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Anonymous wrote:You'd think in a thread about teaching and education there would not be an incorrect usage of "it's."

If you're referring to "It's horrible out there . . .," you're wrong. "It's' is the correct contraction of "it is" "It," OTOH, its a possessive pronoun -- e.g., the cat is licking its fur.

What bothers me is "If it wasn't for the students. . . . " in the OP's original post. Because it's a counterfactual conditional (there necessarily being students when the subject under discussion is school teachers), OP should have said "If it weren't for the students, I believe many teachers would quit." Contrast "If wishes were fishes we'd all swim in riches" with "If I wasn't in love with you, then I wouldn't put up with that crazy family of yours."

Title of the thread: "Dcps hates it's teachers"

Okay, and here is a way to blame Trump: The Mayor very much looks to OPM, which went with a delayed start, not a closure, not even unscheduled tele-work as far as I could see (get those lazy government bastards to their desks!). What's that got to do with DCPS you may ask: Well, as many DC parents work for federal agencies, a full-on school closure would have meant a whole lot of kids out of school at home with parents having to go to work. Better to have those kids in school. Would have been my call, too, as much as I didn't like the outcome, and for once took advantage of the wild card in the form of an excused absence. Best call that could be made under the circumstances IMHO.

I am a former DCPS teacher, I left for MoCo. The county has it together and functions like it should. While MCPS can always improve at least it is still a highly functional system. I used my snow day to catch up on grading and started lesson planning for two weeks out. I also spent time with my DD.

Our title 1 had about a third of the usual class. All high SES or high achieving. Small class size!

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of DCPS kids depend on breakfast and lunch and the parents need to work. This is different than many suburban districts that have a smaller need. There are public trans. options the suburbs don't have. City schools tend not to close for these reasons.

I'm so sick of this argument. If this is truly the case, then set up certain schools as designated meal locations and have specific "essential personnel" to monitor breakfast and lunch distribution. Teachers don't prepare or distribute the food. The high schoolers don't come to school normally. They really don't come in inclement weather. There were two or three kids in each class today.

+1. I had one student in my title 1 elementary class. Many of my friends across the district at different title 1 schools had less than 5 kids in their classes.

+2. Only the higher SES kids were at our title 1 DCPS today. It's mid month and people's EBT usually hasn't run out yet.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't want to pay them to be able to afford to live in the city, and don't have any regard for their safe commute. If it wasn't for the students I believe many would quit.

I doubt it. They are paid well, and every year our school gets several coming from charters schools for the increased pay, more flexibility in the classroom and a more stable learning environment.

More flexibility???

Last year we had someone come to our school once a month to make sure we were adhering to the scope and sequence and following their paint by numbers approach to teaching. I was dinged on everything from not having the school motto posted in the right place to having one too few data points on the wall. I left DCPS to go to a charter.

I left to go to independent. Lower salary, SO MUCH more joy in teaching. Plus, I had today off to cuddle with my child.

Anonymous wrote:You'd think in a thread about teaching and education there would not be an incorrect usage of "it's."

If you're referring to "It's horrible out there . . .," you're wrong. "It's' is the correct contraction of "it is" "It," OTOH, its a possessive pronoun -- e.g., the cat is licking its fur.

What bothers me is "If it wasn't for the students. . . . " in the OP's original post. Because it's a counterfactual conditional (there necessarily being students when the subject under discussion is school teachers), OP should have said "If it weren't for the students, I believe many teachers would quit." Contrast "If wishes were fishes we'd all swim in riches" with "If I wasn't in love with you, then I wouldn't put up with that crazy family of yours."

DCPS hates parents who care and complain, too. They need a control board in the central office to weed out useless bureaucrats both there and in the school administrative offices too.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of DCPS kids depend on breakfast and lunch and the parents need to work. This is different than many suburban districts that have a smaller need. There are public trans. options the suburbs don't have. City schools tend not to close for these reasons.

I'm so sick of this argument. If this is truly the case, then set up certain schools as designated meal locations and have specific "essential personnel" to monitor breakfast and lunch distribution. Teachers don't prepare or distribute the food. The high schoolers don't come to school normally. They really don't come in inclement weather. There were two or three kids in each class today.

+1. I had one student in my title 1 elementary class. Many of my friends across the district at different title 1 schools had less than 5 kids in their classes.

Anonymous wrote:A lot of DCPS kids depend on breakfast and lunch and the parents need to work. This is different than many suburban districts that have a smaller need. There are public trans. options the suburbs don't have. City schools tend not to close for these reasons.

I'm so sick of this argument. If this is truly the case, then set up certain schools as designated meal locations and have specific "essential personnel" to monitor breakfast and lunch distribution. Teachers don't prepare or distribute the food. The high schoolers don't come to school normally. They really don't come in inclement weather. There were two or three kids in each class today.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't want to pay them to be able to afford to live in the city, and don't have any regard for their safe commute. If it wasn't for the students I believe many would quit.

I doubt it. They are paid well, and every year our school gets several coming from charters schools for the increased pay, more flexibility in the classroom and a more stable learning environment.

More flexibility???

Last year we had someone come to our school once a month to make sure we were adhering to the scope and sequence and following their paint by numbers approach to teaching. I was dinged on everything from not having the school motto posted in the right place to having one too few data points on the wall. I left DCPS to go to a charter.

Excuse me, ladies, IT'S the City Administrator's office that makes the decision to close or delay. Not the DCPS Chancellor. In terms of feeding hungry children who may not get fed otherwise, that's a good point, but on the other hand, Baltimore City Public Schools closed today and they arguably have even more needy children.

Anonymous wrote:A lot of DCPS kids depend on breakfast and lunch and the parents need to work. This is different than many suburban districts that have a smaller need. There are public trans. options the suburbs don't have. City schools tend not to close for these reasons.

and a large number of them live in PG County!

I hope that OP didn't go to DCPS. It's "its."

A lot of DCPS kids depend on breakfast and lunch and the parents need to work. This is different than many suburban districts that have a smaller need. There are public trans. options the suburbs don't have. City schools tend not to close for these reasons.