Anonymous wrote:We’ll be hybrid due to distancing requirements among the students who won’t be vaccinated. No question. If FCPS can find more teachers and get creative on finding more space then maybe we could go 4 days. but let’s be realistic — that’s never going to happen. Hybrid 2 days.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers are suffering too. I am so unhappy about this hybrid concurrent model. Couldn’t they have at least done “just concurrent?” I will only get to see each student who is in person once per week! Do you know how hard it is going to be to establish comfortable classroom routines and rhythms? I hate it!

As a parent I have been pushing hard for 3' distancing and 4 days in-person (like most of the world). CDC's new guidelines influenced by NEA and AFT did NOT help with that one.

I was hoping we could do the 4 day a week schedule starting mid march when we will all be vaccinated. Then, yes, use the three feet rule. This inconsistency in scheduling makes it really difficult to teach the kids anything!

I hope the current model at least gets them in the door, then they can evolve it from there.

I hope teachers are working with parents who are comfortable with it to let administrators know that we should try the 4 day thing this spring- at least with younger kids, in preparation for figuring out fall.

Lol. We’re never getting 4 days this spring. And 3 feet still can’t accommodate the absurd class sizes in FCPS. my son used to sit shoulder to shoulder at a table w 5 other students in his class of 30. This year, during covid, he has a class of 28. You can’t get 3ft distance and fit classes that size unless you build/rent more space. We already had trailers in non-covid times.

We can with just the in-person kids this year.

Not in our school. They divided classes by hybrid/ virtual. So our entire class of 28 is hybrid. They’d need more gym-sized classrooms to accommodate that w/ distancing, or more teachers. We’ll have neither by spring. There’s no consistency in numbers, class composition etc across the county and the board would never send one school 4 days and tell another no bc class size is too big.

And this is why parents believe fall will be hybrid-concurrent. Sigh.

Our school largely has all in-person kids in a class coming just 2 days, so we could do more without changing much.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers are suffering too. I am so unhappy about this hybrid concurrent model. Couldn’t they have at least done “just concurrent?” I will only get to see each student who is in person once per week! Do you know how hard it is going to be to establish comfortable classroom routines and rhythms? I hate it!

As a parent I have been pushing hard for 3' distancing and 4 days in-person (like most of the world). CDC's new guidelines influenced by NEA and AFT did NOT help with that one.

I was hoping we could do the 4 day a week schedule starting mid march when we will all be vaccinated. Then, yes, use the three feet rule. This inconsistency in scheduling makes it really difficult to teach the kids anything!

I hope the current model at least gets them in the door, then they can evolve it from there.

I hope teachers are working with parents who are comfortable with it to let administrators know that we should try the 4 day thing this spring- at least with younger kids, in preparation for figuring out fall.

Lol. We’re never getting 4 days this spring. And 3 feet still can’t accommodate the absurd class sizes in FCPS. my son used to sit shoulder to shoulder at a table w 5 other students in his class of 30. This year, during covid, he has a class of 28. You can’t get 3ft distance and fit classes that size unless you build/rent more space. We already had trailers in non-covid times.

We can with just the in-person kids this year.

Not in our school. They divided classes by hybrid/ virtual. So our entire class of 28 is hybrid. They’d need more gym-sized classrooms to accommodate that w/ distancing, or more teachers. We’ll have neither by spring. There’s no consistency in numbers, class composition etc across the county and the board would never send one school 4 days and tell another no bc class size is too big.

Anonymous wrote:I really, really, really don’t want to deal with concurrent t yesterday (I teach 5th.)
My principal told me not to be hopeful though, there are too many families that won’t feel comfortable sending their kids back until a kid vaccine. I wish we could have the people opting out of in person in the fall sign up for K–12, or some other online option, but I’m doubtful that will happen.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers are suffering too. I am so unhappy about this hybrid concurrent model. Couldn’t they have at least done “just concurrent?” I will only get to see each student who is in person once per week! Do you know how hard it is going to be to establish comfortable classroom routines and rhythms? I hate it!

As a parent I have been pushing hard for 3' distancing and 4 days in-person (like most of the world). CDC's new guidelines influenced by NEA and AFT did NOT help with that one.

I was hoping we could do the 4 day a week schedule starting mid march when we will all be vaccinated. Then, yes, use the three feet rule. This inconsistency in scheduling makes it really difficult to teach the kids anything!

I hope the current model at least gets them in the door, then they can evolve it from there.

I hope teachers are working with parents who are comfortable with it to let administrators know that we should try the 4 day thing this spring- at least with younger kids, in preparation for figuring out fall.

