Barron Trump’s School All Virtual

Trump aside, I have read a few educational articles that have said Covid could be the stick that breaks the camels back and closes a lot of private schools.

1. Income due to job loss or income loss at company = lower enrollment

2. Who wants to pay $10,000+ to have a child do what every other school is doing.

This is true.  

I interact a lot with private and public schools and they are in a quandary right now. People are waiting til last minute to pay tuition because many don't want to spent $40k so their kids can be at home; however, if they pull their kid they run the risk of having to reapply and not getting in when/if schools reopen, so it's a tough decision for parents, too. 

All politics aside, GOOD.

I hope he stays safe, and does the best he can with virtual school, because the virus doesn't care how well to do you are, or who your daddy is. If you get exposed, you can become ill.

Yes....our local Christian school is BOOMING—because they are offering “normal” school —in person, no masks, no social distancing. I have several of my former students that will be attending. They will either make us look really stupid and overreacting—or they will have an outbreak. I guess we’ll know in a few months...

Several people have used this. What does it mean?

We have a small group of squeaky wheels who are LIVID over our district's decision for remote learning. Everything from "I want my property taxes back" to "If I'm doing the teachers' jobs, they should give me half their salary" to "I'm enrolling my kid in private school! You won't get any money from the state for MY kids!" My favorite was "We need a superintendent who will take risks and send kids back to class in the buildings!" Covid seems to bring out the childish thinking in people.

Funnily enough, our district's decision was made based on a decision made by our county health department, which does have the authority to shut down schools, both public and private. So, go pay your tuition, buy your uniforms, and end up going remote, just like the rest of us. Even greater, we live in an area where there are very few private schools because the public schools tend to be very good. Seats are limited, for sure. Also, our state online program is close to capacity (my neighbor's daughter is going there, not for Covid reasons, and she was told they have very few spots left).

I’ve been amused for weeks now by the idea of the First Couple filling out out the school survey about instructional options this year.
Dad would scrawl 
“Open the School now! GOOD!”
in huge letters with his black sharpie and his ginormous signature.
And then display it for Mom and the poor WH valet like it’s an executive order.
He wouldn’t actually answer the questions.
Because words.

Mom would covertly white-out all Dad’s feedback later and choose distance learning for all the questions except one she puzzles over.
Because English.
She would end in a one-word flourish of a signature.
Because “Melania.” Like Madonna.
And end with a pithy “Be best!” 

And then maybe a parent Zoom meeting with Dad interrupting other parents’ questions.
Because mean questions.
And then a 15 minute demonstration of him drinking water and walking down a ramp. 
And Mom sitting behind him shaking her head when he speaks and making rabbit ears on his head with her fingers. 

School here is scheduled to be 100% face to face, starting on August 26/27. If it needs to change to virtual, I will most likely quit my job (even though I’m working at home until at least the end of this calendar year) and try my hand at homeschooling. Online this spring was ridiculous and largely left up to what individual teachers felt like doing. I have no expectations that fall would be any better based on what my sister has told me is being "planned".

Back of the line, buddy, behind all those people who pay property taxes and don't have any kids enrolled at all. :eyeroll:

Fun to imagine, but the truth is that it’s unlikely that DT knows anything about his son’s school, education, etc.

Thank you!

our  school just closed the summer program because 2 staff and a kid tested positive. They closed the whole program. I wonder what will happen to your local schools...

I live in a rural district. There are 12,000 students K-12. Our district is offering 3 options: F2F, online, or, in an act that defies logic, duel enrollment wherein the student takes core classes online but goes to school for electives and extracurricular activities. Either you think it's too dangerous to send your kid to school, or you don't. Half and half doesn't protect them from the virus.

Anyway, Friday is the deadline for making your decision. As of today, only 4.5% of student's parents have indicated they want online. 550 students between K and 12th grade.

I only have one student left in the public school system. Last spring the students got out what they put into it. And since their grades couldn't go down and they couldn't fail a class, very few put anything into it. But my Senior was taking a concurrent enrollment class and his teacher had new content every day and DS kept up with everyday and he ended up completing it with college credit. He also managed to complete HUGE projects for other classes, including a computer simulation of one of the Gemini missions. I would say he had a good experience considering the difficulties. My younger DS, while he wasn't especially challenged, that wasn't a different experience than he would have had if he were in class. School doesn't challenge him.

DS wants to try F2F. I hope the district has concrete plans for when they have to pivot to online. Because I think that's where everyone is going to end up anyway. They have said if they do pivot to not expect the generous grading system used during the spring. I think a lot of kids will struggle.