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Anonymous wrote:We took a 4.5 day/week 5th grade in-person spot where most of the kids have IEPs for a kid without and the experience has been a lot better than 100% DL.

There are only 10 kids in the group, meaning that the teacher who's coming in to teach can differentiate much better than in a normal classroom. Better experience than I expected. Kid's motivation has increased a lot since 100% DL ended.

We're on the fence about leaving for the burbs for next year. Our DCPS is only around 5% at-risk, and we expect enrollment to drop. Impossible to predict how much enrollment will drop, but the principal sounds serious about re-opening 5 days a week. I wouldn't rule out her renting extra space for classrooms, outdoor classrooms in tents, morning and afternoon shifts, anything that works to offer 5-day week school.

Maddening that ES DCPS principals still play an outsize role in deciding who gets to attend school for how long. This is not the case in Arlington, MoCo, Fairfax etc. No wonder that some DCPS parents of means are searching for greener pastures....more certainty and fair pandemic attendance policies.

I couldn’t agree more.

Right. Your child may or may not get an education based on the random and totally unscientific whim of a principal. Absurd.

I thought everyone loved this because it was the only way to get schools to open. Now you don't like the super local control your school has.

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Anonymous wrote:We are definitely leaving. DH works in DC. I work in MD and this year has been tough on our children because of our long hours and the virtual learning. We have been fortunate to get job transfers to Florida.

Oh god, I'd rather homeschool my kids for eternity than have to live in Florida. God speed.

As this pandemic goes on, and the data becomes more clear, it's becoming clear that people (and their governments) in places like Florida did a much more rational, thoughtful weighing of risks and benefits than the people in areas like DC.

My cousin's kids in Florida have been in school since August (middle schooler and high schooler). Around here, we're still trying to figure out how to give elementary school kids at least some level of in-person instuction.

Try to think rationally and objectively, and you'll realize who made the smart decisions for their children.

The governor of Florida is an abject, mouthbreathing, Trump sycophant imbecile.

"Giving me what I want" does not equal doing the right thing.

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Anonymous wrote:No, not one. All middle and high school.

OP here. This is interesting. I don't hang in a high end crowd at all but it seems to be leaving despite sending one or two previous kids through DCPS through middle and high school. In most cases the families will be receiving aid for private or really stretching to make it work.

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Anonymous wrote:We took a 4.5 day/week 5th grade in-person spot where most of the kids have IEPs for a kid without and the experience has been a lot better than 100% DL.

There are only 10 kids in the group, meaning that the teacher who's coming in to teach can differentiate much better than in a normal classroom. Better experience than I expected. Kid's motivation has increased a lot since 100% DL ended.

We're on the fence about leaving for the burbs for next year. Our DCPS is only around 5% at-risk, and we expect enrollment to drop. Impossible to predict how much enrollment will drop, but the principal sounds serious about re-opening 5 days a week. I wouldn't rule out her renting extra space for classrooms, outdoor classrooms in tents, morning and afternoon shifts, anything that works to offer 5-day week school.

Maddening that ES DCPS principals still play an outsize role in deciding who gets to attend school for how long. This is not the case in Arlington, MoCo, Fairfax etc. No wonder that some DCPS parents of means are searching for greener pastures....more certainty and fair pandemic attendance policies.

I couldn’t agree more.

Right. Your child may or may not get an education based on the random and totally unscientific whim of a principal. Absurd.

I thought everyone loved this because it was the only way to get schools to open. Now you don't like the super local control your school has.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We took a 4.5 day/week 5th grade in-person spot where most of the kids have IEPs for a kid without and the experience has been a lot better than 100% DL.

There are only 10 kids in the group, meaning that the teacher who's coming in to teach can differentiate much better than in a normal classroom. Better experience than I expected. Kid's motivation has increased a lot since 100% DL ended.

We're on the fence about leaving for the burbs for next year. Our DCPS is only around 5% at-risk, and we expect enrollment to drop. Impossible to predict how much enrollment will drop, but the principal sounds serious about re-opening 5 days a week. I wouldn't rule out her renting extra space for classrooms, outdoor classrooms in tents, morning and afternoon shifts, anything that works to offer 5-day week school.

