Thousands of kids attend charters without in person option

[Anonymous]

I think it was reasonable to expect parents and teachers to not want to be in person until vaccinations were widely available. They were only widely available and folks got second doses when there were only a few weeks of school left. The real focus and test at this point is do schools target interventions this summer to the kids who deeply need to catch up. Keeping in mind educators are exhausted from tough year of online & probably want some time also to recover from the pandemic and visit loved ones this summer. Another test is if all schools and the government invests in a huge investment in individualized learning/ tutoring etc next year & beyond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:15k our of 52k DCPS students is nothing to brag about either. Especially when a huge portion of the 15k are actually CARES classoom, that may be in person but it is not IN PERSON LEARNING.

We tried CARES - spotty internet, sites blocked - it was worse than working from home.
So unfortunate because my child has an IEP and this year has been heart breaking watching him fail just about every class. His sense of self is so poor. We are not (yet) in a mental health emergency - but it is something we are watching very carefully.

Thank you DCPS and WTU.

There. Was. A. Pandemic.

Kids were in school in parochials, privates, and other urban publics. And PP’s son is STILL not in school, while bars are packed. “It was a pandemic” doesn’t fly.

Where are you seeing that bars were packed? What bars?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There should be a thorough investigation and charges should be filed against the school leadership at these schools. Charters should be revoked immediately over this.

The article says that 28% of DCPS kids are in person at least once a week, and that it's a disaster that only 30% of charter school students are.

I'm not sure how they get that charters are worse. It sounds like both have failed, but pulling charters and sending kids back to DCPS isn't the solution if DCPS isn't better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15k our of 52k DCPS students is nothing to brag about either. Especially when a huge portion of the 15k are actually CARES classoom, that may be in person but it is not IN PERSON LEARNING.

We tried CARES - spotty internet, sites blocked - it was worse than working from home.
So unfortunate because my child has an IEP and this year has been heart breaking watching him fail just about every class. His sense of self is so poor. We are not (yet) in a mental health emergency - but it is something we are watching very carefully.

Thank you DCPS and WTU.

There. Was. A. Pandemic.

Kids were in school in parochials, privates, and other urban publics. And PP’s son is STILL not in school, while bars are packed. “It was a pandemic” doesn’t fly.

Where are you seeing that bars were packed? What bars?

All over DC - bars were packed this weekend. there are no capacity limits.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/05/24/long-lines-crowded-bars-and-hangovers-scenes-dc-reopening/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it was reasonable to expect parents and teachers to not want to be in person until vaccinations were widely available. They were only widely available and folks got second doses when there were only a few weeks of school left. The real focus and test at this point is do schools target interventions this summer to the kids who deeply need to catch up. Keeping in mind educators are exhausted from tough year of online & probably want some time also to recover from the pandemic and visit loved ones this summer. Another test is if all schools and the government invests in a huge investment in individualized learning/ tutoring etc next year & beyond.

No. face it - schools motivated to teach kids stayed open. DC area public schools are not suddenly going develop an effective plan to catch kids up. They’re just going to hope to struggle to reopen in the fall fully and hope for the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There should be a thorough investigation and charges should be filed against the school leadership at these schools. Charters should be revoked immediately over this.

The article says that 28% of DCPS kids are in person at least once a week, and that it's a disaster that only 30% of charter school students are.

I'm not sure how they get that charters are worse. It sounds like both have failed, but pulling charters and sending kids back to DCPS isn't the solution if DCPS isn't better.

This.

[Anonymous]

The article is just useless and poorly done. The WP - and public educators - should all be ashamed of themselves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So many Karen’s want to beat up WTU which has no say w charters. It’s nice to see people have gone full blown we don’t care vs pretending to be a real liberal who will fight for equity we knew all along you didn’t care about all schools opening just your school - nice to see you are finally honest

Now tell me again why you can’t go IB if IPL is the most important thing for you

we’re IB and I know people who returned to IB from charters to get in person seats. I’m not sure what your point is. My point is that the primary equity issue right now is getting all kids back into the classroom.

If your are going IB you will be back in person in the fall. So why are you moaning on a charter school board. You made your choice.

[Anonymous]

This is a non-story. This is click bait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There should be a thorough investigation and charges should be filed against the school leadership at these schools. Charters should be revoked immediately over this.

LOL! Don't quit your day job, Internet lawyer.

And oh, please, please do the predictable thing, lie and claim to actually be a lawyer. Please. It's been a long week already and I could use a laugh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of these parents who don't want to send their kids to school are also anti-vaxxers. Maybe we should stop caring what they want because they are idiots.

+1

-1. What's your source for this claim? "A lot?" A lot of them are NOT antivaxxers, but have children under 12 who are not eligible for vaccination and do not want to send them into (likely unmasked and distanced in name only, if at all, by the fall) petrie dishes. Try again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of these parents who don't want to send their kids to school are also anti-vaxxers. Maybe we should stop caring what they want because they are idiots.

+1

-1. What's your source for this claim? "A lot?" A lot of them are NOT antivaxxers, but have children under 12 who are not eligible for vaccination and do not want to send them into (likely unmasked and distanced in name only, if at all, by the fall) petrie dishes. Try again.

*Ugh. "Petri" obviously, not petrie. I can spell. I just can't type on a stupid phone screen keyboard without glasses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15k our of 52k DCPS students is nothing to brag about either. Especially when a huge portion of the 15k are actually CARES classoom, that may be in person but it is not IN PERSON LEARNING.

We tried CARES - spotty internet, sites blocked - it was worse than working from home.
So unfortunate because my child has an IEP and this year has been heart breaking watching him fail just about every class. His sense of self is so poor. We are not (yet) in a mental health emergency - but it is something we are watching very carefully.

Thank you DCPS and WTU.

WTU has nothing to do w the charters. But I suppose some people need someone to blame to sleep at night

The posters you are responding to were discussing DCPS.

[Miraclemomma]

The article basically supports the fact that virtual is really a good fit for some people and I think it is foolish to rush parents and families back into the classroom with only 6 more weeks of school. Let charters make decisions based on the local/community realities for their students and families.

I harassed my kid's charter school to go back to in person on every single zoom call, parent meeting, feedback questionnaire and even drafted letters to OSSE.

The virtual option did not work for my kindergartner and we are a low-tech, minimal screen time household. I found our charter's reluctance to return in person to be lazy and insensitive to families of single parent households who work full time.

I felt judged and very frustrated throughout virtual learning and it took a major toll on my kid's excitement for learning.

In-person works best for our family but I wouldn't push that on someone else because I don't know their daily child care or working routines.

[Anonymous]

Miraclemomma wrote:The article basically supports the fact that virtual is really a good fit for some people and I think it is foolish to rush parents and families back into the classroom with only 6 more weeks of school. Let charters make decisions based on the local/community realities for their students and families.

I harassed my kid's charter school to go back to in person on every single zoom call, parent meeting, feedback questionnaire and even drafted letters to OSSE.

The virtual option did not work for my kindergartner and we are a low-tech, minimal screen time household. I found our charter's reluctance to return in person to be lazy and insensitive to families of single parent households who work full time.

I felt judged and very frustrated throughout virtual learning and it took a major toll on my kid's excitement for learning.

In-person works best for our family but I wouldn't push that on someone else because I don't know their daily child care or working routines.

you think virtual is a good choice for homeless kids? or a choice due to parents refusing to be vaccinated?