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Anonymous wrote:Judging by the flood of Meeting Room setups this morning, tomorrow will be work from home with teachers accessible via zoom

I doubt it. They're going to realize this morning that they have no way to accommodate elementary grades.

Not sure what you are talking about.

Is that sarcasm? They don't have a good way of sending the Chromebooks home. Nor would the parents or kids in the younger grades know what to do with them anyway.

Why would that stop high school teachers from setting up zoom meeting rooms??

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Yeah the district isn't adding a school day back to the calendar because certain booger pickers (and their parents) can't figure out how to click a hyperlink.
You'll get busy work and the functioning members of society will have office hours available on top of it.

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We just got a zoom link so teachers are prepping for that virtual day.

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Anonymous wrote:Most elementary kids would want to enjoy playing in the snow instead of sitting infront of a computer for virtual school. Snow is so rare in the DC area so its unfair to not let the kids enjoy a snow day and let them play in the snow.

I'm the K mom PP and this is absolutely how I feel.

Then dont complain but don’t mess with our kids summer or spring break break as you are too lazy and selfish to make it work for a day.

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Our MS just sent out code purple info for tomorrow and the schedule.

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Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

Sorry. It's a society issue. It wasn't one day .. it was early dismissal for rain, two snow days for a few inches of snow, "virtual" (in the name of getting "credit" for a day of school).

Then when teens are skipping school in record numbers we act surprised like .. don't they know attendance is important?

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Anonymous wrote:So if kids don’t do it are they excused?

Elementary schools are in the midst of mandatory testing (MAP testing, district mandated reading interim assessments, DIBELS assessing, WIDA testing, etc.) We need charged chromebooks for ALL of these assessments. The thought of having to send them home (unprotected) in the hopes that they are returned unharmed is distressing. They will of course, return uncharged which presents its own problems. There is no "win" with a decision to go virtual for the elementary students.

Elementary schools should NEVER go virtual. Did we learn NOTHING from 1.5 years of Covid? It is a farce. Just say you don't care about actual education and be done with it.

One day of virtual will be ok. Sounds like a parenting issue, not a school issue.

No it's just a lot of work for everyone with very little benefit except to allow MCPS to not have to offer in person education for the full number of days it used to have to do.

Why are you so obsessed with virtual education? The cat is out of the bag. It doesn't work.

I have no issue for virtual. How is it a lot of work? You sit your kids down in a quiet space and log them on if they cannot do it themselves. If it's too much for teachers, find a new profession as they just need to use their same lesson plans from in person virtually. I want my kids to get an education. I don't care if it's in person or virtual. You sound lazy.

We have two teleworking parents amd a toddler, plus kid in ES. We actually don't have another "quiet corner"s in our home, which isn't huge to begin with.

No one's going to report you to the secret police if your kid doesn't do their asynchronous learning.

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It works fine for kids all over the country and has worked since the early 2000s. You just refuse to accept change.

Almost every study of virtual education shows it does not work. You mean it's possible? I guess. Kids learn? No.

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It works fine for kids all over the country and has worked since the early 2000s. You just refuse to accept change.

Almost every study of virtual education shows it does not work. You mean it's possible? I guess. Kids learn? No.

This! Stop pretending to teach our children. One failed policy after another. MCPS can’t even get the communication right on this- why are we learning about if from the teachers and not the admin? Monifa needs to go. We need some serious accountability here…..

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Anonymous wrote:All of the push out of information by principals and no one posted the presentation link yet? Here it is.

Slide 6
"If there is the possibility of a virtual synchronous instruction day:
● A “Get Ready” announcement will be sent
● The decision to offer virtual instruction in place of a traditional snow day will be announced by NOON on the day prior
● Messages will be shared with students, staff, and families to remind them that it is a required (virtual) school day
● Schools will share additional information about schedules, technology, and instruction"

With all of the messaging being sent by principals this evening, I think MCPS is positioning to have a code Purple Day on Friday. We'll be in person Thursday so they can send home chromebooks and make sure they are set up. Noon Thursday they announce, teachers can prep, and kids log in Friday. There is some urgency to not loose another day here at the end of the quarter, the timing of Friday's weather is perfectly bad, and at some point MCPS wants to have a code purple so they can work out the kinks. We still have another 2 months of winter weather. My bet is on Code Purple Friday.

