Anonymous wrote:Two hour delay was such a stupid idea. What is up with our chancellor? DC could not find anyone better when they pay one of the top salaries for this position and it is a small public school district?

Has he resigned yet?
Or at least an apology?

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here who signed up to teach in person. I am unable to teach from my house so I am glad DCPS called a two hour delay. It’s wrong to think teachers that are in person should easily go from in person teaching to virtual. My in person lessons look way different from my virtual ones.

Parents really have no clue what it is to create lesson plans or the difference between teaching in person versus online. I’m constantly amazed at the ignorance posted on this forum, especially when it couple with rage. Parents are getting a glimpse into their kids’ school day and suddenly they’ve become experts on teaching and curriculum design. Morons.

I know what it takes to lesson plan (harder even the younger the children, I feel). DCPS screwed today up for both teachers and the kids.

There were teachers already at the school buildings when it was announced that everything would be virtual. They were told to go home and switch to virtual. DCPS is a hot mess!

Anonymous wrote:Well this should give everyone something to complain about! https://twitter.com/dcpublicschools/status/1362760218313183232?s=21. LOL

Thanks for posting. I feel bad for all the teachers and staff who trekked out to schools only to be told they need to now go home and teach virtually. What was DCPS thinking?

Two hour delay was such a stupid idea. What is up with our chancellor? DC could not find anyone better when they pay one of the top salaries for this position and it is a small public school district?

DCPS told all schools to make their own plans which they approved and have made public.

Then they do these insane delays. The delay doesn't work for the vast majority of kids in my school who are virtual; doesn't work for schools with half day cohorts; etc.

First year ever all kids have devices at home to do DL. Teachers could be given advance warning to prepare lessons both DL or IPL for those who are IPL.

I am fine giving everyone a random day off too. DCPS is only second worse to the Texas energy planning folks. I'm ignoring the 4 years prior that put us in this situation in the first place.

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Anonymous wrote:Teacher here who signed up to teach in person. I am unable to teach from my house so I am glad DCPS called a two hour delay. It’s wrong to think teachers that are in person should easily go from in person teaching to virtual. My in person lessons look way different from my virtual ones.

Parents really have no clue what it is to create lesson plans or the difference between teaching in person versus online. I’m constantly amazed at the ignorance posted on this forum, especially when it couple with rage. Parents are getting a glimpse into their kids’ school day and suddenly they’ve become experts on teaching and curriculum design. Morons.

I know what it takes to lesson plan (harder even the younger the children, I feel). DCPS screwed today up for both teachers and the kids.

These 2 hour delays are particularly ludicrous when: (1) lots of schools have AM and PM cohorts now, so 2 hour delay = no school for AM; and (2) lots of classes -- particularly in the younger grades -- are only taught from 9-11 or 9-12, so this basically means no school. My Ker now has an art project from 11-12 and small group for 20 minutes in the afternoon. My ECEr will come in from playing in the snow to do his PE special virtually, where they will probably largely watch videos about exercise. I hate DCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:Good. Right choice. Sorry in-person teacher who can't teach from home apparently, even presumably having to for the first half of the year.

My kid's teacher has been teaching from her classroom all year. I don't know if it's a space issue, a noise issue, an internet connectivity issue, or what, but she's not the only one.

But she’s been teaching virtually so one day at home she can manage.

Anonymous wrote:This is the first winter ever of having every child equipped for virtual learning. I'm sure in hindsight DCPS would have decided that 2-hour delays make no sense, and pivoting to all VL is the most reasonable, with the caveat that some teachers would need extra prep or backup plans for such days.

I agree. There's no reason to have two-hour delays when everyone is set up for DL. Just make the whole day virtual if the roads are really that bad.