Petition to provide a virtual option

[Anonymous]

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option linked to their school (instead of a single option for the whole district) are primarily concerned with losing their spot in a highly-sought-after charter or OOB school.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option want it because their work extended WFH to the end of 2021 and they want to be able to work from a vacation home and then send their kids back to school with minimal friction.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option have a SAHP (or SAH grandparent) or can afford full or close-to-full time childcare/tutoring, and therefore do not feel they should have to weigh the risks of Covid against their need for school/childcare for their kid.

In other words, I am highly skeptical that the people demanding a virtual option at this point are people in high need of a virtual option. I think in many cases they are privileged families who don't want to take ANY risk regarding Covid (even a measured one) and/or who find virtual more convenient for a host of reasons that have nothing to do with the safety or well-being of their children.

If you have a high risk kid, there is a virtual option available to you. If you don't but are still uncomfortable with IPL, you can homeschool. These are imperfect but decent options. Those of us who both want and need IPL aren't getting a perfect option either, okay? Nothing is perfect with Covid. But I'm making the choice that is best for my kid and my family and meets most of our needs, and I'm grateful to have it. Please stop trying to take my mediocre option away (or make it much, much worse) so that you can get everything you want.

[Anonymous]

Yeah I could care less if OP wants to be able to access the central virtual school. Go for it! Don't care!

But, as has been explained repeatedly, what OP apparently wants is for every school to offer a virtual option. That takes resources away from everyone, makes teachers pissed off if they have to simulcast, and hurt educational overall. It is resource-intensive and isn't going to happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This takes resources away from other students.

Doesn't DC have a surplus of Federal Covid Funds precisely to re-open society as best able in Covid circumstances, which would include special educational measures necessitated by the emergency? My understanding is DC has been using these monies to do things like fund the 8 family shelters, which they should have had a revenue stream for already when they conceptualized and built them.

So you want to take money away from homeless shelters? That's your argument?

If that money wasn't meant to be used for homeless shelters, then yes, it should be used for the intended purpose. That's how government works.

And to reiterate, OP wants to take money currently being used by homeless shelters to fund these virtual options. Truly, truly a loving individual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option linked to their school (instead of a single option for the whole district) are primarily concerned with losing their spot in a highly-sought-after charter or OOB school.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option want it because their work extended WFH to the end of 2021 and they want to be able to work from a vacation home and then send their kids back to school with minimal friction.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option have a SAHP (or SAH grandparent) or can afford full or close-to-full time childcare/tutoring, and therefore do not feel they should have to weigh the risks of Covid against their need for school/childcare for their kid.

In other words, I am highly skeptical that the people demanding a virtual option at this point are people in high need of a virtual option. I think in many cases they are privileged families who don't want to take ANY risk regarding Covid (even a measured one) and/or who find virtual more convenient for a host of reasons that have nothing to do with the safety or well-being of their children.

If you have a high risk kid, there is a virtual option available to you. If you don't but are still uncomfortable with IPL, you can homeschool. These are imperfect but decent options. Those of us who both want and need IPL aren't getting a perfect option either, okay? Nothing is perfect with Covid. But I'm making the choice that is best for my kid and my family and meets most of our needs, and I'm grateful to have it. Please stop trying to take my mediocre option away (or make it much, much worse) so that you can get everything you want.

These people demanding the perfect (virtual) solution for themselves are probably the same people who, when we complained about the vast inferiority of last year's educational offerings, told us that COVID forced us to compromise, and we needed to deal with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option linked to their school (instead of a single option for the whole district) are primarily concerned with losing their spot in a highly-sought-after charter or OOB school.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option want it because their work extended WFH to the end of 2021 and they want to be able to work from a vacation home and then send their kids back to school with minimal friction.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option have a SAHP (or SAH grandparent) or can afford full or close-to-full time childcare/tutoring, and therefore do not feel they should have to weigh the risks of Covid against their need for school/childcare for their kid.

In other words, I am highly skeptical that the people demanding a virtual option at this point are people in high need of a virtual option. I think in many cases they are privileged families who don't want to take ANY risk regarding Covid (even a measured one) and/or who find virtual more convenient for a host of reasons that have nothing to do with the safety or well-being of their children.

