Charters Starting on Monday?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone gotten clear direction from their charter on what they are waiting for to open. Ours keep saying they will open with its safe , but I'm in the dark of what the definition of Safe is and how we achieve that? If we are waiting for new cases to disappear or kids to be vaccinated there is 0% chance we will be open at all in 2021 --> if this is the case I'm definitely entering the lottery next year.

We all saw the Washington Post Headlines yesterday stating "CDC finds scant spread of covid in schools with precautions in place" --> many schools across the country and in our own city have very successfully proven this. We also now know that the outlook for kids and Covid is very positive ( As of a few weeks ago - 2.3M kids in the US Under 18 have gotten Covid , about 12,000 kids (0.6% of total) were hospitalized, 178 died (0.0089% of the total), 1,600 kids got MIS-C (0.08% of total). The number of deaths seen in children under 18 due to covid is on pace with the annual number of deaths usually experienced by the Flu (last year 188 kids under 18 died of the flu)

...... what am I missing?

The Post article left out the part where the CDC says indoor dining and bars should be closed in order to keep community spread low enough to safely reopen schools.

This is the part that gets me angry. Our city's leaders are prioritizing indoor dining over our citizens' health and children's education.

The school leadership are doing their best given a wildly diverse set of priorities among both parents and teachers.

The city's leaders, however, have continued to, irresponsibly, open bars and restaurants and keep them open.

are our school's leadership doing their best though? I think *some* schools are doing their best with making Online Learning work.... but I have seen almost 0% effort to put precautions or a plan in place that demonstrates they are remotely interested in opening..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying and DCI in February!

YY looks like it will be 1 week in person followed by 3 weeks at home... so kids might go 3 weeks total before summer?

Seems better than what LAMB, DCB, MV, and Stokes have lined up!!

Yes definitely, what I meant was that the whole situation is just disappointing

LAMB and MV (not sure about the others you mention) have hybrid plans lined up in detail and asked parents to commit to their choice. Neither has actually said when the plan will move forward so I'm not sure if that's worth much, but it's "lined up". They also both have been doing CARES style classrooms for a while now for a few students.

I’m a MV parent and no one has asked me what our choice is. (MV8)

Wait really? Hmm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone gotten clear direction from their charter on what they are waiting for to open. Ours keep saying they will open with its safe , but I'm in the dark of what the definition of Safe is and how we achieve that? If we are waiting for new cases to disappear or kids to be vaccinated there is 0% chance we will be open at all in 2021 --> if this is the case I'm definitely entering the lottery next year.

We all saw the Washington Post Headlines yesterday stating "CDC finds scant spread of covid in schools with precautions in place" --> many schools across the country and in our own city have very successfully proven this. We also now know that the outlook for kids and Covid is very positive ( As of a few weeks ago - 2.3M kids in the US Under 18 have gotten Covid , about 12,000 kids (0.6% of total) were hospitalized, 178 died (0.0089% of the total), 1,600 kids got MIS-C (0.08% of total). The number of deaths seen in children under 18 due to covid is on pace with the annual number of deaths usually experienced by the Flu (last year 188 kids under 18 died of the flu)

...... what am I missing?

The Post article left out the part where the CDC says indoor dining and bars should be closed in order to keep community spread low enough to safely reopen schools.

This is the part that gets me angry. Our city's leaders are prioritizing indoor dining over our citizens' health and children's education.

The school leadership are doing their best given a wildly diverse set of priorities among both parents and teachers.

The city's leaders, however, have continued to, irresponsibly, open bars and restaurants and keep them open.

Does the CDC say what "low" is, though? I am getting tired of having to guess. Compared to last fall, we are high. Compared to the rest of the country, DC is low (and could maybe tolerate very slight relaxation of indoor dining). What's the number???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying and DCI in February!

YY looks like it will be 1 week in person followed by 3 weeks at home... so kids might go 3 weeks total before summer?

Seems better than what LAMB, DCB, MV, and Stokes have lined up!!

Yes definitely, what I meant was that the whole situation is just disappointing

LAMB and MV (not sure about the others you mention) have hybrid plans lined up in detail and asked parents to commit to their choice. Neither has actually said when the plan will move forward so I'm not sure if that's worth much, but it's "lined up". They also both have been doing CARES style classrooms for a while now for a few students.

I’m a MV parent and no one has asked me what our choice is. (MV8)

Wait really? Hmm.

Do you know of MV8 parents who have been offered a spot for in person learning?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying and DCI in February!

YY looks like it will be 1 week in person followed by 3 weeks at home... so kids might go 3 weeks total before summer?

Seems better than what LAMB, DCB, MV, and Stokes have lined up!!

