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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My principal told us Monday that MCPS was going to require live, synchronous zoom classes on snow days.  [/quote]

Yeah, we're not doing this.

-Parent[/quote]

We won’t either.  But I don’t care if they hold the zoom without us.

- another parent [/quote]

This is why zoom ends up being useless - half the kids will skip.
I’m a HS teacher. There is no way I can teach new material that day.

What could work is requiring teachers to hold 2 hour zoom office hours on virtual days. Kids could get extra help if needed or sort out any grade or incomplete assignment questions. Or maybe 4 hours total - 2h in the morning and 2h in the afternoon to give maximum flexibility for kids to attend [/quote]

Zoom isn't useless for the kids who have active parents who make sure they attend.  If kids don't attend they get an unexcused absence.  Simple.  Have some consequences.  If they miss the content that's on them.[/quote]

For a school system that loves to highlight all of their equity and inclusion, virtual snow days are far from equitable.  Many of my students do not have access to a computer at home, even after sending home flyers and emails encouraging families to sign up to borrow one from MCPS for the school year.  And they don't know how to log on to zoom, because they have never been in zoom school.  These virtual snow days will be incredibly unproductive days of tech troubleshooting and frustration for early elementary students.  [/quote]
There's a Chromebook for every kid in school. MCPS supplies wifi hotspots as needed. We did this dance a couple years ago.[/quote]

Yes but some kids live in a home with multiple families and a lot of noise and distractions. Kindergarten students won't know how to log into zoom. There ARE limitations for some. [/quote]
Certainly. [/quote]

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