If you have a high risk kid, there is a virtual option available to you. If you don't but are still uncomfortable with IPL, you can homeschool. These are imperfect but decent options. Those of us who both want and need IPL aren't getting a perfect option either, okay? Nothing is perfect with Covid. But I'm making the choice that is best for my kid and my family and meets most of our needs, and I'm grateful to have it. Please stop trying to take my mediocre option away (or make it much, much worse) so that you can get everything you want.

These people demanding the perfect (virtual) solution for themselves are probably the same people who, when we complained about the vast inferiority of last year's educational offerings, told us that COVID forced us to compromise, and we needed to deal with it.

"Learn resilience! Teach your child resilience!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This takes resources away from other students.

Doesn't DC have a surplus of Federal Covid Funds precisely to re-open society as best able in Covid circumstances, which would include special educational measures necessitated by the emergency? My understanding is DC has been using these monies to do things like fund the 8 family shelters, which they should have had a revenue stream for already when they conceptualized and built them.

So you want to take money away from homeless shelters? That's your argument?

If that money wasn't meant to be used for homeless shelters, then yes, it should be used for the intended purpose. That's how government works.

And to reiterate, OP wants to take money currently being used by homeless shelters to fund these virtual options. Truly, truly a loving individual.

Yes, F those homeless kids. We need to give those resources to the kids who REALLY need it: kids who can safely learn ensconced in a loving home with parental attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option linked to their school (instead of a single option for the whole district) are primarily concerned with losing their spot in a highly-sought-after charter or OOB school.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option want it because their work extended WFH to the end of 2021 and they want to be able to work from a vacation home and then send their kids back to school with minimal friction.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option have a SAHP (or SAH grandparent) or can afford full or close-to-full time childcare/tutoring, and therefore do not feel they should have to weigh the risks of Covid against their need for school/childcare for their kid.

In other words, I am highly skeptical that the people demanding a virtual option at this point are people in high need of a virtual option. I think in many cases they are privileged families who don't want to take ANY risk regarding Covid (even a measured one) and/or who find virtual more convenient for a host of reasons that have nothing to do with the safety or well-being of their children.

If you have a high risk kid, there is a virtual option available to you. If you don't but are still uncomfortable with IPL, you can homeschool. These are imperfect but decent options. Those of us who both want and need IPL aren't getting a perfect option either, okay? Nothing is perfect with Covid. But I'm making the choice that is best for my kid and my family and meets most of our needs, and I'm grateful to have it. Please stop trying to take my mediocre option away (or make it much, much worse) so that you can get everything you want.

These people demanding the perfect (virtual) solution for themselves are probably the same people who, when we complained about the vast inferiority of last year's educational offerings, told us that COVID forced us to compromise, and we needed to deal with it.

"Learn resilience! Teach your child resilience!"

+1

It's COVID! You won't have the perfect option, so just work with what you got. If you really cared about quality in-home education for your child, you'd suck it up and do homeschool, and not rely on a shoddy dc public school product slapped together in a couple of weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Our children are being compelled to go back in person as scapegoats for getting infected, hospitalized…”

That is not what scapegoat means, like…at all. I used to teach remedial writing at a community college and it sounded like this.

Again. The writing quality was so abysmal I have to wonder if the author was actually in favor of no virtual option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option linked to their school (instead of a single option for the whole district) are primarily concerned with losing their spot in a highly-sought-after charter or OOB school.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option want it because their work extended WFH to the end of 2021 and they want to be able to work from a vacation home and then send their kids back to school with minimal friction.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option have a SAHP (or SAH grandparent) or can afford full or close-to-full time childcare/tutoring, and therefore do not feel they should have to weigh the risks of Covid against their need for school/childcare for their kid.

In other words, I am highly skeptical that the people demanding a virtual option at this point are people in high need of a virtual option. I think in many cases they are privileged families who don't want to take ANY risk regarding Covid (even a measured one) and/or who find virtual more convenient for a host of reasons that have nothing to do with the safety or well-being of their children.

