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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for the contact information. I’ve made my calls. In full transparency, I support the Mayor and Chancellor’s plan. I think they are trying their best to support the most vulnerable kids and to provide a working solution for parents that can’t support DL and don’t have the resources for pods, tutors, etc. in short, I think they actually do care about equity and I support their effort, even though it’s not a perfect solution. Like OP, I’m hopeful it opens a door for eventually bringing everyone back. We don’t want to be in this same place next year with no one back in school. [/quote]

I support the idea of supporting the most vulnerable kids - but the Chancellor had no idea how this plan would be executed.
Example:   A category of "most vulnerable kids" are children in self-contained classrooms.   These are children who have more than 20 hours a week of special education services.  [quick math - at least 4 hours a day]

These classrooms may have 6-12 students in them - depending on the age and needs of the students in that specific classroom.  
There are only spaces for 1/2 of the kids in these classrooms to return to in person instruction.  There other 1/2 are going to do DL.  
[b]Here is the kicker:[/b]   The same teacher is responsible for delivering instruction for both groups.

The model that the Chancellor created actually provides[b] less support for the most vulnerable kids[/b] as the teacher working with these students will be stretched even more.[/quote]

Sigh.  I too support the goals of the Chancellor’s plan, and like you I also think the details of the plan are a hot mess.

I just don’t know what better options there are right now. 
I do know I’d prefer this chancellor and mayor be nowhere near our school, teachers, and principal, who are doing amazing work.[/quote]

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