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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] ES, [b]chromebook overuse,[/b] and lack of subjects in ES next up. [/quote]
Making me crazy. And principals act like we should be thrilled that they managed to get some chromebooks for the first graders, too![/quote]

Can you expand on what you mean by rolling back ES (?) and lack of subjects? Is this grading and things like PE, art, music, science?[/quote]

Re ES rolling back to pre-C2.0. I hope so!

They already changed the report cards back. 
There is legislation to add more than 30 minutes of PE class a week.
Daily schedule is only the three test subjects plus a rotating "special".
Science and social studies do not have their own class period, are part of English or Reading from time to time. 
Specials are infrequent, some ES do not even have a dedicated art teacher. 
The three test subjects (reading, english, math) have ~90 minute blocks where teacher rotates around the tables. If you finish your "work" you can play games on the Chromebook, 1st grade on. 
No handwriting, just word processing 1st/2nd grade on. 
Read physical books and have an actual library class weekly (research, explore new genres, present project). Not all ebooks on Chromebooks. (now we're at 3-4 hours of screen time a day for lower ES students).
Ability pull-out groups or coursework would be great.
Cut the MAP prep classes all year. Using the computer is intuitive. There are already multiple MAP tests a year. 
It has been recommended that the little kids eat lunch at their desks not at 10am or 2pm lunch periods. 
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