If you have a high risk kid, there is a virtual option available to you. If you don't but are still uncomfortable with IPL, you can homeschool. These are imperfect but decent options. Those of us who both want and need IPL aren't getting a perfect option either, okay? Nothing is perfect with Covid. But I'm making the choice that is best for my kid and my family and meets most of our needs, and I'm grateful to have it. Please stop trying to take my mediocre option away (or make it much, much worse) so that you can get everything you want.

These people demanding the perfect (virtual) solution for themselves are probably the same people who, when we complained about the vast inferiority of last year's educational offerings, told us that COVID forced us to compromise, and we needed to deal with it.

"Learn resilience! Teach your child resilience!"

+1

It's COVID! You won't have the perfect option, so just work with what you got. If you really cared about quality in-home education for your child, you'd suck it up and do homeschool, and not rely on a shoddy dc public school product slapped together in a couple of weeks.

It's public school! We're entitled to our child receiving an education from it for free without the risk of chronic illness!
Betsy, give it up already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option linked to their school (instead of a single option for the whole district) are primarily concerned with losing their spot in a highly-sought-after charter or OOB school.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option want it because their work extended WFH to the end of 2021 and they want to be able to work from a vacation home and then send their kids back to school with minimal friction.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option have a SAHP (or SAH grandparent) or can afford full or close-to-full time childcare/tutoring, and therefore do not feel they should have to weigh the risks of Covid against their need for school/childcare for their kid.

In other words, I am highly skeptical that the people demanding a virtual option at this point are people in high need of a virtual option. I think in many cases they are privileged families who don't want to take ANY risk regarding Covid (even a measured one) and/or who find virtual more convenient for a host of reasons that have nothing to do with the safety or well-being of their children.

If you have a high risk kid, there is a virtual option available to you. If you don't but are still uncomfortable with IPL, you can homeschool. These are imperfect but decent options. Those of us who both want and need IPL aren't getting a perfect option either, okay? Nothing is perfect with Covid. But I'm making the choice that is best for my kid and my family and meets most of our needs, and I'm grateful to have it. Please stop trying to take my mediocre option away (or make it much, much worse) so that you can get everything you want.

These people demanding the perfect (virtual) solution for themselves are probably the same people who, when we complained about the vast inferiority of last year's educational offerings, told us that COVID forced us to compromise, and we needed to deal with it.

"Learn resilience! Teach your child resilience!"

+1

It's COVID! You won't have the perfect option, so just work with what you got. If you really cared about quality in-home education for your child, you'd suck it up and do homeschool, and not rely on a shoddy dc public school product slapped together in a couple of weeks.

It's public school! We're entitled to our child receiving an education from it for free without the risk of chronic illness!
Betsy, give it up already.

In all seriousness, you've never been risk-free from chronic (or any) illness at school. It's not actually a right/left issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option linked to their school (instead of a single option for the whole district) are primarily concerned with losing their spot in a highly-sought-after charter or OOB school.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option want it because their work extended WFH to the end of 2021 and they want to be able to work from a vacation home and then send their kids back to school with minimal friction.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option have a SAHP (or SAH grandparent) or can afford full or close-to-full time childcare/tutoring, and therefore do not feel they should have to weigh the risks of Covid against their need for school/childcare for their kid.

In other words, I am highly skeptical that the people demanding a virtual option at this point are people in high need of a virtual option. I think in many cases they are privileged families who don't want to take ANY risk regarding Covid (even a measured one) and/or who find virtual more convenient for a host of reasons that have nothing to do with the safety or well-being of their children.

If you have a high risk kid, there is a virtual option available to you. If you don't but are still uncomfortable with IPL, you can homeschool. These are imperfect but decent options. Those of us who both want and need IPL aren't getting a perfect option either, okay? Nothing is perfect with Covid. But I'm making the choice that is best for my kid and my family and meets most of our needs, and I'm grateful to have it. Please stop trying to take my mediocre option away (or make it much, much worse) so that you can get everything you want.

These people demanding the perfect (virtual) solution for themselves are probably the same people who, when we complained about the vast inferiority of last year's educational offerings, told us that COVID forced us to compromise, and we needed to deal with it.

"Learn resilience! Teach your child resilience!"

