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Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

Elementary schools are in the midst of mandatory testing (MAP testing, district mandated reading interim assessments, DIBELS assessing, WIDA testing, etc.) We need charged chromebooks for ALL of these assessments. The thought of having to send them home (unprotected) in the hopes that they are returned unharmed is distressing. They will of course, return uncharged which presents its own problems. There is no "win" with a decision to go virtual for the elementary students.

Elementary schools should NEVER go virtual. Did we learn NOTHING from 1.5 years of Covid? It is a farce. Just say you don't care about actual education and be done with it.

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

No it's just a lot of work for everyone with very little benefit except to allow MCPS to not have to offer in person education for the full number of days it used to have to do.

Why are you so obsessed with virtual education? The cat is out of the bag. It doesn't work.

It works fine for kids all over the country and has worked since the early 2000s. You just refuse to accept change.

Except the data shows it doesn't work. And that's even under ideal conditions where the students opted in, and the teachers prepared. A last-minute flip to virtual guarantees a worthless experience.

Strange, it worked well for my kids. Its one day or a few days.. you just are lazy.

It worked well for 2 of my 3. But I can’t say it didn’t work at all for #3. He just really preferred in person because math is hard for him. One day of virtual beats an in person makeup day months from now when the work missed is long past due. Nobody is suggesting we go 100% virtual again.

And, guess what, even my college kids have virtual classes. Best for our kids to adapt to multiple ways of learning.

What in the world?! No one is saving the snow day content for a distant day in June. They do it on the next school day. Whatever is leftover at the end is tacked on in June.

This isn't cutting edge or rocket science, it's what's been happening since we were kids!

We’d be skipping those days. Aready have plans.

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Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

Elementary schools are in the midst of mandatory testing (MAP testing, district mandated reading interim assessments, DIBELS assessing, WIDA testing, etc.) We need charged chromebooks for ALL of these assessments. The thought of having to send them home (unprotected) in the hopes that they are returned unharmed is distressing. They will of course, return uncharged which presents its own problems. There is no "win" with a decision to go virtual for the elementary students.

Elementary schools should NEVER go virtual. Did we learn NOTHING from 1.5 years of Covid? It is a farce. Just say you don't care about actual education and be done with it.

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

No it's just a lot of work for everyone with very little benefit except to allow MCPS to not have to offer in person education for the full number of days it used to have to do.

Why are you so obsessed with virtual education? The cat is out of the bag. It doesn't work.

It works fine for kids all over the country and has worked since the early 2000s. You just refuse to accept change.

Except the data shows it doesn't work. And that's even under ideal conditions where the students opted in, and the teachers prepared. A last-minute flip to virtual guarantees a worthless experience.

Strange, it worked well for my kids. Its one day or a few days.. you just are lazy.

It worked well for 2 of my 3. But I can’t say it didn’t work at all for #3. He just really preferred in person because math is hard for him. One day of virtual beats an in person makeup day months from now when the work missed is long past due. Nobody is suggesting we go 100% virtual again.

And, guess what, even my college kids have virtual classes. Best for our kids to adapt to multiple ways of learning.

What in the world?! No one is saving the snow day content for a distant day in June. They do it on the next school day. Whatever is leftover at the end is tacked on in June.

This isn't cutting edge or rocket science, it's what's been happening since we were kids!

We’d be skipping those days. Aready have plans.

That risks the 6/17 Muslim holiday of Eid an Asha.

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Virtual instruction for elementary is an absolute waste and they shouldn’t even bother.

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Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

Elementary schools are in the midst of mandatory testing (MAP testing, district mandated reading interim assessments, DIBELS assessing, WIDA testing, etc.) We need charged chromebooks for ALL of these assessments. The thought of having to send them home (unprotected) in the hopes that they are returned unharmed is distressing. They will of course, return uncharged which presents its own problems. There is no "win" with a decision to go virtual for the elementary students.

Elementary schools should NEVER go virtual. Did we learn NOTHING from 1.5 years of Covid? It is a farce. Just say you don't care about actual education and be done with it.

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

No it's just a lot of work for everyone with very little benefit except to allow MCPS to not have to offer in person education for the full number of days it used to have to do.

Why are you so obsessed with virtual education? The cat is out of the bag. It doesn't work.

It works fine for kids all over the country and has worked since the early 2000s. You just refuse to accept change.

