Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 12:18     Subject: Re:After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:We moved to a private and plan to stay there for another year.

My husband and I are both essential workers. We chose for both of us to remain in the workplace. In the post-pandemic USA mid-Atlantic, that means private school.

It is a tax on essential workers that society is in no hurry of repaying.

Yes, I harbor significant resentment against the entire public school systen after this, and will vote for any funding reduction that is available.


and there it is...
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 12:17     Subject: After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:I have two friends who stuck it out through this year and are moving to private school for the FY '21-22 school year. We thought about it before the pandemic - basically due to large class sizes and feeling like our DC was not getting enough individualized attention. I fully believe MCPS will be 100% in person but what do you think about everything being back on track this year? Will this be like a real year or a catch up/we're still getting our bearings type of year? Thanks.


Schools are already so overcrowded and with all the kids coming back from private it would be great if some left.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 12:16     Subject: After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't blame you.

I just hope that in the future we as a society can recognize that stopping in person learning has real consequences. Education is essential (and for large numbers of students, does not work virtually).

We were in a tough place, with no easy answers. Yes, school sucked for a lot of kids, mine included. How many more people might have died with 100% in-person school? I'm not qualified to answer that, but I can say I think we lost enough lives as it was.


We know that schools could have reopened safely with precautions in place.

We saw this happen in other parts of the country. And we saw it happen right here with private schools.

MCPS stayed closed longer than most other school systems in the US. That had too many negative effects.


Most of that information is in hindsight. The schools that opened up were doing an experiment with insufficient and evolving data. They weren’t smart they were lucky. I’m a public school parent and the sibling of a public school teacher and I am glad that they put the health and safety of my sibling and that of the children first.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 12:07     Subject: After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:Saying "BYE" isn't going to help get funding for schools or prevent increasing concentration of poverty.


Could you explain how that relates to the topic of this thread?
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 12:07     Subject: Re:After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We moved to a private and plan to stay there for another year.

My husband and I are both essential workers. We chose for both of us to remain in the workplace. In the post-pandemic USA mid-Atlantic, that means private school.

It is a tax on essential workers that society is in no hurry of repaying.

Yes, I harbor significant resentment against the entire public school systen after this, and will vote for any funding reduction that is available.


So you use school as daycare. Got it.


I still don't understand, and in fact I will never understand, why some posters on DCUM think this is an insult. One of the multiple functions of school - not the only function, but one of the multiple functions - is child care. That's how we've set up the system. That's why you don't send your nanny to school with your child. That's why you don't pay for during-care as well as before-care and after-care. If you sent your child to school, then you used school as daycare too.

Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 11:57     Subject: Re:After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:We moved to a private and plan to stay there for another year.

My husband and I are both essential workers. We chose for both of us to remain in the workplace. In the post-pandemic USA mid-Atlantic, that means private school.

It is a tax on essential workers that society is in no hurry of repaying.

Yes, I harbor significant resentment against the entire public school systen after this, and will vote for any funding reduction that is available.


So you use school as daycare. Got it.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 11:55     Subject: After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:I guess I’m concerned there will be extremely large class sizes or if not that then fewer teachers ans strained/stressed resources. Re: the poster about white families fleeing MCPS - that is exactly what is happening. White families abandoned MCPS at a much higher rate than other race last year and the data shows they are gone for good (mostly to private schools).


They will hire people. Class sizes aren’t allowed to get too large, and MCPS is still a valued employer. It might be in august; there might be many recent grads. But there will be staff.

And maybe because I live in Silver Spring, but every family I know who left MCPS this year for private is returning next year. So don’t catastrophize.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 10:24     Subject: After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
I guess I’m concerned there will be extremely large class sizes or if not that then fewer teachers ans strained/stressed resources. Re: the poster about white families fleeing MCPS - that is exactly what is happening. White families abandoned MCPS at a much higher rate than other race last year and the data shows they are gone for good (mostly to private schools).
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 10:19     Subject: Re:After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:We moved to a private and plan to stay there for another year.

My husband and I are both essential workers. We chose for both of us to remain in the workplace. In the post-pandemic USA mid-Atlantic, that means private school.

It is a tax on essential workers that society is in no hurry of repaying.

Yes, I harbor significant resentment against the entire public school systen after this, and will vote for any funding reduction that is available.


I hear you. I feel equally resentful. Also staying enrolled in private.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 09:50     Subject: Re:After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
We moved to a private and plan to stay there for another year.

My husband and I are both essential workers. We chose for both of us to remain in the workplace. In the post-pandemic USA mid-Atlantic, that means private school.

It is a tax on essential workers that society is in no hurry of repaying.

Yes, I harbor significant resentment against the entire public school systen after this, and will vote for any funding reduction that is available.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 09:45     Subject: After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Saying "BYE" isn't going to help get funding for schools or prevent increasing concentration of poverty.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 09:44     Subject: After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't blame you.

I just hope that in the future we as a society can recognize that stopping in person learning has real consequences. Education is essential (and for large numbers of students, does not work virtually).

We were in a tough place, with no easy answers. Yes, school sucked for a lot of kids, mine included. How many more people might have died with 100% in-person school? I'm not qualified to answer that, but I can say I think we lost enough lives as it was.


We know that schools could have reopened safely with precautions in place.

We saw this happen in other parts of the country. And we saw it happen right here with private schools.

MCPS stayed closed longer than most other school systems in the US. That had too many negative effects.


So, send your kid to private school. BYE!


Actually White flight from public education is a huge threat to public education. It means more segregation and less funding.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 09:30     Subject: After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't blame you.

I just hope that in the future we as a society can recognize that stopping in person learning has real consequences. Education is essential (and for large numbers of students, does not work virtually).

We were in a tough place, with no easy answers. Yes, school sucked for a lot of kids, mine included. How many more people might have died with 100% in-person school? I'm not qualified to answer that, but I can say I think we lost enough lives as it was.


We know that schools could have reopened safely with precautions in place.

We saw this happen in other parts of the country. And we saw it happen right here with private schools.

MCPS stayed closed longer than most other school systems in the US. That had too many negative effects.


So, send your kid to private school. BYE!
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 09:25     Subject: After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't blame you.

I just hope that in the future we as a society can recognize that stopping in person learning has real consequences. Education is essential (and for large numbers of students, does not work virtually).

We were in a tough place, with no easy answers. Yes, school sucked for a lot of kids, mine included. How many more people might have died with 100% in-person school? I'm not qualified to answer that, but I can say I think we lost enough lives as it was.


We know that schools could have reopened safely with precautions in place.

We saw this happen in other parts of the country. And we saw it happen right here with private schools.

MCPS stayed closed longer than most other school systems in the US. That had too many negative effects.
Anonymous
Post 07/09/2021 08:44     Subject: After This Last School Year, Is Anyone Leaving for Private?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:there are hundreds of open listings not filled right now, I do wonder about effects on class sizes


When do they make those listings visible to non MCPS staff? I still can’t see many, many of the listings that internal candidates can see. You’d think they’d want to advertise to a broader applicant pool at this point, considering it’s July.


What are you looking for? I’ll log in and look for you, then paste here.


Thank you! I'm looking for a middle or high school English teacher position. I'm open to leadership positions, too, if any are available (head of department, for instance). Location isn't an issue; I will apply to everything.