Anonymous
11/20/2020 20:31
Subject: Re:What charter schools are open at all?
Anonymous wrote:It’s not just about the WTU, charter schools still have to satisfy health dept regulations with respect to COVID.
https://coronavirus.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/coronavirus/page_content/attachments/COVID-19_DC_Health_Guidance_For-Schools-Reopening_2020.06.16_FINAL%5B1%5D.pdf
Our kids’ charter (Basis) could not guarantee these requirements for in person learning given resources, building space and student population. They have instead focused on delivering the best DL option they can with support to about 40 families in the Cares classrooms. I think it was the right decision. I don’t see us going back until a widely available and distributed vaccine is in the mix that will allow the health dept to relax these requirements safely.
Six feet of distance between people and classroom limits is a requirement MANY charters cannot meet. Game over.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 18:41
Subject: Re:What charter schools are open at all?
It’s not just about the WTU, charter schools still have to satisfy health dept regulations with respect to COVID.
https://coronavirus.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/coronavirus/page_content/attachments/COVID-19_DC_Health_Guidance_For-Schools-Reopening_2020.06.16_FINAL%5B1%5D.pdf
Our kids’ charter (Basis) could not guarantee these requirements for in person learning given resources, building space and student population. They have instead focused on delivering the best DL option they can with support to about 40 families in the Cares classrooms. I think it was the right decision. I don’t see us going back until a widely available and distributed vaccine is in the mix that will allow the health dept to relax these requirements safely.
https://coronavirus.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/coronavirus/page_content/attachments/COVID-19_DC_Health_Guidance_For-Schools-Reopening_2020.06.16_FINAL%5B1%5D.pdf
Our kids’ charter (Basis) could not guarantee these requirements for in person learning given resources, building space and student population. They have instead focused on delivering the best DL option they can with support to about 40 families in the Cares classrooms. I think it was the right decision. I don’t see us going back until a widely available and distributed vaccine is in the mix that will allow the health dept to relax these requirements safely.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 17:20
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Folks on this board underestimate how many parents do kit want to send students back yet.
My kid goes to a Title 1 charter. 90% of parents didn’t want them to return — huge concern about putting kids on public transit right now. A high percentage of families had relatives members who became ill or died. They are wary.
Look at the neighborhood maps DOH puts out each day. The virus impacts vary a lot and have been high in Wards 7 and 8 since the beginning. Those are the places with both the most students AND the most students in charter schools.
Can you post what neighborhood maps you look at? I see ward 4 as standing out.
Ward 4 has the highest cases. Wards 7 and 8 have the highest mortality rate.
Neighborhood data https://dcgov.app.box.com/v/DCHealthStatisticsData
I live in Ward 4, and my child attends a charter in Ward 4. I wouldn't feel good about sending him back to school at his charter, which draws from all 8 wards, or to our IB school, which would be West.
YOu can also see case data on the daily page by neighborhood and also by ward. The fatalities are only by ward. https://coronavirus.dc.gov/release/coronavirus-data-november-19-2020
Anonymous
11/20/2020 16:45
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Folks on this board underestimate how many parents do kit want to send students back yet.
My kid goes to a Title 1 charter. 90% of parents didn’t want them to return — huge concern about putting kids on public transit right now. A high percentage of families had relatives members who became ill or died. They are wary.
Look at the neighborhood maps DOH puts out each day. The virus impacts vary a lot and have been high in Wards 7 and 8 since the beginning. Those are the places with both the most students AND the most students in charter schools.
Can you post what neighborhood maps you look at? I see ward 4 as standing out.
Ward 4 has the highest cases. Wards 7 and 8 have the highest mortality rate.
Neighborhood data https://dcgov.app.box.com/v/DCHealthStatisticsData
YOu can also see case data on the daily page by neighborhood and also by ward. The fatalities are only by ward. https://coronavirus.dc.gov/release/coronavirus-data-november-19-2020
Anonymous
11/20/2020 16:38
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Charters typically follow DCPS for most things that have risk and liability, such as closing for weather. I would be amazed if charters open before DCPS does, even though I believe schools should have been open since this Fall.
This is one of the most sensible posts I've read on DCUM regarding this school year. I just wish our charter school principal would tell us this simple truth, rather than presenting us with numerous and meaningless parental surveys.
Agreed. And, for me, it was helpful to understand the limits of autonomy.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 16:36
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
Anonymous wrote:Folks on this board underestimate how many parents do kit want to send students back yet.
My kid goes to a Title 1 charter. 90% of parents didn’t want them to return — huge concern about putting kids on public transit right now. A high percentage of families had relatives members who became ill or died. They are wary.
