Charter reaction to DCPS announcement

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Anonymous wrote:The YMCA is opening to take younger kids and has said they will accommodate kids DL programs. I assume they will be grouping kids from the same schools together for the lessons.
I know some other daycares that also host aftercare programs are doing the same. So, maybe this is what pp was talking about?

This plus knowing that Janney's aftercare program is trying to run in the actual school building and Takoma ES also. Not sure if they will be successful but those are plans trying to be made.

YMCA and whoever can do whatever they want and assume liability if kids get Covid or bring it home to families. It’s not school. It’s daycare offering to help DL that is provided by the school.

Totally not the same or comparable. Above daycare places can close when someone gets Covid and it doesn’t impact the academics. With schools yes it will significantly impact the academics when classes have to shut down, open again to only shut down. When teachers get Covid and there’s not enough teachers to teach, etc..

People on here just don’t get it.

Janney and Takoma PTA can try to do whatever they want. It doesn’t mean they will get permission to do it at a DCOS school. Why don’t you get back to us when it’s up and running at Janney and Takoma.

What in the world are you so angry about? It's seeming to color your reason. The main point stands, charters had the opportunity to be more creative than DCPS but it seems, so far, they are not being.

We will see how many will end up following the DCPS daily schedule.

Creative in the middle of a pandemic where health is at risk? Even if charters could safely be creative, where is the extra money going to come from. You do know that DCPS doesn't finance its own buildings or building improvements, right? If my charter has to revamp HVAC, it has to do that from operating funds or borrow the money. My school spent $150k cleaning vents, prepping spaces and buying PPE in the spring when we thought we were going back to school. They didn't get any extra money for this.

Didn’t a number of charters receive PPP loans/grants? What have they done with that money?

OMG you are clueless. That’s not money for building or ventilation changes. That money is for businesses to retain and keep paying their staff during a pandemic so people don’t lose their jobs.

To be fair the the poster, the only staff that might have lost jobs were hourly aftercare teachers. FTEs should have been fully paid already out of the SY19/20 budget.

Hourly employees in a school include food service workers, dedicated aides, security and others. At my school, the budget became tight because part way through the school year, we had to buy computers and hot spots for half of our students, buy new online learning programs, spend money on cleaning and HVAC -- none of these expenses were in the original budget.

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I don't know if the 1-3 hours for live lessons via DL with dcps is daily or weekly? Or how many more hours of Independent or small group lessons or IEP or other services are happening.
I know our charter (like a few others I have heard of) is basically planning for a full - 3/4 school day everyday. Based on the tentive schedule it looks like 50-75% of the day will be live lessons. Not thrilled about my early elementary kids being tied to a computer for 3-4+ hours each day. Also, glad they are offering a full schedule of academic classes and courses including specials & social emotional as best they can over zoom (or whatever). Not sure how it will all work out but we will do what we can.
I am interested to see how many schools offer a full school day worth of classes. And what balance of on and off line they all find works best for the different age groups.