Maddening that ES DCPS principals still play an outsize role in deciding who gets to attend school for how long. This is not the case in Arlington, MoCo, Fairfax etc. No wonder that some DCPS parents of means are searching for greener pastures....more certainty and fair pandemic attendance policies.

I couldn’t agree more.

Right. Your child may or may not get an education based on the random and totally unscientific whim of a principal. Absurd.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We took a 4.5 day/week 5th grade in-person spot where most of the kids have IEPs for a kid without and the experience has been a lot better than 100% DL.

There are only 10 kids in the group, meaning that the teacher who's coming in to teach can differentiate much better than in a normal classroom. Better experience than I expected. Kid's motivation has increased a lot since 100% DL ended.

We're on the fence about leaving for the burbs for next year. Our DCPS is only around 5% at-risk, and we expect enrollment to drop. Impossible to predict how much enrollment will drop, but the principal sounds serious about re-opening 5 days a week. I wouldn't rule out her renting extra space for classrooms, outdoor classrooms in tents, morning and afternoon shifts, anything that works to offer 5-day week school.

Maddening that ES DCPS principals still play an outsize role in deciding who gets to attend school for how long. This is not the case in Arlington, MoCo, Fairfax etc. No wonder that some DCPS parents of means are searching for greener pastures....more certainty and fair pandemic attendance policies.

I couldn’t agree more.

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Anonymous wrote:We took a 4.5 day/week 5th grade in-person spot where most of the kids have IEPs for a kid without and the experience has been a lot better than 100% DL.

There are only 10 kids in the group, meaning that the teacher who's coming in to teach can differentiate much better than in a normal classroom. Better experience than I expected. Kid's motivation has increased a lot since 100% DL ended.

We're on the fence about leaving for the burbs for next year. Our DCPS is only around 5% at-risk, and we expect enrollment to drop. Impossible to predict how much enrollment will drop, but the principal sounds serious about re-opening 5 days a week. I wouldn't rule out her renting extra space for classrooms, outdoor classrooms in tents, morning and afternoon shifts, anything that works to offer 5-day week school.

Maddening that ES DCPS principals still play an outsize role in deciding who gets to attend school for how long. This is not the case in Arlington, MoCo, Fairfax etc. No wonder that some DCPS parents of means are searching for greener pastures....more certainty and fair pandemic attendance policies.

Anonymous wrote:We took a 4.5 day/week 5th grade in-person spot where most of the kids have IEPs for a kid without and the experience has been a lot better than 100% DL.

There are only 10 kids in the group, meaning that the teacher who's coming in to teach can differentiate much better than in a normal classroom. Better experience than I expected. Kid's motivation has increased a lot since 100% DL ended.

We're on the fence about leaving for the burbs for next year. Our DCPS is only around 5% at-risk, and we expect enrollment to drop. Impossible to predict how much enrollment will drop, but the principal sounds serious about re-opening 5 days a week. I wouldn't rule out her renting extra space for classrooms, outdoor classrooms in tents, morning and afternoon shifts, anything that works to offer 5-day week school.

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Anonymous wrote:There are a number of people here who are saying something like "well, if kids can't read after kindergarten, they're not bright, so it's not the school's fault."

Schools should serve children of average and below average intelligence as well, and if you think otherwise, you are a really awful person.

Yes +1000. Also schools should serve children with life experiences that put them off track. I had a friend who lost his mother at four years old after a long cancer battle. He entered K not reading and it took a couple of years to catch up. The school invested in him, his family did as well, and he was able to catch up. I met him in college and he remembers the struggle and people thinking he was "dumb".

There are thousands of kids now going through traumatic experiences. The schools have to be ready for them when they return. All kids will need more support, but if the kid was already at-risk, even more is needed.

Anonymous wrote:There are a number of people here who are saying something like "well, if kids can't read after kindergarten, they're not bright, so it's not the school's fault."

Schools should serve children of average and below average intelligence as well, and if you think otherwise, you are a really awful person.

Anonymous wrote:They way everyone is making it sound on this thread is that the student population will drop significantly in the Fall. So will Deal, Wilson, Banneker, and SWW be smaller?