Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.
I know a bunch of families that did this as well- they don’t want to send their kids anytime soon, definitely not before the holidays but they didn’t want to lose a chance to send kids in person in the spring. I think if they waited until after the holidays and surveyed everyone in late January or February with a March starting date, more people may have went hybrid.
This was initially why we chose hybrid. We switched to virtual because we were worried schools would open in November even with rising cases
Oh and hybrid started sounding less appealing with the concurrent plan. How can a teacher teach properly if his/her attention is split between kids in the classroom and kids online? Add to this the uncertainty of schools closing for two weeks if someone gets covid, and then having asynchronous, synchronous and in person learning all in the same week. It just sounds too stressful to deal with. Oh and we have a four year old at home who we pulled out of preschool in September because it didn’t make sense to have our kindergartner at home and preschooler in school (how would we explain that to our kindergartner?) Plus it’s easier when they have each other to play with. Virtual hasn’t been great but it sounds better than hybrid
Wanted to add that we are already applying for private schools next fall. Smaller classes probably means they will open in the fall unlike public school which will probably be hybrid.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.
I know a bunch of families that did this as well- they don’t want to send their kids anytime soon, definitely not before the holidays but they didn’t want to lose a chance to send kids in person in the spring. I think if they waited until after the holidays and surveyed everyone in late January or February with a March starting date, more people may have went hybrid.
This was initially why we chose hybrid. We switched to virtual because we were worried schools would open in November even with rising cases
Oh and hybrid started sounding less appealing with the concurrent plan. How can a teacher teach properly if his/her attention is split between kids in the classroom and kids online? Add to this the uncertainty of schools closing for two weeks if someone gets covid, and then having asynchronous, synchronous and in person learning all in the same week. It just sounds too stressful to deal with. Oh and we have a four year old at home who we pulled out of preschool in September because it didn’t make sense to have our kindergartner at home and preschooler in school (how would we explain that to our kindergartner?) Plus it’s easier when they have each other to play with. Virtual hasn’t been great but it sounds better than hybrid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.
I know a bunch of families that did this as well- they don’t want to send their kids anytime soon, definitely not before the holidays but they didn’t want to lose a chance to send kids in person in the spring. I think if they waited until after the holidays and surveyed everyone in late January or February with a March starting date, more people may have went hybrid.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.
I know a bunch of families that did this as well- they don’t want to send their kids anytime soon, definitely not before the holidays but they didn’t want to lose a chance to send kids in person in the spring. I think if they waited until after the holidays and surveyed everyone in late January or February with a March starting date, more people may have went hybrid.
This was initially why we chose hybrid. We switched to virtual because we were worried schools would open in November even with rising cases
Oh and hybrid started sounding less appealing with the concurrent plan. How can a teacher teach properly if his/her attention is split between kids in the classroom and kids online? Add to this the uncertainty of schools closing for two weeks if someone gets covid, and then having asynchronous, synchronous and in person learning all in the same week. It just sounds too stressful to deal with. Oh and we have a four year old at home who we pulled out of preschool in September because it didn’t make sense to have our kindergartner at home and preschooler in school (how would we explain that to our kindergartner?) Plus it’s easier when they have each other to play with. Virtual hasn’t been great but it sounds better than hybrid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.
I know a bunch of families that did this as well- they don’t want to send their kids anytime soon, definitely not before the holidays but they didn’t want to lose a chance to send kids in person in the spring. I think if they waited until after the holidays and surveyed everyone in late January or February with a March starting date, more people may have went hybrid.
This was initially why we chose hybrid. We switched to virtual because we were worried schools would open in November even with rising cases
Oh and hybrid started sounding less appealing with the concurrent plan. How can a teacher teach properly if his/her attention is split between kids in the classroom and kids online? Add to this the uncertainty of schools closing for two weeks if someone gets covid, and then having asynchronous, synchronous and in person learning all in the same week. It just sounds too stressful to deal with. Oh and we have a four year old at home who we pulled out of preschool in September because it didn’t make sense to have our kindergartner at home and preschooler in school (how would we explain that to our kindergartner?) Plus it’s easier when they have each other to play with. Virtual hasn’t been great but it sounds better than hybrid
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.
I know a bunch of families that did this as well- they don’t want to send their kids anytime soon, definitely not before the holidays but they didn’t want to lose a chance to send kids in person in the spring. I think if they waited until after the holidays and surveyed everyone in late January or February with a March starting date, more people may have went hybrid.
This was initially why we chose hybrid. We switched to virtual because we were worried schools would open in November even with rising cases
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.
I know a bunch of families that did this as well- they don’t want to send their kids anytime soon, definitely not before the holidays but they didn’t want to lose a chance to send kids in person in the spring. I think if they waited until after the holidays and surveyed everyone in late January or February with a March starting date, more people may have went hybrid.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.
They just said they are changing their metrics. A sh*&ty thing to do right after the choice closed.
So far they've only said that they're going to add the CDC school metrics to the APS dashboard, in addition to the VDH metrics they've been using. We'll see what they say next week...
I wish they would just go ahead and call it, say hybrid isn't happening anytime soon beyond level 1. Stop pushing the dates back every couple weeks and just say, the case metrics are going up and we'll reassess a more realistic timeline when they are consistently lower. I think the uncertainty is creating stress for a lot of people.
I would rather they leave themselves flexibility to bring in more kids when the numbers improve. We all have access to the metrics they are using and the current case numbers. It’s pretty easy to follow along and see that it’s not happening in Nov and hearing what people are planning for thanksgiving, it’s not happening in December either. I’m thinking late January at the earliest.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For me it’s so much more difficult to arrange for care a couple days a week than just dealing with DL. the rolling drop off and no extended day make this a nightmare for almost all parents.
Plus kids in different grades going on different days— not useful from the childcare aspect for many families.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.
They just said they are changing their metrics. A sh*&ty thing to do right after the choice closed.
So far they've only said that they're going to add the CDC school metrics to the APS dashboard, in addition to the VDH metrics they've been using. We'll see what they say next week...
I wish they would just go ahead and call it, say hybrid isn't happening anytime soon beyond level 1. Stop pushing the dates back every couple weeks and just say, the case metrics are going up and we'll reassess a more realistic timeline when they are consistently lower. I think the uncertainty is creating stress for a lot of people.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.
They just said they are changing their metrics. A sh*&ty thing to do right after the choice closed.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We only chose hybrid because there is almost no chance of it happening anytime soon and wanted to allow for the potential of hybrid if it ever rolls out in the spring. That's at least if APS sticks to the metrics it had listed when the survey was out. If they change their position from the metrics stated at the time of the survey, well then we may too.
My thinking was exact same.
The metrics will be difficult to achieve. And if they change the metrics, a whole lot of people will rightly say they want to change their choice.