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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My principal told us Monday that MCPS was going to require live, synchronous zoom classes on snow days. He said to pay attention to weather forecasts and remind students to take devices home. He also said there will be a color code similar to Howard County on snow days to differentiate when schools are closed in person but open online or when teachers have to report to the building but students do not.[b] I didn’t get to ask what I’m supposed to do with my own children if I Mayo see to work from school but they aren’t in school in person[/b]. Or how I’m supposed to be stuck on zoom with a 7 year old running around. I refuse to teach on zoom for a snow day. I will post asynchronous homework. Children deserve to have snow days. This will continue to drive parents away from MCPS to private schools. [/quote]

You do the same thing that other working parents do when school is closed but work is not.  You make sure you have backup childcare in place or you negotiate with you spouse (if you have) who will supervise the children on a given day.  If it’s your day to supervise your children, you take the day off and use PTO.[/quote]

This. I’m a teacher too. We don’t get to complain about lack of childcare AND hold the line that we are NOT childcare. 
My kids are now old enough that they will independently log in (although I will make it a choice for them, I think they deserve a random day off here and there) but if they were younger, I would take the day off. It is what it is.[/quote]

I don’t want childcare for my child. My 7 yo will not engage in virtual learning. She didn’t do it in kindergarten so we homeschooled for first grade until we thought things would be normal again. Since all the research shows how ineffective online instruction was, I never predicted synchronous online instruction happening again for things like snow days! I would much rather print out some worksheets and work around my own work schedule to help her than try to glue her to a Chromebook while I’m also stuck behind a screen. [/quote]

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