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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Virtual learning was a disaster and should not be repeated, ever.  MCPS should build kore snow days into the calendar (which would be the same thing as going later or attending earlier, unless you want them to get rid of necessary breaks - they are not allowed to have school on some holidays, did you know Easter Monday was a Maryland requirement to have off?).

The result is the same - more days of school, same as we are going to get because of the snow storm[/quote]

Virtual learning was a disaster, but I wouldn't necessarily rule it out as a temporary measure for a truly exceptional event like covid.

But, snow isn't exceptional. It happens every winter. Virtual isn't necessary or appropriate when competent leadership can plan for this with a combination of more built-in days and real contingency days.[/quote]

It was a problem because it was for a year!  For a week, there are great opportunities to do things that aren't easily done at school-- like enrichment activities for the kids who are on top of current work and more remedial work for kids who need it.  Neither would particularly need teachers re-teaching (remedial stuff is all review and enrichment stuff can be done independently).  So teachers could ready a range of such assignments at the beginning of the year and then when a snow day is predicted, they'd just need to assign which kid gets which set of work (videos, worksheets, projects, whatever).[/quote]

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