Is your school returning full time in term 4?

[Anonymous]

There you have it—dc is behind the rest of the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There you have it—dc is behind the rest of the country.

According to this then DCPS is back just not back like you’d like.

[Anonymous]

Shepherd is opening

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There you have it—dc is behind the rest of the country.

According to this then DCPS is back just not back like you’d like.

Wrong. Some DCPS schools are attempting to return (though none are 5 days a week, full time with teachers in the classroom b/c teachers are still refusing to return, thanks to the terrible agreement Bowser negotiated with the WTU, which includes Term 4).

Other schools have never opened and will never open this year, including School Without Walls HS. Wilson HS lets kids come to one class per week in-person. One class. Others have CARES classrooms that are just distance learning in the building. NO teachers in the room.

All of them are still taking Wednesdays off, even though CDC guidance has said there is no need for the hygiene theater of "deep cleaning" which at schools that haven't had students there really makes no sense.

It's a failure of leadership from the mayor right on down to every principal and administrator who has spent the year running out the clock rather than really trying to get kids back in classrooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There you have it—dc is behind the rest of the country.

According to this then DCPS is back just not back like you’d like.

Wrong. Some DCPS schools are attempting to return (though none are 5 days a week, full time with teachers in the classroom b/c teachers are still refusing to return, thanks to the terrible agreement Bowser negotiated with the WTU, which includes Term 4).

Other schools have never opened and will never open this year, including School Without Walls HS. Wilson HS lets kids come to one class per week in-person. One class. Others have CARES classrooms that are just distance learning in the building. NO teachers in the room.

All of them are still taking Wednesdays off, even though CDC guidance has said there is no need for the hygiene theater of "deep cleaning" which at schools that haven't had students there really makes no sense.

It's a failure of leadership from the mayor right on down to every principal and administrator who has spent the year running out the clock rather than really trying to get kids back in classrooms.

Wrong again and your refusal to return is old news.

Wednesday are not off for teachers - it is a workdays designed by DCPS. DCPS has done nothing to make it a student ipl or DL work day. I walked by my kids school today and saw teachers (gasp) working w kids outside. Gasp.

It’s because at our school we respect and don’t trash teachers.

[Anonymous]

My kid's school has one or two teachers who do this too, but it is still a full day of lost instruction every week for an entire year. Huge loss of learning. It was WTU that negotiated that with DCPS

LOL I'm "trashing teachers" because I want them to return to teaching 5 days a week in a classroom. Have you followed ANY of the behavior of the WTU this past year?

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-files-for-restraining-order-against-teachers-union-ahead-of-school-reopenings/2558486/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid's school has one or two teachers who do this too, but it is still a full day of lost instruction every week for an entire year. Huge loss of learning. It was WTU that negotiated that with DCPS

LOL I'm "trashing teachers" because I want them to return to teaching 5 days a week in a classroom. Have you followed ANY of the behavior of the WTU this past year?

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-files-for-restraining-order-against-teachers-union-ahead-of-school-reopenings/2558486/

This is from Feb 2 before the vaccine. It’s two months later - a lot has changed

[Anonymous]

A lot HAS changed -- except the position of the WTU, which was happy to let its teachers continue to refuse to return to classrooms for Term 4 despite being given priority for vaccination.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an elementary school teacher going back 4 days a week with almost all my kids coming back 4 days IPL (all who want it).

I don’t want anyone for even a second to think that we are doing it for the rude and nasty people on this site. I didn’t read this site before the brookings report, but holy hell were they right. DCPS has already begun their backtracking bc they realize their messaging helped create this nice white parent monster, but it will also take some self reflection from y’all. I hope you take this opportunity to start thanking teachers and mending those relationships bc boy oh boy was your true self shown during this time.

If you've read this site and these threads (and not had to go into a classroom and teach for almost an entire year) then you should know that while there is certainly some venting done here (it's part of the fun of being anonymous on the Internet) there is ample reason for DCPS parents to be angry and frustrated with how the school system has treated us and our kids. You might want to check some of your own assumptions. Not all of us are rich white parents living in NW.

And you shouldn't go back "for the rude and nasty people on this site." You should go back because IT'S YOUR JOB and our tax dollars pay your salary. Also because the scientific evidence is overwhelmingly clear that it is safe to do so.

As for "thanking" teachers, what should we thank them for? Slavishly following the divisive advice of the WTU? Failing to show up for Zoom classes, grade student work, or make themselves available on the day off they have EVERY WEEK when they are supposed to be supporting students? Because I have two kids in DCPS at two different schools and that has been our experience. And neither has been able to return to IPL this year. I'll thank you to do your job and stop acting like you are a hero.

Thank you for proving my point.

