I don’t have a schoolaged kid, but am hoping to send my DS to preschool which uses the public school calendar and elementary reopening guidelines. The plan is proposed and not final. If this is the final plan, we will withdraw and go back to our daycare which is super disappointing.
The plan is to split kids to an A group/B group. One week will be in class and one week will be remote. The day will be from 8:20-12 with no before/aftercare. Remote learning will resume at 1-2:30.
There are 100% virtual options and 100% in person options for students based on need.
Post by gretchenindisguise on Jul 28, 2020 13:55:38 GMT -5
Also SoCal, so we're all starting virtually.
But our district has an option to opt into virtual for the entire year or be hopeful for a return to the classroom at some point. We've chosen to be hopeful for return to the classroom at some point, but I've already prepared them to be out most of the year. If it wasn't K and 6th, I likely would have pushed them harder into virtual. My daughter's mental health has also been struggling without social interaction, so a chance to go back is giving her something to hold onto.
enrolled mine in in-person yesterday. It's the only way to guarantee they are in a class with peers and a teacher from our school. I anticipate they will be learning from home to start the school year and at other times during the year due to our high numbers.
Also in MA. Our district draft plan is elementary will be mornings only, 8:30 to 11:45, lunch at home and then remote instruction after lunch. They consider this 100% in person since they won't be splitting the class into cohorts. MS and HS will be hybrid (probably split weeks), although details haven't been released. We also won't learn the final plan until 8/10. DD1 will be entering K and I'm planning to send in person. We will see though, a lot can change by 9/16. Case in MA have started to slowly go up.
Ds1 is starting 2nd grade. We had the option of a 100% virtual option, or going back remote/in person when it is safe. School is starting remote, no real deadline on when they will go back in person. In person will require masks, social distancing in the classroom and cafeteria. I can’t imagine that when they go back they will be there very long, and at the very least there will be a ton of disruptions with having to stay home if he is sick at all, etc.
We chose the virtual option for the first semester and will re evaluate in the fall/winter for 2nd semester. I sah home that makes it a little easier. Hopefully we will make the best of it.
Ds2 is supposed to go to pre-k, but I have not heard what the plan is for that yet.
ETA we live in Georgia but on a military base and schools are DODEA. Going back in person depends on the health protection force level of post. Once numbers improve here and in the surrounding area they will adjust the level and schools will go back in person.
Post by rootbeerfloat on Jul 28, 2020 14:34:02 GMT -5
We are supposed to start next week (!), but our board is meeting Thursday to decide on pushing back the start date 2 weeks. Cases have been spiking recently, though are relatively low compared to other states. Masks are required everywhere and would be at school, too (plus desks 6ft apart, social distancing, etc).
Hybrid option is 3 days remote, 2 days in-person; both kids are assigned to the W/F group. DD (5th grade) will attend for sure, but we are considering 100% distance learning for DS (8th grade) and obviously need to decide soon lol.
My daughter is going in to 1st— two half days a week in the building and the rest remote. Meanwhile I am required in my building as an educator 5 full days a week in a neighboring district.
Post by Ashley&Scott on Jul 28, 2020 16:05:12 GMT -5
Our options are 100% in person or 100% online. We opted for in person for our 3rd grader. We are comfortable with the safety measures & mitigation policies the district has adopted and trust that they will pivot to online if/when outbreaks occur.
We started sending our 3yo back to daycare this week. Our center has been open this whole time and has only had 4 cases. (1 parent, 3 staff, no kids. No cases were connected or transmitted in the center) After discussing it with our pediatrician he was comfortable with the safety measures our center has in place.
I'm in NY, so no decision yet. I'm still inclined toward in person kindergarten if it's offered, but we'll see.
We just got an email from our current daycare that they are planning to try to set up something for school age kids, with wifi for Zoom, to facilitate virtual school. I've been trying to move DS to a new daycare closer to home, but if we end up remote, I'm so going to need that, and two separate drop offs does not appeal. My kids are already attending daycare there, so I feel like I've already accepted the risk. So many IDK-what-to-do's. The center has been open all along but for 2 weeks in April after a parent who was working an essential role outside the home, tested positive. No staff and no kids have, including the kids of that parent.
