Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:E hall pass is amazing from a school perspective as we can now limit how many students are in the hallway building wide. Set the cap at 15 and it locks anyone else from submitting a pass when that number is reached. I used it in a different school system and it was very successful.

The only downside from a teacher's perspective is that you will have to temporarily stop instruction to approve the pass but that's no different than having to stop to write a hand written pass.

How does it work with subs?

I believe the version MCPS is using is integrated into synergy so subs should have access as long as they have synergy access

Anonymous wrote:E hall pass is amazing from a school perspective as we can now limit how many students are in the hallway building wide. Set the cap at 15 and it locks anyone else from submitting a pass when that number is reached. I used it in a different school system and it was very successful.

The only downside from a teacher's perspective is that you will have to temporarily stop instruction to approve the pass but that's no different than having to stop to write a hand written pass.

Building on this since I can't edit the original post, it was also great because as a highly data driven teacher, it calculates how long each student is out of the classroom so I can collect that data and use it when communicating with parents to justify a student's performance. "Yes Mrs. Jones I understand you are upset with your child having a D in my class but the data indicates they have spent the equivalent of 3 whole class periods in the hallway and bathroom this marking period."

Anonymous wrote:E hall pass is amazing from a school perspective as we can now limit how many students are in the hallway building wide. Set the cap at 15 and it locks anyone else from submitting a pass when that number is reached. I used it in a different school system and it was very successful.

The only downside from a teacher's perspective is that you will have to temporarily stop instruction to approve the pass but that's no different than having to stop to write a hand written pass.

How does it work with subs?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My high schooler hated it because, as mentioned in another thread, the entire day was spent lecturing and threatening the students about the cell phone policy. My kid is very academic and didn’t think almost the entirety of every AP class needed to be spent this way. Loved their teachers from get go last year and this year started on a very antagonistic vibe. And this is a kid who voluntarily puts their phone away at home to focus on school work.

Plus the new electronic bathroom pass. You can’t use your cell so you have to open and log into your Chromebook to do the electronic pass. Another year of dehydration ahead.

Haha did not hear about this! What a shpt show! Elecrronic bathroom passes!!!

When I first heard about it, it made sense to track the kids who are wondering the halls or vaping in stalls for 30 minutes. But I didn’t realize they’d need to use their chromebooks. Fine if they’re already using them but otherwise? I’m hoping the teachers still have a physical pass option?

E hall pass is amazing from a school perspective as we can now limit how many students are in the hallway building wide. Set the cap at 15 and it locks anyone else from submitting a pass when that number is reached. I used it in a different school system and it was very successful.

The only downside from a teacher's perspective is that you will have to temporarily stop instruction to approve the pass but that's no different than having to stop to write a hand written pass.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The middle school bus that picks up in front of my house was at least 30 minutes late. (I don't have a middle schooler this year. Last year it picked up at 7:35. Today it came at 8:11)

But did you like the superintendent's rap?

Just watched it. Do you have to be completely tone deaf to be a school superintendent?
Alot of production went in to this video while SN students are getting kicked by their teachers because the budget doesn't allow for trained staff.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My high schooler hated it because, as mentioned in another thread, the entire day was spent lecturing and threatening the students about the cell phone policy. My kid is very academic and didn’t think almost the entirety of every AP class needed to be spent this way. Loved their teachers from get go last year and this year started on a very antagonistic vibe. And this is a kid who voluntarily puts their phone away at home to focus on school work.

Plus the new electronic bathroom pass. You can’t use your cell so you have to open and log into your Chromebook to do the electronic pass. Another year of dehydration ahead.

Haha did not hear about this! What a shpt show! Elecrronic bathroom passes!!!

Anonymous wrote:The middle school bus that picks up in front of my house was at least 30 minutes late. (I don't have a middle schooler this year. Last year it picked up at 7:35. Today it came at 8:11)

But did you like the superintendent's rap?

The middle school bus that picks up in front of my house was at least 30 minutes late. (I don't have a middle schooler this year. Last year it picked up at 7:35. Today it came at 8:11)

Anonymous wrote:My high schooler hated it because, as mentioned in another thread, the entire day was spent lecturing and threatening the students about the cell phone policy. My kid is very academic and didn’t think almost the entirety of every AP class needed to be spent this way. Loved their teachers from get go last year and this year started on a very antagonistic vibe. And this is a kid who voluntarily puts their phone away at home to focus on school work.

Plus the new electronic bathroom pass. You can’t use your cell so you have to open and log into your Chromebook to do the electronic pass. Another year of dehydration ahead.

My high schooler hated it because, as mentioned in another thread, the entire day was spent lecturing and threatening the students about the cell phone policy. My kid is very academic and didn’t think almost the entirety of every AP class needed to be spent this way. Loved their teachers from get go last year and this year started on a very antagonistic vibe. And this is a kid who voluntarily puts their phone away at home to focus on school work.

My middle schooler enjoyed school and enjoyed connecting with friends and meeting her teachers. This was a huge improvement over last year, when she cried on the first day of school.

Anonymous wrote:Lots of issues at one school. Amazing how differently each school is run with no consistency. Discipline is much more lax at one school. It’s getting worse not better.

What level? HS?

Lots of issues at one school. Amazing how differently each school is run with no consistency. Discipline is much more lax at one school. It’s getting worse not better.

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