Doubtful. They’d need to decide by noon Thursday to close….

My interpretation of this is that they don’t need to determine if the next day is a snow day, rather they need to put students and faculty on notice that if the next day is a snow day it will be virtual. It wouldn’t make sense otherwise.

So teachers have double the planning? Virtual and in person because we are at the whim of MCPS to make an informed decision quickly about a closure

How about planning ahead for possible outcomes and using the two bs snow days from this week as time to do that?

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This! Plus… it’s one. Day. The overdramatics are ridiculous.

What do you mean, one day? There was a half day for rain. Two days off for a few inches of snow. Now, virtual Fri and who knows how many days in Feb and maybe March.

I can parent my kids fine. I don't teach them well. I'm not a teacher. And they are learning the school doesn't value them being there when they do this all in the name of getting in "enough" days.

Even if your family is fine .. this is not fine. And you'll be affected by a society where kids aren't fine. Call me over dramatic all you want. Look at who is doing crime in DC right now .. kids.

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It works fine for kids all over the country and has worked since the early 2000s. You just refuse to accept change.

Almost every study of virtual education shows it does not work. You mean it's possible? I guess. Kids learn? No.

This! Stop pretending to teach our children. One failed policy after another. MCPS can’t even get the communication right on this- why are we learning about if from the teachers and not the admin? Monifa needs to go. We need some serious accountability here…..

"Fox pays me to complain about schools, so I am complaining again. I will use McKnight's first name to emphasize what I think is the important social and cultural difference between her and me. In truth, I don't even have children, but stirring up fake outrage is fun."

--Your thoughts while writing the previous post.

Stop trying to stir up culture wars over one virtual day.

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It works fine for kids all over the country and has worked since the early 2000s. You just refuse to accept change.

Almost every study of virtual education shows it does not work. You mean it's possible? I guess. Kids learn? No.

This! Stop pretending to teach our children. One failed policy after another. MCPS can’t even get the communication right on this- why are we learning about if from the teachers and not the admin? Monifa needs to go. We need some serious accountability here…..

"Fox pays me to complain about schools, so I am complaining again. I will use McKnight's first name to emphasize what I think is the important social and cultural difference between her and me. In truth, I don't even have children, but stirring up fake outrage is fun."

--Your thoughts while writing the previous post.

Stop trying to stir up culture wars over one virtual day.

Nice try- virtual was awful. So much learning loss. I use her first name because that’s her name. It’s about holding leaders accountable regardless of any implied differences. She can’t even communicate this and is making the teachers do it on top of everything else they’re doing.

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A virtual day here and there is fine. It is different than what we had during COVID.

I have an MS and a HS student; I assume my HS will be working pretty hard and my MS will be barely paying attention. It's one day, it is fine.

Here is what I would have wanted to hear if I were an elementary school parent -- it is okay. If you're juggling a lot and/or the virtual day isn't going well, bag it. No guilt. If you can't help but have a little guilt, take a few minutes and look at what was done in your kids hardest subject and review that with them for 15 minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:
It works fine for kids all over the country and has worked since the early 2000s. You just refuse to accept change.

Almost every study of virtual education shows it does not work. You mean it's possible? I guess. Kids learn? No.

This! Stop pretending to teach our children. One failed policy after another. MCPS can’t even get the communication right on this- why are we learning about if from the teachers and not the admin? Monifa needs to go. We need some serious accountability here…..

"Fox pays me to complain about schools, so I am complaining again. I will use McKnight's first name to emphasize what I think is the important social and cultural difference between her and me. In truth, I don't even have children, but stirring up fake outrage is fun."

--Your thoughts while writing the previous post.

Stop trying to stir up culture wars over one virtual day.

Nice try- virtual was awful. So much learning loss. I use her first name because that’s her name. It’s about holding leaders accountable regardless of any implied differences. She can’t even communicate this and is making the teachers do it on top of everything else they’re doing.

You're not holding anyone accountable. You're whining like a baby over one virtual day. And you are childless.