Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 15:36     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:DC teacher here.

Why are you not stepping up and demanding we get vaccinated?

Easy solution.


It's not an easy solution, though. There are suggestions that even with teachers vaccinated, they won't go back in person.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 15:36     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DC teacher here.

Why are you not stepping up and demanding we get vaccinated?

Easy solution.


I'm legitimately wondering - who are you speaking to? The general public?

Is there a shortage of support for teachers getting vaccinated?


Absolutely. Do you read these threads? Loudmouthed parents and DCPS leadership are not open to allowing teachers to be fully vaccinated before returning to schools. You all are pushing for Feb. 1 when no teacher will be fully vaccinated. That is all that many DCPS teachers are asking for and we have been ignored.


Plenty of people (including my DH) go to work everyday without vaccines and with safety protocols in place. It’s fine. And asking to keep kids out of school longer when safety protocols work is an unreasonable ask.


So once again you've proved my point. To the person I was originally responding to...here's your proof.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 15:25     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher who is returning because I was asked to. Guess what - my class will have 2 in-person kids. This is just nuts.


Actually DCPS has minimum class sizes in place for classes to open - i believe it's around 8. Maybe 6 for Prek3. One of the in-person classes in my school has been cancelled because not enough kids signed up. So this 2-person class is not possible.


Sorry, I'm the later poster who posted the same thing before I saw this. +1. This person is either lying or a CLC teacher who had a non-standard class size to begin with.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 15:24     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher who is returning because I was asked to. Guess what - my class will have 2 in-person kids. This is just nuts.


I don't believe you unless you're a CLC teacher. DCPS set minimums for reopening a classroom (between 5 and 8 depending on age, the specific plan & overall class sizes). Our school was very transparent about all of this.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 15:22     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DC teacher here.

Why are you not stepping up and demanding we get vaccinated?

Easy solution.


I'm legitimately wondering - who are you speaking to? The general public?

Is there a shortage of support for teachers getting vaccinated?


Absolutely. Do you read these threads? Loudmouthed parents and DCPS leadership are not open to allowing teachers to be fully vaccinated before returning to schools. You all are pushing for Feb. 1 when no teacher will be fully vaccinated. That is all that many DCPS teachers are asking for and we have been ignored.


Plenty of people (including my DH) go to work everyday without vaccines and with safety protocols in place. It’s fine. And asking to keep kids out of school longer when safety protocols work is an unreasonable ask.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 15:15     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I sort of get the point of making a video for each school, but it seems like that had to be a huge time sink.



The videos were all the same except like five slides. A high schooler probably made that video.

It’s 90% the same for each school only the opening and closing images are different smh


All theater. That video changed my mind and all the not finished work orders. Standing down now


Where are the vids?
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 15:07     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DC teacher here.

Why are you not stepping up and demanding we get vaccinated?

Easy solution.


I'm legitimately wondering - who are you speaking to? The general public?

Is there a shortage of support for teachers getting vaccinated?


Absolutely. Do you read these threads? Loudmouthed parents and DCPS leadership are not open to allowing teachers to be fully vaccinated before returning to schools. You all are pushing for Feb. 1 when no teacher will be fully vaccinated. That is all that many DCPS teachers are asking for and we have been ignored.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 14:57     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher who is returning because I was asked to. Guess what - my class will have 2 in-person kids. This is just nuts.


Actually DCPS has minimum class sizes in place for classes to open - i believe it's around 8. Maybe 6 for Prek3. One of the in-person classes in my school has been cancelled because not enough kids signed up. So this 2-person class is not possible.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 13:51     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:DC teacher here.

Why are you not stepping up and demanding we get vaccinated?

Easy solution.


I'm legitimately wondering - who are you speaking to? The general public?

Is there a shortage of support for teachers getting vaccinated?
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 12:43     Subject: Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:It's never been more clear that the mayor's focus in on the charter sector, where it's plainly true that she gets substantial campaign dollars from the charter sector.


I don't disagree per say, but I've seen zero engagement with charters and most charters have no reopening plans.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 12:42     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
DC teacher here.

Why are you not stepping up and demanding we get vaccinated?

Easy solution.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 12:16     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
I’m a teacher who is returning because I was asked to. Guess what - my class will have 2 in-person kids. This is just nuts.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 11:06     Subject: Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
The Chancellor has always been about spin and images.

The is a huge gap between his messages and the reality that students and families face.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 09:46     Subject: Re:Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I found this email so annoying! I was honestly shocked. In my school it is such a small handful of kids going back while the rest of us lose teachers and face increased class sizes. I thought it was so weird to disparage distance learning and take a victory lap when most of us are still faced with no options.

I have been patient and support safe reopening but found the tone incredibly annoying. Yes schools are 'open' but most students are not able to attend in-person.



This! I was very confused because Deal has just a small group returning. He made it sound like all the kids were back for in-person learning. Extremely misleading!


Agreed. Please email the Chancellor and Mayor to request schools to fully reopen for all students. If we don't push for this now, it won't happen for the Fall. WTU doesn't want teachers to return to work at all and they're lobbying hard. We need to push from our end as parents.



WTU doesn’t have much of an argument after the CDC study published yesterday.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2021 09:28     Subject: Open letter from DCPS chancellor. Just too little too late. Though I hope we can make it happen.
Anonymous wrote:My school has 2 classes of 11 per grade. The DL classes are now at around 40 for my kid's grade. And we never received a call for a seat, so it's not like we had the option anyway. The whole thing is ridiculous.


Exactly! I honestly looked at my husband and asked 'am I missing something'? But no.. most of us are still stuck at home with no options. And while I want safe conditions for both the teachers and students, acting like the problem has been solved is so misguided.

Opening schools that have no students in them kind of misses the point!