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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just filled out that survey (and now understand why everyone was complaining—what horribly worded questions). I said that if they go with 100% DL as the only option then any family should be able to opt out of school for 2020-2021 without having to homeschool. Their children should then enter the 2021-2022 in whatever grade they should have been in during the 2020-2021 year.

I don’t need my kid to be babysat. But I do need her to learn. I am incapable of homeschooling her, and MCPS is incapable of providing her with an education via 100% DL. [/quote]

That's interesting. We found the DL to be a lot better use of time than their regular in-person program. [/quote]

That’s great! You should certainly have the option to enroll next year for 100% DL, and I think you will on the off-chance that there is any in-person instruction.

My daughter was in 2nd grade last year, and it was awful for her. Essentially it was a half hour to say a quick hello to her class with no academic instruction, and then a half hour video later in the day from either Benchmark and Eureka. She was really disengaged and I ended up having to opt her out of DL before the end of the year. If public health officials say that schools need to be closed next year for in-person instruction, then for her it basically means a lost year. If that’s the case then parents like me who don’t want the DL should have the option of deferring the grade for the year. That is not without challenges—she is already among the oldest in her class with a fall bday, so she might be close to 2 years older than some kids when she does start back up. But given these extraordinary times, it should be an option for parents of distance learning is the only way to keep kids, teachers, and staff safe. [/quote]

How can you complain about lost time when you pulled your child out early?[/quote]

Because she got nothing out of it. We did it for 2 months. She was miserable and got nothing academically out of it.

I don’t have a problem with their going to 100% DL next year as long as three are fine with letting families opt out and completely, letting them pick back up the following year at the grade level they should have been in for 2020-2021.  But I’m not going to send my kid into a situation in which she is miserable and learning nothing again. That is not providing an education to her. Families that found DL effective (and some in HS seem to be saying that it was) can you forward with it. But it was a failure for my ES kid, and I’m not going to repeat that.[/quote]

The hope is that they will improve distance learning this Fall.  I have heard they are making significant changes to the program.  Efforts should be made to push the county to improve their distance learning (more live Zooms, more interactive with their teachers).  I heard they will not be having those same pre-recorded Eureka videos this year.  [/quote]

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