Why is Janney not fully open 4 days a week vs Murch and Lafayette?

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Anonymous wrote:Right- I understand (from DCUM) that neither Murch nor Lafayette is doing simulcasting. If that is true, then that’s not an explanation for the difference between Janney and the other schools.

I read that language to mean that because Lafayette and Murch WERE doing simulcasting for some of Q3, they can bring in all the kids who were simulcasting now for in-person class without changing the class assignments -- which Janney can't do, because there was never simulcasting in the first place and so bringing in more classes would require shuffling up all the homeroom assignments, which isn't permitted. But maybe I'm misunderstanding it, the whole thing has been quite complicated.

Murch leadership said they prioritized keeping classes the same (based on parent feedback), hence the simulcasting. And my sense was that they were also looking forward to being able to expand the IPL in Q4, or at least setting up Q3 to make that easier. (My guess is that they expected to When DC relaxed the six-foot rule, they just expanded it to four days a week for everyone who wanted IPL.

FWIW, my sense from my kid is that simulcasting was a little rough at first, but that it's going pretty well now. They're making good use of some technology to integrate the at-home and the IP students, and reduce the amount of time the IP students have to spend looking at a screen.

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

Contracts were not written with a pandemic in mind. In unusual times, professionals need to offer some grace and flexibility.

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

Contracts were not written with a pandemic in mind. In unusual times, professionals need to offer some grace and flexibility.

With the same grace and flexibility you have afforded the schools?

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Teacher to parents, you have no idea what we are dealing with in classrooms. Students, instruction, technology, and safety concerns just to name a few. Thank you to all the parents who have been understanding as teachers navigate a world of unknowns.

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

It’s 13 months. The time for adjusting is over. Let’s get in the classroom already.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

Contracts were not written with a pandemic in mind. In unusual times, professionals need to offer some grace and flexibility.

With the same grace and flexibility you have afforded the schools?

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

Contracts were not written with a pandemic in mind. In unusual times, professionals need to offer some grace and flexibility.

With the same grace and flexibility you have afforded the schools?

NP. Yes, parents have shown a tremendous amount of flexibility in assisting the teachers to do their jobs from home. Is this seriously a question? And no, facilitating online teaching (so that it actually results in learning) is not a normal part of parenting.

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

Contracts were not written with a pandemic in mind. In unusual times, professionals need to offer some grace and flexibility.

With the same grace and flexibility you have afforded the schools?

NP. Yes, parents have shown a tremendous amount of flexibility in assisting the teachers to do their jobs from home. Is this seriously a question? And no, facilitating online teaching (so that it actually results in learning) is not a normal part of parenting.

This, teachers shouldn’t be deluding themselves that the students who are doing well is because of their DL. Parents are helping and supporting the kids a lot. Families are supplementing a ton.

We have been doing it for a year at the same time juggling to work. If that is not grace and flexibility for one YEAR, I don’t know what is.

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

Contracts were not written with a pandemic in mind. In unusual times, professionals need to offer some grace and flexibility.

Oh shut up. As a self contained teacher I need my FULL lunch. ALL teachers deserve their full lunch, the fact that you think we should be 'flexible' for such a thing is disgusting.

And oh, if we are going to play the pandemic game then 'oh it's a pandemic so you can have DL, why don't you be flexible and keep your kid at home UNTIL it's over?'
After all, one has to be 'flexible.'

I feel so thankful my parents aren't nasty like this. I am flexible about my planning time, I should have 45 min a day but I have 2 hours on Wednesday. That's fine, I knew IPL would have some kinks because we have no specials.
A 25 minute lunch everyday is not fine and illegal BTW. Not due to teacher contracts but actual labor laws that base how much break time one gets, based on the number of hours worked a day.

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

Contracts were not written with a pandemic in mind. In unusual times, professionals need to offer some grace and flexibility.

Oh shut up. As a self contained teacher I need my FULL lunch. ALL teachers deserve their full lunch, the fact that you think we should be 'flexible' for such a thing is disgusting.

And oh, if we are going to play the pandemic game then 'oh it's a pandemic so you can have DL, why don't you be flexible and keep your kid at home UNTIL it's over?'
After all, one has to be 'flexible.'

I feel so thankful my parents aren't nasty like this. I am flexible about my planning time, I should have 45 min a day but I have 2 hours on Wednesday. That's fine, I knew IPL would have some kinks because we have no specials.
A 25 minute lunch everyday is not fine and illegal BTW. Not due to teacher contracts but actual labor laws that base how much break time one gets, based on the number of hours worked a day.

I think teachers should get the regular amount of time for lunch.

My MSer gets less than 3/5ths of the live instructional time (DL or IPL) than in a normal year. Where does that extra 2/5ths go? What are teachers doing during the time they usually spend teaching? Does that all go to planning?

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

Contracts were not written with a pandemic in mind. In unusual times, professionals need to offer some grace and flexibility.

Oh shut up. As a self contained teacher I need my FULL lunch. ALL teachers deserve their full lunch, the fact that you think we should be 'flexible' for such a thing is disgusting.

And oh, if we are going to play the pandemic game then 'oh it's a pandemic so you can have DL, why don't you be flexible and keep your kid at home UNTIL it's over?'
After all, one has to be 'flexible.'

I feel so thankful my parents aren't nasty like this. I am flexible about my planning time, I should have 45 min a day but I have 2 hours on Wednesday. That's fine, I knew IPL would have some kinks because we have no specials.
A 25 minute lunch everyday is not fine and illegal BTW. Not due to teacher contracts but actual labor laws that base how much break time one gets, based on the number of hours worked a day.

