I would note that charter decisions apparently depend (often) on DCPS and even MCPS decisions. At least that's been the case at my charter. We were told that there were teachers with kids at DCPS or MOCO; without in-person school in those places, our charter didn't have the staffing to return.

So I, as a charter parent, am very interested in seeing what happens at DCPS and MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:Telling that this turned into a chance to lay into chargers when DCPS is so far behind MoCo as well.

Not sure I get that. DCPS is open in a hybrid model as of February. The MCPS boards are full of parents complaining that they aren't open yet, don't have IP slots for everyone, and I thought MCPS wasn't open until March.

NOT true. Thousands of kids in middle and high school are not in at all. Please don't say that crazy stuff because it just isn't true and there is no plan to get them back in school this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Telling that this turned into a chance to lay into chargers when DCPS is so far behind MoCo as well.

Not sure I get that. DCPS is open in a hybrid model as of February. The MCPS boards are full of parents complaining that they aren't open yet, don't have IP slots for everyone, and I thought MCPS wasn't open until March.

But DC also has lots of people who didn't get IP spots, and it seems has no real intention of addressing that issue this school year.

Also, DC appears to be good with 20% of kids getting some sort of hybrid, while MCPS isn't limiting themselves to 20% (or so it appears).

Anonymous wrote:Telling that this turned into a chance to lay into chargers when DCPS is so far behind MoCo as well.

Not sure I get that. DCPS is open in a hybrid model as of February. The MCPS boards are full of parents complaining that they aren't open yet, don't have IP slots for everyone, and I thought MCPS wasn't open until March.

MoCo is political. They hired 800 classroom monitors, minimum wage employees. Most of the teachers are remote. So it's essentially "school-as-babysitter."

Telling that this turned into a chance to lay into chargers when DCPS is so far behind MoCo as well.

Montgomery county is planning to bring back all kids and all grades who indicated they wanted hybrid.
They are light years ahead of DCPS in this regard.

I guess you can always leave your charter if you are unhappy with their plans and enroll in DCPS.

They definitely are planning to have more in-person than DCPS at this stage. I’d be interested in seeing what actually happens. Given the union’s unhappiness with the plan.

Here’s MCPS reopening plans. Also includes links to the longer descriptions of their reopening.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2020-2021/Community-Update-20210209.html

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain how Montgomery County is moving so much faster on re-opening? For example, first grade kids in Montgomery County are going back in person full day for four days a week. At my kid's charter, we'll be lucky if they go back in the fall...(Stokes parent....).

Pretty sure this is only a small percentage of the most at-risk kids and it’s like a CARES set-up. Go read the threads in MCPS. They are having the same issues we are (plus the union there seems to be pushing back on reopening).

What?

I live in Montgomery county. Kids are not in school yet.

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain how Montgomery County is moving so much faster on re-opening? For example, first grade kids in Montgomery County are going back in person full day for four days a week. At my kid's charter, we'll be lucky if they go back in the fall...(Stokes parent....).

You chose a charter that is allowed to act autonomously and do its own thing separate from DCPS. This is the result of that.

Different districts, different priorities. Seems like your charter is making a smart move considering the new strain and the number of cases rising with school returning to in person.

Can anyone explain how Montgomery County is moving so much faster on re-opening? For example, first grade kids in Montgomery County are going back in person full day for four days a week. At my kid's charter, we'll be lucky if they go back in the fall...(Stokes parent....).