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Post by freecharlie on Mar 17, 2021 23:50:21 GMT
Watching the nightly news they are talking to the L.A. school's superintendent talking about mid April return for students.
My question is, why bother? When does your school year-end?
Our school year around here end middle to late May. That would make them in the classroom about a month and a week of that is testing.
ETA: We've been in person the entire year in not only my, but also the surrounding districts.
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Post by luckyjune on Mar 17, 2021 23:54:03 GMT
Our governor has ordered us back. Districts have no choice in the matter. We are done mid June.
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Post by gizzy on Mar 17, 2021 23:57:13 GMT
Are they entitled to more federal $ by going back, even if it's for such a short time?
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Post by nlwilkins on Mar 17, 2021 23:57:30 GMT
I wonder myself. It will take a week of getting all the students settled, teachers reminding them of the rules, etc. It could be more of a political decision rather than anything else. Or they might decide to extend the school year into the summer some.
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Post by maryland on Mar 17, 2021 23:59:02 GMT
If it's like here, parents are really getting on school districts to open. Our teachers are not vaccinated but will get their first dose in the next few weeks. We were in hybrid Sept., 5 days a week Oct.-Nov.6th, then closed for 2 months because so many cases. We started back hybrid in Jan. and the parents complained so much that we are now 5 days a week. My daughter loved cohort but is doing all remote instead of in person. To many careless students and our community doesn't take it seriously.
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 17, 2021 23:59:22 GMT
I wonder myself. It will take a week of getting all the students settled, teachers reminding them of the rules, etc. It could be more of a political decision rather than anything else. Or they might decide to extend the school year into the summer some. as a teacher I would be pissed. First, I'm contracted for x number of days. If I've worked them, I'm done. And you know they wouldn't pay a whole lot for it, but would make it mandatory.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Mar 17, 2021 23:59:28 GMT
Not sure about LA but in the schools I know in a couple counties in so Cal they get out in early June. I am not sending my son back but I could understand wanting a bit of normal back. Teachers won’t be fully vaccinated by the time they go back, elementary started back this week and there is no way many of the teachers have been vaccinated fully yet. High schools go back the second week of April here but will still be online as well. High school is only going back for 2 half days a week and the rest online and think elementary may be 4 half days maybe less (I think it’s actually only 2-3 hours) in our city no idea what LA is doing.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Mar 18, 2021 0:01:57 GMT
Watching the nightly news they are talking to the L.A. school's superintendent talking about mid April return for students. My question is, why bother? When does your school year-end? Our school year around here end middle to late May. That would make them in the classroom about a month and a week of that is testing. ETA: We've been in person the entire year in not only my, but also the surrounding districts. California typically goes to mid-June.
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Post by fiddlesticks on Mar 18, 2021 0:03:02 GMT
Kids are just starting to ease back into a couple days a week of in person. The Governor prioritized teachers getting vaccinated to make it happen. School is in session until mid-June.
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Post by peasapie on Mar 18, 2021 0:03:16 GMT
I dunno. I'm just impressed you are a Pea God.
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Post by dawnnikol on Mar 18, 2021 0:03:38 GMT
In Las Vegas, the teachers were told they're bringing the students back for a month before summer break so the parents "get a break" before summer break.
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Post by Skellinton on Mar 18, 2021 0:05:10 GMT
Our governor has ordered us back. Districts have no choice in the matter. We are done mid June. Oregon too. The thing that gets me is that the kids in the district where I work will go 4 days a week in 2.5 hour shifts. By the time the younger kids get off the bus, settled etc and then packed up and on the bus at the end of the day that is about 30 minutes wasted. My nephew is in middle school and there the teachers will rotate into classrooms while the kids stay put. No idea how math and science will work since those classes are not the same for each kid. I know kids need to be back in school for several reasons, and where I work all the teachers should have had their second shot and will be well after their 2 week waiting period, so they should be safe, but it does seem pointless.
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Post by SAHM wannabe on Mar 18, 2021 0:05:44 GMT
My district started in-person last week for K-3. The remaining grades return on April 6th.
