This includes marching bands and auxiliary groups. @JRT no they didn’t- you now have put people in the predicament over a holiday period to find the childcare where you have been set up and have known ALL YEAR! 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Employees may request ADA documentation from Employee Relations or bookkeepers. • Even with rising rates, leading health experts have advised school leaders to identify opportunities for students to return to school buildings. The DeKalb County Board of Education amended the district’s calendar for the 2020-2021 school year, delaying the start of the upcoming school year as the district opts to start the year virtually. 2020 Fall Remote MAP GROWTH Parent Information & Resources As the DeKalb County School District begins the school year virtually, the 2020 Fall MAP Growth assessment will be administered remotely. It’s a shame that some people use this blog to hash out whatever grievances they’re still harboring for their grade school teachers and taking it out on the rest of us. Demographics moonlights as a Trump lawyer. When you meet someone and they tell you they could never be a teacher, it’s because they KNOW how badly we are treated. I don’t know her name though anymore. There may also be parents like myself that were not comfortable with the disruption of going back and forth between virtual and in person that would be comfortable with full time face to face. So, I beg you to please stay home from your vacations, trips and family visits over the holidays so that those of us that SERVE you can remain healthy as the vaccine is here close by. Fall 2020 Parent Survey-English . Your email address will not be published. The U.S. Education Department granted permission in the fall of 2020 for state departments of education to exit schools identified as Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) based on graduation rate if the schools meet the state’s exit criteria. Any plans for webcams or audio? ADA documentation can also be accessed through the following link: https://dcsd.sharepoint.com/hr/Pages/Forms.aspx Employees may use the email to make requests: ADArequests@dekalbschoolsga.org. Is there a link where I can access the presentation from the meeting? My 1st grader is probably so-so but has an easier time learning. Thanks for sharing this Stan – have you seen any mention of the self-contained special Ed students? 2018-2019 Calendar. And no, pregnant women are not asked to quarantine in any profession, but nice try. You mean the doctors and nurses that are at work F2F in close proximity with people who are all sick? I am not clear on how we can have a return date and meet the two weeks under 10% positivity rate. ”, https://theotherdunwoody.blogspot.com/2020/12/merely-adequate.html, I know that my room is nasty…still trash in wastebaskets and nothing clean…Let the sickness spreading begin…unbelieveable. I’m just going to sit back and watch this disaster unfold. § 20-2-281.1. Makes no sense! News flash- despite rising case numbers in Georgia, Dec. 1 was our lowest 7-day average of Covid-related deaths (based on Date of Death, rather than the less-accurate Date of Report) since March 28, outside of a week-long dip in mid-June. Teachers come on this blog to get questions answered and to express concerns because we know that Stan advocates for teachers and does his best to give us the most updated information possible. One had no principal, I suspect that the Towers number (and the others with major decline) are the honest numbers. *eats popcorn*, You have to go into the County indicator reports to find the 14 day % positive rate If the settlement checks are “wages,” and if DCSD doesn’t pay into Social Security, then why is Social Security being deducted from the settlement amount? Students will have the option to return to the classroom or apply to the school system’s virtual academy. @Concerned Parent, No response yet. When does it switch to the four days per week of face to face, which is listed right below the two days per week? So, is the district being threatened with losing funds? Your email address will not be published. Record, transcribe, summarize and monitor the factual accuracy of what is said in public by the DeKalb Schools board and administration. While in disarray, there are several capable staff in HR who do the work who could have been interim. The nurse at my school quit awhile ago. I don’t understand why teachers should be exempt from paying for daycare just like the rest of us working parents have been doing since March. What if the positivity rate increases during any of these phases? We will still have to go into another teacher’s room, use their interactive board, their desk, etc. Here is the full announcement from DeKalb County Schools: STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. – DeKalb County School District (DCSD) announced today that all athletic activity for the 2020 fall season will be delayed until the end of September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Local schools will collaborate with families to align the schedules of siblings. I applaud DCSD for finally starting to look at the facts & the science and listening to the experts and at least giving us the option of getting our kids back in school. Even better would be a return to full-time f2f, versus two days per week. Stop asking for help and wrap your head around the fact they only need teachers to watch their children for 8 hours daily so they don’t have to. Mass exodus from education is probably likely. It never did and it never will. Lol!!! However, Social Security (OASDI) is also deducted. DeKalb Schools Superintendent Ramona Tyson will present a re-entry plan for schools to the DeKalb County Board of Education on June 8. I really, really hope I can see my kids in a classroom in January. My children’s schools were filthy on their best day. #walkaway. 2020-2021 School Calendar; Students. Cobb just announced they are moving to all-virtual. Naturally, yesterday was the faculty town hall (held when some schools were still holding classes!) Yes @abcdefg I am serious. Now there are dates. Everyone I know is miserable and fed up and looking. