Capitol Hill elementary schools reopening plans

[Anonymous]

What does your Hill school reopening look like? Would love to know what grades are returning for in person (was pre-K included or just K-5) and if it’s just 50% of kids or everyone who wants a spot (hybrid model)?

[Anonymous]

SWS is only reopening in person for K-4. Only 1/2 3rd grade class will reopen and only 10 kids per class, the rest are virtual.

[Anonymous]

CHML has no plan (that’s been revealed to parents at least)

[Anonymous]

LT is a complicated hodgepodge that differs from grade to grade. PK4 and 3rd get you a virtual guarantee of return for at least 2 days a week if you want... whereas K has 80%+ of respondents say they wanted in person (well over a majority even if all non-responses were counted as virtuals) and is sending back less than 1/3rs of students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LT is a complicated hodgepodge that differs from grade to grade. PK4 and 3rd get you a virtual guarantee of return for at least 2 days a week if you want... whereas K has 80%+ of respondents say they wanted in person (well over a majority even if all non-responses were counted as virtuals) and is sending back less than 1/3rs of students.

Is the difference because of staff availability?

For K-5, are the kids going back 2 days a week (hybrid)?

[Anonymous]

What ever the plan - it has to be better than - 1/2 day - either morning or afternoon - but sibling may or may not be on the same schedule

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What ever the plan - it has to be better than - 1/2 day - either morning or afternoon - but sibling may or may not be on the same schedule

Ahhh! I'd recognize that Maury plan anywhere!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LT is a complicated hodgepodge that differs from grade to grade. PK4 and 3rd get you a virtual guarantee of return for at least 2 days a week if you want... whereas K has 80%+ of respondents say they wanted in person (well over a majority even if all non-responses were counted as virtuals) and is sending back less than 1/3rs of students.

Is the difference because of staff availability?

For K-5, are the kids going back 2 days a week (hybrid)?

No, it’s really a total mix. PK3 is 2 classes of 8 going back 4 days/week with some sort of simulcasting for the rest of those 2 classes and 1 all virtual class. PK4 is 2 classes going back split in half one week in person/one week remote, so 40 of 54ish can go in person. One class stays remote. K the teachers apparently refused to see 2 cohorts, so it’s 10 kids in each of two classes going back 4 days with 10 kids simulcast all the time; one all virtual. 1st has only one teacher returning with 11 kids. The other kids in her class will be split between 2 all virtual classes that will be enormous now. I can’t remember all of the upper grades, but 3rd allows everyone who wants to to go back on a hybrid basis. 5th is only an 11 person CARES class setup with afternoon in person IEP and tutoring support.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LT is a complicated hodgepodge that differs from grade to grade. PK4 and 3rd get you a virtual guarantee of return for at least 2 days a week if you want... whereas K has 80%+ of respondents say they wanted in person (well over a majority even if all non-responses were counted as virtuals) and is sending back less than 1/3rs of students.

Is the difference because of staff availability?

For K-5, are the kids going back 2 days a week (hybrid)?

No, it’s really a total mix. PK3 is 2 classes of 8 going back 4 days/week with some sort of simulcasting for the rest of those 2 classes and 1 all virtual class. PK4 is 2 classes going back split in half one week in person/one week remote, so 40 of 54ish can go in person. One class stays remote. K the teachers apparently refused to see 2 cohorts, so it’s 10 kids in each of two classes going back 4 days with 10 kids simulcast all the time; one all virtual. 1st has only one teacher returning with 11 kids. The other kids in her class will be split between 2 all virtual classes that will be enormous now. I can’t remember all of the upper grades, but 3rd allows everyone who wants to to go back on a hybrid basis. 5th is only an 11 person CARES class setup with afternoon in person IEP and tutoring support.

4th grade is only 11 back in person (29+ indicated in person preference). One teacher who teaches all subjects.

We also have a 1st grader and there are only 11 slots for the 38+ kids that want to go back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LT is a complicated hodgepodge that differs from grade to grade. PK4 and 3rd get you a virtual guarantee of return for at least 2 days a week if you want... whereas K has 80%+ of respondents say they wanted in person (well over a majority even if all non-responses were counted as virtuals) and is sending back less than 1/3rs of students.

Is the difference because of staff availability?

For K-5, are the kids going back 2 days a week (hybrid)?

No, it’s really a total mix. PK3 is 2 classes of 8 going back 4 days/week with some sort of simulcasting for the rest of those 2 classes and 1 all virtual class. PK4 is 2 classes going back split in half one week in person/one week remote, so 40 of 54ish can go in person. One class stays remote. K the teachers apparently refused to see 2 cohorts, so it’s 10 kids in each of two classes going back 4 days with 10 kids simulcast all the time; one all virtual. 1st has only one teacher returning with 11 kids. The other kids in her class will be split between 2 all virtual classes that will be enormous now. I can’t remember all of the upper grades, but 3rd allows everyone who wants to to go back on a hybrid basis. 5th is only an 11 person CARES class setup with afternoon in person IEP and tutoring support.

