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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This outcome was completely predictable.  Young kids (K-3) needed to be in person at school during this critical developmental phase.  It was an urgent issue.  Virtual school for this group was completely inappropriate and it didn't take an education degree to see this and know this from early on.  .....
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I only quoted the part I agreed with b/c some of this is definitely true.  Reading/literacy instruction was nearly impossible for that age group.  Unless a classroom had a 2nd adult assigned to them, small group or one on one time was very difficult.  Yes, the teacher could assign work for one group while working with another, but that also meant that one group was not being watched.  It was a nightmare.  Add in the lack of supervision at home (which was unavoidable in some cases) and every time a teacher tried to help a student who needed extra help, others were left on their own.  There was nothing the teacher could do about it w/o extra help and that extra help was not necessarily available.  It sucked.  Trust me.

Now some of those kids need help catching up, but I don't see how APS can do it w/o separating classes my reading ability. They don't have more staff, so the differentiation in class model just can't work.  If my kid was behind, I wouldn't wait for the school to figure it out.  Read to them every night.  Get outside help if you can.  Don't let summer slide get even worse.[/quote]

ESs often bring in second adults (reading specialist, sped, assistants) into the classrooms to help with ELA. 
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