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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was sent from the principal of Poolesville High School.  Sounds like supervised virtual.  
 
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[i] While much is still left to be decided, it is important to understand that the students’ experiences in the building will not look the same as it did before the pandemic.  We are so excited at the prospect of welcoming our students back, but that excitement comes with setting realistic expectations and understanding our limitations.  Most students who return partially to the building are coming in for support as a compliment to the virtual experience, and they will have adults available to supervise and support their virtual learning.  I will be transparent in our planning, and I will keep you updated with any logistics, schedule changes, and expectations.  I appreciate your patience and support as we design the virtual and in-person experiences for our students. [/i]

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Supervised virtual (aka DL with babysitting according to my principal) is planned for my MS. Definitely not what we had in March. [/quote]
Meaning, there will be no live instruction in the classroom? Teachers will still be teaching from home and kids in the classroom will see them on screens?
That's not what I thought 'hybrid' entailed. In MS kids don't need babysitting, if that's what the plan is, everyone might as well continue DL from home.[/quote]

Each school has some flexibility to adopt a model that works for them, based on the needs of their staff and students.  This is definitely one of the ones that came up during our staff meeting as being one of the possible choices.  Teachers wouldn't be teaching from home (unless they had an ADA accommodation) but they might be teaching via Zoom to students in the same classroom that they are in (while simultaneously teaching to students who are learning from home).  This seems like the worst option, as it has all of the negatives of DL without any of the benefits (such as being able to get up and stretch, going to grab a snack, not having to wear as mask etc.).

The reason for this has to do with the lack of funds (and people) to hire more staff.  Assuming that a school had exactly 50 % pick DL and and 50 % pick in-person, the DL half would still need instruction while the IP half were in the school.  This would mean hiring twice as many teachers which isn't feasible.  Ergo the concurrent/simultaneous model[/quote]

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