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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one like simulcast. No one is/was advocating for it.  Even Ted Cruz probably doesn't like it.  Or AOC.  Can we move on from that?[/quote]

I mean, the union supporter speaking here brought up that they would have liked simulcast.  S/he was doing that to trash Bowser, despite it being a thing that the WTU opposed.  That's why we were talking about it.[/quote]

Except, the WTU negotiated a stipend for us if we had to simulcast, so we didn’t totally oppose it. We don’t like it, but we would have preferred to teach our kids rather than have them sit home for days with no content[/quote]

I'm sorry why couldn't you deliver content, to kids that were quarantined due to DC following CDC guidance?  No packets, even?[/quote]

DP/parent here.  Creating packets for one or two kids is different than large scale teaching both in-person and remote at the same time.  If Bowser had put money towards staffing up for the challenge then that might have worked well, but nope. 
Even something creative, like assistant teachers to help the main teachers manage logistics.  I don't even know what Bowser did with the extra COVID money?  Glossy flyers tooting her own horn?[/quote]

Right, generally less than half of kids in a class are in quarantine.  So one would think they could have packets, as the union opposed simulcasting.  You're saying Bowser needed to put money toward generating packets, e.g., through TAs?  I get that there are resource constraints (also in the form that there doesn't seem to be anyone to hire).

Also, did no one apply to the covid coordinator jobs?  I do wonder what part of this is just not having the supply to hire (granting that DCPS seems very slow at hiring/clearing volunteers).  What are the skill sets for "covid coordinators"?[/quote]

I would expect something more by way of staffing to deal with a combination of in-person and distance learning.  You don't get something for nothing, and that split is an added burden (at least if you want to try to do it well).  So yeah, more staffing or paid overtime.  I'd ask the principals and teachers what they need to be successful.[/quote]

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