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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The November 9th reopening date never made sense to me. It’s just not feasible to jump from virtual learning on 11/6 to in-person learning on 11/9. Teachers will need time to put their classrooms together, get the school ready, and  of course adjust plans for in-person learning. I’m certain this will require additional planning days being added to the calendar which will just push us closer to the holidays!

I’m thinking January at the earliest.[/quote]

DCPS is most definitely not opening in 2020.   I am hoping in January they start limited opening at least at the elementary schools, this is the age that really needs in person teaching.  no ECE, move those teachers into other grades so classes can be small.[/quote]

100% agree. Get the kindergarteners and 1st graders into the classroom, and small groups for kids with high level IEPs. I want my 3rd grader to go back, but I can wait. [/quote]

Where are all these teachers coming from?! The Metro area has an extremely small substitute teaching pool. You live in a fantasy world.[/quote]

um, the existing staff and aides? [/quote]

So kids are all going back 5 days a week, 25 per class?[/quote]

The point is, if we wanted to prioritize the most important groups for in-person school, we could figure it out.  Most DCPS K classes (all?) don't have 25 kids anyway.  They have more like 20 plus an aide.  So I'm pretty sure it could be worked out if there was the will to do it.  [/quote]

Bring back K and 1st grade.  Bring back those teachers of K, 1st and their aides as well as ECE teachers to make smaller classes for K and 1st.  We know ECE doesn’t work online anyway, and it isn’t a compulsory grade.  Add in reading specialists, math coach, instructional coaches and anyone else who could teach those grades to make small classes.  [/quote]

If anyone goes back it will always be self contained first, then ELL, ECE, THEN K-2. I’m sorry but ECE is important and they don’t have time to be teaching K-2 kids.

This is why the US is rapidly falling behind other countries that on average have 97% participation across ECE. [/quote]

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