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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any idea on what happens Monday if they roll out with in person? I heard at our reopening parent meeting that class size for virtual will swell to 35 for pre k 3 kid and 38 for 1st grader. All new teachers and class composition. My kid will adjust but I worry about the kids who need more support and some of the students who don’t speak English. About 1/4 of my oldest class seems to have parents that speak only Spanish (I’ve been ear hustling in class) but not much translation to keep parents in the loop.  I think they DCPS should go back the drawing board and make a better plan. Swelling class sizes, new teachers, AND asynchronous seems like a lot of concessions on top of a few care classrooms in quarantine due to positive cases. It’s just way too messy. 
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I am confused by your question. Individual schools have totally different plans, including different plans by grade level. No one can tell you what will happen at your school unless you share the school name. Your school's plan sounds, frankly, terrible. But that wasn't forced on them by DCPS. Our school is retaining class composition except for students who opted into in person or who agreed to be reallocated to a new teacher virtually to facilitate right sizing of classes (some parents wanted to stay w/ the same teacher even w/ simulcasting & potentially a bigger class; other parents wanted to move if it meant no simulcasting & a smaller class). All of the things you're complaining about are things YOUR school decided to do with teacher input. DCPS had to approve the plans -- and there were some plans rejected, although some of the schools convinced DCPS on appeal -- but schools set the plans in the first place.[/quote]

Are you saying DCPS takes no responsibility for individual schools? Is the Chancellor not in charge of individual schools? [/quote]

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