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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was a sample schedule for upper grades released by our principal, with a total listed as 4 hours of synchronous instruction.

10:00-11:15: Morning Meeting/LA
11:15-12:00 Science/Social Studies
LUNCH
12:30-1:30 Math instruction
BREAK
1:45-2:45 or 2:50-3:50 Specials

The assumption was that kids would do assignments after their synchronous time had completed as well.

OP, sounds like your school is choosing to do less than they could.[/quote]

Our kids might be at the same ES.  During the meeting, he said that this is the sort of schedule that a group of principals had gotten together and developed (as a rough outline), so maybe there will be a bunch of ES with  similar schedules.  [/quote]

WHY on earth is it allowable during this highly stressful time to individualize schools and the amount and time dedicated to a curriculum?  
Principals in cohort with grade level staff, should collaborate and submit to FCPS admin a schedule per grade level to be applied to ALL students in the same grade across all schools - especially ES.  Then FCPS chooses the best model and blankets it by mandate across schools of the same level.  This would alleviate parent panic and alleviate teachers or principals from having to create their own wheel.  Kindergarten looks like this, 1st grade will look exactly like this, etc etc - absolutely standardized across all FCPS schools.  Allow teachers to plan how they will teach what is required in each given time slot per subject to best education the child.  This should not be school specific - one school doing the minimum, one school out performing another.     [/quote]

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