Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 14:20     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When I taught middle school they made us call all our homeroom families (25ish kids) and invite them to open house. Then we had to follow up with emails. We had to document 3 attempts at phone calls before we could wash our hands of it.

It used to take 3-4 hours of precious work week time.


Is this a lower performing school pyramid with disengaged parents?

If so, calling makes sense.


13:16 here. This is an ES with single digit FARMs %.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 14:04     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
I know some of the DC charter schools make teachers do home visits!
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 13:36     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
Anonymous wrote:When I taught middle school they made us call all our homeroom families (25ish kids) and invite them to open house. Then we had to follow up with emails. We had to document 3 attempts at phone calls before we could wash our hands of it.

It used to take 3-4 hours of precious work week time.


Is this a lower performing school pyramid with disengaged parents?

If so, calling makes sense.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 13:35     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kids’ ES had the class assignment emails out on Friday!


Before even the teachers went back? FCPS teachers’ first contracted day for most classroom teachers was just today (Monday). Either you’re a liar or not in FCPS. If the latter, you’re on the wrong board.


Nope, it was Friday at about 6 pm! An FCPS ES in the South County pyramid. I’ve heard that they have the class assignments done in June after students get out and then they just wait to send them until the end of the summer.


Teachers work with admin to create the lists in June at every elementary school I have worked it. There are just some small schools with limited changes that can send these out with confidence earlier. Other schools hold off if they are large or have a transient population. Our school is very military heavy so we wait, even though we did create classes in June.


Our school is military heavy too, everything is in a lot of pyramids. I feel like if your school isn’t getting the teacher assignments out by Tuesday before school starts on Monday, it’s because they’re afraid of the parents’ reactions and the admin/principals can’t handle parent drama, or because they’re getting started on them much later than other schools.


There are only a few pryamids that are military heavy.

And some are much heavier than others.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 13:31     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
They were out yesterday for my kids.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 13:29     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only calls from the teacher we ever got before school started was when one of my kids was in the special education preschool. That makes sense to me, but I can’t imagine a phone call being the ONLY class notification for an elementary school student. This isn’t 1985.


And time consuming for the teacher. It is much more efficient to write a generic welcome email saying the exact same thing, and hit send.


The school’s registrar does it at our school! It’s just a form email that’s sent to everyone at the same time. No need to reinvent the wheel or anything crazy.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 13:26     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only calls from the teacher we ever got before school started was when one of my kids was in the special education preschool. That makes sense to me, but I can’t imagine a phone call being the ONLY class notification for an elementary school student. This isn’t 1985.


And time consuming for the teacher. It is much more efficient to write a generic welcome email saying the exact same thing, and hit send.


My kids attend the FCPS school that calls. Believe me, I’d prefer an email sent to all parents at once. Saves time for the teacher and kids all find out at the same time who has who.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 13:19     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
When I taught middle school they made us call all our homeroom families (25ish kids) and invite them to open house. Then we had to follow up with emails. We had to document 3 attempts at phone calls before we could wash our hands of it.

It used to take 3-4 hours of precious work week time.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 13:16     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
We issued to always have to call each household. Now at the beginning of the year we send an email and offer a video conference.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 13:09     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
Anonymous wrote:The only calls from the teacher we ever got before school started was when one of my kids was in the special education preschool. That makes sense to me, but I can’t imagine a phone call being the ONLY class notification for an elementary school student. This isn’t 1985.


And time consuming for the teacher. It is much more efficient to write a generic welcome email saying the exact same thing, and hit send.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 12:25     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
Anonymous wrote:The only calls from the teacher we ever got before school started was when one of my kids was in the special education preschool. That makes sense to me, but I can’t imagine a phone call being the ONLY class notification for an elementary school student. This isn’t 1985.


Gunston Elementary does this.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 11:36     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
The only calls from the teacher we ever got before school started was when one of my kids was in the special education preschool. That makes sense to me, but I can’t imagine a phone call being the ONLY class notification for an elementary school student. This isn’t 1985.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 11:00     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
FCPS is late with a lot. They just put up an iReady score this August which was completed last school year! This was not helpful at all considering we just found out in August that the score fell! Can’t pursue a summer remediation with this timeline.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 10:58     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our elementary school has the teachers call the parents. I’d rather just get an email. Last year, DS’s teacher was calling the wrong number so I had to call the school and then they still wouldn’t give me the name until hours before open house. So stupid, just send me a damn email.


I think a lot of schools require their teachers to call. Honestly, it is very time consuming to get those all in. Our school sends an introductory email with an opportunity to schedule a video conference.


No they really don’t. I’ve never heard of this ever and I grew up in FCPS.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2025 10:53     Subject: When will class assignments be out?
Anonymous wrote:Our elementary school has the teachers call the parents. I’d rather just get an email. Last year, DS’s teacher was calling the wrong number so I had to call the school and then they still wouldn’t give me the name until hours before open house. So stupid, just send me a damn email.


I think a lot of schools require their teachers to call. Honestly, it is very time consuming to get those all in. Our school sends an introductory email with an opportunity to schedule a video conference.