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I have 3 kids. 2 in private school and 1 in public school. When the pandemic hit the 2 in private went 100% online. Everyday their teacher engaged them until the last day of school. We heard from the public school twice in 60 days. They shouldn’t have gotten paid. Their excuse was they have kids at home etc. The rest of us do too.

My wife is a teacher in the public schools as well. Your experience, sadly, depended upon the district you're in. Ascension required teachers to maintain daily contact with the students and weekly contact with the parents. That was a requirement and everything was recorded to prove they did it.

At least one surrounding district (Livingston) literally told their teachers to not worry about it. Do what they could. There was no accountability.

Sadly, when it comes to public schools, the disctrict you're in makes an enormous difference in the experience you and your students have.

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Posted by auyushu

Surprise, AZ

Member since Jan 2011

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Posted on 7/24/20 at 2:32 pm to TDsngumbo

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Sadly, when it comes to public schools, the disctrict you're in makes an enormous difference in the experience you and your students have

Pretty much. During 4th quarter in my district here in AZ while we online taught students were not allowed to have their grade drop from what they had 3rd quarter, we couldn't hold students accountable for showing up to classes online, and we weren't allowed to assign more than 20-30 mins of work per day.

I did the best I could having two hands tied behind my back, but it was a predictable shitshow.

We are starting online at least the first two weeks, and are supposed to be holding students accountable and taking attendance and following their actual schedules during this time period, but given how all over the place things are right now I have my doubts.

This post was edited on 7/24/20 at 2:33 pm

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