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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every child needs a computer at home. I don't know where you live but I teach at a school where kids share a room with 3 other adults. Not every child has the supplies to learn at home. [/quote]

In other counties the parents let the school know if they need supplies. When there is an expected need for virtual learning, those kids take what they need (tablet, laptop, hotspot, food, headphones) home. [/quote]

During the pandemic when everything was virtual, a neighboring county had to request the police to check in on kids that they haven't heard from all year.

When the police checked in with one family, the family said they had no access to online resources and had no way of having their kids logging online.

This school system had hotspots and other devices to any families that needed them.

I don't know if this was a case of the family truly not knowing the resources available to them or they just are not engaged or care about their kid's education.

But virtual learning does not work for everyone and it can't be assumed that every student has access.

Don't get me wrong, I think that MCPS should have absolutely looked into going virtual during these recent extended snow days.  But  there are going to be students that fall through the cracks if they do.[/quote]

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