Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids won't be back in classroom until January, at the earliest. Do you want to dump your kids in school or do you want the kids, teachers, and staff to be safe?

They are basically one and the same, as long as those who are vulnerable (obese, over 65) isolate themselves.

Who do you think is going to be left to run and teach in this school? Serious, non-snarky question. Once you remove everyone with high risk for COVID, who is left?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids won't be back in classroom until January, at the earliest. Do you want to dump your kids in school or do you want the kids, teachers, and staff to be safe?

They are basically one and the same, as long as those who are vulnerable (obese, over 65) isolate themselves.

Who do you think is going to be left to run and teach in this school? Serious, non-snarky question. Once you remove everyone with high risk for COVID, who is left?

If there is even a 10% salary cut for DL teaching, I will guarantee you that there will be an abundance of teachers in school buildings. Some people really enjoy this as long as they collect their paychecks - at the expense of others.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids won't be back in classroom until January, at the earliest. Do you want to dump your kids in school or do you want the kids, teachers, and staff to be safe?

They are basically one and the same, as long as those who are vulnerable (obese, over 65) isolate themselves.

Who do you think is going to be left to run and teach in this school? Serious, non-snarky question. Once you remove everyone with high risk for COVID, who is left?

If there is even a 10% salary cut for DL teaching, I will guarantee you that there will be an abundance of teachers in school buildings. Some people really enjoy this as long as they collect their paychecks - at the expense of others.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids won't be back in classroom until January, at the earliest. Do you want to dump your kids in school or do you want the kids, teachers, and staff to be safe?

They are basically one and the same, as long as those who are vulnerable (obese, over 65) isolate themselves.

Who do you think is going to be left to run and teach in this school? Serious, non-snarky question. Once you remove everyone with high risk for COVID, who is left?

If there is even a 10% salary cut for DL teaching, I will guarantee you that there will be an abundance of teachers in school buildings. Some people really enjoy this as long as they collect their paychecks - at the expense of others.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids won't be back in classroom until January, at the earliest. Do you want to dump your kids in school or do you want the kids, teachers, and staff to be safe?

They are basically one and the same, as long as those who are vulnerable (obese, over 65) isolate themselves.

Who do you think is going to be left to run and teach in this school? Serious, non-snarky question. Once you remove everyone with high risk for COVID, who is left?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids won't be back in classroom until January, at the earliest. Do you want to dump your kids in school or do you want the kids, teachers, and staff to be safe?

They are basically one and the same, as long as those who are vulnerable (obese, over 65) isolate themselves.

Anonymous wrote:Kids won't be back in classroom until January, at the earliest. Do you want to dump your kids in school or do you want the kids, teachers, and staff to be safe?

Anonymous wrote:Kids won't be back in classroom until January, at the earliest. Do you want to dump your kids in school or do you want the kids, teachers, and staff to be safe?

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and a parent. I’d like to know the format sooner rather than later so that I can be prepared to meet both roles.

As a teacher, this summer I have to learn Synergy and Canvas. I also need to alter the lessons meant for F2F if we will DL instead. I would also like to buy a better laptop that I’ll be sure to use just for school because the Chromebooks are trash.

I’ll also need to invest in new laptops for the two teens at home. Plus, we have a bit of gnarly custody-related situation for one child that would be most easily resolved if MCPS doesn’t do any wacky hybrid schedule. A hybrid would send us to court, which is a huge distraction on top of everything else.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS just emailed out their weekly update:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2019-2020/coronavirus-update-20200614.html

Some highlights:

I want to assure you that we have not made any decisions regarding plans for the fall.

In the coming weeks, we will launch a survey to provide you with an opportunity to share your ideas and preferences for how students should engage in learning during next school year.

School is due to start in 10 weeks.. and they haven't even developed a survey about this? What kind of timeline are they operating on?

Pretty in line with where other districts are. They have to develop a number of plans, since we don’t know what will be happening with the virus in two months. But soliciting parent input is a good thing.

If they outlined a decision now, it would likely have to change before fall as more info about the virus unfolds.

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First we have to finish the school year, including returning/picking up materials and belongings. Then they need to get summer school up and running. Some parents are having trouble keeping up with information right now.

A survey in two weeks is fine. I hope they ask for specifics for each child and what parent preferences are. Some kids did well in DL (and even better without social distractions) and some did not, even within the same family. Meanwhile, it's not like they aren't preparing for many different options, and for things to be different by grade/school level. I know that the county is continuing online curriculum development over the summer. Schools are in process on orders for next year, which include DL supports for teachers (like doc cams) and PPE for school. Lots of training options are available to teachers - we don't have full options/requirements yet. There is definitely a lot of work happening behind the scenes.

You act like MCPS can't multi-task. The people in charge of material return/pick-up probably have nothing to do with designing a survey to be sent to parents. Why couldn't they send out that survey 2 weeks ago, so they have all the data already today?

I'm fine if they are not ready to make a decision, but it seems like they are behind on all the tasks that lead up to making a decision.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS just emailed out their weekly update:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2019-2020/coronavirus-update-20200614.html

Some highlights:

I want to assure you that we have not made any decisions regarding plans for the fall.

In the coming weeks, we will launch a survey to provide you with an opportunity to share your ideas and preferences for how students should engage in learning during next school year.

School is due to start in 10 weeks.. and they haven't even developed a survey about this? What kind of timeline are they operating on?

Pretty in line with where other districts are. They have to develop a number of plans, since we don’t know what will be happening with the virus in two months. But soliciting parent input is a good thing.

If they outlined a decision now, it would likely have to change before fall as more info about the virus unfolds.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS just emailed out their weekly update:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2019-2020/coronavirus-update-20200614.html

Some highlights:

I want to assure you that we have not made any decisions regarding plans for the fall.

In the coming weeks, we will launch a survey to provide you with an opportunity to share your ideas and preferences for how students should engage in learning during next school year.

School is due to start in 10 weeks.. and they haven't even developed a survey about this? What kind of timeline are they operating on?

Pretty in line with where other districts are. They have to develop a number of plans, since we don’t know what will be happening with the virus in two months. But soliciting parent input is a good thing.

If they outlined a decision now, it would likely have to change before fall as more info about the virus unfolds.

+1
First we have to finish the school year, including returning/picking up materials and belongings. Then they need to get summer school up and running. Some parents are having trouble keeping up with information right now.

A survey in two weeks is fine. I hope they ask for specifics for each child and what parent preferences are. Some kids did well in DL (and even better without social distractions) and some did not, even within the same family. Meanwhile, it's not like they aren't preparing for many different options, and for things to be different by grade/school level. I know that the county is continuing online curriculum development over the summer. Schools are in process on orders for next year, which include DL supports for teachers (like doc cams) and PPE for school. Lots of training options are available to teachers - we don't have full options/requirements yet. There is definitely a lot of work happening behind the scenes.