Employees may request ADA documentation from Employee Relations or bookkeepers. ... DeKalb County, GA: Monday, August 17: All virtual: 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. I obviously am very interested in this as well. https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report. Are these dates going to be pushed back if the under 10% positivity rate in the chart presented last night isn’t met by those dates? You should also be prepared to cover another class during your planning period, and have extra kids added to your room, because none of the other teachers out with covid were able to get subs to pick up their jobs either. Given that the whole point of the lawsuit centers around the fact that DCSD doesn’t pay into Social Security (and it meant to provide an alternative retirement plan), it’s quite a smack in the face to have Social Security deducted. Cobb just announced they are moving to all-virtual. Parents get to decide if f2f is safe for their children and have a choice for virtual, but as adults, we are not allowed the same respect. Anyone else have this issue at their school? Very foolish decision. Since you’re worried about burning “more scarce class time” tell me something. I’ve already been contemplating resigning because I’m tired of the way the education system is and continues to be. It is all packed up! PLEASE PUSH FOR A TRUE HR PERSON IN DEKALB!!! She was one of Crawford Lewis’ flunkies. We can’t punish these kids for not being able to go to school. 2019-2020 Calendar We speak out. • 2 Days of distance/remote learning per week The matrix says 3 days in person 2 days remote for staff, 5 days remote for students. Who said that? We were a better system when you decided to go with Kittredge…, What can we do to fix this besides leaving ? Public Meetings on Redistricting Options, “Power concedes nothing without a demand. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. DeKalb County Schools | 2020-2021 CALENDAR 3-7 Employee Work/PD Days 10-13 Staggered Entry for Students First Day 16 Student Days 5 Employee PD Days AUGUST ‘20 S M T W Th F S Or…..how/if the bar has been lowered. The District is engaging in the following to prepare our staff, students, and families for the transition to the next phase: December 15, 2020 Leave DeKalb. Justification for taxing those who do not send any children to DeKalb public is a social contract, the notion that ALL of society, even the childless, benefit from an educated community. @abcdefg ... reopening schools in the fall. Bye now! Here come lots of resignations! Your email address will not be published. That’s not representative of the majority of the world. @Please let me know, The administration is using the new criteria. Even better would be a return to full-time f2f, versus two days per week. I have been so frustrated with virtual, and because we both work, our DES 4th grader has been in daycare doing virtual. Kittredge and the Chamblee schools aren’t going to compare with what you can get in N. Fulton or even one of the better Gwinnett schools (or the E. Cobb system). Good luck! #walkaway teachers! Also, does the county have any information on when teachers will be offered the vaccine? We will still have to go into another teacher’s room, use their interactive board, their desk, etc. I’m trying to get hold of both presentations yesterday. Will teachers with young school-aged children be required to teach from the classroom for 5 days while the kids only go back 1 day or will there be an option to send the kids 5 days? 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? Was this timeline created with vaccine distribution in mind? I am not clear on how we can have a return date and meet the two weeks under 10% positivity rate. So many kids are doing dismally poor with distance learning. Is the educational ball being moved in the right direction? Those things don’t really matter though, but people have turned this into a political issue, though it isn’t. Enjoy your Thanksgiving break. Thank you for always keeping us up to date with DCSD decisions. A more disturbing perspective relates to what work, no matter how minimal is being done. The DeKalb County School District is conducting a “Fall Reopening Survey for Parents of DeKalb County Students”. I’ve contacted the 3rd party vendor (American Legal Claim Services) via the email & phone number listed on the postcard that accompanyied the checks. I know my school is not the only disaster waiting to happen. A/C heating. https://www.facebook.com/DCSDfamilyengagement/videos/232245901668399. What happens if students don’t graduate? She was area supt for Area 4. Is it possible that you can give us any information? Has any teacher stood up and said “you know, we’re screwing our kids here, what can we do?”. This isn’t hard. I have a big concern about having enough substitute teachers to cover when staff members are out. Are these dates firm Stan? 3) What is the metric for going back to school now? “Work. Yet DeKalb chases some unrealistic number. 