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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did we see lastest, Duran now offering Vitual Virginia for those that cant do in person due to staffing.  That only goes from 3rd grade up. So 1st and 2nd are left behind, but there is Lexa and Dreambox.  No Thanks. I appreciate how he complimented the teachers for their hard work as this is really not their fault, but central office and school board shame on you! [/quote]

What do you expect them to do??!!  If teachers don't want to teach, they can't just conjure up hundreds of teachers.  Offering Virtual Virginia is in direct response to people's complaints that summer school was "ripped from under them" and leaving them helpless and without child care for the summer; that APS needs to provide them something.  So they're offering them VV.  What freakin' else can you expect from them?  And don't say offer the teachers more money because the fact is:  A LOT OF TEACHERS DON'T CARE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE AND JUST WANT A BREAK FROM A HORRIBLE YEAR BEFORE STARTING A WHOLE NEW SCHOOL YEAR![/quote]

the thing is as far as I can tell- APS solely recruited from within their own staff for summer school with a fairly paltry incentive.  Then when teachers declined, their threw up their hands and said- oh well, what can we do.

By contrast- Loudoun started recruiting early and is paying $75 an hour.

Falls Church City started recruiting early, I don't know what they are paying, but they were working on arranging for short term housing for teachers who were interested in being in DC for a portion of the summer.

I don't fault any teacher for declining to teach summer school.  If you want to earn money- there are better ways to do it (e.g. run a camp all summer, tutoring etc.)   If you want time off with your kids, working a few hours a day for a few weeks is hardly worth it to pay for childcare and lose the time with your kids.

I absolutely fault APS for not thinking creatively about how to staff it and not putting even a minimal effort into doing so.[/quote]

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