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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Principal Neal said that her hope is to bring more kids into the building at Deal as teachers get vaccinated and volunteer to return.[/quote]

This is the key. Vaccines for all teachers and staff so they can return, which will lead to more IPL. Pretty simple solution. Sadly, only teachers who started this week, or had been teaching, got the vaccine last week, some just days before they started IPL.[/quote]

This is the key to understanding that unlike her predecessors, Principal Neal prioritizes teachers over students.  As far as I know, the DCPS position is not “we will open classrooms when there are enough teacher volunteers.” The DCPS position is teachers should be in the classroom unless you have a legal reason to stay home.  I find it infuriating that Neal put no effort into bringing students back for classes.  She is bringing in students who are failing into the school on Wednesdays for intervention - which really should have been happening at every DCPS school all year.  That is not opening the school in my book - its the equivalent of an after school program, which would be happening after 3:30 on an afternoon in normal times.  It just happens to be happening on a Wednesday morning due to the ridiculous schedule we have this year.  If you all will recall, we were sold a lie last summer about how we need to keep Wednesdays open to “clean the schoo” for when we come back for hybrid.  Well guess what - many schools have decided there will be no hybrid, so why is there still no instruction on Wednesdays?  My Deal 8th grader sees each teacher 2x each week instead of 5 times, for roughly the same amount of time.  That’s 40% instruction.

I get that people were hoping for more in person  instruction at Wilson, but I do not think we should be underestimating the mental health boost students are getting by being out of the house one time each week.  At least Principal Martin didn’t “ask for volunteers”.  She told teachers that everyone must come in and we will share the burden evenly.

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This is why I thought it would be better if they just waited until term 4 and then opened in a big way including using outdoor space [/quote]

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