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. Carry on. How can these other counties continue to remain face to face successfully, yet Dekalb won’t even consider F2F until cases are below 5% (which ZERO counties in GA are actually at?!) Special education students count against the school if they choose to stay til 22. Nothing in decades has dominated life in DeKalb County the way the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the community in 2020. After how much that lady was harassed and disrespected by entitled parents and teachers it would be like chickens coming home to roost. If so, they might want to re-survey parents to gain their interest for two reasons. This definition is more that just an abstraction, “concept” to educators, it is applicable in the real world, to educators themselves. Employees may request ADA documentation from Employee Relations or bookkeepers. Hi Stan, Students who enroll in a new school don’t count against their first school. In other testing news, MS teachers are now being asked to burn more scarce class time with unnecessary Benchmark Tests. Juniors have their individual meeting around spring break, Seniors in September. For everyone involved: Parents, Students, Teachers, Administrators, School Staff, Transportation Staff, etc. You WANT everything! That’s down from 25.7 on Nov. 1 and 26.4 on Oct. 1. DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (CBS46) -- In less than two weeks DeKalb County teachers and students could start heading back to the classroom for in person learning. By Sara Amis, contributor . We have not been in our classrooms in 6 months. Good question. What accounts for the difference in grad rates between DHS & CCHS? I keep asking what makes DeKalb so unique – why can’t we do what other districts have already done successfully for months? What happened to the guy who was supposed to come onboard? Any thoughts? @Special Area Teacher, I don’t think there will be many students per class room when and if the students come back. So far, doesn’t appear to be the case. The protest was planned following an announcement made on Dec. 14 that the district would return to in-person schooling beginning Jan. 19. Schools districts across north Georgia are beginning to release plans for returning to school this fall. We are extremely anxious as the “sitting ducks”. It’s not a matter of if we get Covid, but when in these circumstances. STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - DeKalb County School District announced Friday that all athletic activity for the 2020 fall season will be delayed until the end … Stan: please address what a teacher without their own classroom is expected to do. 10, 11, and 12-month Staff Return to Work, January 14, 2021 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. In the extreme it is like pushing against a wall–lots of effort and energy but the wall doesn’t budge and no work takes place. Nor will they put their own families at risk. Not only because we are having to find out on your blog, but because we are NOT ready. It’s time. Alex Brown Jul 10, 2020. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”. Gwinnett 83.2% Click the links below to answer the following questions. So now I’m just going to sit back and watch the comments come up about you and your families testing positive. It usually takes a couple of days to set up a classroom, not 15 minutes! When does it switch to the four days per week of face to face, which is listed right below the two days per week? 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. I have many friends who teach in other counties. You all are ridiculous in this region. Nobody likes online learning, but it’s better than dying and it’s better than this . Yes to all of the above (except the part about griping about more work). In the return to school survey before, they stated children would likely have to change teachers if they returned. Or even with slight? Thanks for all you’ve done as our rep, Stan. Public Meetings on Redistricting Options, “Power concedes nothing without a demand. They are not set up for teaching. 2. That’s not really realistic for a lot of people who have purchased homes and invested their hard earned money and are close to paying off and like their communities. –Stan. 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. Stop acting surprised everybody. @anonymous-doctors/nurses will have sympathy for teachers because it’s work f2f or be fired for us. Shouldn’t they be counted as graduating on time if they complete their requirements by 22? I highly doubt over 40% of parents would send back to this. Thanks for sharing this Stan – have you seen any mention of the self-contained special Ed students? Will Region 1 get additional funding? What a terrible plan! Clean it yourself Dekalb! ELL students who come from the Intensive English program count against the school. Our school doesn’t have the capacity for all teachers to have their own teaching rooms so this is an issue that affects many “floating” teachers. Hasta La Vista CRCT and EOCT Guess what, all they hear are *crickets*, We can leave too! • Most importantly, our youngest