If not everyone can learn, no one should learn (APS)

[Anonymous]

An interesting definition of "equity." "Except for AP, IB, DE or CTE courses that have competency requirements, no new content will be taught or graded for the remainder of the school year. To ensure equitable learning opportunities we have chosen to
focus on previously introduced learning and foundational concepts for all other APS courses."

[Anonymous]

Yep. School year is done. Teachers will make contact once a week.

No GT support. If you're kid was already a Meets then whatever, best of luck.

And I love that their proposed schedule presumes a non-working parent.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

So, our school was already moving ahead with content and providing recorded lessons, and our RTG was providing extra materials. Now they’re just going to stop everything? For two months, plus then it’s summer? This is not equity. This is giving up. What the hell?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, our school was already moving ahead with content and providing recorded lessons, and our RTG was providing extra materials. Now they’re just going to stop everything? For two months, plus then it’s summer? This is not equity. This is giving up. What the hell?

Basically your principal and teachers were ignoring the specific instructions of APS to not be providing content and lessons for the past few weeks. Take it as a gift that the rest of our kids didn't get.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, our school was already moving ahead with content and providing recorded lessons, and our RTG was providing extra materials. Now they’re just going to stop everything? For two months, plus then it’s summer? This is not equity. This is giving up. What the hell?

Basically your principal and teachers were ignoring the specific instructions of APS to not be providing content and lessons for the past few weeks. Take it as a gift that the rest of our kids didn't get.

Yeah, because they knew that was an incredibly stupid position and they got things into place in advance in order to be able to do that. The SpEd teacher was in contact with her kids, and the ELL support was involved, too. And all the kids, even the poor ones, had access to the same content and supports. Now it’s nothing for everyone? I hope our school continues to ignore this stupidity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, our school was already moving ahead with content and providing recorded lessons, and our RTG was providing extra materials. Now they’re just going to stop everything? For two months, plus then it’s summer? This is not equity. This is giving up. What the hell?

Yeah this is what pisses me off. We are immersion. APS isn't sending out immersion work. Our teachers had been posting assignments (mainly online quizzes and videos) but my kid was really enjoying science (teacher had students record videos answering science questions, it was very engaging!). Is all that going away? All we get now is the generic APS packet. I downloaded the first packet they provided and it 1) require way more parental involvement than the assignments posted by my kids teacher on Canvas and 2) my kid was unfamiliar with format of most of them. Plus again this is not helping my kid with his language learning, does immersion just get ignored?

My friend in Montgomery county at a VERY poor school with a majority ESL population was just able to pick up a chromebook yesterday. Why can't everyone do this? 2nd grade already is 1:1 they just can't just pick them up? APS can't find the money to give ipads to the K and first? I mean we know they already have some ipads for those kids. Why can't they ask families to volunteer to give back their school device if they have others (I am sure plenty of these kids have personal ipads already at the older levels)

My kid is in 2nd for reference.

[Anonymous]

This new APS plan really irks me. I don't expect them to do all-day virtual classroom. But a choice board that lumps together K-2nd graders? That's ridiculous. Other school districts far larger than ours -- that pay FAR less per student-- have figured out a way to actually teach kids. It's ridiculous that ours can't even figure out a way to do lessons by grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, our school was already moving ahead with content and providing recorded lessons, and our RTG was providing extra materials. Now they’re just going to stop everything? For two months, plus then it’s summer? This is not equity. This is giving up. What the hell?

Yeah this is what pisses me off. We are immersion. APS isn't sending out immersion work. Our teachers had been posting assignments (mainly online quizzes and videos) but my kid was really enjoying science (teacher had students record videos answering science questions, it was very engaging!). Is all that going away? All we get now is the generic APS packet. I downloaded the first packet they provided and it 1) require way more parental involvement than the assignments posted by my kids teacher on Canvas and 2) my kid was unfamiliar with format of most of them. Plus again this is not helping my kid with his language learning, does immersion just get ignored?

My friend in Montgomery county at a VERY poor school with a majority ESL population was just able to pick up a chromebook yesterday. Why can't everyone do this? 2nd grade already is 1:1 they just can't just pick them up? APS can't find the money to give ipads to the K and first? I mean we know they already have some ipads for those kids. Why can't they ask families to volunteer to give back their school device if they have others (I am sure plenty of these kids have personal ipads already at the older levels)

My kid is in 2nd for reference.

I hope our teachers understand what their kids need and just continue to ignore Central Office.

They have iPads sitting at every school. Why can’t they figure out who needs them and distribute them accordingly? What a waste of money. They’re paying to rent those devices and they’re just locked up inside the buildings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This new APS plan really irks me. I don't expect them to do all-day virtual classroom. But a choice board that lumps together K-2nd graders? That's ridiculous. Other school districts far larger than ours -- that pay FAR less per student-- have figured out a way to actually teach kids. It's ridiculous that ours can't even figure out a way to do lessons by grade.

We really shouldn't be surprised. They flat out told us in week 1 that APS's number one priority is feeding kids. Not education. The fact that this little amount of material and guidance took them four weeks to roll out is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

I can't understand why my child's teacher isn't expected to interact 1:1 with each student at least once a week. It's ridiculous that she can get away with sending one email a week to her class and doing NOTHING else.

[Anonymous]

Yes, this is total BS. They say that they are going to teach the fourth quarter stuff in September. Really? APS must have some crystal ball that Covid-19 will be so thoroughly defeated by the fall that next year they will be able to teach five quarters of material.

[Anonymous]

I totally get not grading new material. But why not at least offer it? My kids’ teachers were giving new material the past 3 weeks. No they must stop, I guess.
As for covering things this fall, how does that work when you move from ES to MS, or MS to HS?

[Anonymous]

Remember this when you vote for school board members in November. Our school board is an absolute joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This new APS plan really irks me. I don't expect them to do all-day virtual classroom. But a choice board that lumps together K-2nd graders? That's ridiculous. Other school districts far larger than ours -- that pay FAR less per student-- have figured out a way to actually teach kids. It's ridiculous that ours can't even figure out a way to do lessons by grade.

Really? Because the only things I’ve seen from people all around the country are complaints about the lack of new content with distance learning, that it’s only review. If there are specific public school systems you are aware of that are pushing out new content to all students, please identify them so the rest of us can see what they are doing differently.