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS. What is the bottom line? She is spectacularly lightweight and clearly a harbinger of what to expect with the new regime. I missed that above. I feel with proper procedures we can all maintain a high level of safety. All my stuff is at my house. Although the number of COVID-19 cases is increasing, DCSD’s leadership, with guidance from the COVID-19 Task Force, CDC, and DeKalb County Board of Health, agrees that we must be vigilant and focus on the mitigation strategies to reduce transmission and prepare for re-opening schools in January 2021. ", What hogwash….you're a trip…january 4th we will be at 400 cases per 100,000 in Dekalb and 300,000 cases per day nationally …I'd like you to show up for face to face covid learning….your tiresome tune would change quickly. Marshall Olson, the current Chair of the Dekalb Schools Board of Education, has also made a statement on what the transition into school year might look like for Dekalb Schools this fall. Statewide 83.8%. Good question. Marietta 83.7% Our high school has horrible wifi reception as it is. Everyone is going to be infected with covid rates above 400 and still rising. While I’m thrilled DCSD is finally coming around to the importance of in-school learning, I have some questions/comments that nobody has been able to answer: 1. We feel strongly that we should have the option for him to be face to face, so we are very happy with this announcement! From the social media posts to the talking points used by CWH — it’s like DCSD is living in some alternate universe that the rest of us don’t understand. DeKalb County School District’s (DCSD) four-year graduation rate for the Class of 2020 is 75.97%. 2020-2021 School Calendar; Students. With Georgia lagging the nation and DeKalb below average in the state can anyone, outside DCSD, call this adequate? AKAs are already winning and being promoted heavily into positions for which they are not qualified; and someone in her ear obviously had an axe to grind with the Chamblee community. Superintendent Jason Barnett made the announcement on Facebook Monday afternoon that students and staff will transition to … I don’t see anything but wanted to see if I perhaps overlooked it. Facility Condition Assessments, stanjester@gmail.com Concurrent Learning – According to a presentation yesterday, Concurrent Learning will be engaged when the level of spread is between 8% and 10%. This isn’t hard. https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report. Teachers, fearful of a return to the classroom, disagree claiming they are doing more work now than they did when in the schoolhouse. Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) I know of a colleague that passed of COVID last year and not a word was mentioned. DeKalb Schools has more “Chronically Failing Schools” than any other school district in Georgia. I obviously am very interested in this as well. Standardized testing had the brakes put on with COVID. DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (CBS46) -- Back to school will take on a new look for students in DeKalb County this fall. Please explain how Michelle Jones, who was appointed based solely on her mother’s influence get a promotion to head HR???? ~A. “Although it may not look like it now, this surge will end and we must continue to prepare our students, staff, and community for the reopening of school buildings,” she wrote. Thank you for providing this information, and thank you for continuing to keep us updated. So far, doesn’t appear to be the case. The District will follow the guidance from the Georgia Department of Public Health, DeKalb Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Will they stay their course or “cave” when everyone else openS and Biden pushes for it. I recognize everyone has unique situations so I don’t want to turn this into a social media-like argument, but I have a few questions: Why not wait for the vaccine to be available to teachers at this point? We aren’t being given a choice. They talk about reopening like it’s a pipe dream. I have a family member that works at Cross Keys HS and there is no working infirstructor i.e. So……I guess I am not understanding. Any teachers that fall ill during this period of time will be sad. To your point, how many people test positive using the rapid test, assume they are positive and don’t ever get a lab test. Both DeKalb and Fulton county schools are expected to start the school year with virtual classes on Monday. I’ve created a lovely home studio to teach virtually. Can the floaters continue working virtually for our safety? Overworked, underpaid teachers are not going to risk their lives for hybrid learning. Either accept that or leave the teaching profession for a career that treats pregnant women like they’re humans. Even those idiots realize the harm they are doing to the students. Geez…, Since we are above 10% now, and could easily be above that in January , why are Per the legal info, the settlement checks are treated as “wages,” so taxes are deducted. Do you have a job, family, hobby….anything? The county will offer on-campus learning, traditional school setting … Stan what do you think, is 4 days a week (aka no classes on Wednesdays) going to last all school year? 01/16/2016 – Redistricting the Cross Keys Cluster The elementary school I worked at before leaving teaching has 5 teachers out with covid right now, and has had several get covid and return from hospitalization since they reopened. How did a Board meeting from a week ago not even hint at this drastic change? Again, Stan, thank you for providing this platform. Official DeKalb County Schools | 2019-2020 CALENDAR 1 2 Institute (All Employees 2 2,5-6 Employee Work/PD 4 5 Days 7 Students First Day 11 19 Student Days 18 Student Days Now the woke white liberals can go back to their white savior complex. Local schools will collaborate with families to align the schedules of siblings. Stan here are some thoughts on how parents can help the opening process and work to keep it open: There just seems to be something “off” about this whole situation of Dekalb schools reopening. I will be in my 37 week on January 4 Have you heard of others not being approved? Dr. Campbell who is her coordinator is taking her position in the interim as