Bockaneer said:

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My youngest will be a senior this year. She'd rather have the intercession calendar proposed by TEA but our school apparently can't go that route.

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CFISD is not considered an "experimental" school so they have to stick what the TEA sets forth for the educational calendar. They cannot deviate and have breaks in between like Katy, Ft Bend, Tomball, pretty much every other school district in Houston.

My understanding is that all schools will have the option to home school their kids through on-line learning which is a good thing because that will reduce class room sizes.

Who would actually choose to homeschool their kids that way if the schools are open? If you're going to homeschool, why not get setup properly for it?

Just based on our experience, I could see some high school kids ~wanting~ to do online learning. My son actually liked being self-paced and not having a lot of wasted time during the day. He finished his work in a few hours and then was able to decide what he wanted to do for the rest of the day. Sometimes that was extra schoolwork, sometimes it was chores around the neighborhood to earn money, sometimes it was Boy Scout stuff, and sometimes it was watching stupid cat videos on You Tube.

Considering he'll be going off to college in a few years, the past couple of months were probably a good exercise in practicing time management when you're not forced to be in a classroom for 7 hours a day.

Problem is, I don't think the curriculum was rigorous enough. And he did miss his friends. He will be going back in the fall, but doing 100% online would in theory be feasible for us.

No, I guess what I mean is might as well enroll in an official homeschool program that's been thought out and not thrown together in a couple of weeks by teachers that don't specialize in it.

Gotcha. I ~hope~ that whatever schools put out for online learning in the fall is better than what they did the last 9 weeks. They've had all this time to make improvements. But I wouldn't hold my breath (which is why I want my kid in the classroom).

agdaddy04 said:

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No, I guess what I mean is might as well enroll in an official homeschool program that's been thought out and not thrown together in a couple of weeks by teachers that don't specialize in it.

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Any of those free?

FYI if you are in Conroe ISD...

The Superintendent will be on Facebook Live at 6 PM with an update

TXTransplant said:

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Gotcha. I ~hope~ that whatever schools put out for online learning in the fall is better than what they did the last 9 weeks. They've had all this time to make improvements. But I wouldn't hold my breath (which is why I want my kid in the classroom).

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I'm guessing the people who would be doing the prep work have spent a lot of that time hoping that students come back to the classroom this fall. It will be interesting to see all the different ways school is handled this fall.

SpringAg92 said:

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FYI if you are in Conroe ISD...

The Superintendent will be on Facebook Live at 6 PM with an update

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Bumped to 6:20 and now going to be streaming on Youtube for those who are interested.

Soooo, two more weeks huh?

That's what it sounds like.

It was so bad it was comical. Does he really think we don't know about masks, social distancing, and washing our hands at this point? Colossal waste of time. The only positive I gathered was that his daughter is going to be a senior. That gives me hope that given a choice from the state, school will be in session.

Cy Fair just had a special session. Parents will pick person or at home. And each kid gets a Chromebook regardless.

Sasappis said:

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tylercsbn9 said:

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Cy Fair just had a special session. Parents will pick person or at home. And each kid gets a Chromebook regardless.

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Got a link we can share?

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It's on their Facebook

BBRex said:

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TXTransplant said:

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Gotcha. I ~hope~ that whatever schools put out for online learning in the fall is better than what they did the last 9 weeks. They've had all this time to make improvements. But I wouldn't hold my breath (which is why I want my kid in the classroom).

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I'm guessing the people who would be doing the prep work have spent a lot of that time hoping that students come back to the classroom this fall. It will be interesting to see all the different ways school is handled this fall.

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That's just it. The people implementing online lessons, the teachers, aren't prepping for online school - especially the ones who are pro-shutdown. I will be trying to get my first 3 weeks flipped in the next couple weeks, but only because I'm bored. And to do anything more in-depth I'd need more/better tech. That I'm not paying for.

I've been thinking about the idea of schools continuing online and what the future would look like.
If schools move to online, why would a school district such as mine with 10+ High Schools, need 10+ HS Chemistry teachers?
The district could have 1 Chem teacher do the lesson plans for the year on video and supply them to all the Chemistry classes in the district. Then maybe have a few aids to help grade/answer questions. Lots of money could be saved over the traditional system.
You could even do this on a national level- districts could buy video lesson plans from one source and get the "cream of the crop" of teachers. Then schools across the country could actually have consistent learning regardless of socio-ecomic factors.
Personally, I want my children to have in person classes because they also need socialization. Just thinking out loud.

The Learning Counsel has been looking at the future of education and working to lead the move to online learning well before COVID-19. They have some interesting ideas about what that will look like for school districts. https://thelearningcounsel.com/do-educators#continuum

I've been thinking about this too. This would create incentive for public school teachers to actually be good. If schools went to online delivery only 1 or 2 teachers per subject would be needed in a district and the savings would be enormous. I'm not saying there aren't some good teachers but so many go through the motions and could be weeded out.

This might also be the future even with in person attendance by students. Make sure they all get the best instruction. You'd need some baby sitters in the classrooms of course but probably at a lesser cost.