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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know kids who are having a good year and kids who are having a horrific year.

Kids in a school of 2200 kids will have a WIDE range of experiences.

My kid was in 8th grade at Deal last year and had a horrible year because he had an ELA teacher who just didn't show up for 50% of the calls. Then the teacher would routinely take personal calls during class and would log-off to talk.  This 
happened all.the.time.  
Another team had a history teacher who also rarely if ever showed up.  This teacher also took personal calls during class and would routinely leave the class . This teacher was eventually dismissed. 
However, 3 of the teams had teachers who always showed up and did a great job.  So ask a former 8th grade parent about their virtual Deal experience and you get VASTLY different responses.[/quote]

Deal really had a problem with teachers not showing up for classes and/or handling their personal business during class during the pandemic. We almost never received any notification of canceled classes, just a series of one no-show after another. It appeared that there was no supervision to ensure the teachers actually taught the classes.[/quote]

I assume this is different this year now that not virtual?[/quote]

PP you're responding to here. Yes, it's MUCH better this year. The teachers show up for classes and teach. It's much harder to pull a no-show when you have to report to work in the building. It's not just Deal. We saw atrocious behavior at our Elementary school too. Our kid's PK4 teacher and aide frequently pulled no-shows, and the teacher frequently interrupted class to interact with her college student who was home with her. Come on, surely your college student can be on their own for the 2.5 hours per week that you teach class?

One thing I want to add is that there are some wonderful teachers at Deal who did a great job remotely, and they're also great in person. It's the ones who aren't great who pulled no-shows, took personal calls during class, etc. that really suck. I really relate to what another poster said regarding DCPS is great until it isn't. The leadership doesn't demand good performance, so you can get great teachers who are internally motivated despite the DCPS chaos, or you can get the ones who choose to work at DCPS/Deal because you can get away with so much more than you can in a functioning school district. Things have been steadily declining under the current Deal Principal, and I see no efforts by DCPS to help her improve. It's sad because Deal was arguably one of the best DCPS schools 5+ years ago.[/quote]

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