Lol. We’re never getting 4 days this spring. And 3 feet still can’t accommodate the absurd class sizes in FCPS. my son used to sit shoulder to shoulder at a table w 5 other students in his class of 30. This year, during covid, he has a class of 28. You can’t get 3ft distance and fit classes that size unless you build/rent more space. We already had trailers in non-covid times.

We can with just the in-person kids this year.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers are suffering too. I am so unhappy about this hybrid concurrent model. Couldn’t they have at least done “just concurrent?” I will only get to see each student who is in person once per week! Do you know how hard it is going to be to establish comfortable classroom routines and rhythms? I hate it!

As a parent I have been pushing hard for 3' distancing and 4 days in-person (like most of the world). CDC's new guidelines influenced by NEA and AFT did NOT help with that one.

I was hoping we could do the 4 day a week schedule starting mid march when we will all be vaccinated. Then, yes, use the three feet rule. This inconsistency in scheduling makes it really difficult to teach the kids anything!

I hope the current model at least gets them in the door, then they can evolve it from there.

I hope teachers are working with parents who are comfortable with it to let administrators know that we should try the 4 day thing this spring- at least with younger kids, in preparation for figuring out fall.

Lol. We’re never getting 4 days this spring. And 3 feet still can’t accommodate the absurd class sizes in FCPS. my son used to sit shoulder to shoulder at a table w 5 other students in his class of 30. This year, during covid, he has a class of 28. You can’t get 3ft distance and fit classes that size unless you build/rent more space. We already had trailers in non-covid times.

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Anonymous wrote:Hybrid.

Okay, but please not hybrid concurrent. It is the combination of those which is a killer.

Who is teaching the 1/2 of students that are home?

Hybrid = concurrent

. No, they are not the same thing. Concurrent means at the same time. Hybrid means, essentially, everyone gets a half of a week.

Nope, they cannot only teach the children two days a week.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers are suffering too. I am so unhappy about this hybrid concurrent model. Couldn’t they have at least done “just concurrent?” I will only get to see each student who is in person once per week! Do you know how hard it is going to be to establish comfortable classroom routines and rhythms? I hate it!

As a parent I have been pushing hard for 3' distancing and 4 days in-person (like most of the world). CDC's new guidelines influenced by NEA and AFT did NOT help with that one.

I was hoping we could do the 4 day a week schedule starting mid march when we will all be vaccinated. Then, yes, use the three feet rule. This inconsistency in scheduling makes it really difficult to teach the kids anything!

I hope the current model at least gets them in the door, then they can evolve it from there.

I hope teachers are working with parents who are comfortable with it to let administrators know that we should try the 4 day thing this spring- at least with younger kids, in preparation for figuring out fall.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers are suffering too. I am so unhappy about this hybrid concurrent model. Couldn’t they have at least done “just concurrent?” I will only get to see each student who is in person once per week! Do you know how hard it is going to be to establish comfortable classroom routines and rhythms? I hate it!

As a parent I have been pushing hard for 3' distancing and 4 days in-person (like most of the world). CDC's new guidelines influenced by NEA and AFT did NOT help with that one.

I was hoping we could do the 4 day a week schedule starting mid march when we will all be vaccinated. Then, yes, use the three feet rule. This inconsistency in scheduling makes it really difficult to teach the kids anything!

I hope the current model at least gets them in the door, then they can evolve it from there.

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Anonymous wrote:Hybrid.

Okay, but please not hybrid concurrent. It is the combination of those which is a killer.

Who is teaching the 1/2 of students that are home?

Hybrid = concurrent

. No, they are not the same thing. Concurrent means at the same time. Hybrid means, essentially, everyone gets a half of a week.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers are suffering too. I am so unhappy about this hybrid concurrent model. Couldn’t they have at least done “just concurrent?” I will only get to see each student who is in person once per week! Do you know how hard it is going to be to establish comfortable classroom routines and rhythms? I hate it!

As a parent I have been pushing hard for 3' distancing and 4 days in-person (like most of the world). CDC's new guidelines influenced by NEA and AFT did NOT help with that one.

I was hoping we could do the 4 day a week schedule starting mid march when we will all be vaccinated. Then, yes, use the three feet rule. This inconsistency in scheduling makes it really difficult to teach the kids anything!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hybrid.

Okay, but please not hybrid concurrent. It is the combination of those which is a killer.

Who is teaching the 1/2 of students that are home?

Hybrid = concurrent

. No, they are not the same thing. Concurrent means at the same time. Hybrid means, essentially, everyone gets a half of a week.