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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn’t 94% of teachers in union vote No Confidence i her? That is a 6% Rotten Tomatoes score. Not good. Very very bad.[/quote]

I wonder how much of this no-confidence vote is due to the changing stories and poor communication?  Most teachers I know IRL are in favor of the schools remaining open, but have voiced frustration with how it has been handled.  MCPS should have stuck with the original story of not going virtual unless directed by the state rather than coming up with an arbitrary percentage and color coding system.  [/quote]

This is exactly it. It's not about staying in-person, [b]it's about a lack of a plan and lack of clear and transparent communication[/b]. What's happening right now is pure chaos. That might not be  the experience in every school, but it's widespread. It's astonishing to me that people are ok with this level of dysfunction and incompetence, and it seems to be more an indicator of concerns about going virtual, than a clear-eyed look at what is happening right now and how this administration is handling the crisis.[/quote]

In my experience many of those saying they want a plan want one so they can criticize it and argue for virtual. Look, MCPS is operating in a context of a changing virus, lack of testing, lack of clear guidance from so-called experts. Sometimes good leadership is committing to a goal (keeping schools open) and moving forward while making the best of a bad situation. I'm not sure what you think has been so chaotic. Some disruptions to a bus schedule?

It turns out not surprisingly there was a lot of hysteria in late December and early January from the pro-virtual crowd. The debate about virtual should just be shut down. We should not be having this debate next fall or winter.

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If people are getting seriously ill and we have 20% of the school population infected then it will be unrealistic to avoid debate about virtual.

[b]The virtual debate did not come during the last surge.[/b]

Talking about next year's fall or spring in the current context does not make any sense.[/quote]

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