Post by JayhawkGirl on Jul 11, 2020 14:25:55 GMT -5
Our state recommendations got out last night (not final, newspapers got copies). State says no masks under age 12, so even into middle school. Younger kids can wear them if the parents want and provide the mask. My kids’ masks are protecting the other kids, and I 💯 want the same in return. Mine wear theirs when we do pickup orders, at the ballpark (so hot, zero complaints), and at my parents’ when my sister’s family is there as we aren’t our normal 20-30 ft apart on the driveway. Most kids can absolutely wear masks.
Newest wrinkle: Teacher's Union is up in arms claiming current teachers are not being offered the option to teach virtually. District says that is not true. Basically no one seems to know anything.
In our district teachers absolutely aren’t offered the option to teach virtually. They will “try” to honor a teacher’s preference to teach virtually, but can’t guarantee it, and it’s all going to come down to how many families choose in-person vs. virtual, and the teaching assignment of that specific teacher. So if there are two virtual classes of second graders, and four teachers request to teach virtually, two won’t get to. Also, even “virtual” teachers will still be required to come into the building to teach, but may be offered an empty classroom if one is available or a quiet corner of the media center.
The union is claiming NO current teachers are being offered virtual.
I am really curious who all the "certified teachers" are going to be that lead the remote learning classes. Our district is has 30k kids, I imagine a lot of them will be doing remote learning. Who will teach these and how do they pick?
Our state recommendations got out last night (not final, newspapers got copies). State says no masks under age 12, so even into middle school. Younger kids can wear them if the parents want and provide the mask. My kids’ masks are protecting the other kids, and I 💯 want the same in return. Mine wear theirs when we do pickup orders, at the ballpark (so hot, zero complaints), and at my parents’ when my sister’s family is there as we aren’t our normal 20-30 ft apart on the driveway. Most kids can absolutely wear masks.
I keep seeing people saying "of course the district will require all the kids wear masks!" and I'm like...um this is Kansas and our county commission has members fighting to reverse the mask mandate every damn week! I hope they require masks but I am super skeptical at least in our district since it leans red.
And then there are parents saying they won't send their kids if masks are required, and the opposite. Uggh.
Newest wrinkle: Teacher's Union is up in arms claiming current teachers are not being offered the option to teach virtually. District says that is not true. Basically no one seems to know anything.
In our district teachers absolutely aren’t offered the option to teach virtually. They will “try” to honor a teacher’s preference to teach virtually, but can’t guarantee it, and it’s all going to come down to how many families choose in-person vs. virtual, and the teaching assignment of that specific teacher. So if there are two virtual classes of second graders, and four teachers request to teach virtually, two won’t get to. Also, even “virtual” teachers will still be required to come into the building to teach, but may be offered an empty classroom if one is available or a quiet corner of the media center.
In our district teachers absolutely aren’t offered the option to teach virtually. They will “try” to honor a teacher’s preference to teach virtually, but can’t guarantee it, and it’s all going to come down to how many families choose in-person vs. virtual, and the teaching assignment of that specific teacher. So if there are two virtual classes of second graders, and four teachers request to teach virtually, two won’t get to. Also, even “virtual” teachers will still be required to come into the building to teach, but may be offered an empty classroom if one is available or a quiet corner of the media center.
The union is claiming NO current teachers are being offered virtual.
A friend of mine is a HS teacher in your district. It sounds like the plan so far is to contract a private company to handle all the virtual schooling. There is no guarantee at this point that these contract teachers would even be certified teachers. My friend is not at all happy with the situation (understandably so!)
Post by maudefindlay on Jul 12, 2020 7:15:54 GMT -5
I keep seeing schools mention kids will be in pods, but I wonder the feasibility of that actually happening. I'm thinking of all the students receiving Special Education Services. Those are primarily pull out and done in groups. So you have more staff and more students intermingling outside their pods and usually in small spaces.
The union is claiming NO current teachers are being offered virtual.
