Anonymous wrote:I really don't know why they just don't use the schedule that was used in the spring. Elementary in the am and secondary in the pm. They could require the Zoom sessions and monitor attendance. For middle and high school, they should have schools stick with the 7 period day, instead of going by department.

That schedule was TERRIBLE. My kid learned NOTHING. - ES Parent

Wait wait wait. This thread got me all hot and bothered about 5.5hrs of zoom every day, but then I actually looked up the draft plan and it DOESN'T say that, AT ALL.

For reference, I'm looking at this document, which was released 5 days ago: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/reopening/MCPSDraftRecoveryPlan.pdf

It does not include times for ES at all, and it says "Students will receive live instruction during a portion of the instructional blocks. Students will also be engaged through small group instruction, discussion groups and asynchronous instruction."

Now, that *could* be 5.5hrs of Zoom. But given that the whole school day at my ES last year was <5.5hrs, I think that's unlikely. Let's not put the cart before the horse here, and wait to make assumptions until the actual schedules are announced.

(For the record - we hated DL in the spring SO MUCH that I am seriously researching homeschool alternatives. So I'm not in the "yay Zoom!" camp. But I'd like to know what I'm ACTUALLY comparing, and 5.5hrs of Zoom ain't it.)

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't need school for fresh air and movement.

No, they don’t. I don’t want my kids at school in person. I want the 100% remote option, limiting screen time to no more than an hour a day. My daughter is 6.

At this point, that isn’t a choice being offered. If that is what you want for your child, you need to homeschool.

Or she can simply pick and choose how much her 6 year old attends. If you really only want an hour a day, just have your kid do an hour a day.

There was so much complaining last school year about lost opportunities and lack of instruction, hence lack of progress in learning and now when schools are offering greater access, parents are going to refuse. All I can say is that if your kid doesn’t learn to read or whatever else they are working on, the blame won’t lie with the school.

DP, but come ON. The problem is that most kids, especially young ones, don't learn well via online instruction only. THAT is the problem. Offering more of the same won't fix it, in no small part because most parents need to be *working* and can't ALSO teach their kids at the same time. Why is that so hard to understand?

So teach them after work

Exactly. They'll absorb what they can and you support/extend as much as you can.

Are you both suggesting we forego Zoom entirely, have the kids in some kind of childcare all day, and then work on assignments at night? That might be feasible, though what the OP and I and others are wondering is what the penalty will be for parents who don't participate in Zoom calls. That's (one of) the problem(s).

No they attend Zooms they can and you teach them after your work. Penalty is the kids don’t learn much

*facepalm*

They can't DO Zoom on their own, especially not four or more hours of it. They're too young.

Welcome to the problem that many people have. You’re not the only one is this.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't need school for fresh air and movement.

No, they don’t. I don’t want my kids at school in person. I want the 100% remote option, limiting screen time to no more than an hour a day. My daughter is 6.

At this point, that isn’t a choice being offered. If that is what you want for your child, you need to homeschool.

Or she can simply pick and choose how much her 6 year old attends. If you really only want an hour a day, just have your kid do an hour a day.

There was so much complaining last school year about lost opportunities and lack of instruction, hence lack of progress in learning and now when schools are offering greater access, parents are going to refuse. All I can say is that if your kid doesn’t learn to read or whatever else they are working on, the blame won’t lie with the school.

DP, but come ON. The problem is that most kids, especially young ones, don't learn well via online instruction only. THAT is the problem. Offering more of the same won't fix it, in no small part because most parents need to be *working* and can't ALSO teach their kids at the same time. Why is that so hard to understand?

So teach them after work

Exactly. They'll absorb what they can and you support/extend as much as you can.

Are you both suggesting we forego Zoom entirely, have the kids in some kind of childcare all day, and then work on assignments at night? That might be feasible, though what the OP and I and others are wondering is what the penalty will be for parents who don't participate in Zoom calls. That's (one of) the problem(s).

