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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Decide by July 10??

What if you change your mind after?

Can’t expect parents to decide until at least August, IMO to see what the stats look like.[/quote]

They can't require kids to come in during a pandemic. My gut says that if you pick hybrid and then have to switch to dl, they have to accommodate you. Right?[/quote]

OP here, and MCPS parent.

The PowerPoint explicitly sets up the 100% online option as the fallback that the whole school would go into should the epidemic become critical in the area.  So there is that.

I also got the impression from the PowerPoint that committing to the Distance Learning option was a full year commitment.  It didn't explicitly say the same for choosing the 2 day in person 2 day online option.  I don't have any idea what FCPS parents are actually seeing, however.  I would hazard a guess that they would accept a change toward 100% DL at least in extenuating circumstances.  Seriously, if any county in 2020-21 experiences the sorts of upticks that FL/TX/AZ have in the last couple weeks, there will be a flood of requests to go 100% online and then any school district will likely take the whole system 100% online for some period of time.

Some people have questioned why only 2 days a week.  It is pretty clear in the PowerPoint that the choice to go 2 days a week instead of 4 is purely for social distancing purposes. (The schools are simply not "empty enough" to accommodate social distancing unless about half the students are missing.)  They say that depending on how many choose to go 100% online, they may add additional in-person days to the week.

I can only imagine that means if, say half the population were to choose 100% online, the other half [i]could[/i] maybe be in school 4 days a week.  This would be even more feasible if a significant number who are attending in person  will not be riding the buses.

Clearly, FCPS can't tell parents exactly what things are going to look like (which classes/programs will be available) until they know how many students will opt for 100% online.  But how are parents supposed to make the decision when so much is still in the air?  [/quote]

I thought is was 2 days in school and 3 days independent work (not days in school and 2 days DL).   I also thought that one group would come in tuesday and wednesday and one group thursday and friday. So they wouldn't be able to add days to the kids going to school (because kids would be there four days already).[/quote]

You are right, 2 days in school, 3 online.  I was just being sloppy on that.

If they add days, it will be because they don't have to have 2 groups (because enough people choose 100% online).  This was what I got from their discussion.[/quote]

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