Anonymous
Post 06/15/2022 10:48     Subject: LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
Anonymous wrote:I totally understand that sometimes things happen that are beyond control.
But the principal hasn’t even acknowledged what a mess it was. I cannot believe she did not send a communication last night apologizing.

+1 Very strange that this wasn’t acknowledged. I’m really sad for the student who gave a speech that no one outside the room could hear, including her parents.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2022 07:56     Subject: LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
I totally understand that sometimes things happen that are beyond control.
But the principal hasn’t even acknowledged what a mess it was. I cannot believe she did not send a communication last night apologizing.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2022 01:42     Subject: LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
My guess is whomever decided the ceremony would be virtual really underestimated the kind of a/v equipment needed to properly live stream the event and capture audio, if they were just using a Chromebook to capture everything that wouldn't be good enough. I have friends who did a 5th grade live stream and they used a camcorder, microphones and a mixer.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2022 00:03     Subject: LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
Anonymous wrote:Our school also had virtual promotion for parents. Was that the norm this year for 8th grade?

I don’t know what most schools did, but MLK MS had a very nice in-person promotion ceremony on Monday night at Seneca Valley.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2022 23:51     Subject: LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
Our school also had virtual promotion for parents. Was that the norm this year for 8th grade?
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2022 21:32     Subject: Re:LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
The technical issues added to the poor outcome of the promotion ceremony. RCES had a much better ceremony for 5th grade. Who’s idea was the cruise/dance? The 8th grade family picnic? Did they ask the kids what they wanted?
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2022 17:45     Subject: Re:LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
Anonymous wrote:Yard signs are new from pandemic shutdown. They are coordinated by the PTA and parents buy them.


+1

Who organized their promotion? It seems like they dropped the ball.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2022 17:39     Subject: Re:LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
Yard signs are new from pandemic shutdown. They are coordinated by the PTA and parents buy them.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2022 13:02     Subject: Re:LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NP. Yes, it went down like that. The parents on the committee for planning the 8th grade celebration chose to make the promotion ceremony virtual for parents instead of in-person. A link was sent out to live-stream the ceremony. The ceremony was planned to be brief (45 minutes) and not have most of the class walk the stage. From the start of the ceremony, there was no audio. Thirteen minutes in, the feed was dropped. A new feed started (school didn’t send link out or communicate with parents at all), same issues.

We got no ceremony and no yard signs.


(just wondering)
So typically, who pay for the yard signs? School budget, PTA, or 8th-grader parents contribution?

I don’t know. Pre-pandemic, there were in-person ceremonies and no yard signs. The last two years, there were no in-person ceremonies, but there were yard signs. This year, there was a botched virtual ceremony and no yard signs. I’ve never had an 8th grader before.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2022 12:22     Subject: Re:LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
Anonymous wrote:NP. Yes, it went down like that. The parents on the committee for planning the 8th grade celebration chose to make the promotion ceremony virtual for parents instead of in-person. A link was sent out to live-stream the ceremony. The ceremony was planned to be brief (45 minutes) and not have most of the class walk the stage. From the start of the ceremony, there was no audio. Thirteen minutes in, the feed was dropped. A new feed started (school didn’t send link out or communicate with parents at all), same issues.

We got no ceremony and no yard signs.


(just wondering)
So typically, who pay for the yard signs? School budget, PTA, or 8th-grader parents contribution?
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2022 11:41     Subject: Re:LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
NP. Yes, it went down like that. The parents on the committee for planning the 8th grade celebration chose to make the promotion ceremony virtual for parents instead of in-person. A link was sent out to live-stream the ceremony. The ceremony was planned to be brief (45 minutes) and not have most of the class walk the stage. From the start of the ceremony, there was no audio. Thirteen minutes in, the feed was dropped. A new feed started (school didn’t send link out or communicate with parents at all), same issues.

We got no ceremony and no yard signs.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2022 11:31     Subject: Re:LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is this for real?


From what perspective?
You think parents shouldn’t be disappointed at not being allowed to attend a milestone event?
Or you are actually asking if it went down like that?


Actually asking if it went down like that.
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2022 10:31     Subject: Re:LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
Anonymous wrote:Is this for real?


From what perspective?
You think parents shouldn’t be disappointed at not being allowed to attend a milestone event?
Or you are actually asking if it went down like that?
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2022 10:21     Subject: Re:LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
Is this for real?
Anonymous
Post 06/14/2022 10:07     Subject: LPMS 8th Grade Promotion
Are you kidding me with that?
Parents not allowed to attend.
Livestream a complete disaster.
But from what I could see and what my kid told me, I didn’t miss much.
How utterly disappointing after the middle school experience they’ve had due to the pandemic.