The rumor is our system will do a hybrid school calendar. One half of the kids will attend on Monday and Wednesday and the other half will attend on Tuesday and Thursday. The other 3 days will be NTI days from home. They will be making other adjustments such as eating in their rooms instead of the lunchroom and bathroom breaks will be scheduled to assist with social distancing and sanitation. I haven't heard but I assume it will also effect recess and the playground equipment for the smaller kids. This seems to be the plan for at least a portion of the year. They are also throwing out the idea of starting the first part of July in case they need to take time off for any type of quarantine this fall if there is another spike in cases.
What is your school system doing next year in light of the coronavirus?
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One thing I haven’t heard mentioned yet. Busing. How are the kids going to practice social distancing on a bus? Even in your scenario of alternative days, the bus is still half full. Going to be interesting.
one at desk, no sharing, each kid has their own tablet....
Yeah I don't really understand this plan for kids with two working parents. In Louisville they haven't communicated the plan for next school year, but if it's a staggered schedule, on off days most parents won't be able to take their kids to work, stay home with them, or afford all day child care 3 days per week.
Even if they could afford all day child care those days, what's the difference in sending them to school vs sending them to daycare or CEP?
Dumb plan IMO. The whole distance learning thing only works while adults are also at home. Now that folks are getting back to work, it's not tenable anymore.
My childcare days are behind me as my girls are in college, high and middle school but I feel for those parents who have to try and figure this all out.
One I heard floated in my district in NY is the kids in MS and HS will continue to be online and learning from home. The grade school kids will be further split up and use the middle and high schools as other grade school buildings. This will allow for social distancing and all grade school kids will be in school during the week.
No sports and band/choirs will be limited.
No sports and band/choirs will be limited.
We haven't really heard anything official from the school admin. However, the parents were talking last night, and it sounds similar to the "hybrid" approach. We're in Fayette county. They have to realize that if most people are back at work, this NTI **** isn't optimal for anyone. FTGE.
I don’t think anyone knows and whatever plan they come up with today will change next week or next month.
The bad thing is, from the sounds of it, a lot of kids in our district didn't turn in their NTI work. From what I understand the districts were told not to knock them for it due to the circumstances. So you had kids who abides by the rules, completed the NTI work and earned whatever grade they received where other kids turned in nothing and was "given" the same grade for the final term as they had the term before. So my daughter, who spent several hours doing an online math program, ended up with an 89% (B) but if she hadn't completed it at all she would have gotten an A because that was her grade the previous semester. [eyeroll]
I mean, that sounds similar to the jackoffs when I was in school who didn't do anything, anyway. They're now working at McDonald's trying to avoid the COVID. While we're all "working from home".
Ours says they have the square footage to welcome all students back under OH guidelines. They are making bringing everyone back their top priority. It's a private school with 250 students and a lot to sell parents also. I can envision a scenario where all kids get their temperature taken upon arrival.
My wife was told that if the nti hurt them, throw it out.
Ten percent attempted no work at all and close to 30% attempted no work the last three weeks.
But on the bright side 95 percent showed up for drive thru, grade school graduation and received a free t-shirt.
I work in a school system. A custodian actually. We have discussed alot of the same things as already talked about. We are discussing putting plexiglass around our secretary's desk.Also we will be taking temperatures of staff and students before entering the building. Kids are supposed to be 6ft apart, in the classroom and hallways. We will not be using the cafeteria (as of now). We are required to do full wipe down of door handles, railings and water fountains every hour. Also a big thing is teachers switch rooms instead of students.. To me it's going to be really tough to met the requirements to open somewhat safely but I guess we will do our best. But, like stated above, things are changing constantly. So, next week could a different story.
I think that sounds like an impossible situation. I’m managing 25+ adults on a job site. I’m reminding them constantly about the covid rules. As soon as you turn your back, they are doing something else. When the taco truck comes every day at 11am, it might as well be the ice cream man. Managing kids is going to be 10x worse.
My youngest just graduated but I hope they go balls to the wall and every student returns to class.
If parents feel that isn't safe then they should be allowed to home school.
This gives both sides a choice.
If parents feel that isn't safe then they should be allowed to home school.
This gives both sides a choice.
Totally up in the air.
We have an orientation date set of mid August. However, received a letter stating school could start in July, normal time in late August or after Labor Day.
Already have a vacation booked for October (based off calendar that was supposed to be Fall Break for next school year) and two have been canceled this year already...we will be going on that Fall Break barring another shut down.
We have an orientation date set of mid August. However, received a letter stating school could start in July, normal time in late August or after Labor Day.
Already have a vacation booked for October (based off calendar that was supposed to be Fall Break for next school year) and two have been canceled this year already...we will be going on that Fall Break barring another shut down.
It was about her knowledge gained from her work, not about the grade.The free grade people didn't get what she got.
The logistics of a 2/2/1 plan for K-12 are just too insane to consider, from a technical and pedagogical stand point. I don’t see how anyone will seriously consider it. It could work kind of OK for high school, but elementary would be a nightmare. Not to mention that you can’t leave elementary kids home all day by themselves. And middle schoolers need that every day structure.
If your kid goes to public school in KY, then these are all just rumors and nothing more. There are possible scenarios but nothing has been decided in any way.
If your kid goes to public school in KY, then these are all just rumors and nothing more. There are possible scenarios but nothing has been decided in any way.
Why are we so lazy that we depend on others to teach our children?
Probably because we chase the dollar.
On subject: Schools are a nightmare to control the spread of sickness.
Probably because we chase the dollar.
On subject: Schools are a nightmare to control the spread of sickness.
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I think all the rednecks I know should homeschool their kids, at least for science and chemistry, since they're all experts in immunology since this covid stuff started.
Ever seen the movie Idiocracy? Everyone teaching their own kids is how you get that movie to become reality.
My kid’s teachers are coughing in their face for herd immunity.
lol. Don’t worry. I signed the permission slip
lol. Don’t worry. I signed the permission slip
To be fair we do have some backwoods chemist in this state. I mean they are Breaking Bad without the chemistry degree.
Bet she learned more getting that 89 and figuring it out herself than she did getting that A. Life is all about figuring stuff out anyway so learning that during this distance learning is invaluable IMO..
She learned that hard work doesn't always pay in today's society. She learned that lazy people who want everything given to them usually get things given to them. Most importantly she learned that we will never be the lazy type of people but the hard working people in my household.
Just because students aren't in the classroom doesn't mean the school doesn't have expenses. There are still teachers who have to teach virtually, the maintenance has to be done at buildings and our district also delivered meals to kids who signed up for it so no kids would be without food. The only big difference is less expense for the buses since they aren't running.
Same thing as every OTHER public school system. It's public education: it'll be lock-step, useless, but "put on a good show", and I guarantee, somewhere in there, they'll slip in some way to put down school choice and accountability.
Public Education, as it is currently constituted, is an absolute cancer on society. I literally can't think of one government run program that does more damage. And that is saying quite a mouthful.
Public Education, as it is currently constituted, is an absolute cancer on society. I literally can't think of one government run program that does more damage. And that is saying quite a mouthful.
TN will be normal I assume. We don't have an Andy to worry about.
We would lock him up in the old prison where they filmed green mile in Nashville.
School districts are second only to congress in wasting your tax dollars.
I would have to argue that a state road crew of 10 guys standing around, leaning on shovels and watching 1 guy work is right up there.