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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few reasons:

[b]State doesn’t allow virtual days to count as part of the minimum 180 day requirement.[/b]

Only HS students have individual chromebooks. Most MS and ES schools have Chromebooks on carts and cannot be taken home.  The software is not set up for it.

Something, something equity.[/quote]

It does if school districts submit a virtual learning plan in advance, but MCPS opted not to submit one for this year.[/quote]

I can’t understand why they didn’t. It just does not make any sense to me that when a viable back up plan is available why it would not be utilized.

Is this a decision the superintendent, board of Education, or teachers union make?[/quote]

It's not that complicated. We all know virtual doesn't work well for many students and families. And teachers don't have lesson plans for it.[/quote]

News flash - teachers just minimally adapt their stuff for virtual. Especially when it is just for a few days. Heck, ChatGPT will modify your plans for you in seconds. Teachers are not recreating everything from scratch. Ask me how I know [/quote]

Thanks for demonstrating why virtual lessons would be awful.[/quote]

My kids did a year of virtual learning during Covid.  Was it at times awful and ill suited to that age group.  Yes occasionally, but I’m sure in person school has its awful moments too.
My kid learned a lot that year and I’m grateful to the teachers who helped them.

They’d be happy to have virtual learning during these snow days rather than poking around Canvas to try to find something they can progress on now that we’ve had 4 straight weekdays of no instruction.  They’re older now and so much of their assignments and classroom work involves the Chromebook anyway.  Virtual learning would be not too dissimilar. [/quote]

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