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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ITS announced today that they will not be bringing anyone back in November, which they had previously said was the plan.  Except maaaaybe some with special needs.  No new date.[/quote]

I’m disappointed about this but need to point out they always said they’d be reevaluating the November decision so it was never to be considered a firm plan. But I was really really hoping for it. [/quote]

I was hoping for at least a bit of preschool, and would happily sacrifice two days of the DL preschool to have two days in person.  But it was clear that the teachers had not been told anything and there was never really much of a plan.  Meh.

I am disappointed that charters in general are not offering more.  What happened to their flexibility and freedom from the scary, scary teachers union?  DCPS is at least attempting to go forward with serving high needs kids and providing childcare that some families will probably really appreciate.  [/quote]
+100. I feel like charters are doing zero to prepare for in-person and are just leaving it to parents...[/quote]

Yep.  And everyone gets a pass on testing and charter reviews too.  Feel free to underperform!  Flexibility![/quote]

How about feel free to keep your staff safe??? How about let's not make teachers with kids at home they are likely in other schools not have to take leave or be forced to find outside childcare for their own children. 
Distance Learning is NOT working well for my child. But the teachers are by no means slacking off or working less with my kids because their is not testing. If anything it is giving them more freedom to focus on actual learning vrs the testing.
Yeah, I would like to have safe hybrid class rotation for my children. I also don't want teachers forced to come in and out themselves & their families at risk.  I know some would volunteer and that is great but now expected. [/quote]

I am not saying they should be made to go back, but it seems like the charter board is abdicating its quality control responsibility more generally.  There can still be quality control and review of distance learning, and schools should not get a pass on doing a good job.[/quote]

Can you say more about this?  My kids' school is doing assessments, requiring daily attendance and participation, etc.  What is changing from DCPCSB?  I just did a scan of their website and didn't see anything.  thanks!
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https://dcpcsb.org/covid-19-impact-policy

They just took a pass on collecting and publishing quality data in general.  Really, really unhelpful to families trying to make decisions.  "DC PCSB will cease collection, aggregation, and publication of academic data for school year (SY) 2019-20 and will not produce a School Quality Report (also known as the Performance Management Framework, or PMF) for SY 2019-20."[/quote]

I thought you mean for the current school year.  A lot of districts suspended assessments for last year, right? and, not really sure how to apply old frameworks to a year that was half in person and half remote learning when no one had a clue of what to do.  [/quote]

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