Any charter schools confirm they are ending school year early?

[Anonymous]

DCB will end June 5th. No news about the fall calendar.

The LAMB news is somewhat hopeful. The chatter about the early dcps closure being to increase PD for online fall learning really hit hard. Knowing LAMB was trying to avoid pressure to open early gives me hope maybe some schools actually will. (HOPE not confidence.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LAMB just confirmed that they are staying with their original June 17 end date, restarting August 31. They stated that the move to Kingsbury played into the decision because any earlier start would be a challenging timeline with construction.

Also, NO ONE, NO SCHOOL is required to open early or make up ANY of these Learning hours or days. Sure the optics might make it look as through they do but they do not. It does seem smart to just keep the academic year separate no doubt their will be even more closing in the fall.

Also, I have no doubt DCPS will NOT be making up 3 full day weeks of school in the fall. A week of full day, max and not for all students either

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCB will end June 5th. No news about the fall calendar.

The LAMB news is somewhat hopeful. The chatter about the early dcps closure being to increase PD for online fall learning really hit hard. Knowing LAMB was trying to avoid pressure to open early gives me hope maybe some schools actually will. (HOPE not confidence.)

Where is this "chatter" coming from?

[Anonymous]

My charter surveyed families this week if they'd prefer online learning through the 29th or through the planned end of year.

[Anonymous]

So proud of DCI for surveying families and teachers to see which of three options meets the majority’s needs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My charter surveyed families this week if they'd prefer online learning through the 29th or through the planned end of year.

That would be nice. I don't think our school did this

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My charter surveyed families this week if they'd prefer online learning through the 29th or through the planned end of year.

That would be nice. I don't think our school did this

I can also understand why a school would NOT do this. Once people give their input/opinion, they can often be really salty when it isn't followed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My charter surveyed families this week if they'd prefer online learning through the 29th or through the planned end of year.

That would be nice. I don't think our school did this

I can also understand why a school would NOT do this. Once people give their input/opinion, they can often be really salty when it isn't followed.

+1

It also means the parents who check email regularly and have the time take those surveys. They are overrepresentative of MC families.

[Anonymous]

Really grateful LAMB is going through June 17.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My charter surveyed families this week if they'd prefer online learning through the 29th or through the planned end of year.

That would be nice. I don't think our school did this

I can also understand why a school would NOT do this. Once people give their input/opinion, they can often be really salty when it isn't followed.

That is a bad reason not to seek out input when input would help weigh the decision making.

We are years from DCI but I am impressed hearing this is their approach.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My charter surveyed families this week if they'd prefer online learning through the 29th or through the planned end of year.

That would be nice. I don't think our school did this

I can also understand why a school would NOT do this. Once people give their input/opinion, they can often be really salty when it isn't followed.

That is a bad reason not to seek out input when input would help weigh the decision making.

We are years from DCI but I am impressed hearing this is their approach.

but seriously: what would a school administration do if they hear back and there is no clear "winning" direction? what if it's a 50/50 split? what if all the UMC families want it to stop, but higher needs, lower income families need all the distance learning days a school can provide? or vice versa? How do they juggle all of these data points and make a decision without all of the families whose perspective was not the one agreed to feeling slighted/not listened to?

In my personal and professional experience, if you ask people for their input and opinion and then don't go that way, you end up with a lot of upset people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My charter surveyed families this week if they'd prefer online learning through the 29th or through the planned end of year.

That would be nice. I don't think our school did this

I can also understand why a school would NOT do this. Once people give their input/opinion, they can often be really salty when it isn't followed.

That is a bad reason not to seek out input when input would help weigh the decision making.

We are years from DCI but I am impressed hearing this is their approach.

but seriously: what would a school administration do if they hear back and there is no clear "winning" direction? what if it's a 50/50 split? what if all the UMC families want it to stop, but higher needs, lower income families need all the distance learning days a school can provide? or vice versa? How do they juggle all of these data points and make a decision without all of the families whose perspective was not the one agreed to feeling slighted/not listened to?

In my personal and professional experience, if you ask people for their input and opinion and then don't go that way, you end up with a lot of upset people.

Totally disagree. So school leaders should do whatever they want without input from families, their needs, what would work for them and what would not?

You can’t please everyone but you can get a sense of what the majority would agree or want and this can influence your decision moving forward to best meet those needs.

It’s not a economic class division of lower or middle class sum game. So for those who justify their school’s failing in not getting input from families as a class war is nonesense. We see thru it. You can easily reach the majority of families like our school does thru email and phone text links.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My charter surveyed families this week if they'd prefer online learning through the 29th or through the planned end of year.

That would be nice. I don't think our school did this

I can also understand why a school would NOT do this. Once people give their input/opinion, they can often be really salty when it isn't followed.

That is a bad reason not to seek out input when input would help weigh the decision making.

