Anonymous
09/18/2020 13:43
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
Sorry, but if Alexandria Soccer Association can offer outdoor virtual school support/babysitting, why can't Burgundy offer outdoor school? I've seen what ASA does - outdoor tables with one kid per table, under individual tents, with wireless connections. Doesn't seem that complicated.
Because teachers are special snowflakes
Headfirst is blowing up my phone and email trying to get me to enroll in their replacement program for Norwood/St Pats.
Anonymous
09/18/2020 13:41
Subject: Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:No one knows what is going on. Parents are treated like pocketbooks and teachers throw temper tantrums to refuse to do their jobs.
+1000
Anonymous
09/18/2020 13:25
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
Sorry, but if Alexandria Soccer Association can offer outdoor virtual school support/babysitting, why can't Burgundy offer outdoor school? I've seen what ASA does - outdoor tables with one kid per table, under individual tents, with wireless connections. Doesn't seem that complicated.
Because teachers are special snowflakes
It is leadership's job to lead. Listen to their fears, address the concerns effectively, and communicate openly with the community. Instead they've chosen to ignore the problem and discourage communication. Seems more appropriate of a military academy than a beloved progressive school. Leadership is not in sync with what should be the values the school lives by.
To whom are you referring when you say “leadership”? Administrators or the Board members?
The transparency of decision making makes this impossible to answer. If you're a member of either group, please share what the process is. As a mere parent it's not clear.
Parents have been told to stop talking to others and on social media by board and HOS. They are in lockstep agreement about (lack of) communication.
They really don’t like this thread...
Anonymous
09/18/2020 13:24
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
Sorry, but if Alexandria Soccer Association can offer outdoor virtual school support/babysitting, why can't Burgundy offer outdoor school? I've seen what ASA does - outdoor tables with one kid per table, under individual tents, with wireless connections. Doesn't seem that complicated.
Because teachers are special snowflakes
It is leadership's job to lead. Listen to their fears, address the concerns effectively, and communicate openly with the community. Instead they've chosen to ignore the problem and discourage communication. Seems more appropriate of a military academy than a beloved progressive school. Leadership is not in sync with what should be the values the school lives by.
To whom are you referring when you say “leadership”? Administrators or the Board members?
The transparency of decision making makes this impossible to answer. If you're a member of either group, please share what the process is. As a mere parent it's not clear.
Parents have been told to stop talking to others and on social media by board and HOS. They are in lockstep agreement about (lack of) communication.
We weren't told to stop talking with others. They did ask that we stop discussing on social media, but... if they want that to happen, they are going to have to start being more honest and giving us truthful information. Unless that happens, we will continue to seek information and speculate/make our own conclusions.
Anonymous
09/18/2020 13:18
Subject: Burgundy Farm
No one knows what is going on. Parents are treated like pocketbooks and teachers throw temper tantrums to refuse to do their jobs.
Anonymous
09/18/2020 12:55
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
Sorry, but if Alexandria Soccer Association can offer outdoor virtual school support/babysitting, why can't Burgundy offer outdoor school? I've seen what ASA does - outdoor tables with one kid per table, under individual tents, with wireless connections. Doesn't seem that complicated.
Because teachers are special snowflakes
It is leadership's job to lead. Listen to their fears, address the concerns effectively, and communicate openly with the community. Instead they've chosen to ignore the problem and discourage communication. Seems more appropriate of a military academy than a beloved progressive school. Leadership is not in sync with what should be the values the school lives by.
To whom are you referring when you say “leadership”? Administrators or the Board members?
The transparency of decision making makes this impossible to answer. If you're a member of either group, please share what the process is. As a mere parent it's not clear.
Parents have been told to stop talking to others and on social media by board and HOS. They are in lockstep agreement about (lack of) communication.
Anonymous
09/18/2020 12:53
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
Sorry, but if Alexandria Soccer Association can offer outdoor virtual school support/babysitting, why can't Burgundy offer outdoor school? I've seen what ASA does - outdoor tables with one kid per table, under individual tents, with wireless connections. Doesn't seem that complicated.
Because teachers are special snowflakes
It is leadership's job to lead. Listen to their fears, address the concerns effectively, and communicate openly with the community. Instead they've chosen to ignore the problem and discourage communication. Seems more appropriate of a military academy than a beloved progressive school. Leadership is not in sync with what should be the values the school lives by.
To whom are you referring when you say “leadership”? Administrators or the Board members?
The transparency of decision making makes this impossible to answer. If you're a member of either group, please share what the process is. As a mere parent it's not clear.
