Nope we are staying put. My child has a lot of medical issues and private is not equipped to deal with them.

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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.

Sure. And we were really UNlucky that our kids were kept out of school buildings for over a year. For no good reason.

Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

+1 million

It is an embarrassment.

I used to be a huge advocate for public schools. But public schools in MoCo have fallen so low.

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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.

Why? During the pandemic, maybe, but post-pandemic school is full-time in-person. How is that different from pre-pandemic school?

(“Post-pandemic” meaning 2021-22 school year)

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.

Why? During the pandemic, maybe, but post-pandemic school is full-time in-person. How is that different from pre-pandemic school?

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

Get over yourself and try to do better.

My own DC had a teacher who spent 15 minutes doing attendance every morning. She would ask the kids some silly question like "what's your favorite type of pizza" and spend 15 minutes gabbing with the kids when they answered. 15 minutes every class. That's 30 minutes a week for a class that met twice a week. I'll give you a hint: that's 25% of the learning time wasted.

And I don't blame teachers. I blame principals and administrators who allow this to go on. Not once did an administrator observe what was going on in a class. There is no accountability in schools.

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

People who?

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Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

Really? Why? That just sounds really flippant and immature. Can you possibly look at the test scores, reading levels and class sizes and disagree that there is a problem? Instead of adding any value to the comment, you just take personal offense and attack? My comment didn't mention teachers specifically but your own comment makes clear that there is an issue.

Anonymous wrote:After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

People are disgusted with parents like you. *Shrug*

We're leaving for another state but not due to Covid. I am happy with the new school system though not gonna lie.

After listening to the teaching that DC experienced over Zoom I would love to send to private but it's not affordable.
The amount of time wasted, the lack of individual feedback....EVER... the lack of rigor in the work.. I was and am disgusted at the state of "education. "

Does that experience have to be within MCPS, or could it be in, say NYC public schools?

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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.

You don't unless you pass the pre screening interview then you get access, for a leadership position you need 3 years of successful teaching experience

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.

Most of the essential workers are low-paid workers whose children are in the public school system you are wanting to defund. Just saying.