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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Note, the school year ends for students on May 29th.  [b]That is not the last day for teachers. [/b] The teacher work force will be different next year due to teachers retiring, transferring to other schools (within and outside off the school district), taking maternity/paternity leave and being newly hired.

To note the initial question, I made a shift that I will continue through the summer and leading up to the school year starting in the fall (whenever that may be).  I am working from home, but my children are learning life lessons (per usual) and creating their own experiments.  In addition, whatever were their areas of weakness, their teachers have provided suggestions as well as a list of benchmarks that they are supposed to meet at the end of this school year and by the end of first advisory next school year.  We are slowly working to meet those goals.  No pressure.  Our students are all in the same boat (though some are staying more dry than others) and their teachers and the school district is aware.  While we provide emotional support and a sense of well-being as only we can, their teachers for next year will be hard at work to get them caught up.  It will take time, and when our students return, we'll be understanding, patient, and supportive.

As for now, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best gift for the teachers who have given so much time to switch from paper to virtual lessons that had not been planned.  Some of you can imagine.  My children go to Stokes East End, and the teachers there have been doing a phenomenal job of providing interesting lessons and videos for the students.  My children haven't been able to do them all (the team has provided enough work to satisfied the children's parents who can monitor them constantly and those who cannot), but the teachers have made steps to individualize learning and have made it clear that the students won't be penalized for late work.

Again, after May 29th we'll continue to love and support our children and try to be in the moment while we try to keep them from video bombing our conferences.  I do suggest ordering educational games or experiment sets that students can do independently.  A friend of mine ordered a circuits set from Target and that along with puzzles keeps her child occupied long enough between conferences and meals.[/quote]

Yes it is. The last day of the school year is May 29th. The question is whether DCPS will turn the day(s) prior into records day to give teachers time for report cards. The school year ends for everyone May 29th.[/quote]

Maybe they will require a day or two of record keeping or PD, but teachers are definitely not working those three weeks in June.[/quote]

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