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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s no longer true that every student has a Chromebook. Some schools returned to the cart model because parents complained about 1:1.[/quote]

Every kid in middle and high school has a chromebook all the time.[/quote]

My kids (bcc cluster) certainly do.  I read that Pyle MS moved away to having carts so kids only get Chromebooks when they need them which is not as often, but even if that’s the case, there are enough laptops for every student and central office should have had the foresight to tell schools to distribute them on Thursday and Friday considering every news outlet predicted a major storm.  [/quote]

You must be at Westland. Silver Creek uses the cart model.[/quote]

The storm was predicted for a week.  silver creek could have taken the computers off the cart and sent them home.  My MS kid has been using his to do IXL and a few of his teachers posted assignments today due 2 days after school is back in session (whenever that is.) [/quote]

If MCPS wanted to do virtual, they would have had to come up with a plan, presented it at the BOE, provided an opportunity to have public comment, and then the BOE would have needed to vote to adopt it. It could not be asynchronous; only synchronous instruction counts. These are all state requirements. MCPS did not of these. So no, Silver Creek and other schools could not have simply sent students home with Chromebooks. MUCH more planning would have had to go into it. [/quote]

If only we had known there was a big storm coming a week ahead of time.  Oh wait, we did. [/quote]

You wanted MCPS to: create a plan, present it to the BoE, open it for public feedback, approve it by the BoE, submit it to the state, inform teachers of the intent to go virtual, have teachers create new lesson plans, etc, all over the course of one week?!?![/quote]

MCPS has a billion dollar plus budget.  Last year it had 3 extra snow days it didn’t budget for.

Why are you writing as if it’s a shock to the system to expect paid staff members to plan for something that has repeatedly occurred and has been a problem?

DCPs for all its poverty did asynchronous learning today.  Other school districts will do virtual learning tomorrow.

Why is MCPS doing nothing but making snow day videos? [/quote]

What school district is doing synchronous virtual school tomorrow?[/quote]

A tiny little school district you might of heard of called Baltimore county.  They’ve depleted all 3 of their 3 allocated snow days and have moved to virtual.

Compare that to poorly planned MCPS which has used up three snow days despite only allocating one and where posters here are shocked that MCPS might be expected to plan anything after using up way more than it’s allocated snow days last year [/quote]

Baltimore county moves to virtual Thursday Friday https://nottinghammd.com/2026/01/28/bcps-shifts-to-virtual-learning-on-thursday-friday-harford-co-schools-closed/
Looks like Anne arundel may be doing virtual tomorrow as well.  
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-schools-closed-virtual-learning-snow-day/

These are Maryland school districts doing something while MCPS concentrates its resources on snow day videos. [/quote]

Perhaps if we watch Taylor's snow day video again, we'll feel better about our kids not getting 180 days of education. [/quote]

Alexandria VA did synchronous virtual learning on Wednesday too.  These schools are all better prepared than MCPS, who is an outlier in this area for its inactivity.
https://www.alxnow.com/2026/01/27/just-in-acps-will-shift-to-virtual-learning-wednesday-as-schools-remain-closed/[/quote]

But MCPS can't!  Because it hasn't planned for it! Because it requires Board consultation! Because it didn't distribute Chromebooks before the storm!  Because it didn't distribute educational packets before the storm!  Because kids have IEPs!  Because teachers haven't planned!

News flash: many other counties can.

[quote]
 ACPS will shift to virtual learning Wednesday as schools remain closed
Tomorrow (Wednesday) will be a virtual workday for students and teachers at Alexandria City Public Schools.

ACPS facilities will remain closed for all activities for a third consecutive day due to inclement weather, Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt announced this afternoon. Students, teachers and staff will instead move to synchronous virtual learning plans.

“Class times will include synchronous instruction via Zoom, which means live virtual instruction with teachers, as well as independent work,” Kay-Wyatt wrote. “Teachers will also provide virtual office hours. Schools will communicate the daily bell schedule for the school day.”

ACPS’ nutrition services plan to distribute lunches free of charge to students under 18 at the following locations from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. tomorrow:

Families are encouraged to check students’ Canvas or Clever accounts “no later than 8 a.m.” for specifics about scheduling. Students’ attendance will be taken through these accounts.

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That's impressive that ACPS not only did synchronous learning yesterday but also did food distribution for needy kids.  Clearly their superintendent does more than make snow day videos.[/quote]

+1 Kudos to ACPS.   MCPS central office should take a field trip there and learn from them.  [/quote]

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