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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I empathize with you about simulcast, but DCPS has already committed to providing DL in the fall, and it has already declined to create a distance wide academy in it's budget, so the only way to offer DL in schools is committing classroom teachers to DL only. This serves the teachers union because the ADA accommodations can continue and simulcast is more work. However it does not serve children well. With this system a child cannot switch to an in-person classroom during the year. DL parents need flexibility to switch to IPL. Ever other school district in the DC area (eg MCPS FCPS and Arlington is using simulcast.nalso every private I have heard of. [/quote]

Why would anyone want simulcasting rather than dedicating teachers for DL within a school?[/quote]

Imagine you dedicate a classroom to DL, and there are two other in person classrooms on that grade level. Then imagine ten have selected DL making for classrooms of 30 each in the IPL classrooms. The IPL classrooms have to do hybrid with at risk and ell children possibly given prioirty. This is probably  why DCPS will not commit to five full days of IPL in the fall, because with this model they cannot make that commitment. This model creates room for dc to give out ADA accommodations. It also makes it impossible or difficult for those in the DL classroom to switch to IPL during the year. Friends in privates say that simulcast works fine. No it is not ideal but it is better than the alternative that is being planned. If DC were going to create a virtual academy that would be in the budget and planning would need to take place. Furthermore DME said that this would "degrade" DL students relationship with their neighborhood schools. DCPS has already told schools that DL will be offered.[/quote]

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