2 days a week school in the fall?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another example of school is not childcare so you can work.

This is among the more asinine comments I've come across on this board. Even if you are a SAHP with a chip on your shoulder. We live in a society. Sadly America has moved further and further away from the village but this plan would mean kids lose out on education, parents have impossible choices to make, and KIDS AND TEACHERS ARE NOT AT ALL MORE SAFE.

When not in school, kids will be in childcare. Those situations may be much less safe and clean than schools. Those kids go back to school and get other kids and teachers sick.

If DC truly considers this I will be ashamed of our leadership.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another example of school is not childcare so you can work.

What do you suppose your children's teachers will be doing with their own kids next year, if they are trying to be in the school each day to teach a set of 10 but their own kids are home. Maybe you are childless and just coming here to be nasty? If not, you surely realize your own kids will be at risk of not having a teacher, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I would prefer full time distance learning instead of this nonsense. This is all of the risk of sending children back to school with none of the benefits of having children in school.

And that’s the real plan.
They tossed out a bunch of crazy stuff, so you will all be cool With DL after all.
Don’t forget about the cost of providing PPE for staff & students.
In person isn’t happening.
Buckle up, buttercup

Agree. In person is not happening until it can be done the same way it’s always been done. Modifications like physical distancing and masks just can’t be done for kids under 9. The expectation is too much.

And because of all the flaws with how to do it in a modified way—they know the masses will agree that DL is the only way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i think the ralith is that many parents are going to have to sacrifice to pay for childcare for school aged kids during this time. Stop retirement savings if needed for the year, stop college savings. That or we leave our kids home alone. Most jobs will be back in person by fall but kids won't.

Most teachers have kids, and they cannot afford full day childcare. So, what then?

And if the kids are in childcare, then no one is safer, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Proposal for elementary school: Eliminate PreK3 and PreK4 until Jan except for children who qualify for FARM or an IEP/504. Use the opened up classroom space, classrooms and teachers to reduce K class size. Give all K students the option of "redshirting". If a parent selects this option, the student will be eligible to start in the PreK4 class in January.

Grades 1 - 5. All students have the option of 100% distance learning for Aug - Dec (and possibly for the entire school year depending on how things unfold). For families that select this option, there will be a dedicated cohort of teachers who will focus on being experts on delivering distance learning to this targeted age group. There will be a "parent / school" commitment to learning which outlines expectations for online learning engagement.
[Level of home learning technology available, home learning environment and learning support]

For the remaining 1-5 students, create a programing alternating weeks of instruction. Week 1 - in school instruction. Week 2 - distance specials + using learning technology apps to reinforce learning. This is a short term design and not intended to be a "redesigned learning". It is purely a proposal to situation we are all currently facing.

This actually sounds like a plan. Nothing leaking out of this administration comes close. It really seems like they're just trying to phone it in between the committee members and hand-waving ideas that obviously won't work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proposal for elementary school: Eliminate PreK3 and PreK4 until Jan except for children who qualify for FARM or an IEP/504. Use the opened up classroom space, classrooms and teachers to reduce K class size. Give all K students the option of "redshirting". If a parent selects this option, the student will be eligible to start in the PreK4 class in January.

Grades 1 - 5. All students have the option of 100% distance learning for Aug - Dec (and possibly for the entire school year depending on how things unfold). For families that select this option, there will be a dedicated cohort of teachers who will focus on being experts on delivering distance learning to this targeted age group. There will be a "parent / school" commitment to learning which outlines expectations for online learning engagement.
[Level of home learning technology available, home learning environment and learning support]

For the remaining 1-5 students, create a programing alternating weeks of instruction. Week 1 - in school instruction. Week 2 - distance specials + using learning technology apps to reinforce learning. This is a short term design and not intended to be a "redesigned learning". It is purely a proposal to situation we are all currently facing.

This actually sounds like a plan. Nothing leaking out of this administration comes close. It really seems like they're just trying to phone it in between the committee members and hand-waving ideas that obviously won't work.

K kids can choose to redshirt and start PK4 in Jan. This will just lead to overcrowding in Jan. What happens to rising PK3 kids or kids entering PK4 for the first time?!

[Anonymous]

This plan is so dumb. What’s the point of one day a week? Just send them on alternating days. There is NO WAY to keep kids 6 ft apart. This is really going damage kids if we Lee this up.

[Anonymous]

Distance learning is not working for young kids. Just send them back. We can’t live in a bubble forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proposal for elementary school: Eliminate PreK3 and PreK4 until Jan except for children who qualify for FARM or an IEP/504. Use the opened up classroom space, classrooms and teachers to reduce K class size. Give all K students the option of "redshirting". If a parent selects this option, the student will be eligible to start in the PreK4 class in January.

