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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It is our understanding that MCPS is planning to bring back students in transition grades (pre-K/K, 6, and 9) first, and other grades in phases. School schedules in person and online will vary by school (ES/MS/HS). Students in all grades will start the year online, and MCPS hopes to have all willing students back in school buildings for 1-2 days a week by Thanksgiving. Some of the bigger challenges include transportation (12 students on a bus instead of up to 77) and having enough teachers to teach smaller classes in person while simultaneously teaching students in online classes at home. MCPS is hoping to have some students back in buildings 2 times a week as early as September (but not from day one). They just don’t think all students will be back in buildings 1-2 days a week until later in the fall.[/quote]
Actually, I think this isn't a bad plan. First you get the school year started for everyone with DL. Lots of training and curriculum work is happening this summer for teachers. Focus on getting kids used to the DL environment and working. Then, each school will have a subset of students to bring into the building. It is going to take some effort to get all of the moving parts to function correctly for a hybrid rotation. Meanwhile, distance learning will still happen while the F2F part gets figured out. Add more students as the first group gets settled.

If cases remain under control, then we might get to a stable, hybrid situation that can be maintained for several months. If cases rise and school needs to shut down again, then DL is still in place as the default.[/quote]

There's no need for time to get used to DL environment. Kids were already doing it since April anyway. My 1st grader is pretty good at the MyMCPS portal and using Zoom, but she wants to see her friends in real life.[/quote]

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