Not that I know of. But at our school no one organized. Everyone sent one-off complaints to the Admin. No one organized a petition to the board and faculty. That's the only way to do it.
@Anonymous Hmm.. i've heard both versions for Riverdale -- two weeks remote then 1-2 days/week and that kids will come in twice over these first two weeks and then it's hybrid. Maybe it varies by division?
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Aug 25, 2020 · Edited: Aug 25, 2020
At Columbia Prep we got a bit of a more robust explanation about the in-person opening moving to October - plus some positive news about the rest of the fall. It still wrecked our family's tightrope planning that they went back on their word about opening in September. And I am not talking about finances here we have plenty of help, access to tutors, etc. How much worse for those who don't have these things.
same here, a little more explanation. I wasn't optimistic they would reverse course due to parent response (they must have known parents would be outraged), I think the only thing the wave of outrage can do is to put extra pressure on them to make the October plan happen.
Can someone comment what schools like Spence say as a reason to first open remotely? Conditions right now are as good as it gets. I would assume more COVID cases in the winter so early opening would have made more sense.
Our school said it's to "practice safety protocols" before everyone is back and to get the remote learning up and running right away as they seem to be using different tech from the spring. They also said they had to hire teachers to replace the ones who have medical accommodations -- which is the only reason that an October start makes any sense. They just don't want to admit teachers waited till last minute to bail.
Our school said that it was to see what happened with schools that opened hybrid to start. Basically if they did, and the first couple of weeks were ok, then they'd go hybrid too. So using other schools as guinea pigs or canaries in the coalmine?
Not that I know of. But at our school no one organized. Everyone sent one-off complaints to the Admin. No one organized a petition to the board and faculty. That's the only way to do it.
Seems like Riverdale did. They went from 1-2 days in-person to "we'll do that for two weeks and then increase if it works"
Riverdale is doing that for two weeks starting after Labor Day? They already started totally remote for two weeks
@Anonymous Hmm.. i've heard both versions for Riverdale -- two weeks remote then 1-2 days/week and that kids will come in twice over these first two weeks and then it's hybrid. Maybe it varies by division?
At Columbia Prep we got a bit of a more robust explanation about the in-person opening moving to October - plus some positive news about the rest of the fall. It still wrecked our family's tightrope planning that they went back on their word about opening in September. And I am not talking about finances here we have plenty of help, access to tutors, etc. How much worse for those who don't have these things.
same here, a little more explanation. I wasn't optimistic they would reverse course due to parent response (they must have known parents would be outraged), I think the only thing the wave of outrage can do is to put extra pressure on them to make the October plan happen.
what was the positive news?
At Spence, they went from full remote to reopening in early October if conditions allow based on parent pushback.
they were otherwise planning for an entirely remote year?
@Anonymous An entirely remote semester.
Can someone comment what schools like Spence say as a reason to first open remotely? Conditions right now are as good as it gets. I would assume more COVID cases in the winter so early opening would have made more sense.
Our school said it's to "practice safety protocols" before everyone is back and to get the remote learning up and running right away as they seem to be using different tech from the spring. They also said they had to hire teachers to replace the ones who have medical accommodations -- which is the only reason that an October start makes any sense. They just don't want to admit teachers waited till last minute to bail.
@Anonymous thank you!
Our school said that it was to see what happened with schools that opened hybrid to start. Basically if they did, and the first couple of weeks were ok, then they'd go hybrid too. So using other schools as guinea pigs or canaries in the coalmine?