Because virtual school is dumb, but the private school knows it has to justify tuition.

OP, you are better off comparing one public school district to another, not to private school.

What did APS do? DCPS? FCPS?

And if your only complaint is that one of your kids was bored bored bored, then you can easily fix that yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:During snowcrete, my MCPS kid had no virtual school at all and my private school kid had virtual learning everyday. Quite annoying - one kid is occupied and the other is bouncing off of the walls with nothing to do. Same thing today. Now private school kid gets out first week in June and MCPS kid is not out until the end of the month.

This blows my mind. My public school kid has barely had two consecutive weeks of school!

Because you're paying 4x as much for your private school kid. And we'll be looking forward to you coming back mid-June and complaining that your private school kid is bouncing off the walls with nothing to do while your MCPS kid is in school.

I’ve worked in public schools for years and no meaningful education occurs in June. Basically at that point in the year, it’s fine if you just need a babysitter.

Not virtual school, exactly, but this time my kid got assignments from teachers in every single one of her AP classes.

As you know, we pay for the privilege of private school.

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Anonymous wrote:During snowcrete, my MCPS kid had no virtual school at all and my private school kid had virtual learning everyday. Quite annoying - one kid is occupied and the other is bouncing off of the walls with nothing to do. Same thing today. Now private school kid gets out first week in June and MCPS kid is not out until the end of the month.

This blows my mind. My public school kid has barely had two consecutive weeks of school!

Your private school didn’t have to have public comments on a proposed plan.

You see how people act here. Full of bluster. Low on actual knowledge of pedagogy. They would act the same in a crowded auditorium.

MCPS will never have any process like that as easy as a private school, HoCo, AA, or PG because of the parents.

Oh please. To blame McPS parents for MCPS not bothering to submit the virtual learning plan for weather emergencies it committed to do in 2024 is a high form of “the dog ate my homework.”

Many other school districts have already prepared and submitted these plans and the state approved them. McPS is just a special kind of lazy.

Anonymous wrote:During snowcrete, my MCPS kid had no virtual school at all and my private school kid had virtual learning everyday. Quite annoying - one kid is occupied and the other is bouncing off of the walls with nothing to do. Same thing today. Now private school kid gets out first week in June and MCPS kid is not out until the end of the month.

This blows my mind. My public school kid has barely had two consecutive weeks of school!

Your private school didn’t have to have public comments on a proposed plan.

You see how people act here. Full of bluster. Low on actual knowledge of pedagogy. They would act the same in a crowded auditorium.

MCPS will never have any process like that as easy as a private school, HoCo, AA, or PG because of the parents.

Anonymous wrote:Every child needs a computer at home. I don't know where you live but I teach at a school where kids share a room with 3 other adults. Not every child has the supplies to learn at home.

In other counties the parents let the school know if they need supplies. When there is an expected need for virtual learning, those kids take what they need (tablet, laptop, hotspot, food, headphones) home.

Every child needs a computer at home. I don't know where you live but I teach at a school where kids share a room with 3 other adults. Not every child has the supplies to learn at home.

There’s a long thread asking about the progress of MCPS’s virtual learning plan for weather emergencies. MCPS said it would prepare one in 2024, but here we are in 2026 and nothing was done. You should be asking why this plan hasn’t been prepared and submitted to the state of Maryland. Other of neighboring Maryland countries (PG, Baltimore, Anne Arundel) prepared their plan and had it approved and have had virtual learning during these snow storms.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1315160.page

Anonymous wrote:During snowcrete, my MCPS kid had no virtual school at all and my private school kid had virtual learning everyday. Quite annoying - one kid is occupied and the other is bouncing off of the walls with nothing to do. Same thing today. Now private school kid gets out first week in June and MCPS kid is not out until the end of the month.

This blows my mind. My public school kid has barely had two consecutive weeks of school!

Because you're paying 4x as much for your private school kid. And we'll be looking forward to you coming back mid-June and complaining that your private school kid is bouncing off the walls with nothing to do while your MCPS kid is in school.

Anonymous wrote:Go private then

+100. Perfect response. My exact thoughts as I read OP's message.

MCPS explained this in at least one email. They don’t have an approved virtual plan which is required by the state of MD. Why they don’t is a better question. I do feel like my HS son has barely been in school since New Years between weather, holidays, professional days, early release days and the occasional illness.

Go private then

During snowcrete, my MCPS kid had no virtual school at all and my private school kid had virtual learning everyday. Quite annoying - one kid is occupied and the other is bouncing off of the walls with nothing to do. Same thing today. Now private school kid gets out first week in June and MCPS kid is not out until the end of the month.

This blows my mind. My public school kid has barely had two consecutive weeks of school!