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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is an interesting approach. It puts the power in the hands of the schools. At my childrens' es the principal is close to retirement and i think is in a position with DCPS to keep the school as closed as possible. Also we simply do not have many at risk kids as a smaller sample to start reopening with. [b]I assume DCPS will put more pressure on schools with high at risk populations[/b]. Perhaps DCPS thinks that pitting school comunities against one another by creating unfairness will build pressure for schools to open. Without being able to bargain with the union it seems this is the best they can up with. The communication around this at the school level is very non-transparent. [/quote]

This is going to be school specific. We have high parent demand and low at-risk population. Teachers have been told that they will build classroom around teachers that volunteer first and the balance of the classrooms (based on demand) will have [b]a teacher who will be assigned from the lottery[/b]. A couple of our grades have more than 60% of families responding that they want in person school starting term 3.

Stay tuned for how the WTU responds this week to the bolded part in my response.[/quote]

Does what you are saying imply that every child needing an in person spot will be accommodated five days per week? Or is this only for at-risk children? Thanks. You are right the lottery idea is sure to make waves. [/quote]

Not at all, the implementation of in person learning is going to vary at every school and likely at every grade level. Also keep in mind that the school will have to manage logistics associated with having a lot of people in the building. What I am saying is that our school is setting it sights on accommodating the demand with a plan that can actually be implemented, whether its 2 days, 5 days, simulcast, whatever. Keep in the mind if you take some randmon 3rd grade class, only 11 students can be in the actual classroom at a time. If the class is already 25 kids and every single parent says they want in person there still needs to be an action plan - do 11 kids get assigned randomly and then the other 14 are DL indefinitely? Do 11 come in M/T, 11 more TH/F and then the other 3 are rotated in and out?

Those are the challenges schools are faced with. There is is no model that is being implemented district, school or grade level wide.[/quote]

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