4th grade is only 11 back in person (29+ indicated in person preference). One teacher who teaches all subjects.

We also have a 1st grader and there are only 11 slots for the 38+ kids that want to go back.

Yeah, 1st is the worst, but K is almost as bad. K had over 80% of respondents say they wanted to go back and instead it’s 20 out of 64ish... Even though it could be 40 if two K teachers hadn’t just unilaterally refused and the principal seemingly just caved to it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What ever the plan - it has to be better than - 1/2 day - either morning or afternoon - but sibling may or may not be on the same schedule

Ahhh! I'd recognize that Maury plan anywhere!

What percentage of students at Maury will get an in-person spot? It seems that there are families at all DC schools who will want a spot but not be able to get one.

[Anonymous]

What about Brent, Tyler, Miner, Maury??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:LT is a complicated hodgepodge that differs from grade to grade. PK4 and 3rd get you a virtual guarantee of return for at least 2 days a week if you want... whereas K has 80%+ of respondents say they wanted in person (well over a majority even if all non-responses were counted as virtuals) and is sending back less than 1/3rs of students.

Is the difference because of staff availability?

For K-5, are the kids going back 2 days a week (hybrid)?

No, it’s really a total mix. PK3 is 2 classes of 8 going back 4 days/week with some sort of simulcasting for the rest of those 2 classes and 1 all virtual class. PK4 is 2 classes going back split in half one week in person/one week remote, so 40 of 54ish can go in person. One class stays remote. K the teachers apparently refused to see 2 cohorts, so it’s 10 kids in each of two classes going back 4 days with 10 kids simulcast all the time; one all virtual. 1st has only one teacher returning with 11 kids. The other kids in her class will be split between 2 all virtual classes that will be enormous now. I can’t remember all of the upper grades, but 3rd allows everyone who wants to to go back on a hybrid basis. 5th is only an 11 person CARES class setup with afternoon in person IEP and tutoring support.

4th grade is only 11 back in person (29+ indicated in person preference). One teacher who teaches all subjects.

We also have a 1st grader and there are only 11 slots for the 38+ kids that want to go back.

Yeah, 1st is the worst, but K is almost as bad. K had over 80% of respondents say they wanted to go back and instead it’s 20 out of 64ish... Even though it could be 40 if two K teachers hadn’t just unilaterally refused and the principal seemingly just caved to it.

Are you sure they refused? Or is this another example of they would have qualified for leave but they would have been out two teachers so she just kept them virtual.

[Anonymous]

Brent started in-person classes with teachers for 5th, 4th, and K, and ECE in November and added two 1st grade classes and a 2nd grade class last week. Each class has a different schedule based on parent surveys. For the most part, classes are staying together with their teacher unless someone declines a spot, then it is offered to someone in a class that is staying virtual. My understanding is that the goal is to have a class for each grade back by the end of term 2. All of the teachers that are back right now have volunteered to be in-person and the school has been communicating all of the safety measures that they are taking and that they require from each of the families.

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Anonymous wrote:LT is a complicated hodgepodge that differs from grade to grade. PK4 and 3rd get you a virtual guarantee of return for at least 2 days a week if you want... whereas K has 80%+ of respondents say they wanted in person (well over a majority even if all non-responses were counted as virtuals) and is sending back less than 1/3rs of students.

Is the difference because of staff availability?

For K-5, are the kids going back 2 days a week (hybrid)?

No, it’s really a total mix. PK3 is 2 classes of 8 going back 4 days/week with some sort of simulcasting for the rest of those 2 classes and 1 all virtual class. PK4 is 2 classes going back split in half one week in person/one week remote, so 40 of 54ish can go in person. One class stays remote. K the teachers apparently refused to see 2 cohorts, so it’s 10 kids in each of two classes going back 4 days with 10 kids simulcast all the time; one all virtual. 1st has only one teacher returning with 11 kids. The other kids in her class will be split between 2 all virtual classes that will be enormous now. I can’t remember all of the upper grades, but 3rd allows everyone who wants to to go back on a hybrid basis. 5th is only an 11 person CARES class setup with afternoon in person IEP and tutoring support.

4th grade is only 11 back in person (29+ indicated in person preference). One teacher who teaches all subjects.

We also have a 1st grader and there are only 11 slots for the 38+ kids that want to go back.

Yeah, 1st is the worst, but K is almost as bad. K had over 80% of respondents say they wanted to go back and instead it’s 20 out of 64ish... Even though it could be 40 if two K teachers hadn’t just unilaterally refused and the principal seemingly just caved to it.

Are you sure they refused? Or is this another example of they would have qualified for leave but they would have been out two teachers so she just kept them virtual.

I'm sure. They are going back in person, just refused to do Model D v Model B because they didn't want the exposure to the extra cohort of kids. (They are both young and childless. Obviously I know nothing about other health issues.)