After Monday

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Anonymous wrote:Now if we just virtual...
Teachers are going in tomorrow. They coulda taught from the school building.

If we went virtual, then most kids wouldn't join, no learning would happen, and we'd still have to add make-up days under Maryland law.

What’s your evidence they wouldn’t join? Kids were online for almost a year for covid. By now even the laziest kid is getting bored at home.

Only 5th graders and up were in school during Covid, all the younger ones (my 4th grader included) only started K after schools were back in person. So no current K-4 have not done remote school.

You said “no one would join.” What’s your evidence that all these kids who were online for a year Gr5 and up wouldn’t join and that parents of kids K-4 wouldn’t have their kids join.

The chat group at my kid’s ES is full of angry parents who can’t figure out why all the school districts around us have either virtual school or in person school but MCPS has nothing but snow day videos.

I know kids who are still struggling with impacts of COVID era virtual school - they should all be very careful what they wish for.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now if we just virtual...
Teachers are going in tomorrow. They coulda taught from the school building.

If we went virtual, then most kids wouldn't join, no learning would happen, and we'd still have to add make-up days under Maryland law.

What’s your evidence they wouldn’t join? Kids were online for almost a year for covid. By now even the laziest kid is getting bored at home.

Only 5th graders and up were in school during Covid, all the younger ones (my 4th grader included) only started K after schools were back in person. So no current K-4 have not done remote school.

You said “no one would join.” What’s your evidence that all these kids who were online for a year Gr5 and up wouldn’t join and that parents of kids K-4 wouldn’t have their kids join.

The chat group at my kid’s ES is full of angry parents who can’t figure out why all the school districts around us have either virtual school or in person school but MCPS has nothing but snow day videos.

I know kids who are still struggling with impacts of COVID era virtual school - they should all be very careful what they wish for.

No one wishes for virtual school. But sometimes it’s the only option of a set of suboptimal choices. I know kids too, both of mine were in school throughout covid, and they survived and had to learn material online and it’s certainly preferable to adding half days in end June where teachers just put on videos while they clean out their classroom.

I feel for the parents of kids in HS whose kids are going to be judged against students all over the country in May, having lost a week of core instructional time.

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The latest email says this “ All grades will be due by the end of the first day schools re-open, likely on Tuesday, February 3.” Sounds like they anticipate opening on Tuesday….

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Anonymous wrote:The latest email says this “ All grades will be due by the end of the first day schools re-open, likely on Tuesday, February 3.” Sounds like they anticipate opening on Tuesday….

Everyone thought they are opening Feb 2 with a two hour delay

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Code ORANGE offices open on time. Why not 2 hr delay for staff?

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Anonymous wrote:Code ORANGE offices open on time. Why not 2 hr delay for staff?

It'll be difficult for those using public transportation and who have to navigate the same sidewalks they said students couldn't because of the unshoveled areas. Interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:Code ORANGE offices open on time. Why not 2 hr delay for staff?

It'll be difficult for those using public transportation and who have to navigate the same sidewalks they said students couldn't because of the unshoveled areas. Interesting.

Uber?

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Anonymous wrote:The latest email says this “ All grades will be due by the end of the first day schools re-open, likely on Tuesday, February 3.” Sounds like they anticipate opening on Tuesday….

Everyone thought they are opening Feb 2 with a two hour delay

Yes they said that Friday that they anticipated opening Monday but they didn’t. And even though they say it’s “likely” to open on Tuesday, they’re not committing to it and I wouldn’t be shocked to see another email complaining that it’s all our fault because we haven’t shoveled our sidewalks.

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Anonymous wrote:The latest email says this “ All grades will be due by the end of the first day schools re-open, likely on Tuesday, February 3.” Sounds like they anticipate opening on Tuesday….

Everyone thought they are opening Feb 2 with a two hour delay

Yes they said that Friday that they anticipated opening Monday but they didn’t. And even though they say it’s “likely” to open on Tuesday, they’re not committing to it and I wouldn’t be shocked to see another email complaining that it’s all our fault because we haven’t shoveled our sidewalks.