I have 6 students attending on M, T and 6 different students on Th, F. I can’t convey how happy the in-class students are being back in school. Masks are required, they are distanced in the classroom, in the halls, in the lunchroom, and on the bus. Playground equipment is off limits, they can’t play instruments, and they can’t select books off shelves in the library. Despite all the restrictions, they are happy to be with their peers and in the classroom. It has been a happy return. I’m looking forward to many more returning after Spring break.
We are taking inventory of their gaps in instruction, but of far greater importance is taking those first steps toward a happy, healthy return to normalcy.
Our last day of school is May 26th.
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Post by SAHM wannabe on Mar 18, 2021 0:10:45 GMT
In Las Vegas, the teachers were told they're bringing the students back for a month before summer break so the parents "get a break" before summer break. I’m a teacher in Las Vegas. I was not told this at all. It might be being said tongue-in-cheek, but I give parents, teachers, and students much more credit than this. Let’s not belittle the hard work that parents, students, and teachers have endured for over a year.
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Post by busy on Mar 18, 2021 0:13:39 GMT
Our middle and high schools open for hybrid on 4/19. Teachers will all be fully vaccinated by then, and parents have the option of continuing with CDL or doing hybrid. For middle school, they will be in person two days a week for four hours a day. They'll have roughly two months before the end of the school year. I don't think they are doing standardized testing this year, but am not sure.
It's not a long time back, but speaking for my kid only, he needs it. Distance has been a HUGE struggle for him for a number of reasons. It doesn't help that he started middle school this year, so he's never been in the building, never met a single teacher in person, never met a single classmate in person (and no one from his elementary school is in his academic "pod"), etc. He's always been a great student and now I'm worried that he could lose eligibility for advanced courses, which could affect his ability to take AP courses in high school, etc. Being in person will help kick in his motivation.
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Post by finaledition on Mar 18, 2021 0:14:18 GMT
Well a neighboring district is starting their secondary back hybrid the day before spring break which seems completely stupid. BUT it’s the last day of the month to which the district will receive extra money. So the answer in this case is $$$$.
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Post by Restless Spirit on Mar 18, 2021 0:15:45 GMT
I dunno. I'm just impressed you are a Pea God. And I want to know what the level is above “Pea God”!
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Post by busy on Mar 18, 2021 0:16:03 GMT
My nephew is in middle school and there the teachers will rotate into classrooms while the kids stay put. No idea how math and science will work since those classes are not the same for each kid. In our middle schools, they sorted kids into "pods" at the beginning of the year, to prepare for this scenario when hybrid became an option. All the kids in a pod are in all the same classes.
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Post by garcia5050 on Mar 18, 2021 0:18:32 GMT
I'm in Southern California. Most of the schools in my area (Southeast suburbs) end in late May. My son is a high school senior, and he really wants to go back, even if it's just those last 6 weeks. I do think - what's the point? but at the same time, I do feel bad for my son. We can choose hybrid (2 days a week in person), or fully online. I heard from someone who works for our district say that it's mostly seniors who are opting to come back (at the high school level). My daughter (15/sophomore) is fine staying home, so I've selected full online for her.
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Post by peasapie on Mar 18, 2021 0:18:36 GMT
I dunno. I'm just impressed you are a Pea God. And I want to know what the level is above “Pea God”! Well true. I think she has achieved the ultimate honorific.
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Post by SockMonkey on Mar 18, 2021 0:19:21 GMT
Ha!
Our school year ends the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. We've been hybrid on a block (70 min periods, 7:30-12:30) all semester, and have offered students the opportunity to do 4 days in person. (Wednesdays are full remote). Most classes are not at capacity for 6' distancing, as most students have opted for full remote.
Last week the Illinois Department of Public Health and State Board released new guidance (a surprise to superintendents across the state, who got the info at the same time as the public). Now students can be no less than 3' apart, which means increased capacity.
So our district will return to full days, 5 days a week, 3-6' distancing (plus lunch with students 6' apart) after spring break. For the last 7 weeks of school. Totally upending the schedule for less than a quarter of the school year, and asking students who have chosen to remain full remote to be on Zoom from 7:30AM until 2:30PM with a 45 min lunch and 5 min breaks between classes.