Except the data shows it doesn't work. And that's even under ideal conditions where the students opted in, and the teachers prepared. A last-minute flip to virtual guarantees a worthless experience.

Strange, it worked well for my kids. Its one day or a few days.. you just are lazy.

It worked well for 2 of my 3. But I can’t say it didn’t work at all for #3. He just really preferred in person because math is hard for him. One day of virtual beats an in person makeup day months from now when the work missed is long past due. Nobody is suggesting we go 100% virtual again.

And, guess what, even my college kids have virtual classes. Best for our kids to adapt to multiple ways of learning.

What in the world?! No one is saving the snow day content for a distant day in June. They do it on the next school day. Whatever is leftover at the end is tacked on in June.

This isn't cutting edge or rocket science, it's what's been happening since we were kids!

We’d be skipping those days. Aready have plans.

That risks the 6/17 Muslim holiday of Eid an Asha.

Another good reason why virtual is better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

Elementary schools are in the midst of mandatory testing (MAP testing, district mandated reading interim assessments, DIBELS assessing, WIDA testing, etc.) We need charged chromebooks for ALL of these assessments. The thought of having to send them home (unprotected) in the hopes that they are returned unharmed is distressing. They will of course, return uncharged which presents its own problems. There is no "win" with a decision to go virtual for the elementary students.

Elementary schools should NEVER go virtual. Did we learn NOTHING from 1.5 years of Covid? It is a farce. Just say you don't care about actual education and be done with it.

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

No it's just a lot of work for everyone with very little benefit except to allow MCPS to not have to offer in person education for the full number of days it used to have to do.

Why are you so obsessed with virtual education? The cat is out of the bag. It doesn't work.

I have no issue for virtual. How is it a lot of work? You sit your kids down in a quiet space and log them on if they cannot do it themselves. If it's too much for teachers, find a new profession as they just need to use their same lesson plans from in person virtually. I want my kids to get an education. I don't care if it's in person or virtual. You sound lazy.

We have two teleworking parents amd a toddler, plus kid in ES. We actually don't have another "quiet corner"s in our home, which isn't huge to begin with.

Then hire a nanny. I’m sure you can figure it out like the rest of us to.

Dcum has got to Dcum! Never change.

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Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

Elementary schools are in the midst of mandatory testing (MAP testing, district mandated reading interim assessments, DIBELS assessing, WIDA testing, etc.) We need charged chromebooks for ALL of these assessments. The thought of having to send them home (unprotected) in the hopes that they are returned unharmed is distressing. They will of course, return uncharged which presents its own problems. There is no "win" with a decision to go virtual for the elementary students.

Elementary schools should NEVER go virtual. Did we learn NOTHING from 1.5 years of Covid? It is a farce. Just say you don't care about actual education and be done with it.

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

No it's just a lot of work for everyone with very little benefit except to allow MCPS to not have to offer in person education for the full number of days it used to have to do.

Why are you so obsessed with virtual education? The cat is out of the bag. It doesn't work.

It works fine for kids all over the country and has worked since the early 2000s. You just refuse to accept change.

Except the data shows it doesn't work. And that's even under ideal conditions where the students opted in, and the teachers prepared. A last-minute flip to virtual guarantees a worthless experience.

Strange, it worked well for my kids. Its one day or a few days.. you just are lazy.

It worked well for 2 of my 3. But I can’t say it didn’t work at all for #3. He just really preferred in person because math is hard for him. One day of virtual beats an in person makeup day months from now when the work missed is long past due. Nobody is suggesting we go 100% virtual again.

And, guess what, even my college kids have virtual classes. Best for our kids to adapt to multiple ways of learning.

What in the world?! No one is saving the snow day content for a distant day in June. They do it on the next school day. Whatever is leftover at the end is tacked on in June.

This isn't cutting edge or rocket science, it's what's been happening since we were kids!

We’d be skipping those days. Aready have plans.

That risks the 6/17 Muslim holiday of Eid an Asha.

Another good reason why virtual is better.

Why would you make inflexible plans on days clearly marked as make up days on the calendar? That's very poor and irresponsible planning on your part.

