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This is just another example of the short sighted mentality of MCPS leadership. The ability to teach remotely should have been developed and utilized for any situation that prevents a student for attending schools for long periods of time.   For example,  it is a much cheaper option and a more cohesive option when students have long term illnesses that prevent them attending school in person.  Another use for remote learning is for when there are weather conditions  (ie. snow) that prevent students from traveling safely to school.  Finally,  distributing Chrombooks and hot spots to students should be done year round so all MCPS students have equal access to tools for learning anytime they are learning including when they are doing homework.  [/quote]

It was short-sighted of MCPS to not develop a plan to teach 166,000 students remotely for weeks at a time?

There hasn't been anything like this in the US in 102 years, but it was short-sighted of MCPS not to prepare for it?

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The threat of a pandemic equal to  the  Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918 has been a concern for scientists for decades.  Also, coming up with disaster plans is a best practice for private industries.  Finally,  remote learning with the technology available to MCPS has other applications that other school districts have utilized for the last decade.

MCPS has demonstrated that they are short sighted in the sense that they have no contingency plan prepared for any scenario that prevents students from coming to school for an extended period of time. They are also used to keeping technology under lock and key in physical buildings vs. fully utilizing technology to erase unequal access to learning.

Perhaps many lessons will be learned. [b]Other school districts have been teaching remotely for weeks.[/b] Why has it taken MCPS so long to resume teaching students? [/quote]

Howard County, often held up as a model on DCUM, isn't going to teach remotely for another 2 weeks. Other school districts aren't going to teach remotely at all.[/quote]

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