Deal comment?

[Anonymous]

Based on new guidelines- do you think Deal will return to in person learning for all or most students in the Fall? Some comments I just read point to the mess happening right now. Deal parents what are your thoughts?

[Anonymous]

The only way it will happen is if DCPS forces Neal to fully reopen for full time IPL, 5 days per week. Neal has been clear that she doesn't want to reopen at all, so she delivered the worst possible plan only when DCPS forced her to get more kids back. Many parents complained about her refusal to reopen to her higher ups, which is the only reason there's even a sliver of IPL on the table right now. She's really not on the same page as the majority of Deal parents, and now she's digging in her heels and refusing to find a way to reopen more meaningfully. She's created a very us vs them environment and fractured the school community. I don't see her really trying to reopen unless absolutely forced to do so.

[Anonymous]

You do realize every single DCPS middle school has the exact same plan, right? You can blame Deal all you want but it’s all the same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do realize every single DCPS middle school has the exact same plan, right? You can blame Deal all you want but it’s all the same

I would be surprised to learn that every middle school has kids coming in one time a week to do 2 distanced learning classes and no in person instruction. But I can’t say I’ve researched it.

[Anonymous]

Why would anyone think any school has the exact same plan? It seems like every plan is specific to grade level AND school. So you can't even compare plans within a school.

"You do realize...."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do realize every single DCPS middle school has the exact same plan, right? You can blame Deal all you want but it’s all the same

Do you realize that Deal is 3x larger than the next biggest middle school?

[Anonymous]

I think there is absolutely no path to all or most students returning to the school full-time in the fall. When teachers contracts end on June 20 something, they are gone until in service in August. If there is not some expanded IPL plan in place, even tentatively, by the time school ends this year best case scenario will be more of what is about to happen. Whatever Neal supports will continue to be around the needs of the teachers. It would be better to announce everybody comes back now so teachers will quit if they don't want to come back and Deal can start hiring now.

Honestly the best thing for the school would be to get someone in there helping to get the school open that has done something like it before.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I think Deal is in person in the Fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only way it will happen is if DCPS forces Neal to fully reopen for full time IPL, 5 days per week. Neal has been clear that she doesn't want to reopen at all, so she delivered the worst possible plan only when DCPS forced her to get more kids back. Many parents complained about her refusal to reopen to her higher ups, which is the only reason there's even a sliver of IPL on the table right now. She's really not on the same page as the majority of Deal parents, and now she's digging in her heels and refusing to find a way to reopen more meaningfully. She's created a very us vs them environment and fractured the school community. I don't see her really trying to reopen unless absolutely forced to do so.

Neal said they are coming back in the Fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only way it will happen is if DCPS forces Neal to fully reopen for full time IPL, 5 days per week. Neal has been clear that she doesn't want to reopen at all, so she delivered the worst possible plan only when DCPS forced her to get more kids back. Many parents complained about her refusal to reopen to her higher ups, which is the only reason there's even a sliver of IPL on the table right now. She's really not on the same page as the majority of Deal parents, and now she's digging in her heels and refusing to find a way to reopen more meaningfully. She's created a very us vs them environment and fractured the school community. I don't see her really trying to reopen unless absolutely forced to do so.

Neal said they are coming back in the Fall.

She said it because she is saying what the Chancellor is saying to her not because she necessarily believes it. It's like when you disagree with your boss but you know you have to toe the line or potentially lose your job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only way it will happen is if DCPS forces Neal to fully reopen for full time IPL, 5 days per week. Neal has been clear that she doesn't want to reopen at all, so she delivered the worst possible plan only when DCPS forced her to get more kids back. Many parents complained about her refusal to reopen to her higher ups, which is the only reason there's even a sliver of IPL on the table right now. She's really not on the same page as the majority of Deal parents, and now she's digging in her heels and refusing to find a way to reopen more meaningfully. She's created a very us vs them environment and fractured the school community. I don't see her really trying to reopen unless absolutely forced to do so.

Neal said they are coming back in the Fall.

She said it because she is saying what the Chancellor is saying to her not because she necessarily believes it. It's like when you disagree with your boss but you know you have to toe the line or potentially lose your job.

