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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two kids in middle school in APS. Many teachers between them. None of these issues. Sometimes they can’t find a link or have a submission issue.  They work it  out with their teacher. All of them have been responsive. I don’t get involved with Canvas and only check grades and missing assignments on ParentVue   We’ve had no major issues like I am reading about here.  Are we just lucky or are there a vocal few on here?[/quote]

You are lucky.  Having spoken with parents at several different schools in APS (ES, MS, HS) this has not been consistent.  Some parents have felt like it went pretty well or at least okay (IME, parents who have been able to dedicate A LOT of time to making it work) but the majority I have spoken to would say they have had major issues.  And perhaps unlike the average DCUM-er I am including parents who don't speak English at home, whose kids get free lunch, who can't WFH, whose kids have IEPs/504s...have yet to hear one say that this has been a decent year.[/quote]

Middles school parent. 2 kids. Both parent work full time.  Have devoted no time to making this work for my kids, other than struggling with tech in the first week. Both have As and Bs. Both have worked with teachers during office hours and async times (on their days at home and in school) to fix tech or academic issues.  Doesn’t feel that different. I acknowledge that many families have struggled.  But I am surprised how this forum seems to have no one else reporting that it was fine with minimal parent involvement.  Elementary would be a nightmare. But middle and high? I guess we are just at a great school with great teachers.  [/quote]

I guess so!  Or you have great kids?  Or all of the above?  I was not trying to argue with you, just saying that I have talked to folks with kids at various schools throughout the year and most have echoed what I have seen/experienced: that even for MS kids who were pretty high -achieving before this, it's been rough.  For parents whose kids *weren't* doing well before this, it's been awful.  I suspect there are kids and families for whom this year would have been fine or even great, regardless--the kids are super-motivated, they got really engaging teachers, they were adept with the tech or had responsive teachers who helped with trouble-shooting--there are many ways I could have seen this working for kids whose parents couldn't/didn't offer extra support and all of that is great.  But it is not what I have heard from a cross-section of APS parents.  I wish there some consistency across APS.  When I hear Bridget Loft talk about how the teachers are reaching out to kids with Ds and Es (they even dedicated extra days to asynchronous for this stated purpose) I have to wonder what I'm missing because *at this moment* my MS kid has failing grades in more than one class and the "outreach" is zero.  My MS kid's teachers often *all host office hours at the same time* so there isn't an option to do more than one class.  If we can pull off no failing grades by the end of school I will be thrilled. [/quote]

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