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Latest w/@drmollycolvin @tannahillglen Altered Trajectories: Considering the Long-Term Impact of Educational Disruption during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Neurodevelopment and a Call to Action for Neuropsychology academic.oup.com/acn/article…
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Moving testimony from Mr. Nickel, who approached the podium with oxygen… “I may be terminally ill but I have every intention of surviving until you are all voted out and real leadership for this crippled school system is reinstated” @mocoboe @MCPS #VoteEducation
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Sitting on freezing concrete. Where has our humanity gone for children?
Video of the elementary school kids sitting in 24 degrees (that's Fahrenheit, below freezing) at @waynewoodes today. This is Virginia, where kids don't routinely wear down and wool. @Karen4Schools @FCPSSupt @fcpsnews
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Was just informed by @MCPL_Libraries that there will be no in person, indoor story time or other indoor events for children until a child vaccine is approved. Why do you hate kids so much @MontgomeryCoMD @MontCoExec
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Hi @NyleDiMarco here is our #AllIWantForChristmasIsYouChallenge with our cat Cinder who is still needing more ASL clearly!
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Is it just me or are they doing what they told parents is too dangerous or high risk-eating lunch indoors? Someone needs to tell them to eat lunch like my child is today. Outside. In mid-November.
Good morning from Rockville for the first of today’s Montgomery County school board meetings.
The board is meeting with the MoCo delegation to talk priorities.
The meeting isn’t streamed & I’m the only press here, so if there’s anything you need to know, I’ve got you covered.
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If you are traveling to the Azores I hope you have a wonderful trip, it is one of the most wonderful places I’ve ever been! Thank you for your video about this issue-I hope there is a quick remedy and resolution
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We need #TestToStay yesterday. Reports of the same classroom now being placed into their 2nd 10-day quarantine. The entire class. Not ok. @EarlStoddard I know you said weeks not months but we have a problem here. This is educational deprivation for these kids. Risk-benefit help!
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I had emailed @MontCoExec to ask why the @takoma is open 7 days a week but not @MCPL_Libraries and his reply mentioned test kits and masks. Respectfully, County Executive, many of us would like to access books and library programs. Please reopen our libraries 7 days/week
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Is this some kind of a threat? Not a good look. Kids need school. Anyone >12 that wants a vaccine can get one.
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Curious how reassuring news does not tend to spread very far
No children who are San Francisco residents are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19, according to the city’s department of public health. trib.al/kwZbHvr
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From the coverage: Almost half the students in DCPS– 48% – were absent for 10% or more of the 2021-22 school year. Seven years of academic progress were erased in math: Only 19% of third through eighth graders met grade-level expectations in math kqed.org/mindshift/61278/if-…
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This is a difficult to read story. As teachers welcome children back into classrooms tomorrow in @MCPS may we all remember that school is a lifesaving place and had our schools been open, this child would have had trusted adults to report to nbcwashington.com/news/local…
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Is anyone going to stop and think about the impact on the kids?
Tales from the Ground:
If you're a K-3 student in Weston, MA (on a day when the weather isn’t conducive to outdoor lunch), this is how you eat lunch indoors— at a solo desk w/ a numbered plastic barrier (1/)
cc: @MassEducation, @MASchoolsK12, @JeffreyCRiley
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Parents in #Maryland owe @drlucymcbride a debt of gratitude for bringing nuance to the conversation today @MdPublicSchools needed to hear what you had to say. Thank you!
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It’s the first Sunday since March of 2020 where folks in @MontgomeryCoMD can visit their local @MCPL_Libraries on a Sunday! Cheers for books, safe places to study and learn, and access for the community
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It's August of 2021 and vaccines are widely available and #ArlingtonCounty Virginia Parent Infant Education program is not providing in-person services to toddlers who need speech therapy. When did this become ok? When will we provide early intervention to children?
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Let’s not forget that it was 💯 @MontCoExec that kept libraries closed for in person access until summer of 2021…and did not resume being open 7 days per week until well into 2022
It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Sadie recently stopped by the Germantown Library to get her 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten certificate. I want to thank our team at @MCPL_Libraries for all the great work they do & highlight the many programs they offer. 📚➡️ buff.ly/3LIujq7
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Knelt with colleagues in healthcare today in view of the @HopkinsMedicine dome and may our symbolic actions be followed by sustainable actions to fight the #RacismPandemic #HopkinsWC4BL #HSCdiversityCouncil
ALT Black doctors with masks in white coats and 2 white doctors in masks and white coats and doctors in white coats milling across the street in the shadow of the Johns Hopkins dome. Signs reading #HopkinsWhiteCoatforBlackLives are held by several people
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Not an option for any of the kids in our local schools. Including at our schools for the deaf, or mainstream classrooms with children with hearing aids. Is this April Fool’s joke on parents, kids, and teachers? Should we send you something called a microphone?
