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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of DCPS schools have much more sparing computer use than DCI. DCI issues each kid a Chromebook they use in every class. SH certainly does not. My kid takes notes by hand in classes and some teachers (like the science teacher) never uses the laptop cart at all. Other middle schools have issues, but DCi is a huge outlier in this respect.[/quote]

Ok, I absolutely hate my kid's Chromebook which becomes yet another screen to have to monitor the use of at home. I did not know other MS don't use laptops. It is to the point where we have to stand behind our kid to watch them while they do homework because otherwise they are probably not doing any homework on that screen. I don't even know what they're doing but it is not homework.

I know parents have pushed back on this and the principal says that for next year a certain percentage of class time has to be off laptop. However, I do not know if this will be followed at all. I do know that my kid started to copy down by hand certain things to study, so perhaps they were telling kids to do this. In English, they were given a book to read and then no one read it so they actually listened to the audio book and followed along during class time.

It is really a lot coming directly from low-screen use schools like LAMB. It's like a drug being handed out.

Lunchtimes at DCI are now screen-free but only certain days of the week, and kids can always go to "office hours" and use the laptops. [/quote]

It sounds from the thread like low-tech middle schools are Latin, BASIS and privates, and some DCPS schools (like SH?) if the principals are really thoughtful about it. But I have heard from other frustrated parents at DCPS middle schools who hate that all the assignments go through online platforms.

Maybe parents can really push back on this. it is a drug![/quote]

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