BOE Fall Plan Meeting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:42% parents, 25% staff indicated preference for in-person
22% parents, 52% staff indicated virtual preference
35% parents, 22% staff unsure

I’m both a parent and staff. Before I saw the plan, my kids wanted to return (HS) and I was leaning toward return for myself (MS). The plan is so unattractive that it pushed us towards DL for both our kids and me. The hybrid HS plan is too little in person contact with teachers for the risk. And the 3 week cycle is not going to help facilitate student attendance. For me, I can’t imagine both teaching in person AND online simultaneously. I don’t see it as fair to myself or the students at home. If I could, I would teach all of my regular classes face to face outdoors or in a huge, well-ventilated space. Neither is going to happen. The next best alternative is DL.

I've been assuming that the people who wrote the plan had a goal of pushing people towards the distance-learning option. People, meaning teachers, students, parents, and the BoE. I.e., it's a feature, not a bug.

Agreed. How did they not foresee that some people would not understand the drawbacks and plow ahead with hybrid?

[Anonymous]

For specialized classes where there are only one or two teachers (e.g., high level or magnet), it's possible that students who choose in-person would come in-person but have the class delivered on Chromebook if the teacher is teaching virtually. Depends on teacher availability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They just said that for blended instruction, the at-home days will include some synchronous lessons, as well as some asynchronous. I know this has been a big question.

Without defining HOW teachers would deliver BOTH classroom instruction and live DL at the same time.

[Anonymous]

HS courses with only 1 or 2 teachers (some electives) - student may be in-person at school, but for that class they would be learning online with the teacher if the teacher is unavailable to come in to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They just said that for blended instruction, the at-home days will include some synchronous lessons, as well as some asynchronous. I know this has been a big question.

Without defining HOW teachers would deliver BOTH classroom instruction and live DL at the same time.

I'm hoping the BOE members will ask that question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For specialized classes where there are only one or two teachers (e.g., high level or magnet), it's possible that students who choose in-person would come in-person but have the class delivered on Chromebook if the teacher is teaching virtually. Depends on teacher availability.

Who would watch these students? Even for HS you cannot leave groups of understand unsupervised. Think Damascus locker room...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:42% parents, 25% staff indicated preference for in-person
22% parents, 52% staff indicated virtual preference
35% parents, 22% staff unsure

I’m both a parent and staff. Before I saw the plan, my kids wanted to return (HS) and I was leaning toward return for myself (MS). The plan is so unattractive that it pushed us towards DL for both our kids and me. The hybrid HS plan is too little in person contact with teachers for the risk. And the 3 week cycle is not going to help facilitate student attendance. For me, I can’t imagine both teaching in person AND online simultaneously. I don’t see it as fair to myself or the students at home. If I could, I would teach all of my regular classes face to face outdoors or in a huge, well-ventilated space. Neither is going to happen. The next best alternative is DL.

I've been assuming that the people who wrote the plan had a goal of pushing people towards the distance-learning option. People, meaning teachers, students, parents, and the BoE. I.e., it's a feature, not a bug.

Agreed. How did they not foresee that some people would not understand the drawbacks and plow ahead with hybrid?

There are no inherent drawbacks to hybrid instruction. I think that the drawbacks in the plan are deliberate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HS courses with only 1 or 2 teachers (some electives) - student may be in-person at school, but for that class they would be learning online with the teacher if the teacher is unavailable to come in to school.

Unreal.

[Anonymous]

For specialized classes where there are only one or two teachers (e.g., high level or magnet), it's possible that students who choose in-person would come in-person but have the class delivered on Chromebook if the teacher is teaching virtually. Depends on teacher availability.

I just heard that but figured I couldn't have heard it properly. She just said that some "face to face" high school classes (meaning in the school building) will consist of students in a classroom working on their Chromebook because there aren't enough teachers for some specialized classes. That's crazy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For specialized classes where there are only one or two teachers (e.g., high level or magnet), it's possible that students who choose in-person would come in-person but have the class delivered on Chromebook if the teacher is teaching virtually. Depends on teacher availability.

Who would watch these students? Even for HS you cannot leave groups of understand unsupervised. Think Damascus locker room...

^underaged kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HS courses with only 1 or 2 teachers (some electives) - student may be in-person at school, but for that class they would be learning online with the teacher if the teacher is unavailable to come in to school.

So my kid is supposed to go to school for "in-person" instruction via Chromebook? Seriously?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For specialized classes where there are only one or two teachers (e.g., high level or magnet), it's possible that students who choose in-person would come in-person but have the class delivered on Chromebook if the teacher is teaching virtually. Depends on teacher availability.

Was this mentioned at BOE or just your personal thought?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For specialized classes where there are only one or two teachers (e.g., high level or magnet), it's possible that students who choose in-person would come in-person but have the class delivered on Chromebook if the teacher is teaching virtually. Depends on teacher availability.

Was this mentioned at BOE or just your personal thought?

Mentioned at BOE meeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

For specialized classes where there are only one or two teachers (e.g., high level or magnet), it's possible that students who choose in-person would come in-person but have the class delivered on Chromebook if the teacher is teaching virtually. Depends on teacher availability.

I just heard that but figured I couldn't have heard it properly. She just said that some "face to face" high school classes (meaning in the school building) will consist of students in a classroom working on their Chromebook because there aren't enough teachers for some specialized classes. That's crazy!

I’m likely to be that unavailable teacher. In part because I was unable to access the surgery I needed this summer in order to lose 50 lbs and get me out of the obesity risk category. But Zi also have a high risk spouse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HS courses with only 1 or 2 teachers (some electives) - student may be in-person at school, but for that class they would be learning online with the teacher if the teacher is unavailable to come in to school.

Unreal.

I'm also concerned about having multiple teachers for one class (teacher A one day, teacher B another, etc).