OP, you are really a miserable person. It’s very unbecoming and just makes you look like a jealous poor person.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I’m superior. It’s frustrating. But my child loves school, has a tiny cohort so gets a ton of attention on Zoom classes, and we have a great community. I hope you have that at public, too.

Between the kids who’ve gone private and the kids who just plain don’t log in anymore, my kid’s public school cohort has gotten pretty small too. Not complaining, he’s doing great.

This is true. My kid's NW DC public is down to 15 kids in my child's class. It's actually turning out to be an incredible year.

We also have a kid in a top DC private (older grade). We're paying $49K this year (all-in) and have received 4 in-person days so far. About $12K per day. LOL
I have to laugh or I'll cry.

Anecdotes do not equal data. Stop generalizing based on your experience.

huh?
You're a moron.
I'm not generalizing anything.
I'm sharing our experience which I'm allowed to do.

OP- we have been in private all along so did not switch. I don’t know why you feel the need to get snarky. Parents saw an opportunity and tried something different. They advocated for their DC as best they could given new circumstances. Maybe they will stay. Maybe they will go. Maybe they regret their decision. Maybe they won’t.

Why do you care? Does their decision affect you in ANY way?

Like you said, this is not unexpected. My kids started in person early and the plan was always to go virtual fromThanksgiving to the end of the year, and then see.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I’m superior. It’s frustrating. But my child loves school, has a tiny cohort so gets a ton of attention on Zoom classes, and we have a great community. I hope you have that at public, too.

I have that but not in FFX and unfortunately it doesn’t seem very common for a lot of local public school parents. NP

Anonymous wrote:Not laughing, no.

Just bemused at how fragile they are that they thought they couldn’t tolerate a year of public school distance learning.

People are soft these days, it’s mind-boggling.

And I have a kid with special needs. I know what real child-rearing struggle looks like.

I mean, whatever you need to tell yourself.

When I see a little kid struggling to sit through 6 hours of Zoom meetings a day, I don’t blame it on the kid being “soft”. It’s bizarre that you would frame it like that, but clearly from the rest of your post you’re a “Misery Olympics” sort of person.

Anonymous wrote:who are now shutting down through the holidays.

Hope you like paying your big fat tuition bill for nothing!

Fwiw, we hired a tutor rather than doing private and our tutor will of course continue to come and even increase her hours. So I don't really have a dog in this particular fight. Just been cringing at how superior the private school parents think they are.

“Shutting down” does not mean no learning, OP.

Our two privates offer excellent distance learning programs, and in fact our kids with learning challenges are doing great with extra help online and a greater ability to focus on the material in the quiet of home.

Not laughing, no.

Just bemused at how fragile they are that they thought they couldn’t tolerate a year of public school distance learning.

People are soft these days, it’s mind-boggling.

And I have a kid with special needs. I know what real child-rearing struggle looks like.

Well. We chose a parish school so tuition is $10k (less than distance learning hubs). School is still in person with a planned virtual break the week after TG. Even if we go virtual after that school will open for several months this spring I’m sure. Way way better than zero in person instruction from MCPS plus expensive virtual learning daycare. I’m the one lol’ing.

OP you sound so angry. I’m grateful for the 3 months of in-person school that my children have had and fully support going virtual during the holidays.

Anonymous wrote:They are still getting a better agin virtually so the jokes on you.

Even

They are still getting a better agin virtually so the jokes on you.

Anonymous wrote:My kids have been in person since August. I am totally fine (and actually hope) if schools close down now. I know they are committed to reopening when it is safer to do so. And the last months have been awesome in terms of education, getting to know their teachers, seeing other kids, etc. Very happy with what is happening.

Same. Grateful for the three months we’ve had. If and when we do go virtual, the teachers know my kid and my kid knows his teachers. I think that will provide a strong foundation for distance learning that they wouldn’t have otherwise.

Nanny here. I split my time between two families. Family A has kids DL in AAP Fairfax. The devices are incredibly slow and it’s unbelievable how complicated it is to log in to things. There are too many different sites, passwords, etc. The kids need a lot of support to find where all their work is supposed to go and the devices also have a fair number of glitches where they struggle to connect to the internet or to load programs or pages.

Family B has two kids who have been in-person since late September at an expensive private in Alexandria. The teachers have used the time in-person to build bonds with classmates and teachers and the teachers have also been working with them on computer skills. We did a trial run of logging in over their school ipads and both kids knew just what to do and were very comfortable. Everything was laid out intuitively. If we end up DL until early Spring we will easily be able to manage everything they need.

Having had kids in both, private DL is hands-down better. Also, it turns out private does not hand out As to everyone so I appreciate the fact my kid has had to develop a work ethic.