Who hates Monday?

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Anonymous wrote:Just saw my 4th grader’s teacher at the park with her preschooler. (I thought this was a teacher work day). She tried to avoid me but I marched right up to her to say hello.

They never had Monday work but would at least meet for 20 minutes.

I hope she reads this TBH.
I’m disgusted by this whole school year.

An FCPS teacher with a preschooler is required to have childcare on work days.

She’s also supposed to be working, not frolicking at the playground...

You’re some special kind of special

How is it acceptable for a teacher to be at the playground chilling with a preschooler on a day she is supposed to be at work? (1) She's not at work and (2) Her child should be in daycare. She obviously decided to save the daycare costs this year and just slack off.

And I went out with my HSer to run errands during lunch. Maybe she used her lunch time to go to the playground.

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Anonymous wrote:We try and be positive about all of this but Mondays are a joke. DS is good about entertaining himself but he is done with his school work by lunch. We have him do all the must dos and may dos. Then he does his AoPS math. He also has his speech in the morning. His friends are done pretty quickly as well. DS's biggest complaint is that his friends don't have to do the may do assignments but he does. We simply told him that it is assigned school work and it gives him something to do for a little bit while we are working.

I have no idea how the schools are able to use Monday as a school day for tracking purposes because there is no more then an hours worth of work assigned.

Our school assigns a few hours (which I think is what they are supposed to do).

However I do suggest that everyone on this thread who is upset about Monday contact the state superintendent of schools. Tell him to never give another hours waiver like this again and how it is not the same as a real school day. His contact info is here:

Dr. James Lane, [e-mail], 804-225-2057

That will do more to ensure that we never have something like this again than complaining on DCUM.

Yes. 2-3 hours.

I just finished my lunch. I did Morning Meeting 9:00 to a little after 9:30. I then went over each assignment for the day. I met with a reading group at 10:00 and another at 10:20. I’ve spent some time here at school trouble shooting some tech issues with our SBTS. I will now work on getting things ready for tomorrow.

My students have:
A math assignment with lesson slides about area.
ST Math
A recorded lesson about book talks and an assignment to complete a book talk using Flipgrid.
A social studies assignment about resources.

I know it’s not ideal and I hope we can be back to our “normal” schedule on the fall.

I don't understand. I thought all FCPS schools were now totally "asynchronous" (AKA no learning) on Mondays?

My 5th grader is online with the teacher from 9 - 11 every Monday and sometimes later, but 9-11 is standard. Some Mondays the teacher will go until 12:30/1, but it's not very often.

Our school sent an email saying new FCPS policy was that Mondays were "totally asynchronous" at every school. So that was a lie?

Nope, these interventions are optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any teacher claiming she is doing a good job working from home with a preschooler home too is full of shite.

Mine is in MS, but when she was in preschool she would often play in her room for hours and hours. Not all kids are the same or act the same.

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I think it is a joke. I “homeschool” my ADHD 4th grader in home economics on Mondays. He learns laundry and vacuuming and more. He can not sit still or focus long enough to finish this BS work on Monday. I don’t even have him log-in. He’d pretend he is working but really just watch you-tube. We would all end up yelling at each other.

Sending my child to an app to learn is stupid. If it worked I’d just sign him up for ABC mouse. It is not school.

I am so over FCPS. They are not educating our kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This story about the teacher being on the playground is so silly. As a principal I permit teachers to flex their hours by requiring an email for approval. Teachers routinely ask to flex their hours on work days to accommodate life. I am 100% comfortable if a teacher desires to start at 7am and take an extended lunch. We are in the business of human beings and I’d urge all to not making sweeping assumptions.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are still doing ST Math? Everyone I know let their kids chuck it after the first week or so.

We stopped.

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Anonymous wrote:We try and be positive about all of this but Mondays are a joke. DS is good about entertaining himself but he is done with his school work by lunch. We have him do all the must dos and may dos. Then he does his AoPS math. He also has his speech in the morning. His friends are done pretty quickly as well. DS's biggest complaint is that his friends don't have to do the may do assignments but he does. We simply told him that it is assigned school work and it gives him something to do for a little bit while we are working.

I have no idea how the schools are able to use Monday as a school day for tracking purposes because there is no more then an hours worth of work assigned.

Our school assigns a few hours (which I think is what they are supposed to do).

