Anonymous
Post 07/06/2020 06:30     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
Anonymous wrote:MCPS was terrible in person for us last year.

School is not child care. Figure it out.


School is not ONLY child care. But it is ALSO child care.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 23:32     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m a former IB teacher and I love writing curriculum.

If not for my DD’s love of cross-country, I’d be homeschooling for certain.

But XC is her happy place, and we’ve agreed that if XC happens (there’s a slight possibility they’ll hold races with staggered starts like Nordic ski), then the kids will do school whether it’s distance or hybrid. That’s because we live in a state that does not allow homeschoolers to participate in school athletics.

If there’s no cross-country, which is looking likely, we’re homeschooling.

I’ll put together interdisciplinary units of study based on my younger one’s interests that address all the state’s grade 4 benchmarks. It would be better if we had a pod of a few families to have a learning community...but I don’t feel comfortable exposing others. I just went back to my office and am one of a handful (out of 50 or so) who masks consistently.

For my high schooler, her assignment next week while I’m at work is to research what she needs to do to be eligible to take the end-of-year subject exams and how she can do dual credit (HS/college) as a homeschooler.


More excuse for your DC to spend hours stay in front of the screen chatting with friends, watching tik tok, and ...oh yeah looking for information whatever mom wants me to look at


I’ve seen the videos taken in class showing all the “good students” on their phones as the teacher drones on. Yes our middle school has the all phones must be in lockers all day policy. Don’t even get me started on how they defeat go guardian on the chrome books. Point is my poor management at home is not going to meaningfully alter online wandering.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 22:58     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
Anonymous wrote:I’m a former IB teacher and I love writing curriculum.

If not for my DD’s love of cross-country, I’d be homeschooling for certain.

But XC is her happy place, and we’ve agreed that if XC happens (there’s a slight possibility they’ll hold races with staggered starts like Nordic ski), then the kids will do school whether it’s distance or hybrid. That’s because we live in a state that does not allow homeschoolers to participate in school athletics.

If there’s no cross-country, which is looking likely, we’re homeschooling.

I’ll put together interdisciplinary units of study based on my younger one’s interests that address all the state’s grade 4 benchmarks. It would be better if we had a pod of a few families to have a learning community...but I don’t feel comfortable exposing others. I just went back to my office and am one of a handful (out of 50 or so) who masks consistently.

For my high schooler, her assignment next week while I’m at work is to research what she needs to do to be eligible to take the end-of-year subject exams and how she can do dual credit (HS/college) as a homeschooler.


More excuse for your DC to spend hours stay in front of the screen chatting with friends, watching tik tok, and ...oh yeah looking for information whatever mom wants me to look at
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 21:53     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
MCPS was terrible in person for us last year.

School is not child care. Figure it out.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 21:52     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
Anonymous wrote:I’m a former IB teacher and I love writing curriculum.

If not for my DD’s love of cross-country, I’d be homeschooling for certain.

But XC is her happy place, and we’ve agreed that if XC happens (there’s a slight possibility they’ll hold races with staggered starts like Nordic ski), then the kids will do school whether it’s distance or hybrid. That’s because we live in a state that does not allow homeschoolers to participate in school athletics.

If there’s no cross-country, which is looking likely, we’re homeschooling.

I’ll put together interdisciplinary units of study based on my younger one’s interests that address all the state’s grade 4 benchmarks. It would be better if we had a pod of a few families to have a learning community...but I don’t feel comfortable exposing others. I just went back to my office and am one of a handful (out of 50 or so) who masks consistently.

For my high schooler, her assignment next week while I’m at work is to research what she needs to do to be eligible to take the end-of-year subject exams and how she can do dual credit (HS/college) as a homeschooler.


Great. But that’s not relevant to most families. I find this whole thing insulting to teachers - I don’t know how to teach my kid! It is a skill that is learned and honed over the course of a career - I can’t just google my way through this!
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 21:51     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It looks like homeschool is being viewed as the better option of the three by more and more families.

https://news.yahoo.com/parents-choosing-home-school-over-110224382.html

The DL and hybrid options don't work well for parents with jobs. Even with hybrid they have 3 days of kids at home and need to be, or provide a teacher assistant, to keep kids on task those days. I understand it is impossible to know how well any given program may work in part because it all depends on how many asymptomatic kids are in the system. The World Health Organization, still credible to me at least, says we should be pushing for outdoor school.


Distance learning and hybrid don't work well for parents with paid employment, but homeschooling does?!


Yes, because it you have better control over work and time. There’s no requirement that school has to happen from 9-3. Most homeschoolers, esp little ones, finish their work in less than 6 hours.



