Anonymous wrote:Let's hope that further harm is not done to school children in the ADW or any Catholic diocese with the virtual garbage,

It did NOT work. Sorry - time to move on from the horrible decision making that did serious damage to children.

Two weeks of remote will not do harm. Covid hospitalizations are up 50% in MD this past week. If remote takes pressure off the healthcare workers then it would do good not harm.

Let's hope that further harm is not done to school children in the ADW or any Catholic diocese with the virtual garbage,

It did NOT work. Sorry - time to move on from the horrible decision making that did serious damage to children.

I know of one elementary who announced before the holidays that they’d do a week remote after break

Charles County just announced remote. Will archdiocese follow suit?

Anonymous wrote:We are in AOB but independent school and will start virtual on Monday.

For how long?

We are in AOB but independent school and will start virtual on Monday.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d prefer asynchronous distant learning. Haven’t heard anything from our Catholic elementary school.

You won’t be getting it. Withdraw and homeschool.

There’s the spirit.

Fellow Catholic school parent and it’s insanely pedantic and particularly mean-spirited to argue over winter break vs Christmas break, and particularly so when that’s not even the question at hand.

"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" (22:37-39)

Anonymous wrote:I’d prefer asynchronous distant learning. Haven’t heard anything from our Catholic elementary school.

You won’t be getting it. Withdraw and homeschool.

Anonymous wrote:No. Because Catholic schools do not have “winter break.” They have Christmas vacation. And it’s not looking like anybody’s going to defer opening, but they have a few days left to change their mind.

This. We call it Christmas break, Easter break, etc.

FWIW, our school is opening a day late...just to give the teachers a thank you day off. This was decided before break started. We also offer virtual to those who must be in quarantine or isolation...this has been going on all through the pandemic. Last semester nobody was doing virtual only learning in our school.

Same. These teachers have had more than enough of concurrent.

I’d prefer asynchronous distant learning. Haven’t heard anything from our Catholic elementary school.

Anonymous wrote:No. Because Catholic schools do not have “winter break.” They have Christmas vacation. And it’s not looking like anybody’s going to defer opening, but they have a few days left to change their mind.

Some Catholic high schools in the ADW have announced they will be asynchronous distant learning for the first couple days until schoolwide testing is complete. They aren't ADW schools, but they do set a precedent.

No. Because Catholic schools do not have “winter break.” They have Christmas vacation. And it’s not looking like anybody’s going to defer opening, but they have a few days left to change their mind.

Our kids were virtual last year with some students and teacher in classroom. Anyone hear if they will offer this option again after winter break?