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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Moreover, the SOL scores proved that Hutchings claims about his virtual school program were entirely a sham.[/quote]

I don't like him or think he does a good job as superintendent.  However, I can 100 percent say that the virtual schooling that my kids got at GW was pretty good.  I attribute that to their teachers, rather than Hutchings personally, but it really was as good as it could have been.[/quote]

We can say the same for Hammond.  In fact I think that it was 100 times better than I would have ever thought possible.  I was home during the day so I heard and saw most of the classes.  Their teachers were engaging and interactive.  They maintained a positive beat and I know for a fact that they reached out to kids they were concerned about, either academically or emotionally.  We also got lots of contact, either through phone calls or emails or stuff from Canvas.  It was so much that I even had to set up an inbox filter for it all because I was getting a little overwhelmed.  Our kids were interested and involved in their classes, and they learned.  I thought the pacing was about right compared to what stuff we had left lying around from the older kids.  There was a lot of communication from the school and we had a good idea what was happening.  I completely agree that it was really as good as it could have been.

We didn't do the hybrid concurrent thing but our kids are back and so far so good.  They are very happy and again the school has done a great job keeping us informed.  The only thing I am not happy about is that the breakfasts are being eaten in the classrooms and the lunch is indoors.  Those cafeterias are small and apparently the kids are really crammed in there.  That makes me very nervous given what is being published in the media over the past two days about the rise in cases here in Virginia.

Our kids are really happy being back at school but I am not worried if we have to re
turn to virtual.  The teachers at Hammond are on it and I don't think they would miss a beat.  [/quote]

Middle grades Elementary school instruction was a completely different story - especially in math.  For math, often, the teacher would administer a “pre test” on material the students did not understand that would take an entire day.  Then, a day or two would be used to go over the pre test. Then, maybe there was a a day or two of instruction but very little time for the students to practice and master the material (some days for example there would be two practice problems over an hour on a fourth grade level math problem).  Then, having not mastered the material, there was a final test.  Break out rooms were not used for any small group instruction.  It seemed it was up to me as a parent to use ixl to teach the material on asynchronous days or after school when there was computer burn out.  This continued all year.  It was perfectly clear it was a failed, uncreative approach and the SOL scores reflect that.  Hutchings, who cheerlead for virtual school all year and did nothing to improve it, is responsible for this utter and complete failure.
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