Sidewalks. Bus routes. There's a lot to clear out of the way. It takes HOURS to clear just one section of a sidewalk. They are trying to clear out 5200 miles of snow banks.

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Anonymous wrote:Now if we just virtual...
Teachers are going in tomorrow. They coulda taught from the school building.

If we went virtual, then most kids wouldn't join, no learning would happen, and we'd still have to add make-up days under Maryland law.

What’s your evidence they wouldn’t join? Kids were online for almost a year for covid. By now even the laziest kid is getting bored at home.

Only 5th graders and up were in school during Covid, all the younger ones (my 4th grader included) only started K after schools were back in person. So no current K-4 have not done remote school.

You said “no one would join.” What’s your evidence that all these kids who were online for a year Gr5 and up wouldn’t join and that parents of kids K-4 wouldn’t have their kids join.

The chat group at my kid’s ES is full of angry parents who can’t figure out why all the school districts around us have either virtual school or in person school but MCPS has nothing but snow day videos.

I know kids who are still struggling with impacts of COVID era virtual school - they should all be very careful what they wish for.

Sure,Jan.

[Anonymous]

I get that people are frustrated but MCPS acknowledges that one of the reasons they can’t open is that buses can’t fit down all the streets. I live on one of these streets so I’m not surprised. I understand many are not impressed by the sidewalks argument but what do you all make of the bus thing? What’s the obvious solution?

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County or state should have declared emergency and have national guard with heavy duty equipment helping out. Contract out idle building companies. Anything. Some kind of idea and solution. Euphemisms such as weather event or our principle hoping we had a cozy fun time in the snow with hot chocolate. It has been a mess especially if you had school and preschool kids and you had to work. Cannot take 5 days PTO. Simply acknowledging this disaster week is what MCPS and their enablers in the county could have done. Come June my tax bill will be higher, again. For the schools, for the kids...

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The county failed this one. They had a week to clear bus routes. It is ridiculous and unacceptable to keep kids out of school this long.

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Anonymous wrote:County or state should have declared emergency and have national guard with heavy duty equipment helping out. Contract out idle building companies. Anything. Some kind of idea and solution. Euphemisms such as weather event or our principle hoping we had a cozy fun time in the snow with hot chocolate. It has been a mess especially if you had school and preschool kids and you had to work. Cannot take 5 days PTO. Simply acknowledging this disaster week is what MCPS and their enablers in the county could have done. Come June my tax bill will be higher, again. For the schools, for the kids...

I feel like it’s crazy to expect the national guard to come in so you can get back to work. Let’s assume that would even work - we’d maybe shave off what, 3 snow days when all is said and done? If you all want to grind your MCPS axes, pick some other reason than a once per decade ice storm.

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Anonymous wrote:Now if we just virtual...
Teachers are going in tomorrow. They coulda taught from the school building.

If we went virtual, then most kids wouldn't join, no learning would happen, and we'd still have to add make-up days under Maryland law.

What’s your evidence they wouldn’t join? Kids were online for almost a year for covid. By now even the laziest kid is getting bored at home.

Only 5th graders and up were in school during Covid, all the younger ones (my 4th grader included) only started K after schools were back in person. So no current K-4 have not done remote school.

You said “no one would join.” What’s your evidence that all these kids who were online for a year Gr5 and up wouldn’t join and that parents of kids K-4 wouldn’t have their kids join.

The chat group at my kid’s ES is full of angry parents who can’t figure out why all the school districts around us have either virtual school or in person school but MCPS has nothing but snow day videos.

I know kids who are still struggling with impacts of COVID era virtual school - they should all be very careful what they wish for.

Oh please, stop blaming covid. They are struggling for a variety of reasons but that was years ago and a week or two of virtual is fine. Many of our kids were in virtual much longer and did great.