+1

It's COVID! You won't have the perfect option, so just work with what you got. If you really cared about quality in-home education for your child, you'd suck it up and do homeschool, and not rely on a shoddy dc public school product slapped together in a couple of weeks.

It's public school! We're entitled to our child receiving an education from it for free without the risk of chronic illness!
Betsy, give it up already.

In all seriousness, you've never been risk-free from chronic (or any) illness at school. It's not actually a right/left issue.

Your false equivalencies to other illnesses are not valid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option linked to their school (instead of a single option for the whole district) are primarily concerned with losing their spot in a highly-sought-after charter or OOB school.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option want it because their work extended WFH to the end of 2021 and they want to be able to work from a vacation home and then send their kids back to school with minimal friction.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option have a SAHP (or SAH grandparent) or can afford full or close-to-full time childcare/tutoring, and therefore do not feel they should have to weigh the risks of Covid against their need for school/childcare for their kid.

In other words, I am highly skeptical that the people demanding a virtual option at this point are people in high need of a virtual option. I think in many cases they are privileged families who don't want to take ANY risk regarding Covid (even a measured one) and/or who find virtual more convenient for a host of reasons that have nothing to do with the safety or well-being of their children.

If you have a high risk kid, there is a virtual option available to you. If you don't but are still uncomfortable with IPL, you can homeschool. These are imperfect but decent options. Those of us who both want and need IPL aren't getting a perfect option either, okay? Nothing is perfect with Covid. But I'm making the choice that is best for my kid and my family and meets most of our needs, and I'm grateful to have it. Please stop trying to take my mediocre option away (or make it much, much worse) so that you can get everything you want.

These people demanding the perfect (virtual) solution for themselves are probably the same people who, when we complained about the vast inferiority of last year's educational offerings, told us that COVID forced us to compromise, and we needed to deal with it.

"Learn resilience! Teach your child resilience!"

+1

It's COVID! You won't have the perfect option, so just work with what you got. If you really cared about quality in-home education for your child, you'd suck it up and do homeschool, and not rely on a shoddy dc public school product slapped together in a couple of weeks.

It's public school! We're entitled to our child receiving an education from it for free without the risk of chronic illness!
Betsy, give it up already.

1. Not chronic
2. You took risk before. More risk, in fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option linked to their school (instead of a single option for the whole district) are primarily concerned with losing their spot in a highly-sought-after charter or OOB school.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option want it because their work extended WFH to the end of 2021 and they want to be able to work from a vacation home and then send their kids back to school with minimal friction.

I wonder what percentage of people demanding a virtual option have a SAHP (or SAH grandparent) or can afford full or close-to-full time childcare/tutoring, and therefore do not feel they should have to weigh the risks of Covid against their need for school/childcare for their kid.

In other words, I am highly skeptical that the people demanding a virtual option at this point are people in high need of a virtual option. I think in many cases they are privileged families who don't want to take ANY risk regarding Covid (even a measured one) and/or who find virtual more convenient for a host of reasons that have nothing to do with the safety or well-being of their children.

If you have a high risk kid, there is a virtual option available to you. If you don't but are still uncomfortable with IPL, you can homeschool. These are imperfect but decent options. Those of us who both want and need IPL aren't getting a perfect option either, okay? Nothing is perfect with Covid. But I'm making the choice that is best for my kid and my family and meets most of our needs, and I'm grateful to have it. Please stop trying to take my mediocre option away (or make it much, much worse) so that you can get everything you want.

These people demanding the perfect (virtual) solution for themselves are probably the same people who, when we complained about the vast inferiority of last year's educational offerings, told us that COVID forced us to compromise, and we needed to deal with it.

"Learn resilience! Teach your child resilience!"

+1

It's COVID! You won't have the perfect option, so just work with what you got. If you really cared about quality in-home education for your child, you'd suck it up and do homeschool, and not rely on a shoddy dc public school product slapped together in a couple of weeks.

It's public school! We're entitled to our child receiving an education from it for free without the risk of chronic illness!
Betsy, give it up already.

In all seriousness, you've never been risk-free from chronic (or any) illness at school. It's not actually a right/left issue.

Your false equivalencies to other illnesses are not valid.

Something isn't a false equivalence just because you don't like the math.