Yes definitely, what I meant was that the whole situation is just disappointing

LAMB and MV (not sure about the others you mention) have hybrid plans lined up in detail and asked parents to commit to their choice. Neither has actually said when the plan will move forward so I'm not sure if that's worth much, but it's "lined up". They also both have been doing CARES style classrooms for a while now for a few students.

I’m a MV parent and no one has asked me what our choice is. (MV8)

Yes they did. They did not email each family directly but it’s in the survey if you did them. They presented the data also at the meetings of percentage families wanting hybrid, DL, etc...broken down by populations.

If you did not participate in the survey or attend the meetings, then you would not know.

That's not what I meant above - mistakenly thought they had asked for commitment directly. LAMB has emailed each family and they responded in a form including signing off on their preference. These are being used now to assign cohorts and arrange for teaching staff (but with no date set).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yu Ying and DCI in February!

YY looks like it will be 1 week in person followed by 3 weeks at home... so kids might go 3 weeks total before summer?

Seems better than what LAMB, DCB, MV, and Stokes have lined up!!

Yes definitely, what I meant was that the whole situation is just disappointing

LAMB and MV (not sure about the others you mention) have hybrid plans lined up in detail and asked parents to commit to their choice. Neither has actually said when the plan will move forward so I'm not sure if that's worth much, but it's "lined up". They also both have been doing CARES style classrooms for a while now for a few students.

I’m a MV parent and no one has asked me what our choice is. (MV8)

Yes they did. They did not email each family directly but it’s in the survey if you did them. They presented the data also at the meetings of percentage families wanting hybrid, DL, etc...broken down by populations.

If you did not participate in the survey or attend the meetings, then you would not know.

That's not what I meant above - mistakenly thought they had asked for commitment directly. LAMB has emailed each family and they responded in a form including signing off on their preference. These are being used now to assign cohorts and arrange for teaching staff (but with no date set).

That makes sense and is the appropriate first step to returning to campus, in my opinion. I think some of the other charters are behind as they have not yet done this

[Anonymous]

MV has been doing Cares for a while now. Communication sent out this week that they are planning on expanding the number of kids back in the class. They are finalizing staff availability and commitments now.

They also confirmed that all teachers coming back to school will be able to access vaccines.

I think first you need to know your staffing numbers before you can know how many kids are able to come back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MV has been doing Cares for a while now. Communication sent out this week that they are planning on expanding the number of kids back in the class. They are finalizing staff availability and commitments now.

They also confirmed that all teachers coming back to school will be able to access vaccines.

I think first you need to know your staffing numbers before you can know how many kids are able to come back.

Is MV simply explanding cares classrooms? Or will they have actual live instruction?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None. Sela is the outlier as per prior thread (very small school also).

It’s not that small, it’s fully enrolled - 250ish. Their pre-k is part-time, tho.

[Anonymous]

The public charter sector is a big disappointment. Let’s face it - their teachers do not want to return to providing education in-person any more than the WTU. I am no longer supportive of the teachers being prioritized for vaccination since even with this, it is clear that they do not want to return to the classroom. If the teachers do not see themselves as essential workers, then neither do I.

[Anonymous]

+1. You may have a point, sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MV has been doing Cares for a while now. Communication sent out this week that they are planning on expanding the number of kids back in the class. They are finalizing staff availability and commitments now.

They also confirmed that all teachers coming back to school will be able to access vaccines.

I think first you need to know your staffing numbers before you can know how many kids are able to come back.

Is MV simply explanding cares classrooms? Or will they have actual live instruction?

They are doing both - expanding CARES classroom and starting live instruction hybrid with 100 kids.

At the school re-opening meeting, they said after the initial 100 kids start for hybrid, they plan on continuing to expand the hybrid option to more kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MV has been doing Cares for a while now. Communication sent out this week that they are planning on expanding the number of kids back in the class. They are finalizing staff availability and commitments now.

They also confirmed that all teachers coming back to school will be able to access vaccines.

I think first you need to know your staffing numbers before you can know how many kids are able to come back.

Is MV simply explanding cares classrooms? Or will they have actual live instruction?

They are doing both - expanding CARES classroom and starting live instruction hybrid with 100 kids.

At the school re-opening meeting, they said after the initial 100 kids start for hybrid, they plan on continuing to expand the hybrid option to more kids.

I attended the meeting and the 100 kids was total for both campuses and includes both CARES-type classes and hybrid. Very few kids from each grade will be offered a hybrid spot and will likely include primarily disadvantaged kids

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None. Sela is the outlier as per prior thread (very small school also).

It’s not that small, it’s fully enrolled - 250ish. Their pre-k is part-time, tho.

That’s small. Check out the numbers most (popular) elementary schools are 400 or more.

[Anonymous]

It seems like at ITS nobody is getting hybrid. We will be lucky to have a few staffed playdate type events now and then.