What about Monday?

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Anonymous wrote:I predict a 2 h delay tomorrow

How would that help with anything?

It does get all of the kids walking when it's light out, so I can support that so they can watch out for the ice. Nothing is going to melt though.

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Anonymous wrote:Like i said before, i refuse to teach new material if my classes have less than like 75% in attendance. We can open and i will just pop on a podcast for the kids to listen to

And you should be reported for this.

Wait until march when i play college basketball games on the smart board during class

He’s just trying to rage bait you. Most interactive games are educational for a variety of reasons. Personally, I try to integrate them into class when I can. I’m not sure how smart board basketball works but it might be a nice reward for a class of students who accomplished a goal or objective.

I think this teacher was saying he would literally broadcast the NCAA March Madness games, not play games with kids...

And you believe him? I can’t think of a single teacher with so little integrity and such a lack of respect for their responsibilities that he or she would do that. Plus, there’s no way his colleagues and administrators would allow him to crap on the school’s reputation that way. Like I said, he is just baiting you.

DP. Basically every teacher I had growing up did this, so I believe it. I don't disagree with about it being unprofessional but I've seen it happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Are people actually trying to get over a WEEK off school? Look at the weather report - this ice is not going anywhere. You have had 8 days to dig your car out.

I think most of us are eager for our kids to get back at this point but some of us are actually concerned about the conditions out there. Believe it or not.

Some of us have been out and about since day 1, because of dogs needing to be walked, etc, and "the conditions" are what they are. They are not going to change. Everyone is walking the icy snow without sinking. Everyone is getting salt stuck into their shoe treads and tracking it home. Dogs' paws need to be wiped because the salt is toxic. You dig your car out and you let your kid go to school. The only annoying thing at this point are the snow mounds that block some pedestrian crossings. You had time to get your kid solid boots to walk to school... but my husband navigates them in his worn and slippery sneakers. I am sure some kids will walk to school in inadequate shoes. They will survive, even though it's not ideal. The cold temperatures are fine, unless a bus doesn't arrive, but that's very unlikely next week.

This is how it is, PP. You cannot have perfect conditions all the time.

How will a bus arrive if the roads are not passable? Should parents be calling you when that happens??

The major thoroughfares are clear. If anything, MCPS should create central bus stops that avoid the smaller neighborhood streets right now. It works perfectly fine for the magnet schools.

Or just drive your kid or carpool with other parents. It's not that difficult.

It actually is difficult and when you don’t acknowledge it, you seem crazy and people will dismiss your posts. This is not an easy decision for MCPS. Opening schools with 50% students showing up is not a win for MCPS.

Yes it is. It is really odd that you don’t see that. This is exactly like Covid - where parents expressed the desire to keep kids at home but changed that desire as soon as school opened. Open the schools and the kids will come.

It's fascinating to see how much of the patterns of all of this were set in COVID, including the same attacks on parents who have the audacity to think their kids should go to school.

I will say that I see this situation as a bit different. COVID was a matter of public health. There were concerns about large groups of people being together in a confined space. That I kind of get, even if how it played out was that for kids it didn't really matter. Here, there's no concern with kids being together. The concern is simply whether some kids can get there. That is not an excuse to keep the schools closed.

The idea is that it’s inequitable to allow some kids to advance in their studies while others are stuck at home. The county at least needs to make some attempt to provide resources for those who can’t safely travel to school.

Equity truly is a race to the bottom. Some people might miss out so no one gets anything should not be the solution.

No, it shouldn’t. Many teachers besides myself are dismayed at how schools reduce standards and rigor in the name of equity.

Thank you for supporting rigor and education!

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Anonymous wrote:Like i said before, i refuse to teach new material if my classes have less than like 75% in attendance. We can open and i will just pop on a podcast for the kids to listen to

And you should be reported for this.

Wait until march when i play college basketball games on the smart board during class

He’s just trying to rage bait you. Most interactive games are educational for a variety of reasons. Personally, I try to integrate them into class when I can. I’m not sure how smart board basketball works but it might be a nice reward for a class of students who accomplished a goal or objective.

I think this teacher was saying he would literally broadcast the NCAA March Madness games, not play games with kids...

Yup. That Thursday and Friday are already blocked off as make up days and we will have games on while they do make up work. I’ve done this for
years

Wow. Subpar teacher.

Would you rather i take them off and leave them to have make up days with a sub? This way i am at least in the room to assist and answer questions.

College basketball is my biggest hobby. Im allowed to have interests outside of teaching

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Anonymous wrote:Are people actually trying to get over a WEEK off school? Look at the weather report - this ice is not going anywhere. You have had 8 days to dig your car out.

I think most of us are eager for our kids to get back at this point but some of us are actually concerned about the conditions out there. Believe it or not.

