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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think MCPS did a great job of pulling together distance learning for this fall. I was delighted that they announced in the summer that they wouldn't be opening in person all fall. That allowed families and teachers to make the best posisble use of their time. My kids are getting a lot out of school. As much as usual, really. I know there are kids who aren't doing as well, but this is a pandemic! It's temporary.  There are privileged children with no excuse who are just checking out (not attending online classes, keeping their cameras off and clearly not really being there after attendance was taken in the beginning. These kids are doing this because their parents are letting them. Because their parents are griping about MCPS, and how useless online school is, without telling their children that they expect them to participate and take it seriously. [/quote]

For sure- it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy mainly.  Our kids have thrived in online learning and we get extra family time and outdoors exploring.  I wish MD had a pennant online program like other states do, I could see doing this for an extra year or two.  Not forever, but we are in a sweet spot where our kids like spending time with us right now.[/quote]

Entry #84756029 on DCUM of This Works For Me So If It Doesn't Work For You It's Your Own Fault.[/quote]

Sometimes that is the truth though. People are seldom aware of how their preconceptions and subconscious resistance can tank success. We see this with simple health measures sometimes. Other times, it is basic budgeting or simple home preventative maintenance. Some families are committed to a casual attitude about DL and then simultaneously arguing their child isn’t learning. [/quote]

NP. I agree with you that in this situation, kids can be successful if the parents do the teacher's job. That's called homeschooling. At least at the elementary level, the job of the teacher cannot be done effectively online. A teacher over the internet for a first grader is useless. That's why we pulled our kids and are now homeschooling them. We are fortunate to be able to do this. Not everyone can, for a variety of reasons, and I would not judge those parents for not being able to fulfill the teacher's job.[/quote]

More parents pulling kids out of MCPS to homeschool would benefit the teachers too, as they are massively overworked right now.  [/quote]

Very few are pulling out.  Our school has up to 35 kids per class.[/quote]

They should though- might learn more and lessen the burden on teachers.[/quote]

How do you propose that?  Many parents at our school don't speak English and work minimum wage jobs to survive.  They cannot afford privates nor would a private want a family like them.  Their idea of poor is UMC families who complain they are struggling at $150K a year.

Pull your kids out.  Then they can redistrict and we can get our numbers down.[/quote]

$150k is NOT UMC around here. [/quote]

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