Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:22     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone discussed a solution?


They "hope" it will work on Monday
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:22     Subject: Re:FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Anonymous wrote:I teach MS. We brought these security issues up multiple times, and we received no training. Our Principals and SBTS also hadn't, so the Head of IT is full of shit.

THAAAAAT being said, School Board is BOLD as hell right now. They tweeted these things out before they were shared with the general public. I have attended every meeting and they were the ones pushing for live instruction to mitigate student's trauma, but also didn't want to do "too much" that would stress them. They also made it clear there was no more money, so FCPS needed to find something free or figure it out.


I agree.

The school board needs to be recalled.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:22     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FCPS is now saying they failed to tell teachers how to properly set up sessions to not allow crashers. There was a way to prevent it, but they didn't communicate it well to teachers.


They though it was a better idea to give them two weeks of vacation instead of teaching them about the technology. What could possibly go wrong?


Please stop saying teachers were on "vacation", no matter what this is no vacation for anyone!


I think that this Board meeting has proven once and for all that none of the blame for this mess should fall on the teachers. They’ve been hamstrung every step of the way.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:21     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Has anyone discussed a solution?
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:19     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So 50% of the teachers could have used the last 3-4 weeks to set up Google classroom sites. They had time. But, I guess they thought BB would work, so they didn't move down the path of using Google classrooms.


The teachers are posting assignments on google classroom.

This is not a teacher issue.


Only 50% have google classroom accounts. The other 50% have never set them up and didn't use the past month to do it. But, to be fair, they were relying on FCPS saying that BB would work.


You are making up that 50% number.

Of my 3 kids kids at 3 different schools (elementary, middle and high school) nearly 100% of their teachers use google classroom at some level.



DP here. One of the people speaking on behalf of FCPS specifically said at this board meeting that fewer than 50% of teachers have google classroom. So no, that poster didn’t make it up. That number came directly from FCPS.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:18     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FCPS is now saying they failed to tell teachers how to properly set up sessions to not allow crashers. There was a way to prevent it, but they didn't communicate it well to teachers.


They though it was a better idea to give them two weeks of vacation instead of teaching them about the technology. What could possibly go wrong?


Please stop saying teachers were on "vacation", no matter what this is no vacation for anyone!
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:18     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So 50% of the teachers could have used the last 3-4 weeks to set up Google classroom sites. They had time. But, I guess they thought BB would work, so they didn't move down the path of using Google classrooms.


The teachers are posting assignments on google classroom.

This is not a teacher issue.


Only 50% have google classroom accounts. The other 50% have never set them up and didn't use the past month to do it. But, to be fair, they were relying on FCPS saying that BB would work.


You are making up that 50% number.

Of my 3 kids kids at 3 different schools (elementary, middle and high school) nearly 100% of their teachers use google classroom at some level.



Not making it up. Maybe you should have been listening to the school board meeting === Ms. Luftglas specifically said it several times -- 50% have not set up google classroom to date and would need to be trained on it.

Try to be informed before you throw out accusations.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:17     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
This is almost like a comedy of errors. With little repercussions for anyone. Except our kids and school staff are the ones who are actually suffering here.

If this happened in the private sector, heads would roll and a fix would have already happened. Sigh.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:17     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Anonymous wrote:Now they are saying they've identified students who acted by IP address!


They should be suspended. If porn was involved, they should be expelled and prosecuted.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:16     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So 50% of the teachers could have used the last 3-4 weeks to set up Google classroom sites. They had time. But, I guess they thought BB would work, so they didn't move down the path of using Google classrooms.


The teachers are posting assignments on google classroom.

This is not a teacher issue.


Only 50% have google classroom accounts. The other 50% have never set them up and didn't use the past month to do it. But, to be fair, they were relying on FCPS saying that BB would work.


You are making up that 50% number.

Of my 3 kids kids at 3 different schools (elementary, middle and high school) nearly 100% of their teachers use google classroom at some level.

Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:15     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Anonymous wrote:FCPS is now saying they failed to tell teachers how to properly set up sessions to not allow crashers. There was a way to prevent it, but they didn't communicate it well to teachers.


They though it was a better idea to give them two weeks of vacation instead of teaching them about the technology. What could possibly go wrong?
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:15     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
FCPS/IT: BB didn't tell us that the software updates were needed for function.

The finger pointing goes back and forth and back and forth. Like two kids caught fighting.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:14     Subject: Re:FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Well, maybe now our School Board will realize they need to focus on the delivery of education and not social issues. The delivery of education should be front and center. That includes boring issues like logistics and operations and programs. Until those are fixed, equity means nothing.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:14     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NOW -- BB guy is throwing FCPS/IT back in the fire!

FCPS/IT hasn't updated their BB account in 2 years! FCPS/IT calls the shots on when to do updates and they didn't do it for the last two summers.

BB is done grovelling.... they are putting it on FCPS/IT.

FCPS/IT: maybe we should have done a test of the system.


Okay, BB. So when you did your load modeling (read guessing), you didn't think about this then...

This vendor is awful.


Blackboard is awful. But let’s not excuse FCPS’s incompetence here. Blame goes to both.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2020 11:13     Subject: FCPS School board mtg at 10:00 Thurs...live stream
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NOW -- BB guy is throwing FCPS/IT back in the fire!

FCPS/IT hasn't updated their BB account in 2 years! FCPS/IT calls the shots on when to do updates and they didn't do it for the last two summers.

BB is done grovelling.... they are putting it on FCPS/IT.

FCPS/IT: maybe we should have done a test of the system.


Okay, BB. So when you did your load modeling (read guessing), you didn't think about this then...

This vendor is awful.


+1

Agree they had ONE JOB. If that was any one of us.....