well. Fall 2020 Parent Survey- Please click below. There may be actual brain strain as they learn that learning is hard and there is a lot for them to learn. I’m not sure why you’d say that except to further this belief that online works. Any response on this yet? When DCSD imposes further restrictions on our ability to teach class we get annoyed. Tapestry is NOT an alternative school as is indicated. Run. Will teachers get to decide? Georgia High School Association (GHSA) DeKalb Schools has been generally more strict than GHSA recommends regarding COVID guidelines. I’m sure we all work hard at our jobs and can empathize with our teachers. On March 12-15, 2017 DeKalb County School District (DCSD) engaged in an AdvancED External Review. What if the technology doesn’t work (it won’t)? Even more amazing when considering the District’s rate for graduating special education students is 46.4. After 14 years, the Georgia Milestones test will replace CRCT and EOCT starting next year. Any thoughts? All politically motivated decisions. These students also must have parents sit side by side with them to provide assistance at all times during zoom “classes”. I’d definitely suggest asking a teacher what they do all day before making any judgements. It’s sick time/FMLA/or be fired. #moveon. Clayton and DeKalb – lowest scoring counties. Any idea what other school districts are doing to cover classes when a teacher is out for any reason. Guess what, all they hear are *crickets*, We can leave too! I promise the Dekalb County School System that I will sue if my wife catches Covid just because you want to send the students back to school without even considering how the teaches feel about it. It’s time. Stan, thank you for this great information. DeKalb celebrates being LAST again. Contrary to people’s assumptions because I realize remote learning is not working, I voted for Joe Biden. Regarding the teachers who have littles at home, they’re going to have to do exactly what all the parents who have littles at home are doing – hire a nanny, pay for private school, or quit their job. Columbia High School and Stone Mountain High School have met the exit criteria and are now removed from the state identified CSI Graduation Rate improvement list. 2020 has been interesting! Those things don’t really matter though, but people have turned this into a political issue, though it isn’t. @PatW, are you serious right now? “Please let me know”- the case numbers increasing doesn’t change the CDC’s, American Academy of Pediatrics’, and Dr Fauci’s recommendation that physically being in school is the best thing for students. We will have zero sympathy for you. Can you provide a link where to reference the Dekalb county positivity rate they are using? DeKalb County School District Superintendent Ramona Tyson said she will present a re-entry plan for schools to the DeKalb County Board of Education on June 8. I attended a meeting today that outlines our “return-plan”, and I have major concerns. That means the high school teachers that are forced to set up on the 4th will have very little time to prepare their computers and set up for the exams to take place teaching from the schools vs. from their home work stations. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Or based on hitting the 10% criteria? Atlanta 80.3% I’m not doing the cleaning. Lol!!! Apologize if this was already posted, I may have overlooked it. @StanJester- Thanks for the graduation requirements, however, they are a decade old. DeKalb Schools has announced they will begin its re-opening process on a staggered schedule Jan. 4, 2021 with staff returning to school buildings. We are nothing to them, just robots that do what they need us to do. Forward ideally. Schools districts across north Georgia are beginning to release plans for returning to school this fall. That’s when I decided to permanently move on from teaching. Additionally, pregnant people with COVID-19 might be at increased risk for other adverse outcomes, such as preterm birth.” I guess depending on the other factors, that could move somebody into a high risk category. The bar is so low in DeKalb – I cannot understand it. Does no one in leadership care about the kids and their education? As parents, only we can decide what is best for our children. Stan, will school be returning to 5 days a week? Wednesdays will be reserved for small group instruction, tutoring, appointments for student conferencing, parent conferencing, services, professional learning, collaborative planning and instructional planning. The AIC building is NOT equipped to help prevent the spread of COVID. And don’t forget about your virtual students! The administration tells me this is how students will be organized, “Schools will organize all classes into two cohorts based on alpha order to adhere to social/physical distancing requirements and safety guidance. (4 days a week is a joke! I have friends in Germany and Austria. The timing of this is odd with cases spiking and schools being shut down all over metro Atlanta. Accept that and move on. Yet DeKalb chases some unrealistic number. Set dates being released here? I’ll be in and out. Employee Options – Telework may possibly be provided as an option for employees who qualify for an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This is how teachers are always treated. Updated: December 16, 2020 - 10:08 AM DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County Schools announced Wednesday its plans for students to return to the classroom in the spring semester. Was this timeline created with vaccine distribution in mind? Is Jones head of HR or interim? We are extremely anxious as the “sitting ducks”. It is all packed up! Could you please post a link for teachers to find the necessary forms for taking a leave of absence, using FMLA, or resignation? The DeKalb County School District will delay its start date by two weeks and use remote learning until the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic slows, according to … Achievement Gap compares the lowest 25% of achievers in a school with the state average. Thanks so much for your input. Carry on. You can get a quality education in Chamblee or DeKalb.
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