I thought she was emphasizing that to appease the nutty aggressive parents to say it is going to happen with authority. The parents are insane type A folks that needed to be reassured.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You do realize every single DCPS middle school has the exact same plan, right? You can blame Deal all you want but it’s all the same

I would be surprised to learn that every middle school has kids coming in one time a week to do 2 distanced learning classes and no in person instruction. But I can’t say I’ve researched it.

The city is not allowing Middle Schools to open more than this. See below and write to your elected representatives:

The Washington Post reports about Middle and High Schools that "the D.C. guidance says that these older students should still maintain six feet of social distancing if students are switching classes during the day while there is “substantial community spread.” D.C. meets the substantial community spread threshold, but the school system has said it will not allow students to switch classes and mix cohorts this academic year. Because students will be in strict cohorts they need to maintain only three feet of social distancing."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/mar...b-9423-04079921c915_story.html

The city deliberately took the path of three feet distancing that forces middle schools to stay closed, because class switching is not allowed. It needs to change to six feet distancing WITH class switching in accordance with OSSE guidance and surrounding school districts, which are offering up to ten times as much in-person instruction for every student (e.g. MCPS, FCPS and Arlington).

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The only way it will happen is if DCPS forces Neal to fully reopen for full time IPL, 5 days per week. Neal has been clear that she doesn't want to reopen at all, so she delivered the worst possible plan only when DCPS forced her to get more kids back. Many parents complained about her refusal to reopen to her higher ups, which is the only reason there's even a sliver of IPL on the table right now. She's really not on the same page as the majority of Deal parents, and now she's digging in her heels and refusing to find a way to reopen more meaningfully. She's created a very us vs them environment and fractured the school community. I don't see her really trying to reopen unless absolutely forced to do so.

Neal said they are coming back in the Fall.

She said it because she is saying what the Chancellor is saying to her not because she necessarily believes it. It's like when you disagree with your boss but you know you have to toe the line or potentially lose your job.

I thought she was emphasizing that to appease the nutty aggressive parents to say it is going to happen with authority. The parents are insane type A folks that needed to be reassured.

Wanting in-person school does make one "insane type A". Almost all of America is back in-person including most large urban districts.
My other child's DC private school is bringing back al 600 kids for FULL in person learning next week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only way it will happen is if DCPS forces Neal to fully reopen for full time IPL, 5 days per week. Neal has been clear that she doesn't want to reopen at all, so she delivered the worst possible plan only when DCPS forced her to get more kids back. Many parents complained about her refusal to reopen to her higher ups, which is the only reason there's even a sliver of IPL on the table right now. She's really not on the same page as the majority of Deal parents, and now she's digging in her heels and refusing to find a way to reopen more meaningfully. She's created a very us vs them environment and fractured the school community. I don't see her really trying to reopen unless absolutely forced to do so.

This does not represent the perspective of any parents I know at Deal. The only people creating an us-vs-them mentality that I can see are the parents who post stuff like this. It's incredibly personal and inappropriate.

I believe Deal will be back full time in the fall, because I believe DCPS as a whole will be back full-time in the fall. This poster assigns Ms. Neal a lot more power than she actually has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only way it will happen is if DCPS forces Neal to fully reopen for full time IPL, 5 days per week. Neal has been clear that she doesn't want to reopen at all, so she delivered the worst possible plan only when DCPS forced her to get more kids back. Many parents complained about her refusal to reopen to her higher ups, which is the only reason there's even a sliver of IPL on the table right now. She's really not on the same page as the majority of Deal parents, and now she's digging in her heels and refusing to find a way to reopen more meaningfully. She's created a very us vs them environment and fractured the school community. I don't see her really trying to reopen unless absolutely forced to do so.

Neal said they are coming back in the Fall.

She said it because she is saying what the Chancellor is saying to her not because she necessarily believes it. It's like when you disagree with your boss but you know you have to toe the line or potentially lose your job.

This. There's no plan in place to get Deal students back for actual IPL (not this bs plan Deal is rolling out on the 26th).