Everyone is so fucking done. Just done. I'm my building association president and at least we negotiated some additional compensation for shifting all the planning that most teachers had ALREADY DONE to adjust for the change in schedule.
Most of the kids don't want this change. Most of the teachers don't want this change. A group of loud parents want this change (but it still won't be enough because the kids are still masked, not able to share materials/do labs, etc.). They just want "normal."
Well, Corona says normal isn't here yet. But we have parents booking banquet halls to throw their own proms. I hate it.
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 18, 2021 0:19:47 GMT
In Las Vegas, the teachers were told they're bringing the students back for a month before summer break so the parents "get a break" before summer break. what a bullshit thing to do/say. One week to get to know each other and set up ground rules. One week at the end to wrap things up. Smdh
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Post by aj2hall on Mar 18, 2021 0:24:10 GMT
In New England, many schools are in session until mid to late June. The NH governor recently required all districts to be in person at least 2 days a week. Teachers and staff are getting the first dose of vaccinations this week and next. My youngest ds in 10th grade just returned 2 days a week in person but 4/5 of his teachers are still remote. I respect the teachers’ decisions to stay remote but wonder about the value of returning to in person if most of the teachers are still remote.
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Post by SockMonkey on Mar 18, 2021 0:29:16 GMT
In Las Vegas, the teachers were told they're bringing the students back for a month before summer break so the parents "get a break" before summer break. what a bullshit thing to do/say. One week to get to know each other and set up ground rules. One week at the end to wrap things up. Smdh Yeah, that really doesn't help parents' argument that they aren't treating teachers as babysitters. Childcare is an unintended consequence of public education, but it shouldn't be the purpose of public education.
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 18, 2021 0:30:06 GMT
In New England, many schools are in session until mid to late June. The NH governor recently required all districts to be in person at least 2 days a week. Teachers and staff are getting the first dose of vaccinations this week and next. My youngest ds in 10th grade just returned 2 days a week in person but 4/5 of his teachers are still remote. I respect the teachers’ decisions to stay remote but wonder about the value of returning to in person if most of the teachers are still remote. So the kids are in the building, but the teachers aren't???
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2021 0:37:23 GMT
Our school district just had a vaccine clinic for school employee's last week. By the time the second doses are administered and the two weeks of ramping up immunity we will only have 4.5 weeks of school left. Our state education commissioner has already said school districts will get full funding this year. It makes zero sense to send kids back to the classroom with only four weeks of school left.
My DD has been happier this school year and her grades show for the first time in five years. She smiles. Her sense of humor is back. She figures things out on her own. She may not attend all the Zoom sessions but she gets her work done and turned in on time. I wish we could keep this remote model - or at least a hybrid version - for her last two years in school.
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Post by sideways on Mar 18, 2021 0:38:46 GMT
Schools have gone back here. The neighboring school district to us has 200 kids from the high school quarantined. So, that’s going well. 🙄
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Post by christine58 on Mar 18, 2021 0:47:17 GMT
In Las Vegas, the teachers were told they're bringing the students back for a month before summer break so the parents "get a break" before summer break. Seriously?? Are you a teacher because you just demeaned an entire group of people who have worked their asses off all school year. SMDH
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Post by mollycoddle on Mar 18, 2021 1:12:20 GMT
I wonder myself. It will take a week of getting all the students settled, teachers reminding them of the rules, etc. It could be more of a political decision rather than anything else. Or they might decide to extend the school year into the summer some. Around here, they would have to contract the teachers who would be willing to do it. They will have summer school, but I can’t imagine that a lot of teachers would be interested if they decided to expand it.
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Post by freecharlie on Mar 18, 2021 1:15:25 GMT
I wonder myself. It will take a week of getting all the students settled, teachers reminding them of the rules, etc. It could be more of a political decision rather than anything else. Or they might decide to extend the school year into the summer some. Around here, they would have to contract the teachers who would be willing to do it. They will have summer school, but I can’t imagine that a lot of teachers would be interested if they decided to expand it. HELL NO. It would have to be a sweet payday and I don't think the district would go for it
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