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[quote=Anonymous]The FCPS school choice paperwork stated that each student in upper elementary would receive 3.5 hours of instruction, Monday-Thursday.

Our principal described a typical "virtual learning" day as this:

9:30-9:50 morning meeting

950-10:10: language arts lesson

10:10--teacher holds small reading groups. if it's not your child's reading group day, he goes offline and does work independently

11:10-break for teacher

11:25-Math lesson for 15 minutes

11:40: small group for math--if its not your child's day, he goes off and do their own math work independently

12-1 break for lunch

1-130: specials with a special teacher

1:30: 15 minutes science or social studies lesson (one or the other)

teacher office hours, but not every day.

Is my math wrong or is this nowhere near 3.5 hours of instruction for every kid each day? Even if your child had both reading and math group, that's still nowhere near 3.5 hours?
[b]Is this what everyone else expected[/b]? I honestly don't know what I expected, except that there would be 3.5 hours of instruction that was stated in the planning document. The planning document stated instruction, and then after the instructional day, students would complete schoolwork independently. Here the students are doing the work during the instructional time. Am I confused?

For younger children, a parent will have to be nearby to supervise/help with the independent work and log in/log off multiple times. [/quote]

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