Your point was to make parents who are frustrated and angry feel bad about that and instead chastise them about not thanking their teachers enough. Those of us who have been doing a lot of DCPS' job at home for them this year while also doing our own jobs (including many of us who don't have the option to work from home) have lost patience with the idea that teachers are some sort of special or heroic group of workers, to say nothing of the stunts pulled by the WTU. If you need to be constantly praised and thanked for doing your job then good luck to you. As grateful as many of us are for the efforts of individual teachers this year, teachers as a group in DC don't deserve special praise for being among the worst in the US about getting back into a classroom to teach kids.

I don’t want thanks from racist white parents,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot HAS changed -- except the position of the WTU, which was happy to let its teachers continue to refuse to return to classrooms for Term 4 despite being given priority for vaccination.

And it won’t change until they get what they actually want.

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Anonymous wrote:Murch is 4 days. Wednesdays are remaining the same

+1

Mr. C reported that every student who requested IPL will be back four days a week, with Wednesdays remaining asynchronous/at home (which may be mandated by Central).

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Anonymous wrote:Our school is going back ft based on parent and teacher comfort. Everyone is thrilled. A few high risk parents have to stay DL. Teachers aren’t at risk

No way I’ll name it a) because I’m petty like that 2) we are high performing, diverse and never mentioned on DCUM.

We don’t trash teachers or admin (even in private).

None of us wanted to go back in term 3 we didn’t think it was safe.

I posted this:
1. It’s 4 days a week and no parent is whining about it.
2. All the plans for schools are on the DCPS website so sourcing information from DCUM shows me how well you know how to do anything
3. The trash remarks from the trash women to a teacher (so teachers can Netflix and get a mani/pedi) your kids hate you too. You are failing as a parent. You get a tax credit for it and yet you do jack. Be better at being a human.

Oh it’s a private site I just come here to vent - piss off - go journal. You come here for the echo chamber. People posting success w the lottery are not venting.

Actually, you’re wrong about 2. Our school’s T4 reopening plans aren’t reflected, just Term 3. I assume that’s the case for many schools.

[Anonymous]

Ludlow-Taylor is reopening with spots for more than 50% of kids. Whether demand is met and what exactly the model looks like varies by grade. PK4 and 3rd already meet demand in T3, but are only biweekly (except for one 3rd grade cohort that goes weekly). The rest of the grades are 4 days/week, but not meeting demand other than self-contained classrooms (all demand met in all classrooms there). K and 2nd will meet 3/4ths+ of demand for T4. 5th is almost meeting demand (and may meet it), in part because it’s less. PK3, 1st and 4th meet less than 1/2 the demand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There you have it—dc is behind the rest of the country.

According to this then DCPS is back just not back like you’d like.

Wrong. Some DCPS schools are attempting to return (though none are 5 days a week, full time with teachers in the classroom b/c teachers are still refusing to return, thanks to the terrible agreement Bowser negotiated with the WTU, which includes Term 4).

Other schools have never opened and will never open this year, including School Without Walls HS. Wilson HS lets kids come to one class per week in-person. One class. Others have CARES classrooms that are just distance learning in the building. NO teachers in the room.

All of them are still taking Wednesdays off, even though CDC guidance has said there is no need for the hygiene theater of "deep cleaning" which at schools that haven't had students there really makes no sense.

It's a failure of leadership from the mayor right on down to every principal and administrator who has spent the year running out the clock rather than really trying to get kids back in classrooms.

Wrong again and your refusal to return is old news.

Wednesday are not off for teachers - it is a workdays designed by DCPS. DCPS has done nothing to make it a student ipl or DL work day. I walked by my kids school today and saw teachers (gasp) working w kids outside. Gasp.

It’s because at our school we respect and don’t trash teachers.

This is falling on deaf ears. Literally so many of these clowns truly believe Wednesday is a free day. If only a teachers job just consisted of live teaching but the reality is it doesn’t and never will.

I’m sorry people hate Wednesdays but I love it, I finally have enough time to plan for my self contained class and write IEPs at school time.
Once Wednesdays are back to normal one thing I have learned is I’ll NEVER bring work home again and request ‘admin premium’ for any time beyond what I have.

Ps. Wednesdays aren’t deep cleaning, sometimes it’s the only cleaning lol. You think COVID has really changed DCPS’ habits....

[Anonymous]

I think a lot of schools are doing the best they can to reopen as best they can. Our DCPS elementary went through to measure how many students could be brought back in each class and set up a waitlist for Term 4. But fundamentally, you have an agreement whereby teachers have protected leave so don't need to return. And apparently qualified substitutes are almost impossible to find. So it's a staffing problem driven by decisions made downtown. As long as this arrangement stands, every DCPS school at risk of not having enough spots for all who want in person.
And by the way, my kid's teacher came back in person, despite having an underlying condition, and has been a-friggin-mazing. Our teachers have been coming to kid's houses for distance check-ins when kids stopped showing up. So, let's aim our ire in the right direction.