Yeah my son had 45 minutes of synchronous time (and didn’t really need to be there). We were effectively homeschooling him. Or unschooling, in our case, as we tried to stay employed.
I infer that you have zero personal experience with MCPS in the age of coronavirus.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 21:37     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It looks like homeschool is being viewed as the better option of the three by more and more families.

https://news.yahoo.com/parents-choosing-home-school-over-110224382.html

The DL and hybrid options don't work well for parents with jobs. Even with hybrid they have 3 days of kids at home and need to be, or provide a teacher assistant, to keep kids on task those days. I understand it is impossible to know how well any given program may work in part because it all depends on how many asymptomatic kids are in the system. The World Health Organization, still credible to me at least, says we should be pushing for outdoor school.


Distance learning and hybrid don't work well for parents with paid employment, but homeschooling does?!


Yes, because it you have better control over work and time. There’s no requirement that school has to happen from 9-3. Most homeschoolers, esp little ones, finish their work in less than 6 hours.


I infer that you have zero personal experience with MCPS in the age of coronavirus.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 21:05     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It looks like homeschool is being viewed as the better option of the three by more and more families.

https://news.yahoo.com/parents-choosing-home-school-over-110224382.html

The DL and hybrid options don't work well for parents with jobs. Even with hybrid they have 3 days of kids at home and need to be, or provide a teacher assistant, to keep kids on task those days. I understand it is impossible to know how well any given program may work in part because it all depends on how many asymptomatic kids are in the system. The World Health Organization, still credible to me at least, says we should be pushing for outdoor school.


Distance learning and hybrid don't work well for parents with paid employment, but homeschooling does?!


Yes, because it you have better control over work and time. There’s no requirement that school has to happen from 9-3. Most homeschoolers, esp little ones, finish their work in less than 6 hours.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 18:40     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
Anonymous wrote:It looks like homeschool is being viewed as the better option of the three by more and more families.

https://news.yahoo.com/parents-choosing-home-school-over-110224382.html

The DL and hybrid options don't work well for parents with jobs. Even with hybrid they have 3 days of kids at home and need to be, or provide a teacher assistant, to keep kids on task those days. I understand it is impossible to know how well any given program may work in part because it all depends on how many asymptomatic kids are in the system. The World Health Organization, still credible to me at least, says we should be pushing for outdoor school.


Distance learning and hybrid don't work well for parents with paid employment, but homeschooling does?!
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 17:29     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
It seems likely our DL will be some existing third party stuff for the older grades. Makes sense, why imagine each teacher can create as effective an online experience starting from nothing. If this happens, we will just go with our own choice of third party provider. For us there are substantial administrative costs, and no benefits, from adding the school system details onto the tasks. YMMV
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 15:15     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?

We were doing great with DL, and hope it will continue. I would have no trouble homeschooling my elementary schooler, but I’m not sure I can do so with my teen who will have 3 AP exams in May ‘21.

Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 15:07     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
I’m a former IB teacher and I love writing curriculum.

If not for my DD’s love of cross-country, I’d be homeschooling for certain.

But XC is her happy place, and we’ve agreed that if XC happens (there’s a slight possibility they’ll hold races with staggered starts like Nordic ski), then the kids will do school whether it’s distance or hybrid. That’s because we live in a state that does not allow homeschoolers to participate in school athletics.

If there’s no cross-country, which is looking likely, we’re homeschooling.

I’ll put together interdisciplinary units of study based on my younger one’s interests that address all the state’s grade 4 benchmarks. It would be better if we had a pod of a few families to have a learning community...but I don’t feel comfortable exposing others. I just went back to my office and am one of a handful (out of 50 or so) who masks consistently.

For my high schooler, her assignment next week while I’m at work is to research what she needs to do to be eligible to take the end-of-year subject exams and how she can do dual credit (HS/college) as a homeschooler.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 14:44     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
She also quit her job to homeschool. Must be nice to have that kind of money.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 12:34     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
"More and more" means "I know some people who are doing this, so I'm going to say it's a trend."
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2020 12:08     Subject: DL, hybrid or homeschool?
It looks like homeschool is being viewed as the better option of the three by more and more families.

https://news.yahoo.com/parents-choosing-home-school-over-110224382.html

The DL and hybrid options don't work well for parents with jobs. Even with hybrid they have 3 days of kids at home and need to be, or provide a teacher assistant, to keep kids on task those days. I understand it is impossible to know how well any given program may work in part because it all depends on how many asymptomatic kids are in the system. The World Health Organization, still credible to me at least, says we should be pushing for outdoor school.