No they attend Zooms they can and you teach them after your work. Penalty is the kids don’t learn much

*facepalm*

They can't DO Zoom on their own, especially not four or more hours of it. They're too young.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't need school for fresh air and movement.

No, they don’t. I don’t want my kids at school in person. I want the 100% remote option, limiting screen time to no more than an hour a day. My daughter is 6.

At this point, that isn’t a choice being offered. If that is what you want for your child, you need to homeschool.

Or she can simply pick and choose how much her 6 year old attends. If you really only want an hour a day, just have your kid do an hour a day.

There was so much complaining last school year about lost opportunities and lack of instruction, hence lack of progress in learning and now when schools are offering greater access, parents are going to refuse. All I can say is that if your kid doesn’t learn to read or whatever else they are working on, the blame won’t lie with the school.

DP, but come ON. The problem is that most kids, especially young ones, don't learn well via online instruction only. THAT is the problem. Offering more of the same won't fix it, in no small part because most parents need to be *working* and can't ALSO teach their kids at the same time. Why is that so hard to understand?

So teach them after work

Exactly. They'll absorb what they can and you support/extend as much as you can.

Are you both suggesting we forego Zoom entirely, have the kids in some kind of childcare all day, and then work on assignments at night? That might be feasible, though what the OP and I and others are wondering is what the penalty will be for parents who don't participate in Zoom calls. That's (one of) the problem(s).

No they attend Zooms they can and you teach them after your work. Penalty is the kids don’t learn much

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't need school for fresh air and movement.

No, they don’t. I don’t want my kids at school in person. I want the 100% remote option, limiting screen time to no more than an hour a day. My daughter is 6.

At this point, that isn’t a choice being offered. If that is what you want for your child, you need to homeschool.

Or she can simply pick and choose how much her 6 year old attends. If you really only want an hour a day, just have your kid do an hour a day.

There was so much complaining last school year about lost opportunities and lack of instruction, hence lack of progress in learning and now when schools are offering greater access, parents are going to refuse. All I can say is that if your kid doesn’t learn to read or whatever else they are working on, the blame won’t lie with the school.

The district is too big. Nothing will satisfy all. Time to tear down MCPS into smaller districts. Or give principals more power to act independently.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't need school for fresh air and movement.

No, they don’t. I don’t want my kids at school in person. I want the 100% remote option, limiting screen time to no more than an hour a day. My daughter is 6.

At this point, that isn’t a choice being offered. If that is what you want for your child, you need to homeschool.

Or she can simply pick and choose how much her 6 year old attends. If you really only want an hour a day, just have your kid do an hour a day.

There was so much complaining last school year about lost opportunities and lack of instruction, hence lack of progress in learning and now when schools are offering greater access, parents are going to refuse. All I can say is that if your kid doesn’t learn to read or whatever else they are working on, the blame won’t lie with the school.

DP, but come ON. The problem is that most kids, especially young ones, don't learn well via online instruction only. THAT is the problem. Offering more of the same won't fix it, in no small part because most parents need to be *working* and can't ALSO teach their kids at the same time. Why is that so hard to understand?

So teach them after work

Exactly. They'll absorb what they can and you support/extend as much as you can.

Are you both suggesting we forego Zoom entirely, have the kids in some kind of childcare all day, and then work on assignments at night? That might be feasible, though what the OP and I and others are wondering is what the penalty will be for parents who don't participate in Zoom calls. That's (one of) the problem(s).

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't need school for fresh air and movement.

No, they don’t. I don’t want my kids at school in person. I want the 100% remote option, limiting screen time to no more than an hour a day. My daughter is 6.

At this point, that isn’t a choice being offered. If that is what you want for your child, you need to homeschool.

Or she can simply pick and choose how much her 6 year old attends. If you really only want an hour a day, just have your kid do an hour a day.

There was so much complaining last school year about lost opportunities and lack of instruction, hence lack of progress in learning and now when schools are offering greater access, parents are going to refuse. All I can say is that if your kid doesn’t learn to read or whatever else they are working on, the blame won’t lie with the school.