However I do suggest that everyone on this thread who is upset about Monday contact the state superintendent of schools. Tell him to never give another hours waiver like this again and how it is not the same as a real school day. His contact info is here:

Dr. James Lane, [e-mail], 804-225-2057

That will do more to ensure that we never have something like this again than complaining on DCUM.

Yes. 2-3 hours.

I just finished my lunch. I did Morning Meeting 9:00 to a little after 9:30. I then went over each assignment for the day. I met with a reading group at 10:00 and another at 10:20. I’ve spent some time here at school trouble shooting some tech issues with our SBTS. I will now work on getting things ready for tomorrow.

My students have:
A math assignment with lesson slides about area.
ST Math
A recorded lesson about book talks and an assignment to complete a book talk using Flipgrid.
A social studies assignment about resources.

I know it’s not ideal and I hope we can be back to our “normal” schedule on the fall.

I don't understand. I thought all FCPS schools were now totally "asynchronous" (AKA no learning) on Mondays?

PP here. We are a two-teacher household and both of our schools have MM on Mondays. Our understanding is MM is still a requirement. Beyond that I think it is up to individual teachers. For example, as I mentioned I started with students at 9:00 (8:45 if you count the time I open the Meet) and finished with my second group around 10:30. One of my colleagues meets with groups and then has a “lunch bunch” with students. It varies. Some grade levels have their CT meetings prior to lunch.

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It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I agree with this.
Some parents are totally unreasonable. I’m a M.D.; I work more than 40 hours per week, but sometimes I’ll do work Sunday afternoon to free up a bit of time on Monday. Or work later one night and the next day have time to take a longer lunch and run errands. I’ve even gone to the grocery store during lunch. All working people do these things, it’s normal.
Maybe the teacher worked Sunday afternoon doing lesson plans while her spouse was home with the preschooler, which freed up some time on Monday.
I understand that asynchronous Mondays are stupid, but it’s not the teachers fault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

Nope. Even good teachers are copping out on Monday because FCPS allows them too. Of course they’d work if they had to. Mondays are total BS and it is angering and sad.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

Nope. Even good teachers are copping out on Monday because FCPS allows them too. Of course they’d work if they had to. Mondays are total BS and it is angering and sad.

And your comment is why the next time a kid asks for a recommendation during winter break the night before it is due, I will say “no.” You have no idea how many weekends and vacations I have given to my job.

I thought this was a nice community when I moved here four years ago. Reading DCUM and experiencing the ingratitude of parents has made me feel differently.

[Anonymous]

I have noticed that our school has eased up on Monday meetings and interventions since concurrent started. I think they know that a lot of us might quit if we had to do concurrent 5 days a week.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

Nope. Even good teachers are copping out on Monday because FCPS allows them too. Of course they’d work if they had to. Mondays are total BS and it is angering and sad.

And your comment is why the next time a kid asks for a recommendation during winter break the night before it is due, I will say “no.” You have no idea how many weekends and vacations I have given to my job.

I thought this was a nice community when I moved here four years ago. Reading DCUM and experiencing the ingratitude of parents has made me feel differently.

Stay strong! It is a small, vocal minority of parents that inhabit DCUM. We have seen the sacrifices you make for my two sons and it is appreciated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

Nope. Even good teachers are copping out on Monday because FCPS allows them too. Of course they’d work if they had to. Mondays are total BS and it is angering and sad.

And your comment is why the next time a kid asks for a recommendation during winter break the night before it is due, I will say “no.” You have no idea how many weekends and vacations I have given to my job.

I thought this was a nice community when I moved here four years ago. Reading DCUM and experiencing the ingratitude of parents has made me feel differently.

Stay strong! It is a small, vocal minority of parents that inhabit DCUM. We have seen the sacrifices you make for my two sons and it is appreciated.

This. DUCUM is not representative of all FCPS parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is impossible to be a working parent of young children with these Mondays. I can't get anything done. Kids are fighting and screaming and have nothing to do. DH is at work (as in not in the home). We can't afford any other type of care. How can they call this a proper school day? They have nothing to do. (1st and 4th).

I had a similar day today, had several telephone conferences with kids in the background fighting and screaming. I wish they would be closed on Mondays and we could do camp. Asking my children to do work independently is mission impossible.