Our charter’s teachers and staff have had Covid related deaths but that did not stop the school from doing bringing the kids back and doing hybrid now. It didn’t stop the school from saying goal is full 5 day IPL in the fall.

It’s unfortunate but you can’t justify denying the education of the kids you serve because some teachers had Covid related family deaths.

Frankly, that’s just a poor excuse and not really the real reason.

I am a parent at Cap City and I have a heart and generously give as I can to Cap City and its families - and have had my own share of family tragedy during this awful pandemic. However, its refusal to provide any in-person learning in Quarter 4 - as vaccinations are becoming more available and both CDC and OSSE guidances are promoting reopening - is shocking and extremely disappointing. At this point, I think that the staff does not want to come back and that is the biggest driver of the decision making. The school is great - when they are open. But who cares that they have amazing facilities, an amazing arts program, amazing outdoor space, etc if they are not going to open their doors? Their current rhetoric is that they will open in the fall but no details have been provided.

Anonymous wrote:I’m not a cap city parent, but do you all have no heart? Parents died of covid and I guess all you care about is yourself. Shame on you.

Hundreds of thousands of people have died. The whole thing is tragic, no one is arguing that. But life should not completely stop for those who are still living. There have been safe options for reopening and cap city has not done ANYTHING. They can shut down if they want if they feel that is appropriate response to the tragedy, but they should not receive public funds for not meeting their population's needs. It's a crime.

I’m not a cap city parent, but do you all have no heart? Parents died of covid and I guess all you care about is yourself. Shame on you.

Poster from 22:47 here. The death of three parents early on in the pandemic is tragic and certainly there is speculation among families that it is the reason why the school has not focused more on reopening, although I have never heard that directly said by Administrators. I stand by my earlier assessment that PK at Capitol City is great, but that it may not be in person in the Fall, both factors that any prospective family may want to consider.

Anonymous wrote:Students at Cap city lost their parents to COVID. This is a fact that leadership integrated into their reopening plans.

Yes, and that is tragic. But again, not justification for shutting down their responsibility for all students. They absolutely failed. It is a shame and I hope the do better in the Fall, but I don't hold my breath.

Students at Cap city lost their parents to COVID. This is a fact that leadership integrated into their reopening plans.

Anonymous wrote:I think the fact that the school community had direct connection with COVID related deaths influenced the decision making - rightfully so

Disagree entirely. Emotional and anecdotal-based rationalization has no place with regard to their responsibility to educate their students. They failed to meet their responsibility. It's been awful. Inexcusable actually.

I think the fact that the school community had direct connection with COVID related deaths influenced the decision making - rightfully so

During normal times Cap City is a phenomenal school. They have utterly failed during the pandemic.

We had a great experience with PK at Cap City. School is not currently doing in person learning at all (1 Cares Classroom with 10 kids total for PK-1 at the moment). Hopefully that will be expanded by the Fall, but who knows.

Top early childhood education program in DC.

Anyone with experience here or considering this as their choice for the fall? Would love any insight!