What time is Duran's announcement today?

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Anonymous wrote:What are APEs?

Delusional parents who like to complain about anything.

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Anonymous wrote:How can we know if our kid is a Tuesday/Wednesday kid or a Thursday/Friday? I know for my middle-schooler but not my elementary schooler.

Per the email I think each individual school will reach out to you on that. I have one in 2nd and one in 5th, I'd love for them to be on the same days but Murphy's Law says they'll be opposite...I'll still take it!

Me too and me too.

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I wonder if they'll offer an opt out. I chose hybrid given that they were following metrics, but now they aren't doing that anymore. I don't want to send my kids with all these new variants circulating. I guess I could just homeschool for a couple months.

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Teacher here: supportive parents, THANK YOU. It’s extremely disheartening to read some of the comments on this site. My actual student families are very supportive and for that I am so thankful.

You can absolutely switch from hybrid to virtual. 100%. Not the other way around because the numbers and groups have been set for in person.

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here: supportive parents, THANK YOU. It’s extremely disheartening to read some of the comments on this site. My actual student families are very supportive and for that I am so thankful.

You can absolutely switch from hybrid to virtual. 100%. Not the other way around because the numbers and groups have been set for in person.

I'm sorry about the jerks. It's disheartening to think that so many of our friends and neighbors think they can treat others in that way.

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I think it's unfair that hybrid can switch to virtual, but virtual can't switch to hybrid. Sorry to be a complainer. Just sharing my thoughts.

Teachers, we support you.

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We’re in the upper elementary group, so lessons will be concurrent. We chose distance learning rather than hybrid and I’m secretly hoping my kid’s teacher will remain virtual (medical exemption?) and the classrooms will have monitors. Is that possible, or will it only be in extraordinary circumstances where some sort of waiver is granted? Would they notify parents in advance?

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if they'll offer an opt out. I chose hybrid given that they were following metrics, but now they aren't doing that anymore. I don't want to send my kids with all these new variants circulating. I guess I could just homeschool for a couple months.

You can opt out of hybrid

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's unfair that hybrid can switch to virtual, but virtual can't switch to hybrid. Sorry to be a complainer. Just sharing my thoughts.

Teachers, we support you.

But it is because the entire plan hinges on classroom space. It is not meant to punish people or anything.

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Anonymous wrote:We’re in the upper elementary group, so lessons will be concurrent. We chose distance learning rather than hybrid and I’m secretly hoping my kid’s teacher will remain virtual (medical exemption?) and the classrooms will have monitors. Is that possible, or will it only be in extraordinary circumstances where some sort of waiver is granted? Would they notify parents in advance?

Highly unlikely to happen.

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Anonymous wrote:How can we know if our kid is a Tuesday/Wednesday kid or a Thursday/Friday? I know for my middle-schooler but not my elementary schooler.

In Person:
T/W - PK, 1st, 3rd, 5th
TH/F - K, 2nd, 4th

https://www.apsva.us/school-year-2020-21/elementary-school/elementary-school-hybrid-in-person-distance-learning-model/

For 3-5 this may vary depending on your school. Some schools with high hybrid numbers in 3-5 will do 4 days of hybrid/ may need to split hybrid into a/b groups. Your school should tell you.

I thought 3-5 was just coming two days, based on the days listed above- but depending on numbers may have the teacher dancing between two rooms while also teaching virtual students, or may have a teacher just in one room while also teaching concurrently.

this was before they changed 3-5 to concurrent

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Anonymous wrote:We’re in the upper elementary group, so lessons will be concurrent. We chose distance learning rather than hybrid and I’m secretly hoping my kid’s teacher will remain virtual (medical exemption?) and the classrooms will have monitors. Is that possible, or will it only be in extraordinary circumstances where some sort of waiver is granted? Would they notify parents in advance?

Highly unlikely to happen.

Am I wrong that the other thread involving FCPS is a parent complaining that this exact thing happened with her child’s teacher? I assume there aren’t numbers released telling us how many APS teachers assigned to the concurrent model will continue teaching remotely? It can’t be that there are zero 3-5th grade teachers who have qualified to remain remote, right?

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's unfair that hybrid can switch to virtual, but virtual can't switch to hybrid. Sorry to be a complainer. Just sharing my thoughts.

Teachers, we support you.

That’s why they checked and double checked and extended the decision process. They needed numbers to ensure best safety practices. I guess you could request or suggest wait list?

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Anonymous wrote:teachers already complaining on AEM. OF COURSE

They tell the kids to not put anything on social media that they don't want to be there forever, and then they go ahead and attach their names to workplace gripes.

I think it's fine for a teacher to complain a little about concurrent learning, but I am so shocked at the way some teachers make very clear how much they hate teaching, their students, and parents on their public social media accounts. I have an acquaintance who does this and I had to mute her.

All I have to say is I hope neither of my kids wants to take a pottery class in high school.

Hahahaha—when I saw the most outspoken teacher against going backis a ceramics teacher I wanted to throw up.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's unfair that hybrid can switch to virtual, but virtual can't switch to hybrid. Sorry to be a complainer. Just sharing my thoughts.

Teachers, we support you.

But it is because the entire plan hinges on classroom space. It is not meant to punish people or anything.

+1. This isn’t about fairness, it’s about feasibility. PP had two chances to select hybrid rather than virtual, but apparently decided to go with virtual. It was discussed at length at the time of those choices that people who chose hybrid were far more likely to be able to switch to virtual than virtuL were to be able to switch to hybrid, but still pp chose virtual. And now she’s whining that it’s unfair for her to be held to her choice? That takes balls.