I had to decide by mid July, and chose full online. But, I’m in Ca and we’re on the naughty list, so we’re required to start and stay 100% online until we get off and stay off the list for 2 weeks.
I don’t imagine I’ll send him at all this year unless some major medical advance happens. My primary concern is that we are surrounded by assholes who “don’t believe in” covid and are being completely careless.
Post by picksthemusic on Jul 28, 2020 16:55:21 GMT -5
They still haven't announced for our district, but all of the 'big' districts around us are starting remotely. I am fairly certain our district will go this way as well, and that is comforting to me since I don't want to put my kids in school right now at all unless it's online.
I told my (retired teacher) mom to brush up on her 1st and 3rd grade curriculum because if necessary, we'll pull them and have her 'homeschool' them virtually (she lives about an hour and a half away from us).
Post by imimahoney on Jul 28, 2020 17:57:02 GMT -5
I teach hs in the Boston burbs.
My schedule tentatively looks like this... in all 5 days with 50% reduced class size. Students in a/b cohorts and will be in EOD except for high needs students (ELL, IEP students, students in foster care). We will have half days mixed in for cleaning.
I live in a neighboring town and the plan for elementary is a/b cohorts. Whole classes divided between 2 rooms manned by the teacher and a para. The teacher will travel back and forth. They will be in for 4 straigt days and then off for 6 (Friday and then the next week when the cohort switches). Teachers will stay home during their off week and instruct virtually.
Both towns are masks for everyone and 6 ft apart.
Obviously my kids are going to school, I don't have any other options.
Post by sillygoosegirl on Jul 28, 2020 18:59:38 GMT -5
Welp, the additional details about CDL from our district turned out to be "we are doing 100% CDL until at least mid-November" rather than actual details about what the CDL will be like. Silly me, thinking they might actually be providing details about what the CDL would be like.
Post by humpforfree on Jul 28, 2020 22:09:47 GMT -5
It’s all virtual here through the end of January, no in person at all. I was already planning on keeping him home. Now I’m debating the virtual programming, or straight up homeschool (first grade). The schedule for elementary has 3, 1 hour live teaching sessions daily, plus other online work. Getting my kid to do two 30 minute live sessions a week in the spring was like pulling teeth- three hours daily would be horrible. Plus my kids get giant attitudes with screentime, so this is.... a lot more than we usually do. People keep saying in local groups that say “all screen time isn’t the same! It’s not like sitting in front of paw patrol all day!” Well no S. I know the teachers are going to be teaching, but it doesn’t mean my kid will learn well like that, or be willing it sit and participate in it for an entire day.
My 4.5 year old was set to do early entry K this fall, but I decided to not go through with it bc it’s less than ideal and we didn’t have to. I’m going to be homeschooling her with K curriculum, though not registered, so she will still do public K next year, but can do the level up reading and math groups. 🤷🏼♀️ She’s going to be home, will be bored without it, and is ready for the K work.
I pulled the trigger yesterday, enrolling DS (kinder) in a private school planning on 5 day in person instruction. Classes don’t start for another month, though, so I’m holding my breath.
ETA: that didn’t last long. OR gov is currently announcing new metrics which effectively mean no in-person instruction in my county.
We did the same thing, completing the enrollment late last week. I'm in the PDX area - the private school we enrolled in is super small (like <60 kids grade K-8) but since things are determined by county, we'll be home forever it seems.
The private school we were considering is more than a year ahead of the public schools already by 2nd grade and ds didn’t pass the entrance exam and they aren’t doing their usual after school tutoring so we are stuck with our public school and 100% distance learning. We are looking at support options as we both work and can’t support DL like DS needs. So we are trying to find any option that will Actually work well for him and not waste a year.
Our first local district starts today, almost everyone in person. They did announce that kids will need to wear masks even on the playground recently but otherwise don’t know much about their plan. We’ve had our highest numbers ever in the past week and our positive percent is close to 10%. I’m definitely scared. We signed up for remote PreK through our district. If it’s too much, we will just switch to homeschool. I have several calls into nearby smaller preschoolers but haven’t gotten a lot of info back as they are waiting to see what the public schools do.
