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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sure they're scrambling now that they realize their lack of planning means they're way behind the eight ball and yet somehow will have to get kids back in school at least part of the week. They're going to look pretty darn incompetent if every other district in the area makes it happen and they don't because they dragged their feet too long. I mean, there probably isn't a limitless supply of hand sanitizer machines -- Fairfac and other districts now have a jump on that. [/quote]

Yes, it was so incompetent of MCPS to not make plans months ahead of time for circumstances that nobody could predict. [/quote]

If other districts in the area open with a hybrid model and MCPS does not, it will highlight the MCPS bureaucratic incompetence. It’s not like MCPS had less time than DCPS.[/quote]

MCPS is absolutely bureaucratic incompetence. Miami-Dade schools, similar in the size to MCPS, started putting DL plans in place in _January_ when things got bad in China. So when they had to shut down, they could be up and running with DL the following week. MCPS took 3 weeks because they didn't plan.

Now look at the situation now -- they've known since they closed in March that they may need to re-open in the Fall. They are only now getting around to planning. The _first_ actual information we saw was at the BOE meeting a few days ago, where they showed photos of how they did tests of how to spread out kids on the bus and in classrooms. They're doing this now?! They should have started those tests in March!

Is anyone a teacher here who went back to their classroom to clear out a few weeks ago? Did any of you see a hand sanitizer dispenser now mounted in your classroom? I bet you didn't.

We've been going to playgrounds are various ESes in our area in the afternoons last week. I've noted the cars parked in the school parking lot. No work trucks at all... like what you'd see if they are preparing facilities to have in-person learning.

Next time we go, I'll peek in the windows to see if I can see any changes made, like hand sanitizer dispensers. I know it's a little thing, but MCPS would need about 10,000 of them, and that takes a while to source and install (remember these are being mounted on masonry walls too.. slightly more complicated). If they haven't even done that with 8 weeks until school starts, I'm very skeptical they can pull off in-person just from a logistical perspective.
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Every time I pass by our local mcps elementary school there have been at least 3-4 work trucks parked out front. [/quote]

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