A friend of mine is a HS teacher in your district. It sounds like the plan so far is to contract a private company to handle all the virtual schooling. There is no guarantee at this point that these contract teachers would even be certified teachers. My friend is not at all happy with the situation (understandably so!)
Latest I’ve heard is that this is the union head speculating. Virtual jobs should post to teachers this week. Fingers crossed that’s correct!
I keep seeing schools mention kids will be in pods, but I wonder the feasibility of that actually happening. I'm thinking of all the students receiving Special Education Services. Those are primarily pull out and done in groups. So you have more staff and more students intermingling outside their pods and usually in small spaces.
The clarification I got from my school is that my dd with be pulled out and in groups as required per iep and that her day will look almost the same as last year, so essentially no pod/cohort. The district also recently clarified that cohorts for lunch/recess will be the whole grade, not just the class. They are requiring masks now instead of just encouraging them it sounds like, but other than that I think things will be largely the same as last year 🤬
Newest wrinkle: Teacher's Union is up in arms claiming current teachers are not being offered the option to teach virtually. District says that is not true. Basically no one seems to know anything.
In our district teachers absolutely aren’t offered the option to teach virtually. They will “try” to honor a teacher’s preference to teach virtually, but can’t guarantee it, and it’s all going to come down to how many families choose in-person vs. virtual, and the teaching assignment of that specific teacher. So if there are two virtual classes of second graders, and four teachers request to teach virtually, two won’t get to. Also, even “virtual” teachers will still be required to come into the building to teach, but may be offered an empty classroom if one is available or a quiet corner of the media center.
In my husband's district they are collecting teacher preferences and trying to match them up with student/teacher preferences, but right now there is a gap, so some teachers won't get their choice. The first virtual preference goes to teachers with medical issues, then family medical issues, and lastly personal preferences. There is no talk of making them come into the building to teach virtually.
It my husband doesn't get his preference we are leaning towards him taking a leave of absence. The district just changed the classroom guidance from 6 ft spaced to 3 ft spaced desks. As a middle school teacher in normal times he had ~150 kids in his five classes. That becomes something like 100 over two days in a Covid world, but this is a huge risk we are asking teachers to take. I predict the district is going to scramble to have enough teachers for in classroom teaching in the fall.
The large district next to ours had asked families to decide by last Friday on 100% virtual or 100% in person for school starting 7/30. They closed everything last night (sports, orientation, etc) and had an 8 am school board meeting. Voted today to move to 100% virtual and no fall sports. I think everyone else will follow suit soon.
The large district next to ours had asked families to decide by last Friday on 100% virtual or 100% in person for school starting 7/30. They closed everything last night (sports, orientation, etc) and had an 8 am school board meeting. Voted today to move to 100% virtual and no fall sports. I think everyone else will follow suit soon.
The large district next to ours had asked families to decide by last Friday on 100% virtual or 100% in person for school starting 7/30. They closed everything last night (sports, orientation, etc) and had an 8 am school board meeting. Voted today to move to 100% virtual and no fall sports. I think everyone else will follow suit soon.
Do you mind sharing which state/region you're in?
Indianapolis, IN — we are just starting to rise in cases.
The news is teasing that Los Angeles Unified (second largest district in the country) will be making a big announcement. We are in a smaller district with IV LA county, so I have a feeling our district will announce shortly after. With regard to sports, I know golf and Cross Country have been able to practice. Golfers wear their masks the entire time. Cross country staffers start times. I wonder if other sports will start conditioning. CIF, governing body for CA high school sports, is supposed to make an announcement next week.
Indianapolis, IN — we are just starting to rise in cases.
Thank you. I'm in NY, so cases are low right now, but we also aren't scheduled to start until after Labor Day. I'm wondering if we're going to see a pattern of states/districts preparing to open, but in the end not being able to.
Our province isn't telling the schools what requirements they will have until August 1. So, we will find out after that. School starts here Sept 1.
Same here I think. A goes to preschool and they are expecting to run normally, but the province is still figuring out exactly how school will operate in September.