learners and our most vulnerable students must have the structure of learning within the school building to receive targeted support from educators needed to achieve academic success. #moveon. Which days will staff be required to report in phase 2? Education’s Future: School nurse shortage and teacher shortage. These students are grouped into the classrooms based on disability level and not the grades they are in on paper. Even more amazing when considering the District’s rate for graduating special education students is 46.4. How will the days be structured to allow for teachers to handle F2F instruction AND virtual? Principals? I appreciate a positive approach, but to not acknowledge the incredible challenge of the last 10 months is beyond puzzling. then once the day is over, plan to go into another room possibly the next day. @ I’ve ordered my hazmat suit | Harris also lied about our furlough days!!! . Nothing is about the well-being of children or the many people who work in the trenches. Fulton 85.5% You mean absolutely nothing to parents or administrtation. Regarding whether there will be a smaller number in the class doesn’t matter. That staff meeting was misleading. I’ve been told by others that their principals and by HR that pregnancy is not being approved for remote/telework. Teachers, the police have left Atlanta due to lack of respect. What are the five/six year graduation rates? Either way, what was surveyed with regards to interest is very different from what is being proposed. Newt Gingrich communications director Susan Meyers, Atlanta Pediatrician Little Five Points Pediatrics, String Tennis Racket – Dunwoody, Chamblee, Brookhaven, Sandy Springs, Million staffing covid Jackson Healthcare, Jackson Healthcare connect state contract connect insider Governor Brian Kemp political staffing, Jackson Healthcare connect million staffing, Jackson Healthcare COVID insider connection Geoff Duncan Kemp million, DeKalb Schools Maps People are not hired in DCSD during regular business hours. I’m sure we all work hard at our jobs and can empathize with our teachers. It never did and it never will. The window for open enrollment for DCSD’s School Choice programs for the 2020-2021 school year opened recently, and it will close on Friday, Feb. 7, at 4 p.m. for on-time applications. Thanks. You are just a spot to fill in a classroom. This is ridiculous! 01/16/2016 – Redistricting the Cross Keys Cluster Help them from afar (6 feet away, to be exact). American Legal Claim Services says they just send the checks; the deductions are a question for “legal counsel,” and they will pass along my question. But here’s where the rubber meets the road. All leadership posutions are filled Saturday morning….join a sorority or fraternity. Focus School is a school which has a 3-year average of CCRPI Achievement Gap scores in the lowest 10%. She knew what they were planning. I have to say I am very surprised at the Chamblee HS numbers. Have to be there number 1 advocate. IT DOESN’T. We are obviously dealing with narcissists. What are the five/six year graduation rates? What if the positivity rate increases during any of these phases? 2021-2022 Approved Calendar Georgia’s high at any point in the pandemic was 74.7 on Aug. 13. What evidence do they have that test positivity rate is going to drop by January? This law provides that students shall no longer be required to earn a passing score on the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) to earn a high school diploma. In fact, we’ve had to ask every year for a one-on-one meeting with counselors. Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) Superintendent Jason Barnett made the announcement on Facebook Monday afternoon that students and staff will transition to … Mrs. Watson-Harris was not honest. I’m doing it and so can you! Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) are the lowest performing 5% of Title I schools in the state when ranked based on their three-year CCRPI average, Promise Schools are the 5.01% to 10% lowest performing Title I schools in the state when ranked based on their three-year CCRPI average. All our rooms are nasty. Wish me luck these last 2 years in Dekalb Schools, Leave… I have worked over 30 years for DCSD, and have witnessed first hand it’s slow decline. 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. Stan, do you have an answer for @lmartin re Special Needs kids? We pay more than the legal limit begging the question: do we get more than the legal minimum? DeKalb County Schools superintendent Dr. Jason Barnett announced details on Friday regarding the start of the 2020-21 school year. 2018-2019 Calendar. I’ve created a lovely home studio to teach virtually. How long will it be hybrid? I don’t see anything but wanted to see if I perhaps overlooked it. There just seems to be something “off” about this whole situation of Dekalb schools reopening. What parameters determine if a student “graduates”, and what happens if they don’t? Can we not benchmark and learn from other district’s experience? 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