I wear a mask most of the time indoors. We took them off as people were having a hard time hearing us
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After several months of politely asking, @MCPS publicly posted their evaluation of the Montgomery Virtual Academy. I’ve had a chance to review the report and wanted to share some takeaways. TL:DR Virtual Ed fails compared to in person and badly for elementary students 🧵
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If you are a #Maryland politician holding an in person fundraiser today while schools in the state you represent are closing today, maybe you need to look at your priorities. Crystal clear that we need to #VoteEducation 🦉
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Where is your mask @CmHucker? Could you publicly reiterate your support for dropping mandate when we hit 85%, or did we hit some metric and it already dropped because you seem to have some inside info the rest of us don’t have. Do share please.
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What drama in MoCo! All of this focus on Dr. McKnight stepping down and zero focus on elected officials responsible for oversight and accountability that have lots of words and proclamations and little action, though they can do much. I hope local reporting will shift focus soon
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You don’t think that the community deserves better leadership than “To be clear, at no point has the Board of Education discussed the current issues with me.” You’re the county executive, you can initiate conversations.
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Parents of Montgomery county will not forget how do you stayed silent about prolonged school closure and the current educational disaster in the county/ state. My emails with concerns went unanswered from your office. Not a single one got an actual reply. #VoteEducation 🦉
I am thrilled to announce that I am joining the Rushern Baker for Governor of Maryland team, as his Lt. Governor running mate. We believe in family, inclusion, and excellence. Together we will work tirelessly for ALL Marylanders! 💫 #BakerNavarro
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Would really like to see some media asking questions of our local elected officials about this, and what their plan is for improvement here, and everywhere that kept schools closed.
Math Proficiency Rates from a major Public School System show impact of Prolonged School Closures:
The results are alarming. To the parents and students who were abandoned by public school leaders like those in Montgomery County MD, this was expected.
relevantdata.substack.com/p/…
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Public schools that don’t offer full-time, in-person learning for students five days a week next fall risk intervention from the U.S. Education Department
I don’t want us to go back to that “comfort zone.”
We can rethink education & ensure that support is going to the students who were impacted the most. That’s the type of tough leadership we need right now.
ewa.org/blog/miguel-cardona-…
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"And sitting there in the audience as a parent, it really hit me that I ... and everybody in our community can no longer count on the public schools” Why families are seeing more abrupt school closures - npr.org/2021/11/23/105797917…
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10 years that I have been a #neuropsychologist at the Kennedy Kreiger Institute & Johns Hopkins
Built a clinic. Started internship track. Got boarded. twice. Wrote things. Grateful to my #DREAMTeam. You help me to be brave and show up for what is right. Every. Damn. Day.
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Thank you for modeling learning. As a single parent in healthcare this apology is seen and heard...and more of this compassion is needed overall
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Thank you @OpenMCPS @ArlParentsforEd @re_schools parent groups around the country standing up for kids. Us single parents in healthcare need someone to stand up for the kids localdvm.com/news/maryland/p…
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I just heard the interim superintendent of @MCPS say that it is a privilege to attend school in @MontgomeryCoMD. I thought it was a right to a free and appropriate public education especially for our students with disabilities. @ksglassman
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Someday I hope that journalists ask the kids at schools and programs for the deaf how things have gone for them in the past 2 years. We deserve to know those stories too. Good point @CaitlynnPeetz14
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This line is peak Montessori “This situation has been allowed to continue because many parents have absorbed the lesson that it isn’t worth it to challenge authority on behalf of their silenced children.”
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Kids have not been in schools since December, but @MCPS has proactively closed them for cases contracted while schools were closed. This is not ok.
NEW: 11 of MCPS’ 209 schools will move to 14 days of virtual classes beginning tomorrow due to high COVID case rates.
List of schools attached.
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The entire east coast needs a reminder of this right now @moh_choudhury @mocoboe
What if I told you that schools that were fully remote and those fully open had comparable teacher and student case rates last year?
BC kids & teachers don’t stay inside in a bubble when schools close.
