APS Teachers In School for only one week of prep

[Anonymous]

In Durans email tonight he said that teachers are going in for a week now to prep and then will go back to teaching from home because he doesn’t have return dates yet for any grade. Anyone else think this will get pushed back and we’re talking March at the earliest? I also thought that originally he meant teachers had to teach from school permanently once they go back end of Jan/early Feb. Glad it was changed. No need for teachers to be there if students aren’t.

[Anonymous]

I have read the email a few times and am still trying to figure out what he means. Does this seems like a change from what he announced last week at the SB meeting?

[Anonymous]

I don’t think it makes a ton of sense to have us go in for a week then back home until whenever they decide to bring students in. Our principal told us that bringing us back before students is largely to calm angry parents who think we are at Starbucks during the day. I don’t think a week is going to satisfy them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it makes a ton of sense to have us go in for a week then back home until whenever they decide to bring students in. Our principal told us that bringing us back before students is largely to calm angry parents who think we are at Starbucks during the day. I don’t think a week is going to satisfy them.

Your principal sounds like a jackass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it makes a ton of sense to have us go in for a week then back home until whenever they decide to bring students in. Our principal told us that bringing us back before students is largely to calm angry parents who think we are at Starbucks during the day. I don’t think a week is going to satisfy them.

Your principal sounds like a jackass.

Sounds like she knows what’s up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it makes a ton of sense to have us go in for a week then back home until whenever they decide to bring students in. Our principal told us that bringing us back before students is largely to calm angry parents who think we are at Starbucks during the day. I don’t think a week is going to satisfy them.

What school?

[Anonymous]

It does sound like a change based on my reading of the email, but I have no inside information. I imagine it does have something to do with appeasing parents who want to see some steps taking to move toward opening. Didn’t they have two days to set up classrooms randomly in the fall, probably for the same reason? I picked hybrid for my kids, but also emailed the superintendent and the board to ask them to wait a few weeks for teachers to get the first vaccine. I want my kids back in the classroom, but I don’t need it to be right this very second when cases are soaring and a vaccine is almost here. I would still send my kids in right now if it were an option though! I don’t care at all if teachers teach from home. It makes sense that they should have a few days lead on the students coming in to the classroom, but that doesn’t seem imminent, so I’m glad they are limiting it to one week for the teachers sake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it makes a ton of sense to have us go in for a week then back home until whenever they decide to bring students in. Our principal told us that bringing us back before students is largely to calm angry parents who think we are at Starbucks during the day. I don’t think a week is going to satisfy them.

What school?

No school, pp is lying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it makes a ton of sense to have us go in for a week then back home until whenever they decide to bring students in. Our principal told us that bringing us back before students is largely to calm angry parents who think we are at Starbucks during the day. I don’t think a week is going to satisfy them.

Your principal sounds like a jackass.

Our principal does not think that is what is happening. They were reporting what the school board is hearing from parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it makes a ton of sense to have us go in for a week then back home until whenever they decide to bring students in. Our principal told us that bringing us back before students is largely to calm angry parents who think we are at Starbucks during the day. I don’t think a week is going to satisfy them.

What school?

No school, pp is lying.

^^ angry parent who thinks teachers are at Starbucks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It does sound like a change based on my reading of the email, but I have no inside information. I imagine it does have something to do with appeasing parents who want to see some steps taking to move toward opening. Didn’t they have two days to set up classrooms randomly in the fall, probably for the same reason? I picked hybrid for my kids, but also emailed the superintendent and the board to ask them to wait a few weeks for teachers to get the first vaccine. I want my kids back in the classroom, but I don’t need it to be right this very second when cases are soaring and a vaccine is almost here. I would still send my kids in right now if it were an option though! I don’t care at all if teachers teach from home. It makes sense that they should have a few days lead on the students coming in to the classroom, but that doesn’t seem imminent, so I’m glad they are limiting it to one week for the teachers sake.

They were planning on sending Prek-2, additional sped and CTE back on the 25th to teach from the building until students returned. Now it will be a week of teaching from school, then teachers will be back at home until students return.

[Anonymous]

I get going in a week or two before students are back in school, but this seems like a fruitless exercise to figure out movement in hallways etc. They might mot be back until March and these plans will be forgotten by then.

[Anonymous]

Any chance this means the plans to move 3-5 to the concurrent model are on hold too? Maybe if they wait until teachers get vaccinated, they will have enough to keep them hybrid.

[Anonymous]

It’s not even for the week. It’s what will be your in person days. For PreK-2, that’s 2 days. For 3-5 it’s either 2 or 4 days depending on hybrid numbers per school. So it’s 2 days and you’ll need to teach those 2 days. It’s a total waste.

[Anonymous]

Good. I am glad they are not bringing them back permanently at this point. Get them vaccinated and get these cases down first. March is looking good. Montgomery County just voted to return March 15. Of course, they haven’t abandoned metrics altogether like APS.