Look at the neighborhood maps DOH puts out each day. The virus impacts vary a lot and have been high in Wards 7 and 8 since the beginning. Those are the places with both the most students AND the most students in charter schools.
Can you post what neighborhood maps you look at? I see ward 4 as standing out.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 14:32
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Folks on this board underestimate how many parents do kit want to send students back yet.
My kid goes to a Title 1 charter. 90% of parents didn’t want them to return — huge concern about putting kids on public transit right now. A high percentage of families had relatives members who became ill or died. They are wary.
Look at the neighborhood maps DOH puts out each day. The virus impacts vary a lot and have been high in Wards 7 and 8 since the beginning. Those are the places with both the most students AND the most students in charter schools.
Of course not yet, not now. We are just holding out hope that when things turn around with the virus spike, some will be able to come back.
Sure. But an end to the virus spike is 2 months away, at a minimum, especially the way people are behaving right now. Forget flu season -- the problem is our collective behavior. There should be little traffic on our roads, no one in stores (save for pharmacies and grocery) and no hanging out for adults and kids. That's hardly the case right now.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 13:48
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
Anonymous wrote:Charters typically follow DCPS for most things that have risk and liability, such as closing for weather. I would be amazed if charters open before DCPS does, even though I believe schools should have been open since this Fall.
This is one of the most sensible posts I've read on DCUM regarding this school year. I just wish our charter school principal would tell us this simple truth, rather than presenting us with numerous and meaningless parental surveys.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 12:42
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
Anonymous wrote:Charters typically follow DCPS for most things that have risk and liability, such as closing for weather. I would be amazed if charters open before DCPS does, even though I believe schools should have been open since this Fall.
DC needs to focus more efforts on how to contain the outbreaks in the heaviest hit neighborhoods. It’s another it starts at home issue because if it reflects in high spread in person in classrooms, it’s doomed for teachers and students.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 12:00
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
Charters typically follow DCPS for most things that have risk and liability, such as closing for weather. I would be amazed if charters open before DCPS does, even though I believe schools should have been open since this Fall.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 11:29
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
Anonymous wrote:Folks on this board underestimate how many parents do kit want to send students back yet.
My kid goes to a Title 1 charter. 90% of parents didn’t want them to return — huge concern about putting kids on public transit right now. A high percentage of families had relatives members who became ill or died. They are wary.
Look at the neighborhood maps DOH puts out each day. The virus impacts vary a lot and have been high in Wards 7 and 8 since the beginning. Those are the places with both the most students AND the most students in charter schools.
Those are also the places where kids are most vulnerable to educational losses, and where schools and the DC government should make the utmost effort to return them to school in person.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 11:28
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
Anonymous wrote:Folks on this board underestimate how many parents do kit want to send students back yet.
My kid goes to a Title 1 charter. 90% of parents didn’t want them to return — huge concern about putting kids on public transit right now. A high percentage of families had relatives members who became ill or died. They are wary.
Look at the neighborhood maps DOH puts out each day. The virus impacts vary a lot and have been high in Wards 7 and 8 since the beginning. Those are the places with both the most students AND the most students in charter schools.
Of course not yet, not now. We are just holding out hope that when things turn around with the virus spike, some will be able to come back.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 07:48
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
Folks on this board underestimate how many parents do kit want to send students back yet.
My kid goes to a Title 1 charter. 90% of parents didn’t want them to return — huge concern about putting kids on public transit right now. A high percentage of families had relatives members who became ill or died. They are wary.
Look at the neighborhood maps DOH puts out each day. The virus impacts vary a lot and have been high in Wards 7 and 8 since the beginning. Those are the places with both the most students AND the most students in charter schools.
My kid goes to a Title 1 charter. 90% of parents didn’t want them to return — huge concern about putting kids on public transit right now. A high percentage of families had relatives members who became ill or died. They are wary.
Look at the neighborhood maps DOH puts out each day. The virus impacts vary a lot and have been high in Wards 7 and 8 since the beginning. Those are the places with both the most students AND the most students in charter schools.
Anonymous
11/20/2020 06:06
Subject: What charter schools are open at all?
I expect my charter to generally follow DCPs and probably be even more cautious. And I agree. It is a competitive market and if teachers are unhappy they will move. It has also saved a lot of drama because everything is stable.
Anonymous
11/19/2020 17:18
Subject: Re:What charter schools are open at all?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The problem is the charters are following bumbling DCPS which will never ever open this year except for CARES classrooms.
But charters are so much better, right?
The charters still started opening up faster than DCPS, so there's that. I admit I expected charters to open sooner (especially the national chains) but I think that may still be to come. Check in in February to see how KIPP is doing compared to DCPS.