We are years from DCI but I am impressed hearing this is their approach.

but seriously: what would a school administration do if they hear back and there is no clear "winning" direction? what if it's a 50/50 split? what if all the UMC families want it to stop, but higher needs, lower income families need all the distance learning days a school can provide? or vice versa? How do they juggle all of these data points and make a decision without all of the families whose perspective was not the one agreed to feeling slighted/not listened to?

In my personal and professional experience, if you ask people for their input and opinion and then don't go that way, you end up with a lot of upset people.

Totally disagree. So school leaders should do whatever they want without input from families, their needs, what would work for them and what would not?

You can’t please everyone but you can get a sense of what the majority would agree or want and this can influence your decision moving forward to best meet those needs.

It’s not a economic class division of lower or middle class sum game. So for those who justify their school’s failing in not getting input from families as a class war is nonesense. We see thru it. You can easily reach the majority of families like our school does thru email and phone text links.

I don't know what you think I'm justifying -- I'm saying I can understand why a school wouldn't do a survey. I even asked: what do you think a school should do if there is no majority opinion? And, how do you think they should deal with the families whose preference isn't selected? I don't know what you think you're seeing through. I don't think there is a good universal way through this sort of question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My charter surveyed families this week if they'd prefer online learning through the 29th or through the planned end of year.

That would be nice. I don't think our school did this

I can also understand why a school would NOT do this. Once people give their input/opinion, they can often be really salty when it isn't followed.

That is a bad reason not to seek out input when input would help weigh the decision making.

We are years from DCI but I am impressed hearing this is their approach.

but seriously: what would a school administration do if they hear back and there is no clear "winning" direction? what if it's a 50/50 split? what if all the UMC families want it to stop, but higher needs, lower income families need all the distance learning days a school can provide? or vice versa? How do they juggle all of these data points and make a decision without all of the families whose perspective was not the one agreed to feeling slighted/not listened to?

In my personal and professional experience, if you ask people for their input and opinion and then don't go that way, you end up with a lot of upset people.

Totally disagree. So school leaders should do whatever they want without input from families, their needs, what would work for them and what would not?

You can’t please everyone but you can get a sense of what the majority would agree or want and this can influence your decision moving forward to best meet those needs.

It’s not a economic class division of lower or middle class sum game. So for those who justify their school’s failing in not getting input from families as a class war is nonesense. We see thru it. You can easily reach the majority of families like our school does thru email and phone text links.

I don't know what you think I'm justifying -- I'm saying I can understand why a school wouldn't do a survey. I even asked: what do you think a school should do if there is no majority opinion? And, how do you think they should deal with the families whose preference isn't selected? I don't know what you think you're seeing through. I don't think there is a good universal way through this sort of question.

Easy. No majority opinion then try to incorporate a few selected suggestions that seem to stand out most and would work. Send an email or text to all the families saying you can’t implement everyone’s suggestions but will implement a few, see how it goes, and that it is a work in progress. We will actively re-assess this as it is implemented.

See how easy that was and that you have told families they are heard and then continue to solicit feedback after implementation of changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My charter surveyed families this week if they'd prefer online learning through the 29th or through the planned end of year.

That would be nice. I don't think our school did this

I can also understand why a school would NOT do this. Once people give their input/opinion, they can often be really salty when it isn't followed.

That is a bad reason not to seek out input when input would help weigh the decision making.

We are years from DCI but I am impressed hearing this is their approach.

but seriously: what would a school administration do if they hear back and there is no clear "winning" direction? what if it's a 50/50 split? what if all the UMC families want it to stop, but higher needs, lower income families need all the distance learning days a school can provide? or vice versa? How do they juggle all of these data points and make a decision without all of the families whose perspective was not the one agreed to feeling slighted/not listened to?

In my personal and professional experience, if you ask people for their input and opinion and then don't go that way, you end up with a lot of upset people.

Totally disagree. So school leaders should do whatever they want without input from families, their needs, what would work for them and what would not?

You can’t please everyone but you can get a sense of what the majority would agree or want and this can influence your decision moving forward to best meet those needs.

It’s not a economic class division of lower or middle class sum game. So for those who justify their school’s failing in not getting input from families as a class war is nonesense. We see thru it. You can easily reach the majority of families like our school does thru email and phone text links.

I don't know what you think I'm justifying -- I'm saying I can understand why a school wouldn't do a survey. I even asked: what do you think a school should do if there is no majority opinion? And, how do you think they should deal with the families whose preference isn't selected? I don't know what you think you're seeing through. I don't think there is a good universal way through this sort of question.

Easy. No majority opinion then try to incorporate a few selected suggestions that seem to stand out most and would work. Send an email or text to all the families saying you can’t implement everyone’s suggestions but will implement a few, see how it goes, and that it is a work in progress. We will actively re-assess this as it is implemented.

See how easy that was and that you have told families they are heard and then continue to solicit feedback after implementation of changes.

these are great suggestions. And the "see how easy it was" was super helpful.
I also think many schools would find it not as easy to implement or deal with complaints. It would be great if all parents would feel heard even if their desires weren't met, but I don't think that's the reality. Maybe I'm too pessimistic, or maybe I've been burned on school drama too much.