Some of us have been out and about since day 1, because of dogs needing to be walked, etc, and "the conditions" are what they are. They are not going to change. Everyone is walking the icy snow without sinking. Everyone is getting salt stuck into their shoe treads and tracking it home. Dogs' paws need to be wiped because the salt is toxic. You dig your car out and you let your kid go to school. The only annoying thing at this point are the snow mounds that block some pedestrian crossings. You had time to get your kid solid boots to walk to school... but my husband navigates them in his worn and slippery sneakers. I am sure some kids will walk to school in inadequate shoes. They will survive, even though it's not ideal. The cold temperatures are fine, unless a bus doesn't arrive, but that's very unlikely next week.

This is how it is, PP. You cannot have perfect conditions all the time.

How will a bus arrive if the roads are not passable? Should parents be calling you when that happens??

The major thoroughfares are clear. If anything, MCPS should create central bus stops that avoid the smaller neighborhood streets right now. It works perfectly fine for the magnet schools.

Or just drive your kid or carpool with other parents. It's not that difficult.

It actually is difficult and when you don’t acknowledge it, you seem crazy and people will dismiss your posts. This is not an easy decision for MCPS. Opening schools with 50% students showing up is not a win for MCPS.

Yes it is. It is really odd that you don’t see that. This is exactly like Covid - where parents expressed the desire to keep kids at home but changed that desire as soon as school opened. Open the schools and the kids will come.

It's fascinating to see how much of the patterns of all of this were set in COVID, including the same attacks on parents who have the audacity to think their kids should go to school.

I will say that I see this situation as a bit different. COVID was a matter of public health. There were concerns about large groups of people being together in a confined space. That I kind of get, even if how it played out was that for kids it didn't really matter. Here, there's no concern with kids being together. The concern is simply whether some kids can get there. That is not an excuse to keep the schools closed.

Are you still this stupid? Kids spread COVID. Teachers and staff died. Do you imagine schools run without adults?

Most private schools seem to function just fine...

It’s much easier to institute changes in a single school than in an entire county. Plus, private schools have parents who care and are involved and are willing to help the school institute reform.

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Anonymous wrote:I predict a 2 h delay tomorrow

How would that help with anything?

It won’t be dark when high school students are walking in the streets.

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The contingency days in June are pointless. AP exams are in May.

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Anonymous wrote:Like i said before, i refuse to teach new material if my classes have less than like 75% in attendance. We can open and i will just pop on a podcast for the kids to listen to

And you should be reported for this.

Wait until march when i play college basketball games on the smart board during class

He’s just trying to rage bait you. Most interactive games are educational for a variety of reasons. Personally, I try to integrate them into class when I can. I’m not sure how smart board basketball works but it might be a nice reward for a class of students who accomplished a goal or objective.

I think this teacher was saying he would literally broadcast the NCAA March Madness games, not play games with kids...

Yup. That Thursday and Friday are already blocked off as make up days and we will have games on while they do make up work. I’ve done this for years

And the games don’t distract the students who need to make up work? It’s true that I’ve had many of my students have asked for me to play a movie while they do independent work. Maybe this generation is more comfortable with a deluge of stimuli?

Personally, I can’t concentrate on what I need to do when a movie is playing. I tell them it’s classical music or nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:The contingency days in June are pointless. AP exams are in May.

And many will already be gone to camps, summer programs, and vacations. They need to open tomorrow and they need to use March 20 and April 15. I’d love them to use President’s Day and the day after too

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Anonymous wrote:Like i said before, i refuse to teach new material if my classes have less than like 75% in attendance. We can open and i will just pop on a podcast for the kids to listen to

And you should be reported for this.

Wait until march when i play college basketball games on the smart board during class

He’s just trying to rage bait you. Most interactive games are educational for a variety of reasons. Personally, I try to integrate them into class when I can. I’m not sure how smart board basketball works but it might be a nice reward for a class of students who accomplished a goal or objective.

I think this teacher was saying he would literally broadcast the NCAA March Madness games, not play games with kids...

And you believe him? I can’t think of a single teacher with so little integrity and such a lack of respect for their responsibilities that he or she would do that. Plus, there’s no way his colleagues and administrators would allow him to crap on the school’s reputation that way. Like I said, he is just baiting you.

DP. Basically every teacher I had growing up did this, so I believe it. I don't disagree with about it being unprofessional but I've seen it happen.

Wow. I’m astonished.

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Anonymous wrote:Are people actually trying to get over a WEEK off school? Look at the weather report - this ice is not going anywhere. You have had 8 days to dig your car out.

I think most of us are eager for our kids to get back at this point but some of us are actually concerned about the conditions out there. Believe it or not.

