? Doesn't anyone in high school take finals?

No - MCPS does not have high school finals any more.

[Anonymous]

The last week of school was always my favorite! Year book signing, teachers more relaxed, movies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which schools are not really holding classes? Can you be specific or is this just more anti-MCPS fiction?

I very much doubt it is a troll.
At my school we still have regular class periods but most teachers were done teaching in the middle of last week.
The main reasons are that kids are hyper focused on summer break and not easy to teach right now. Also, many teachers are burned out.
It has been a tough year.