DP, but come ON. The problem is that most kids, especially young ones, don't learn well via online instruction only. THAT is the problem. Offering more of the same won't fix it, in no small part because most parents need to be *working* and can't ALSO teach their kids at the same time. Why is that so hard to understand?

So teach them after work

Exactly. They'll absorb what they can and you support/extend as much as you can.

Anonymous wrote:I really don't know why they just don't use the schedule that was used in the spring. Elementary in the am and secondary in the pm. They could require the Zoom sessions and monitor attendance. For middle and high school, they should have schools stick with the 7 period day, instead of going by department.

There was not enough synchronous learning inn the spring.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't need school for fresh air and movement.

No, they don’t. I don’t want my kids at school in person. I want the 100% remote option, limiting screen time to no more than an hour a day. My daughter is 6.

At this point, that isn’t a choice being offered. If that is what you want for your child, you need to homeschool.

Or she can simply pick and choose how much her 6 year old attends. If you really only want an hour a day, just have your kid do an hour a day.

There was so much complaining last school year about lost opportunities and lack of instruction, hence lack of progress in learning and now when schools are offering greater access, parents are going to refuse. All I can say is that if your kid doesn’t learn to read or whatever else they are working on, the blame won’t lie with the school.

DP, but come ON. The problem is that most kids, especially young ones, don't learn well via online instruction only. THAT is the problem. Offering more of the same won't fix it, in no small part because most parents need to be *working* and can't ALSO teach their kids at the same time. Why is that so hard to understand?

So teach them after work

I have no idea what I am going to do. Our DS is 6 and has autism and ADHD. Going to school and participating during normal times was already challenging for him. When MCPS went to DL last semester, he could not sit through the class and learning from the videos was not possible for him. Both DH and I work full time and we have a preschooler. I hope they provide different options for those with SN kids, especially the younger ones.

I really don't know why they just don't use the schedule that was used in the spring. Elementary in the am and secondary in the pm. They could require the Zoom sessions and monitor attendance. For middle and high school, they should have schools stick with the 7 period day, instead of going by department.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't need school for fresh air and movement.

No, they don’t. I don’t want my kids at school in person. I want the 100% remote option, limiting screen time to no more than an hour a day. My daughter is 6.

At this point, that isn’t a choice being offered. If that is what you want for your child, you need to homeschool.

Or she can simply pick and choose how much her 6 year old attends. If you really only want an hour a day, just have your kid do an hour a day.

There was so much complaining last school year about lost opportunities and lack of instruction, hence lack of progress in learning and now when schools are offering greater access, parents are going to refuse. All I can say is that if your kid doesn’t learn to read or whatever else they are working on, the blame won’t lie with the school.

DP, but come ON. The problem is that most kids, especially young ones, don't learn well via online instruction only. THAT is the problem. Offering more of the same won't fix it, in no small part because most parents need to be *working* and can't ALSO teach their kids at the same time. Why is that so hard to understand?

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't need school for fresh air and movement.

No, they don’t. I don’t want my kids at school in person. I want the 100% remote option, limiting screen time to no more than an hour a day. My daughter is 6.

At this point, that isn’t a choice being offered. If that is what you want for your child, you need to homeschool.

Or she can simply pick and choose how much her 6 year old attends. If you really only want an hour a day, just have your kid do an hour a day.

There was so much complaining last school year about lost opportunities and lack of instruction, hence lack of progress in learning and now when schools are offering greater access, parents are going to refuse. All I can say is that if your kid doesn’t learn to read or whatever else they are working on, the blame won’t lie with the school.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kids don't need school for fresh air and movement.

No, they don’t. I don’t want my kids at school in person. I want the 100% remote option, limiting screen time to no more than an hour a day. My daughter is 6.

At this point, that isn’t a choice being offered. If that is what you want for your child, you need to homeschool.

Or she can simply pick and choose how much her 6 year old attends. If you really only want an hour a day, just have your kid do an hour a day.