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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a radical idea: Why not make the last few weeks of school not a gigantic waste of time?

But to answer OP's question, like many others, I've tried. And I'm tired. Did you know at the HS level they actually took away in-person days because they need the adults to proctor tests? I'm so over APS. But my kid is older. If I had a younger kid in APS, I might still have it in my to fight. This is so ridiculous.[/quote]

Yeah that would be amazing. My kid is in high school so there is still some learning going on but I can't even imagine what elementary kids are doing now at home for virtual learning. I am assuming it's close to nothing and will dwindle to the point of the teacher connecting to zoom and ... just being there all day and showing some videos [/quote]

I'm no fan of how APS has handled things, but I would drop this one as an argument.  Elementary kids are still doing full on virtual school and not watching movies.  (Why would you think that?)  It's not perfect, but they are teaching them new content.[/quote]

There are so many issues with this still. It is not an acceptable trade off or equivalent.

My first grader figured out ages ago how to minimize his Teams window, and open up whatever else he felt like looking at. Unless someone is sitting right on top of him monitoring everything he does, he can do whatever he wants. We have two full time workers in our home, so that is not possible.

Two, the issue of screen and screen time and addiction to it. We were a no-tablet family before COVID. It is not a daily battle to get our first grader off of and away from the screens. They are addicted to it, and it sickens me that school is further perpetuating that and we cannot do anything about the hours they spend on both in person and at home days on the screen. [/quote]

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