Post by CheeringCharm on Jul 29, 2020 8:28:08 GMT -5
Our district said they are going to open for 2 days of in person learning a week*, with one day of streaming, and 2 days off with distance learning assignments. We are sending our kids but opted out of busing.
I think we might hire a tutor to help with our youngest while she does her schoolwork and I work with the older kids on theirs.
*Whether this actually happens, however, who knows! My husband is optimistic about it but I have my doubts. The % of positive cases for our state and our area (NY/FLX) have remained low and steady since they started declining in May but I know that statewide and nationally, there is tremendous pressure building not to open schools. I assume we'll get swept up in that too.
The thing that puzzles me about not being able to open schools, particularly in our area, is that in door summer camps have been open all summer. My kids have been going 5 days a week since June 29. They wear masks, practice physical distancing, and wash hands several times a day. How is that they can do it but schools can't? Granted, schools have higher enrollments to work with but that's why they split the student body in half and kids are only going for part of the week. So I'm not totally getting the argument as to why they can't open here.
Post by CheeringCharm on Jul 29, 2020 8:33:39 GMT -5
Is it crazy to think that a potential compromise solution is to do 100% remote learning this year (thus satisfying teachers and staff who are scared of contracting the virus) but hold kids back a year who want to do this school year over in person when it's allowed (thus satisfying students and parents)? I.e. When in person school finally resumes, kids who opt in would enter this same grade again.
I know the money would be a big issue but still. If we can bail out corporations, we should bail out students and schools.
I pulled the trigger yesterday, enrolling DS (kinder) in a private school planning on 5 day in person instruction. Classes don’t start for another month, though, so I’m holding my breath.
ETA: that didn’t last long. OR gov is currently announcing new metrics which effectively mean no in-person instruction in my county.
We did the same thing, completing the enrollment late last week. I'm in the PDX area - the private school we enrolled in is super small (like <60 kids grade K-8) but since things are determined by county, we'll be home forever it seems.
Yep. Given that we were the last county to enter phase 1, I see this no different. The school spent tremendous time and money over the summer to comply with the ODE requirements and teachers/families all on board. My only remaining hope is that we can somehow reach the K-3 numbers and the school will partially open.
Post by steamboat185 on Jul 29, 2020 9:47:10 GMT -5
Today, the school system is planning to start 100% remote and then hopefully move to hybrid as if allowed and as the temperature gets cooler. You can also choose 100% virtual. We are going with the remote to hopefully hybrid model. Who knows what will really happen? I have a feeling we will be home for a while.
Post by redpenmama on Jul 29, 2020 10:04:26 GMT -5
Our district is starting virtually, so not much of a decision here.
We can choose between non-traditional instruction, which is offered on the school level and would leave open the opportunity to switch to in-person instruction if possible, and a virtual academy that's district run and requires the year commitment to online learning.
We are opting for NTI. Our governor and district are being very cautious, so I am confident that they won't choose to reopen until I'm comfortable.
North Carolina guidances districts that they could do 50/50 in person or fully remote, their choice. Our district was going to start our virtual but there plan has been horrible. We just did a 360 and enrolled both girls at a local charter school that is smaller and is easier to implement the 50/50. My K student will go 3 says a week, 5th grade will go 2 days a week. Fully masked, desks 6 feet apart, and max room occupancy of 10.
Post by somersault72 on Jul 29, 2020 11:53:44 GMT -5
I got an email yesterday saying I had until August 5 to decide if we're doing all online or all in person. We know NOTHING about how in person school is going to be handled re: masks/social distancing, etc. Oh AND they're trying to say if you start them in person they can't switch to online until the end of the semester, which I think means they know it's going to be a shitshow. Needless to say I'm annoyed and very frustrated.
Is it crazy to think that a potential compromise solution is to do 100% remote learning this year (thus satisfying teachers and staff who are scared of contracting the virus) but hold kids back a year who want to do this school year over in person when it's allowed (thus satisfying students and parents)? I.e. When in person school finally resumes, kids who opt in would enter this same grade again.
I know the money would be a big issue but still. If we can bail out corporations, we should bail out students and schools.
I’m definitely pro-gap year but I also want my kid to be in K next year! I think as long as they could add a grade next year I’d do, whatever it’s called.