I think teachers should get the regular amount of time for lunch.

My MSer gets less than 3/5ths of the live instructional time (DL or IPL) than in a normal year. Where does that extra 2/5ths go? What are teachers doing during the time they usually spend teaching? Does that all go to planning?

At least at my school it goes into small groups. So while the teacher may not be with your kid they are with others.

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

Contracts were not written with a pandemic in mind. In unusual times, professionals need to offer some grace and flexibility.

Oh shut up. As a self contained teacher I need my FULL lunch. ALL teachers deserve their full lunch, the fact that you think we should be 'flexible' for such a thing is disgusting.

And oh, if we are going to play the pandemic game then 'oh it's a pandemic so you can have DL, why don't you be flexible and keep your kid at home UNTIL it's over?'
After all, one has to be 'flexible.'

I feel so thankful my parents aren't nasty like this. I am flexible about my planning time, I should have 45 min a day but I have 2 hours on Wednesday. That's fine, I knew IPL would have some kinks because we have no specials.
A 25 minute lunch everyday is not fine and illegal BTW. Not due to teacher contracts but actual labor laws that base how much break time one gets, based on the number of hours worked a day.

I think teachers should get the regular amount of time for lunch.

My MSer gets less than 3/5ths of the live instructional time (DL or IPL) than in a normal year. Where does that extra 2/5ths go? What are teachers doing during the time they usually spend teaching? Does that all go to planning?

At least at my school it goes into small groups. So while the teacher may not be with your kid they are with others.

So no live instruction during that time?

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

Contracts were not written with a pandemic in mind. In unusual times, professionals need to offer some grace and flexibility.

Oh shut up. As a self contained teacher I need my FULL lunch. ALL teachers deserve their full lunch, the fact that you think we should be 'flexible' for such a thing is disgusting.

And oh, if we are going to play the pandemic game then 'oh it's a pandemic so you can have DL, why don't you be flexible and keep your kid at home UNTIL it's over?'
After all, one has to be 'flexible.'

I feel so thankful my parents aren't nasty like this. I am flexible about my planning time, I should have 45 min a day but I have 2 hours on Wednesday. That's fine, I knew IPL would have some kinks because we have no specials.
A 25 minute lunch everyday is not fine and illegal BTW. Not due to teacher contracts but actual labor laws that base how much break time one gets, based on the number of hours worked a day.

I think teachers should get the regular amount of time for lunch.

My MSer gets less than 3/5ths of the live instructional time (DL or IPL) than in a normal year. Where does that extra 2/5ths go? What are teachers doing during the time they usually spend teaching? Does that all go to planning?

At least at my school it goes into small groups. So while the teacher may not be with your kid they are with others.

DP. not at my school. My kid who previously went to school from 8:45-3:15 5 days a week with a short lunch, had DL from 9-12 and 1-2, with the afternoon cancelled half the time, and Wednesday completely off.

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Anonymous wrote:I still don’t exactly understand how the decisions from Q3 meant that the offerings for Q4 were so slim. Can someone spell it out? Kids couldn’t switch teachers? But they did at Lafayette.

Lafayette is not following the 3ft rule. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were not following this rule. Lafayette is also failing to provide teachers with proper breaks. Under contract teachers are to receive 45 min lunch breaks. At best they are getting 25 mins and are in the classroom unable to leave for bathroom breaks the rest of the day.

OMG. If teachers are complaining about not getting 45 minute breaks at this point, they should leave the profession.

DCPS is hemorrhaging students and will continue to do so if it cannot educate its students. Applications were down 20% to myschooldc -- and that's the first statistic in.

They are going to have to lay off a ton of teachers. And if this is the attitude of those teachers, I applaud those pinkslips.

Don’t worry, a lot of teachers are planning on leaving. Teachers have a right to what their contract says. You have no idea what conditions are in the building.

Contracts were not written with a pandemic in mind. In unusual times, professionals need to offer some grace and flexibility.

Oh shut up. As a self contained teacher I need my FULL lunch. ALL teachers deserve their full lunch, the fact that you think we should be 'flexible' for such a thing is disgusting.

And oh, if we are going to play the pandemic game then 'oh it's a pandemic so you can have DL, why don't you be flexible and keep your kid at home UNTIL it's over?'
After all, one has to be 'flexible.'

I feel so thankful my parents aren't nasty like this. I am flexible about my planning time, I should have 45 min a day but I have 2 hours on Wednesday. That's fine, I knew IPL would have some kinks because we have no specials.
A 25 minute lunch everyday is not fine and illegal BTW. Not due to teacher contracts but actual labor laws that base how much break time one gets, based on the number of hours worked a day.

I think teachers should get the regular amount of time for lunch.

My MSer gets less than 3/5ths of the live instructional time (DL or IPL) than in a normal year. Where does that extra 2/5ths go? What are teachers doing during the time they usually spend teaching? Does that all go to planning?

The other students! Why do parents ask this question when you know the answer? When I taught DL last year students got less time only because I had to break up groups and do 1:1’s.
I do realize some teachers are smarmy but it’s also because your school is likely smarmy too. My admin literally popped up on teachers to make sure we were in the appropriate place at the appropriate times.

How is your child getting less time in IPL? Just because of half day Wednesdays? My school is out 12:15 Wednesdays then I have lunch until 1. LEAP at 1-2pm then planning 2-4 lol or lately stupid SEL staff meeting 3-4pm. The day is then done, it’s not like I got planning 8-4pm...