Anonymous
09/18/2020 12:07
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Agreed. There should be tents EVERYWHERE around campus, heat lamps, and generators or whatever it takes to run them. All I’ve seen are some new sinks. Great but... not really setting the teachers up for success.
Anonymous
09/18/2020 11:20
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
Sorry, but if Alexandria Soccer Association can offer outdoor virtual school support/babysitting, why can't Burgundy offer outdoor school? I've seen what ASA does - outdoor tables with one kid per table, under individual tents, with wireless connections. Doesn't seem that complicated.
Because teachers are special snowflakes
It is leadership's job to lead. Listen to their fears, address the concerns effectively, and communicate openly with the community. Instead they've chosen to ignore the problem and discourage communication. Seems more appropriate of a military academy than a beloved progressive school. Leadership is not in sync with what should be the values the school lives by.
Teachers also are supposed to do their job which is to teach.
Anonymous
09/18/2020 11:13
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
Sorry, but if Alexandria Soccer Association can offer outdoor virtual school support/babysitting, why can't Burgundy offer outdoor school? I've seen what ASA does - outdoor tables with one kid per table, under individual tents, with wireless connections. Doesn't seem that complicated.
Because teachers are special snowflakes
It is leadership's job to lead. Listen to their fears, address the concerns effectively, and communicate openly with the community. Instead they've chosen to ignore the problem and discourage communication. Seems more appropriate of a military academy than a beloved progressive school. Leadership is not in sync with what should be the values the school lives by.
We can't seem to get anyone to tell us what the actual problem is. As a parent, I feel very much in the dark regarding what the real deciding factor is regarding whether we go on campus in October or not. When we ask the question, we get spin. Rumor is that leadership did not involve teachers in the process early enough, and there aren't enough teachers who feel safe coming on campus... but then leadership tells us (in front of teachers) that teachers are willing and able to come on campus "today" and that the deciding factor is something else.
My head is spinning and I really wish someone would very clearly tell us the truth.
--a parent
Anonymous
09/18/2020 11:11
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
Sorry, but if Alexandria Soccer Association can offer outdoor virtual school support/babysitting, why can't Burgundy offer outdoor school? I've seen what ASA does - outdoor tables with one kid per table, under individual tents, with wireless connections. Doesn't seem that complicated.
Because teachers are special snowflakes
It is leadership's job to lead. Listen to their fears, address the concerns effectively, and communicate openly with the community. Instead they've chosen to ignore the problem and discourage communication. Seems more appropriate of a military academy than a beloved progressive school. Leadership is not in sync with what should be the values the school lives by.
To whom are you referring when you say “leadership”? Administrators or the Board members?
Anonymous
09/18/2020 08:53
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
Sorry, but if Alexandria Soccer Association can offer outdoor virtual school support/babysitting, why can't Burgundy offer outdoor school? I've seen what ASA does - outdoor tables with one kid per table, under individual tents, with wireless connections. Doesn't seem that complicated.
Because teachers are special snowflakes
It is leadership's job to lead. Listen to their fears, address the concerns effectively, and communicate openly with the community. Instead they've chosen to ignore the problem and discourage communication. Seems more appropriate of a military academy than a beloved progressive school. Leadership is not in sync with what should be the values the school lives by.
Anonymous
09/17/2020 19:43
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
Sorry, but if Alexandria Soccer Association can offer outdoor virtual school support/babysitting, why can't Burgundy offer outdoor school? I've seen what ASA does - outdoor tables with one kid per table, under individual tents, with wireless connections. Doesn't seem that complicated.
Because teachers are special snowflakes
Anonymous
09/17/2020 18:22
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
Anonymous wrote:As a BFCDS parent who was/is VERY in favor of an in-person return, the current plan of DL supplemented with a bit of in person, does seem like a way to help everyone get more comfortable with the procedures - to try out what does/doesn't work, etc. The key will be taking what Burgundy learns from these weeks and using it to find a way to reopen.
There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
It's not really fair to teacher bash. They are going through all the anxieties and fears of all of us in these times. And there really is still so much unknown. But the virus is not going away, and there will not be widespread vaccination until at least the fall of 2021, so we all need to find a way to educate children in person in the meantime (public schools do too).
I think they did purchase outdoor desks. Doesn’t matter if they don’t have enough teachers willing to come teach.
Anonymous
09/17/2020 18:16
Subject: Re:Burgundy Farm
There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)
Sorry, but if Alexandria Soccer Association can offer outdoor virtual school support/babysitting, why can't Burgundy offer outdoor school? I've seen what ASA does - outdoor tables with one kid per table, under individual tents, with wireless connections. Doesn't seem that complicated.