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Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

Elementary schools are in the midst of mandatory testing (MAP testing, district mandated reading interim assessments, DIBELS assessing, WIDA testing, etc.) We need charged chromebooks for ALL of these assessments. The thought of having to send them home (unprotected) in the hopes that they are returned unharmed is distressing. They will of course, return uncharged which presents its own problems. There is no "win" with a decision to go virtual for the elementary students.

Elementary schools should NEVER go virtual. Did we learn NOTHING from 1.5 years of Covid? It is a farce. Just say you don't care about actual education and be done with it.

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

No it's just a lot of work for everyone with very little benefit except to allow MCPS to not have to offer in person education for the full number of days it used to have to do.

Why are you so obsessed with virtual education? The cat is out of the bag. It doesn't work.

It works fine for kids all over the country and has worked since the early 2000s. You just refuse to accept change.

Except the data shows it doesn't work. And that's even under ideal conditions where the students opted in, and the teachers prepared. A last-minute flip to virtual guarantees a worthless experience.

Strange, it worked well for my kids. Its one day or a few days.. you just are lazy.

It worked well for 2 of my 3. But I can’t say it didn’t work at all for #3. He just really preferred in person because math is hard for him. One day of virtual beats an in person makeup day months from now when the work missed is long past due. Nobody is suggesting we go 100% virtual again.

And, guess what, even my college kids have virtual classes. Best for our kids to adapt to multiple ways of learning.

What in the world?! No one is saving the snow day content for a distant day in June. They do it on the next school day. Whatever is leftover at the end is tacked on in June.

This isn't cutting edge or rocket science, it's what's been happening since we were kids!

We’d be skipping those days. Aready have plans.

That risks the 6/17 Muslim holiday of Eid an Asha.

Another good reason why virtual is better.

Why would you make inflexible plans on days clearly marked as make up days on the calendar? That's very poor and irresponsible planning on your part.

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I got an email from admin to be ready Friday for virtual. My impression is that if they call it, it’s 100% a virtual day. Live checkins for all periods. Needed as time is ticking for end of the semester. Maybe elementary will get packets?

I’m a teacher and didn’t get anything yet.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

Elementary schools are in the midst of mandatory testing (MAP testing, district mandated reading interim assessments, DIBELS assessing, WIDA testing, etc.) We need charged chromebooks for ALL of these assessments. The thought of having to send them home (unprotected) in the hopes that they are returned unharmed is distressing. They will of course, return uncharged which presents its own problems. There is no "win" with a decision to go virtual for the elementary students.

Elementary schools should NEVER go virtual. Did we learn NOTHING from 1.5 years of Covid? It is a farce. Just say you don't care about actual education and be done with it.

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

No it's just a lot of work for everyone with very little benefit except to allow MCPS to not have to offer in person education for the full number of days it used to have to do.

Why are you so obsessed with virtual education? The cat is out of the bag. It doesn't work.

I have no issue for virtual. How is it a lot of work? You sit your kids down in a quiet space and log them on if they cannot do it themselves. If it's too much for teachers, find a new profession as they just need to use their same lesson plans from in person virtually. I want my kids to get an education. I don't care if it's in person or virtual. You sound lazy.

That doesn’t work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

Elementary schools are in the midst of mandatory testing (MAP testing, district mandated reading interim assessments, DIBELS assessing, WIDA testing, etc.) We need charged chromebooks for ALL of these assessments. The thought of having to send them home (unprotected) in the hopes that they are returned unharmed is distressing. They will of course, return uncharged which presents its own problems. There is no "win" with a decision to go virtual for the elementary students.

Elementary schools should NEVER go virtual. Did we learn NOTHING from 1.5 years of Covid? It is a farce. Just say you don't care about actual education and be done with it.

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

No it's just a lot of work for everyone with very little benefit except to allow MCPS to not have to offer in person education for the full number of days it used to have to do.

Why are you so obsessed with virtual education? The cat is out of the bag. It doesn't work.

I have no issue for virtual. How is it a lot of work? You sit your kids down in a quiet space and log them on if they cannot do it themselves. If it's too much for teachers, find a new profession as they just need to use their same lesson plans from in person virtually. I want my kids to get an education. I don't care if it's in person or virtual. You sound lazy.

That doesn’t work.

