Anonymous
12/19/2020 09:46
Subject: What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wait so the whole agreement just signed will amount to nothing more than these few high needs kids back? What about schools where most kids are high needs?
In those schools, the highest of the high needs would be prioritized. Or do you think teachers from Janney should be taken to staff Title 1 schools? I’m guessing not. On a school-by-school basis, it looks like DCPS wants to prioritize the highest needs kids. And I fully expect the selfish parents of DCUM land to flip out over that.
Prioritizing the highest needs is one thing; deciding that the system only needs to educate a fraction of its students is another. People *should* flip out over that.
Anonymous
12/19/2020 09:15
Subject: What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:When will we know if our schools plan was accepted?
January. The plans first go to the instructional superintendent. Who is telling the schools no and to fix and resubmit. After the new plan gets approval it will go to Chief of elementary schools for approval then finally Ferebee for final approval. But it’s dumb. The only plan they are accepting is the November plan with a new name.
Anonymous
12/19/2020 09:01
Subject: What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:Wait so the whole agreement just signed will amount to nothing more than these few high needs kids back? What about schools where most kids are high needs?
In those schools, the highest of the high needs would be prioritized. Or do you think teachers from Janney should be taken to staff Title 1 schools? I’m guessing not. On a school-by-school basis, it looks like DCPS wants to prioritize the highest needs kids. And I fully expect the selfish parents of DCUM land to flip out over that.
Anonymous
12/19/2020 08:57
Subject: Re:What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does nobody else think it is INSANITY that this is being executed on a building by building basis?
you can thank the union
Are we back this this again, Karen?
sorry you don’t want to face facts.
Anonymous
12/19/2020 08:57
Subject: Re:What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry. Dcps has rejected my schools plan. And according to friends at three other schools, their plans have been rejected as well.
what was the plan?
Hybrid so we could get the maximum number of children in the building who wanted it. We were told the priority was at risk, sped, ell must be 4 days a week.
hybrid as in simultaneously teaching online and in the classroom?
Anonymous
12/19/2020 08:51
Subject: What are your school’s term 3 plans??
When will we know if our schools plan was accepted?
Anonymous
12/19/2020 07:45
Subject: What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:Wait so the whole agreement just signed will amount to nothing more than these few high needs kids back? What about schools where most kids are high needs?
It’s a lottery, just like the last time. It’s the same November plan.
Anonymous
12/19/2020 07:44
Subject: What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:Wait so the whole agreement just signed will amount to nothing more than these few high needs kids back? What about schools where most kids are high needs?
Yes. I’m sorry you had a different impression
Anonymous
12/19/2020 07:06
Subject: What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Wait so the whole agreement just signed will amount to nothing more than these few high needs kids back? What about schools where most kids are high needs?
Anonymous
12/18/2020 21:12
Subject: Re:What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry. Dcps has rejected my schools plan. And according to friends at three other schools, their plans have been rejected as well.
what was the plan?
Hybrid so we could get the maximum number of children in the building who wanted it. We were told the priority was at risk, sped, ell must be 4 days a week.
Np: If DCPS requires 4 days/week for at-risk, then why are they pretending that the schools have any decision-making power?
The requirement that at-risk students get 4 days (rather than 2 or maybe 3) precludes every other option that allows lots of kids back to campus, doesn’t throw class sizes out of whack, and that keeps almost all students with their same teachers.
There is a reason the whole rest of the country is doing hybrid — it’s the only way to get most kids back while having half-size classes.
I’m the PP. it’s a sham. DCPS knows what they want the schedules to look like. They are allowing schools to make up these plans so they can say they “worked with all stakeholders”. They are not. And one by one each school is going to realize this. It appears she Ferebee said in October that hybrid was off the table he meant it.
It really is the only way to get the most kids back who want it. It appears that is not what DCPS central office wants.
Anonymous
12/18/2020 20:56
Subject: Re:What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry. Dcps has rejected my schools plan. And according to friends at three other schools, their plans have been rejected as well.
what was the plan?
Hybrid so we could get the maximum number of children in the building who wanted it. We were told the priority was at risk, sped, ell must be 4 days a week.
Np: If DCPS requires 4 days/week for at-risk, then why are they pretending that the schools have any decision-making power?
The requirement that at-risk students get 4 days (rather than 2 or maybe 3) precludes every other option that allows lots of kids back to campus, doesn’t throw class sizes out of whack, and that keeps almost all students with their same teachers.
There is a reason the whole rest of the country is doing hybrid — it’s the only way to get most kids back while having half-size classes.
Anonymous
12/18/2020 19:22
Subject: Re:What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Mine isn’t planning on doing in person Pre-K. Also was told by DCPS all seat offers must first go to the at risk categories first.
Anonymous
12/18/2020 19:08
Subject: Re:What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry. Dcps has rejected my schools plan. And according to friends at three other schools, their plans have been rejected as well.
what was the plan?
Hybrid so we could get the maximum number of children in the building who wanted it. We were told the priority was at risk, sped, ell must be 4 days a week.
Ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a self contained teacher and since they are only allowing half my students back I suggested at least 2 days a week in person 3 days online. My principal put that in part of the submission of our plan.
So now only half my class gets any in person....who's going to decide this? The school? Now that schools have some decision making power.
Anonymous
12/18/2020 19:06
Subject: Re:What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Does nobody else think it is INSANITY that this is being executed on a building by building basis?
you can thank the union
Are we back this this again, Karen?
Anonymous
12/18/2020 17:38
Subject: Re:What are your school’s term 3 plans??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry. Dcps has rejected my schools plan. And according to friends at three other schools, their plans have been rejected as well.
what was the plan?
Hybrid so we could get the maximum number of children in the building who wanted it. We were told the priority was at risk, sped, ell must be 4 days a week.