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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here it is again...parents in this county are so behind the times. Most districts across the country have offered virtual options since the early aughts. The fact MCPS only did in 2020 because of the pandemic is embarrassing. It's time to join the rest of the country in the 21st century without complaining because remote instruction didn't work for your kid during the pandemic. It's so absurd. [/quote]

Just curious- how many of the virtual programs "across the country" are actually offered at the district level?  Particularly in pre-pandemic times.  Quite often the virtual programs are administered at the state level, which makes sense to me.  So this is partly on the state of MD.[/quote]

DP-I would first say, do your own research before asking others to do it for you. But all of my teaching friends from my program are in various states and it is offered at the district level. So, no. It's not on the state of Maryland at all. It could be implemented district wide as its done in MANY other places. MoCo has a unique set of parents that simply refuse to hear any other alternatives other than "in-person". It is sad because instead of using the money and time to refine a district wide program, people just want to shut it down because of the pandemic. All of the parents who continue to post this article on social media are the same exact parents who were at every single board meeting complaining about virtual. Doesn't take a genius to figure out their agenda. It is quite sad and pathetic. [/quote]
 
Lady, well before the pandemic there was research showing that virtual doesn’t even work for college students. Anyone with a single brain cell knows it’s a disaster for children, and yes, we know this because of the pandemic   There is an extremely narrow case for it as a stop-gap for sick kids and SN kids who truly cannot be accomodated at their current placement, but it is not a long-term solution. [/quote]

My kids did great in virtual. I think the problem is mostly with parents who left young children unsupervised and expected better results. The problem isn't virtual but lazy parents.[/quote]

No, the problem is that it is completely developmentally inappropriate for young children to be staring at a screen like that all day long.  Don't take my word for it, ask a developmental pediatrician.  That's awesome that it worked for your kids (really! I am happy for you!) but that you would blame others experience on lazy parents is unbelievable.[/quote]

A developmental pediatrician is already focusing on kids with significant challenges. Of course they are going to have a patients who struggle in virtual. However, those kids struggle in person as well.[/quote]

This is a silly comment because you need a significant issue to see a developmental ped and they aren't worried about if the child is in virtual or in person, they are worried about far greater things.

One of mine is back in person and they are constantly on screens, on their phone at school (which didn't happen in virtual) and teachers are playing videos (Christmas ones which is gross when not everyone celebrates Christmas) the past few days.  That's better?  You clearly have no experience with this school and maybe you should sit in on a few classes before you pass judgement.[/quote]

Why are you putting g your kids back in person if virtual was so much better? SMH.[/quote]

I put one back and the academics were better in most classes because the home school wouldn't allow sports and activities if they were virtual except if they were in person.  That was important to them.  They are supposed to allow it but don't.  For some classes, virtual was far better, for others the classes weren't as good.  Some of it is teacher-specific and we had mostly good teachers in virtual.  I'm not impressed at all with in-person and the academics in some classes are far weaker.  For some kids, both styles work just fine and have their pros and cons.  What I prefer about virtual is the flexibility, not getting sick every few weeks, and basics like kids being able to use the bathroom when needed (the in-person school locks the bathrooms - not sure how that is allowed).  It's also nice not to get texts constantly about incidents that happen in the school where kids miss half a day being evacuated.  It's happened multiple times this year.

It takes a lot of parenting support except for really independent kids.  There are a lot of benefits to it and it was far easier when assignments and other things were online so as parents we can monitor and support and see when our kids are struggling and help.  With in-person, things may not get graded right away, assignments don't come home so we have no idea what's going on.

The big issue isn't in-person vs. virtual but the curriculum (since both use the same curriculum).  Parents need to heavily supplement in elementary school to make sure their kids are on target.  We found the curriculum weak before covid so those using covid as an excuse weren't paying attention to what was going on.  How schools don't teach grammar, spelling or math facts is bizarre, and why kids are struggling.  And, for in-person the lack of discipline and some administrators/teachers (not all as we have a few with clear boundaries and really strong teachers) wanting to be the kid's friends is the other big issue.

It really doesn't matter if you are virtual or in person if you child is engaged and your child has a good teacher/teachers.  That is the biggest factor we see in success, even in person.  Some teachers go above and beyond and some do the minimum.  [/quote]

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