Grades 1 - 5. All students have the option of 100% distance learning for Aug - Dec (and possibly for the entire school year depending on how things unfold). For families that select this option, there will be a dedicated cohort of teachers who will focus on being experts on delivering distance learning to this targeted age group. There will be a "parent / school" commitment to learning which outlines expectations for online learning engagement.
[Level of home learning technology available, home learning environment and learning support]

For the remaining 1-5 students, create a programming alternating weeks of instruction. Week 1 - in school instruction. Week 2 - distance specials + using learning technology apps to reinforce learning. This is a short term design and not intended to be a "redesigned learning". It is purely a proposal to situation we are all currently facing.

This actually sounds like a plan. Nothing leaking out of this administration comes close. It really seems like they're just trying to phone it in between the committee members and hand-waving ideas that obviously won't work.

K kids can choose to redshirt and start PK4 in Jan. This will just lead to overcrowding in Jan. What happens to rising PK3 kids or kids entering PK4 for the first time?!

Someone needs to make decisions, in November the schools can figure it out a plan. PreK3 and PreK4 are not required grades. The district can make a decision in the time of an emergency to make adjustments. PreK3 cancelled unless FARM / IEP. PreK4 based on lottery, will review spaces and re-offer spots for enrollment in November.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proposal for elementary school: Eliminate PreK3 and PreK4 until Jan except for children who qualify for FARM or an IEP/504. Use the opened up classroom space, classrooms and teachers to reduce K class size. Give all K students the option of "redshirting". If a parent selects this option, the student will be eligible to start in the PreK4 class in January.

Grades 1 - 5. All students have the option of 100% distance learning for Aug - Dec (and possibly for the entire school year depending on how things unfold). For families that select this option, there will be a dedicated cohort of teachers who will focus on being experts on delivering distance learning to this targeted age group. There will be a "parent / school" commitment to learning which outlines expectations for online learning engagement.
[Level of home learning technology available, home learning environment and learning support]

For the remaining 1-5 students, create a programing alternating weeks of instruction. Week 1 - in school instruction. Week 2 - distance specials + using learning technology apps to reinforce learning. This is a short term design and not intended to be a "redesigned learning". It is purely a proposal to situation we are all currently facing.

This actually sounds like a plan. Nothing leaking out of this administration comes close. It really seems like they're just trying to phone it in between the committee members and hand-waving ideas that obviously won't work.

K kids can choose to redshirt and start PK4 in Jan. This will just lead to overcrowding in Jan. What happens to rising PK3 kids or kids entering PK4 for the first time?!

Neither of which are required. Meanwhile parents would have enough notice that they need to continue whatever childcare processes they use. It's not ideal but it's a reasonable sacrifice considerig the mass change in space, manpower, and lesson needs.

[Anonymous]

So far folks in states that have been reopening aren’t overwhelming hospitals. School is still almost three months off. They have to get kids back in the classroom. The risk isn’t as high as everyone thinks.

[Anonymous]

The two day per week plan is exactly what they are considering in Ohio acc to a friend who teaches there. It is not considered unreasonable. That’s what you should be preparing for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The two day per week plan is exactly what they are considering in Ohio acc to a friend who teaches there. It is not considered unreasonable. That’s what you should be preparing for.

Which part of Ohio? Cleveland or Shaker Heights?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Distance learning is not working for young kids. Just send them back. We can’t live in a bubble forever.

+1. My bright 2nd grader is getting nowhere in particular with home learning. She loved school and is too angry about, and confused by, having lost friends, teachers, activities, structure to focus half as well as she did at school. To ad insult to injury, I'm far too busy with my work to monitor her screen all day, and she's too young to stick to assigned work at least half the time. Thus, distance learning has largely been a failure with this child.

We have a big homeschool classroom as they go. Next step: see if I can recruit 2 or 3 other families of rising 3rd graders in our school community to team up with. We'll quietly hire a good tutor to supervise a small group of classmates on the off days as the kids work their way through assignments. I'd wager I'll have takers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proposal for elementary school: Eliminate PreK3 and PreK4 until Jan except for children who qualify for FARM or an IEP/504. Use the opened up classroom space, classrooms and teachers to reduce K class size. Give all K students the option of "redshirting". If a parent selects this option, the student will be eligible to start in the PreK4 class in January.

Grades 1 - 5. All students have the option of 100% distance learning for Aug - Dec (and possibly for the entire school year depending on how things unfold). For families that select this option, there will be a dedicated cohort of teachers who will focus on being experts on delivering distance learning to this targeted age group. There will be a "parent / school" commitment to learning which outlines expectations for online learning engagement.
[Level of home learning technology available, home learning environment and learning support]

For the remaining 1-5 students, create a programing alternating weeks of instruction. Week 1 - in school instruction. Week 2 - distance specials + using learning technology apps to reinforce learning. This is a short term design and not intended to be a "redesigned learning". It is purely a proposal to situation we are all currently facing.

This actually sounds like a plan. Nothing leaking out of this administration comes close. It really seems like they're just trying to phone it in between the committee members and hand-waving ideas that obviously won't work.

Evidence of Ward 3 bubble again. The vast majority of PK kids are FARMS. How do you suggest spacing those schools out?