I love when non-teachers tell teachers how easy a task is. The same lesson plans will work for in-person and virtual? If I knew how to add a laughing emoji here, I’d add about 100 of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

Elementary schools are in the midst of mandatory testing (MAP testing, district mandated reading interim assessments, DIBELS assessing, WIDA testing, etc.) We need charged chromebooks for ALL of these assessments. The thought of having to send them home (unprotected) in the hopes that they are returned unharmed is distressing. They will of course, return uncharged which presents its own problems. There is no "win" with a decision to go virtual for the elementary students.

Elementary schools should NEVER go virtual. Did we learn NOTHING from 1.5 years of Covid? It is a farce. Just say you don't care about actual education and be done with it.

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

No it's just a lot of work for everyone with very little benefit except to allow MCPS to not have to offer in person education for the full number of days it used to have to do.

Why are you so obsessed with virtual education? The cat is out of the bag. It doesn't work.

I have no issue for virtual. How is it a lot of work? You sit your kids down in a quiet space and log them on if they cannot do it themselves. If it's too much for teachers, find a new profession as they just need to use their same lesson plans from in person virtually. I want my kids to get an education. I don't care if it's in person or virtual. You sound lazy.

That doesn’t work.

I love when non-teachers tell teachers how easy a task is. The same lesson plans will work for in-person and virtual? If I knew how to add a laughing emoji here, I’d add about 100 of them.

ETA: I see the emojis now… just had to scroll up.

I taught in-person throughout the pandemic in a private school. We had plenty of virtual days because of rampant sickness throughout the building. I couldn’t easily pivot to the new format. I often had to build lessons from scratch. So PP who thinks it’s easy: it’s not. Trust those of us who have actually had to do it. I watched our Chemistry teacher redesign labs so her students could get the same lesson through common household supplies instead of the chemicals in her classroom. It took her hours to plan those home labs.

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My MS kid won’t be doing virtual. And for those of you saying it’s just one day, it’s not. This is just the first week. We'll have more snow and more closures which means more virtual days. Nope. Not doing it.
It worked for a few, and I mean a few students during Covid. The majority suffered tremendously.

[Anonymous]

Most elementary kids would want to enjoy playing in the snow instead of sitting infront of a computer for virtual school. Snow is so rare in the DC area so its unfair to not let the kids enjoy a snow day and let them play in the snow.

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Virtual day! Playing in the snow while leaving a chromebook logged in with the camera off! Gonna be great!

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Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

Elementary schools are in the midst of mandatory testing (MAP testing, district mandated reading interim assessments, DIBELS assessing, WIDA testing, etc.) We need charged chromebooks for ALL of these assessments. The thought of having to send them home (unprotected) in the hopes that they are returned unharmed is distressing. They will of course, return uncharged which presents its own problems. There is no "win" with a decision to go virtual for the elementary students.

Elementary schools should NEVER go virtual. Did we learn NOTHING from 1.5 years of Covid? It is a farce. Just say you don't care about actual education and be done with it.

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

No it's just a lot of work for everyone with very little benefit except to allow MCPS to not have to offer in person education for the full number of days it used to have to do.

Why are you so obsessed with virtual education? The cat is out of the bag. It doesn't work.

It works fine for kids all over the country and has worked since the early 2000s. You just refuse to accept change.

Except the data shows it doesn't work. And that's even under ideal conditions where the students opted in, and the teachers prepared. A last-minute flip to virtual guarantees a worthless experience.

Strange, it worked well for my kids. Its one day or a few days.. you just are lazy.

It worked well for 2 of my 3. But I can’t say it didn’t work at all for #3. He just really preferred in person because math is hard for him. One day of virtual beats an in person makeup day months from now when the work missed is long past due. Nobody is suggesting we go 100% virtual again.

And, guess what, even my college kids have virtual classes. Best for our kids to adapt to multiple ways of learning.

What in the world?! No one is saving the snow day content for a distant day in June. They do it on the next school day. Whatever is leftover at the end is tacked on in June.

This isn't cutting edge or rocket science, it's what's been happening since we were kids!

We’d be skipping those days. Aready have plans.

That risks the 6/17 Muslim holiday of Eid an Asha.

Another good reason why virtual is better.

Why would you make inflexible plans on days clearly marked as make up days on the calendar? That's very poor and irresponsible planning on your part.

Nope.

Obviously no one can make you care, but this is a rather foreseeable problem when you make inflexible plans on make-up days listed in the school calendar. If you don't want your kids missing school, do better.