Some of us have been out and about since day 1, because of dogs needing to be walked, etc, and "the conditions" are what they are. They are not going to change. Everyone is walking the icy snow without sinking. Everyone is getting salt stuck into their shoe treads and tracking it home. Dogs' paws need to be wiped because the salt is toxic. You dig your car out and you let your kid go to school. The only annoying thing at this point are the snow mounds that block some pedestrian crossings. You had time to get your kid solid boots to walk to school... but my husband navigates them in his worn and slippery sneakers. I am sure some kids will walk to school in inadequate shoes. They will survive, even though it's not ideal. The cold temperatures are fine, unless a bus doesn't arrive, but that's very unlikely next week.

This is how it is, PP. You cannot have perfect conditions all the time.

How will a bus arrive if the roads are not passable? Should parents be calling you when that happens??

The major thoroughfares are clear. If anything, MCPS should create central bus stops that avoid the smaller neighborhood streets right now. It works perfectly fine for the magnet schools.

Or just drive your kid or carpool with other parents. It's not that difficult.

It actually is difficult and when you don’t acknowledge it, you seem crazy and people will dismiss your posts. This is not an easy decision for MCPS. Opening schools with 50% students showing up is not a win for MCPS.

Yes it is. It is really odd that you don’t see that. This is exactly like Covid - where parents expressed the desire to keep kids at home but changed that desire as soon as school opened. Open the schools and the kids will come.

It's fascinating to see how much of the patterns of all of this were set in COVID, including the same attacks on parents who have the audacity to think their kids should go to school.

I will say that I see this situation as a bit different. COVID was a matter of public health. There were concerns about large groups of people being together in a confined space. That I kind of get, even if how it played out was that for kids it didn't really matter. Here, there's no concern with kids being together. The concern is simply whether some kids can get there. That is not an excuse to keep the schools closed.

Are you still this stupid? Kids spread COVID. Teachers and staff died. Do you imagine schools run without adults?

Most private schools seem to function just fine...

It’s much easier to institute changes in a single school than in an entire county. Plus, private schools have parents who care and are involved and are willing to help the school institute reform.

I don’t know that the second part of what you wrote is actually true. Plenty of private school parents feel like they are cutting a very big check and that pretty much everything else should be taken care of by the school from that point.

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Anonymous wrote:Like i said before, i refuse to teach new material if my classes have less than like 75% in attendance. We can open and i will just pop on a podcast for the kids to listen to

And you should be reported for this.

Wait until march when i play college basketball games on the smart board during class

He’s just trying to rage bait you. Most interactive games are educational for a variety of reasons. Personally, I try to integrate them into class when I can. I’m not sure how smart board basketball works but it might be a nice reward for a class of students who accomplished a goal or objective.

I think this teacher was saying he would literally broadcast the NCAA March Madness games, not play games with kids...

Yup. That Thursday and Friday are already blocked off as make up days and we will have games on while they do make up work. I’ve done this for
years

Wow. Subpar teacher.

Would you rather i take them off and leave them to have make up days with a sub? This way i am at least in the room to assist and answer questions.

College basketball is my biggest hobby. Im allowed to have interests outside of teaching

You’re allowed to have hobbies outside of work. But just as I can’t just watch sports games while I’m working, neither should you! Tape the games and watch them at home…

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Anonymous wrote:The contingency days in June are pointless. AP exams are in May.

And many will already be gone to camps, summer programs, and vacations. They need to open tomorrow and they need to use March 20 and April 15. I’d love them to use President’s Day and the day after too

They should definitely use Presidents’ Day and the day after.

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Anonymous wrote:The contingency days in June are pointless. AP exams are in May.

Why is everyone here so obsessed with AP classes? If your kid is truly an AP student, they'd be studying on their own and capable of passing the course regardless of missing *gasp* 4 45 minute classes.

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Anonymous wrote:Are people actually trying to get over a WEEK off school? Look at the weather report - this ice is not going anywhere. You have had 8 days to dig your car out.

I think most of us are eager for our kids to get back at this point but some of us are actually concerned about the conditions out there. Believe it or not.

Some of us have been out and about since day 1, because of dogs needing to be walked, etc, and "the conditions" are what they are. They are not going to change. Everyone is walking the icy snow without sinking. Everyone is getting salt stuck into their shoe treads and tracking it home. Dogs' paws need to be wiped because the salt is toxic. You dig your car out and you let your kid go to school. The only annoying thing at this point are the snow mounds that block some pedestrian crossings. You had time to get your kid solid boots to walk to school... but my husband navigates them in his worn and slippery sneakers. I am sure some kids will walk to school in inadequate shoes. They will survive, even though it's not ideal. The cold temperatures are fine, unless a bus doesn't arrive, but that's very unlikely next week.

This is how it is, PP. You cannot have perfect conditions all the time.

How will a bus arrive if the roads are not passable? Should parents be calling you when that happens??

The major thoroughfares are clear. If anything, MCPS should create central bus stops that avoid the smaller neighborhood streets right now. It works perfectly fine for the magnet schools.

Or just drive your kid or carpool with other parents. It's not that difficult.

This is a great idea. Group stops in a central location only.