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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LAMB. K. Solid C.[/quote]

LAMB, 1st. Solid B.  Might get to an A but just getting rolling, so hard to say if it will get better or worse over time.

LAMB, PK3. C. It's PK3, I'm not sure it really gets any better than a C....

Teachers are doing their very best in a tough situation. A+ to the teachers right now!

My grading is mainly based on whether my kids are into it or not, which I think is the main predictor of learning and of how well this can go long term.[/quote]

This is very dependent on the classroom. One of my kids has a great set of teachers. The other seems to be a disaster thus far. Admin is it’s usual mess so I’m not even sure where to go with my concerns. Overall the setup is really bad- I’m juggling dozens of apps and platforms and there are a few live classes mixed in with a ton of downtime. I’m not sure what the point even is of the afternoon meetings.

Overall- D because I’m feeling generous.  So glad we have that $200+ kit of supplies- a bunch of folders without any labels, and some photocopies, colored pencils and beads. Unless those beads are precious gems Im not seeing how this cost $200. [/quote]

Wow, that is crazy so many platforms.  And you had to pay $200 for school supplies?  Really??  I’m sorry your experience is not going well.

I don’t understand how schools think that ECE and early elementary kids are able to log into all these platforms.  Of course the parents have to help them with this and juggle everything else on their plate.

Thankfully, our immersion charter has everything on 1 platform and it’s 1 zoom link all day so easy for my 1st grader to manage.  Our school gave out a bunch of school supplies to everyone for free.  [/quote]

Nowhere did it say that those school supplies cost $200 per kid. It was about $30 per kid. And the PTO covered it all, so no family had to pay a cent towards the supplies. [/quote]

Read the manual- it was $200 and the pto covered it for this year. [/quote]

It wasn’t. I know the exact cost of each box because I was brought into the decision-making process for the PTO covering it. The $200 per child for school supplies that has been estimated in the past refers to a normal year when kids have a full list of supplies to bring to the class (wipes, class shoes, etc.). If someone told you the supply box for this year cost $200, they were very misinformed.[/quote]

If just supplies, that should be NO WHERE near $200. Are you sure that didn't include field trips? [/quote]

Pretty sure that was just a very generous estimate of an entire year's worth of supplies, and shoes, and I don't think we ever spent nearly that much. This year, that much was not spent by PTO either. Strange thing to be fixating on. [/quote]

The point is that if the PTO is telling parents their school supplies cost $200, they are either not being transparent at all, or buying gold-plated crayons.[/quote]

For goodness sakes, this is a ridiculous obsession.  But i believe this also included money for snacks.  The school was going to start buying snacks so the parents didn't have to do it.  I LOOOOOVe this idea.  [/quote]

What??  This makes no sense.  Snacks for whom with distance learning?  So PTO has no idea when kids will be back in school if at all for most of this year and charging parents for snacks?  Is the PTO planning on delivering these snacks to the home of families?

Agree as someone posted, there needs to be more transparency of how PTO funds are used.
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Note this post above:  "It wasn’t. I know the exact cost of each box because I was brought into the decision-making process for the PTO covering it. The $200 per child for school supplies that has been estimated in the past refers to a normal year when kids have a full list of supplies to bring to the class (wipes, class shoes, etc.). If someone told you the supply box for this year cost $200, they were very misinformed."

Of course we aren't buying snacks now, and the boxes don't cost $200 now.  Get a grip!  [/quote]

The PTO also doesn't create the supply lists, manage the snack requests, or collect money for field trips in normal years - the school administration does. The only thing that the PTO has to do with supplies is making the decision to cover the cost of boxes for home learning this year (boxes that were created by the school administration btw - the PTO did not decide what went in them). People need to redirect this weird anger.[/quote]

Sorry but that's not true. Schools with strong PTOs actually do all the financials because its very hard for schools to collect and deposit funds from families. Generally the school sets out what they need, the PTO then collects the funds and writes a check to cover the cost of the supplies and field trips and snacks etc. This also allows the school to use school buses and suppliers that are not DCPS-approved, meaning they can get more competitive rates and better products.

This is a tangent, sure, but any school who's PTO isn't being upfront and clear about costs and where parent dollars go is going to wind up in trouble one way or the other.[/quote]

That may be true for other schools, but the LAMB PTO has not done any of that in recent years. All of those aspects were handled by the school administration, including field trips. There are other reasons to potentially be critical of the PTO, but it is not this one.[/quote]

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