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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Saw this today:

We don’t have much information yet about what the fall will look like in MCPS, but I think there will be some online learning and some in-person learning.

MCPS has decided to use a single platform (myMCPS) in the fall rather than two (myMCPS and Google Classroom).
MCPS considers “continuation of learning” in marking period 4 a temporary response to the national crisis, and doesn’t continue when 2019-2020 school year ends. Distance learning in the fall will be more robust than what we experienced in MP4. MCPS aiming for more synchronous instruction, more teacher-led instruction, less centralized content, and more traditional assessments, grading and reporting.
MCPS still pressing forward with curricula rollout, with no desire to fall back to curriculum 2.0. There will be more vendor-supported teacher training this summer.
Testing: Apparently the College Board has decided not to try to conduct a 3-hour online SAT. MCPS is investigating whether it can hold an SAT day for students in the Class of 2021 (whose SAT day in the spring had to be cancelled).
State-required assessments that were cancelled in the spring might take place in the fall.
Challenges for reopening school buildings: limit size of groups, maintain social distancing, close communal areas (such as cafeterias), have staff (and probably many or most students) wear masks, restrict building visitors, more frequent hand sanitizing and building cleaning. Classrooms typically have room for 30 students; limiting to 10-12 requires substantial revision of classroom use. Schools are designed for group collaboration and socializing, so not using the cafeteria and having students eat at desks is also a major adjustment. Schools buses typically hold up to 60 children, but might be limited to half of that, or even as few as 10, which might require more staggered schedules, arrivals, and dismissals. MCPS must also account for students, family members and school staff who are at high risk from COVID-19 and may not feel comfortable with the increased risk of exposure in school buildings, so there may need to be options. There are many other considerations.

Rodney Peele
VP for Educational Issues[/quote]

This is true re: Canvas. I had to sign up for training today. DH says his RT said it is to accommodate DL in the fall. Given that DH was ready to retire due to serious immune impairment, his RT told him previously to hold off on the paperwork. Then we heard the news about Canvas and the desire to make neutralize parent complaints about multiple  platforms.[/quote]

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