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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS just emailed out their weekly update:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2019-2020/coronavirus-update-20200614.html

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I want to assure you that we have not made any decisions regarding plans for the fall.

In the coming weeks, we will launch a survey to provide you with an opportunity to share your ideas and preferences for how students should engage in learning during next school year.
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School is due to start in 10 weeks.. and they haven't even developed a survey about this? What kind of timeline are they operating on?[/quote]

Pretty in line with where other districts are.  They have to develop a number of plans, since we don’t know what will be happening with the virus in two months.  But soliciting parent input is a good thing.

If they outlined a decision now, it would likely have to change before fall as more info about the virus unfolds.  [/quote]
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First we have to finish the school year, including returning/picking up materials and belongings. Then they need to get summer school up and running. Some parents are having trouble keeping up with information right now.

A survey in two weeks is fine. I hope they ask for specifics for each child and what parent preferences are. Some kids did well in DL (and even better without social distractions) and some did not, even within the same family. Meanwhile, it's not like they aren't preparing for many different options, and for things to be different by grade/school level. I know that the county is continuing online curriculum development over the summer. Schools are in process on orders for next year, which include DL supports for teachers (like doc cams) and PPE for school. Lots of training options are available to teachers - we don't have full options/requirements yet. There is definitely a lot of work happening behind the scenes.[/quote]

You act like MCPS can't multi-task. The people in charge of material return/pick-up probably have nothing to do with designing a survey to be sent to parents. Why couldn't they send out that survey 2 weeks ago, so they have all the data already today?

I'm fine if they are not ready to make a decision, but it seems like they are behind on all the tasks that lead up to making a decision. [/quote]

Actually, from a survey design perspective, they are on target.  They wouldn’t want to get parent input much earlier than now, as people’s perspectives are changing each week as new info is discovered about the virus.  What parents wanted a month ago is likely different from what they will want when they are asked by survey in June.  You want the results to be up to date and capturing as much of current perspectives as possible.  Other districts are just rolling out surveys now, as well.  From a researcher point of view, this is good timing.[/quote]

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