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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Look their job is to prepare for the school year.  They should have made two plans: hybrid ( which is much more complicated) and DL.   I am a teacher and have several friends who are principals all over the country.  They ALL made plans for both situations, and said they would just have to wait on their specific states to approve them.  But the plans were made.  And they are all dealing with your long list above.  But they know their job is to prepare for the year.”

Right, and that’s why there is a plan, but that doesn’t mean every detail can be finalized instantly. [/quote]

DCPS has shared very little information about the actual concrete plan and schools have shared even less.  Parents should know the general schedule of class time by now, what resources they need, etc.  And no, general class time does not mean school is from 8-3.  Because it clearly won't be for most students.  And is there school Wednesdays? Or is that a teacher planning day or whatever?  There is no real plan.[/quote]

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The problem is not that DCPS doesn't have every detail worked out. The problem is that they are not communicating with families AT ALL. In some cases, schools aren't even communicating with their teachers, based on anecdotal comments on DCUM. I am more than ready to be understanding about the massive difficulty of educating kids during a pandemic. What is hard for me to understand is why the last conversation I had with my kid's school was months ago. And we are new to the school! I used to work in leadership and management training and there is no excuse for the lack of communication from both DCPS and the individual schools. You tell people what you know and lay out a plan for how you will continue to communicate in the future. It's ok not to know everything, and it's okay to change the plan as the situation develops. But it is not okay to just leave people hanging for months, to dole out tiny bits of information and to never make yourselves available for feedback or questions. It is a complete failure of leadership.[/quote]

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