WHY aren't our children being educated on Mondays?

[Anonymous]

I truly don't understand why FCPS decided being virtual means they don't have to teach *hit on Mondays. How do they justify this? Seriously want to know.

[Anonymous]

Your school doesn’t have asynchronous work? That’s odd.

[Anonymous]

+1,000 I would be far less frustrated, if our kids received 5 full days of teacher-led instruction, whether virtual or in-person. I just want them to receive a FT education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your school doesn’t have asynchronous work? That’s odd.

are you joking??? asynchronous work is code for "teacher wants to sleep."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your school doesn’t have asynchronous work? That’s odd.

are you joking??? asynchronous work is code for "teacher wants to sleep."

LOL

[Anonymous]

my mildly overachieving kid finishes all her work early every day, therefore she is done at least an hour before school officially ends, and all the asynchronous work assigned on Mondays are old assignments that she's already completed. so, yes, I agree - Mondays are ENTIRELY void of education in our case.

[Anonymous]

You mean homework? Yes, my kid has a pile of homework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I truly don't understand why FCPS decided being virtual means they don't have to teach *hit on Mondays. How do they justify this? Seriously want to know.

Well I'll give you the brief highlights since this topic has been covered countless times. Teacher still need time to attend meetings and plan for virtual instruction. Many teachers, especially in elementary, have shortened planning blocks because specials went from 60 minutes to 30 minutes.

The county decided to use Monday for that day since Monday was already one of the most frequently missed days due to holidays and other events. Some parents applauded this decision because they did not want their students to be on computers in Virtual Learning 5 days a week. Other parents appeared very distressed that their students would be missing 20% of the education.

One of the most problematic issues with both parents and teachers is that Mondays don't seem to be standardized across the county. Some teachers use the half day to meet with their students and give them differentiated instruction while other teachers just use it as a asynchronous day.

I hope this helped you catch up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your school doesn’t have asynchronous work? That’s odd.

Ours does, and it’s not teaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your school doesn’t have asynchronous work? That’s odd.

are you joking??? asynchronous work is code for "teacher wants to sleep."

LOL

I also thought that was funny because Mondays are my busiest day. I often have two to three meetings and use a large chunk of that time for grading and to plan for the week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I truly don't understand why FCPS decided being virtual means they don't have to teach *hit on Mondays. How do they justify this? Seriously want to know.

Well I'll give you the brief highlights since this topic has been covered countless times. Teacher still need time to attend meetings and plan for virtual instruction. Many teachers, especially in elementary, have shortened planning blocks because specials went from 60 minutes to 30 minutes.

The county decided to use Monday for that day since Monday was already one of the most frequently missed days due to holidays and other events. Some parents applauded this decision because they did not want their students to be on computers in Virtual Learning 5 days a week. Other parents appeared very distressed that their students would be missing 20% of the education.

One of the most problematic issues with both parents and teachers is that Mondays don't seem to be standardized across the county. Some teachers use the half day to meet with their students and give them differentiated instruction while other teachers just use it as a asynchronous day.

I hope this helped you catch up.

it still doesn't explain why 5 day of in-person instruction manifests to 4 days of (sometimes) full instruction and 1 day of "catch up on all your already-assigned work." that rewards the slacking students and that's really failing the kids who consistently keep up and want to be educated.

[Anonymous]

In MoCo we reserve Wednesday’s for no work. The teachers don’t even pretend to give work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I truly don't understand why FCPS decided being virtual means they don't have to teach *hit on Mondays. How do they justify this? Seriously want to know.

Well I'll give you the brief highlights since this topic has been covered countless times. Teacher still need time to attend meetings and plan for virtual instruction. Many teachers, especially in elementary, have shortened planning blocks because specials went from 60 minutes to 30 minutes.

The county decided to use Monday for that day since Monday was already one of the most frequently missed days due to holidays and other events. Some parents applauded this decision because they did not want their students to be on computers in Virtual Learning 5 days a week. Other parents appeared very distressed that their students would be missing 20% of the education.

One of the most problematic issues with both parents and teachers is that Mondays don't seem to be standardized across the county. Some teachers use the half day to meet with their students and give them differentiated instruction while other teachers just use it as a asynchronous day.

I hope this helped you catch up.

I think this poster is right. There is so much variance from teacher to teacher, it is confusing to parents.

[Anonymous]

No education at our FCPS school on Mondays. Whatever the teachers do all day doesn’t involve any of my 3 dc. Two of them never even meet in small groups any day of the week. Why? Who knows.

[Anonymous]

Serious question:

How much education is actually occurring on other days of the week? (And not just during Covid times)

Public school is a joke. Maybe 30 minutes of actual learning occurs on any given school day. The rest of the time is spent greeting one another, organizing in groups or lines for one reason or another, managing behavior problems in the class, and working independently while waiting for the teacher to finally spend time with your small group.

Public school is daycare at this point. Who the hell gives a d*mn about Mondays?