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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids missed more than 10 days this year. Our ES kept begging me to bring my kids in on a teacher workday for what they called a two hour reading and math "workshop". I asked if my kids were behind? No. I asked for details on what the workshop would cover? It was told it would be "independent learning".

Then my teacher friend told me this was a way for schools to cook the books on attendance numbers.[/quote]

Also good for your kids, where being in school is good for learning and for valuing education.  Whether they were sick or on vacation, missing over 10 days of school is very hard for kids, although you don't seem to realize it.

My oldest missed 15 days of school two years ago from covid, flu, and covid again (has never regained his sense of taste).  And that school year, academically, was a struggle for him.  [/quote]

Kids are all different. One of mine struggled HORRIBLY when FCPS failed to live up to their promise to let kids go two days a week.

The other decided it was going to be regular school or nothing and chose the 100% online option and did well.

That one came to the conclusion that in-person was not required to excel and when FCPS went back to a traditional schedule skipped whenever and continued to excel.

FCPS dragged their feet on reopening long after it was shown to be safe. Those who run the system can’t now turn around and pretend to care about education and the wellbeing of children.

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Yes, the pandemic was a once-a-generation disaster that will affect us, adults and children, for a long time, possibly for the rest of our lives.  It has left its mark on my family and on yours.  [/quote]

It wasn’t the pandemic, it was how the local government reacted.

Had we lived in some counties in VA (going 2-3 days in person and fully reopening earlier than FCPS) or Florida, Texas etc. it wouldn’t have been an issue.[/quote]

Those kids aren't the same either.  Do you have family or friends in those states?

[b]One of my kids basically missed 2nd grade entirely.[/b]  But I'm not bashing FCPS because of the pandemic.  You're doing your kids no favors.[/quote]

Why? My kid was in 2nd grade online and then returned in person at the end. He didn't miss anything.[/quote]

"2nd grade online" is....not a real thing. [/quote]

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