Source: US National COVID Schools Dashboard
covidschooldashboard.com/
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“There is some evidence that students who were not identified during this time were missed permanently.” chalkbeat.org/2023/5/24/2373…
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What should be a feel-good piece about the super program Read to a Dog, failed to mention that the program didn’t let a single child read to dogs in person from March 2020 until community advocates pushed for in person kids programming in end of 2021 washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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It’s Wednesday, May 19, 2021. I’m headed to clinic but here to remind you that no children in @MCPS or most of @MdPublicSchools have been able to head to school on a Wednesday since March of 2020.
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What “we” are you referring to? When contacted by parents in the 2020-2021 school year, your staff and members of the council repeatedly told parents that this was not under control of the council and fully under the BOE. But when it came to football, you and others spoke up
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I still struggle with some of the things said to me for speaking up on this. Seeing children shut out of the sustaining programs for those with disabilities in 2020-2021 and still seeing the fallout. More senior colleagues told me they were not brave enough but quietly thanked me
An insane number of people say to me:
"I don't get it. Saying public schools should have opened isn't controversial. Why would you lose your job for that?"
What a difference ~3 years makes! Who remembers how controversial this was?! Chime in please.
#IWasRight #NoAmnesty
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My zip code most certainly decided that my child and the majority of my patients would not have access to in person education and was educational deprivation for many many students
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For those that don’t know @MCPS just closed a special education school for students with emotional disabilities, autism, specific learning disabilities, and other health impairments, serving Montgomery County and several counties in the state of Maryland. That would be RICA
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The board moves quickly when it means taking instructional time off the calendar but waits to adopt new CDC guidance. Why wait @mocoboe
NEW: in its most definitive statement yet, MCPS says today the school board is expected to vote at its March 8 meeting to make masks optional in schools.
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My phone just rang. It was the superintendent, Dr. McKnight. Calling to say she was sorry she didn’t have a change to thank my daughter for the beautiful request she made (we left before the meeting adjourned). We had a lovely conversation. Thank you Dr McKnight
I gave my testimony tonight and my daughter asked to read the last part, a request for a moment of silence from the @mocoboe here you can see this request from a current student completely ignored by @brendawolff1
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Plain language translation of statement “we are debating which high priced law firm to contract with so they can write more words, and we can continue to ignore the real issues. This board is not interested in oversight”
#Statement from @MCPS Board of Education regarding investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Paint Branch High principal. #FULL STORY: wjla.com/news/local/montgome…
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All that praise last night for @MCPS timely communicating a decision for a delay wiped out with 7:40am comms of change from delay to closure
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In the midst of all of the drama surrounding MCPS at this moment, sexual harassment, board versus superintendent, and lawsuits on their way to the SC and ESSER funding drying up…who is going to focus on the children of this system in need of an education? Anyone?
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It’s time for a new dawn for the board of education
Two more candidates have filed to run for seats on the Montgomery County Board of Education, officially setting the stage for primary elections in at least two races. bethesdamagazine.com/bethesd…
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It’s Sunday! Which means as a @MontgomeryCoMD resident I can go and buy booze from @ABSMoCo but I can’t go and check out a book from @MCPL_Libraries because they have not told the public when Sunday and full hours will return. The libraries are fully funded but not fully open.
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I wonder how many parents in healthcare in @MontgomeryCoMD will choose their family over their job in healthcare when their child’s school inevitably closes in the weeks to come. @mocoboe when is the oversight coming? Anyone?
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Why has @MCPS not asked @pgcps if their bus drivers want to pick up some work? H/t @thcrzyone for the idea
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Exactly this
If schools get closed because of rain, why hasn’t @MCPS made the call to close tomorrow when there’s already snow on the ground and it’ll keep falling all night?
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At the @mocoboe meeting with so many parents ready to talk about mental health tonight. So happy to see students here tonight too
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Have you consulted with the civil rights team at @NAD1880 before releasing this?
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I gave my testimony tonight and my daughter asked to read the last part, a request for a moment of silence from the @mocoboe here you can see this request from a current student completely ignored by @brendawolff1
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My daughter joined me to testify and she asked @mocoboe to take a moment of silence for the families of @MCPS that do not have their students here tonight. @brendawolff1 proceeded to introduce the next speaker
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I still remember when my child’s school library quarantined the books for 2 weeks between kids
During proclamation discussions at @MoCoCouncilMD , CM @willjawando reminds that February is both #BlackHistoryMonth and #LibraryLoversMonth Made me think of my elementary school library and how many great stories/biographies I found there.
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The last time MCPS did “distancing” they had children on waiting lists for in person school. Pray tell what is meant by the “distancing” in this message? Locking kids out of school again?
.@MCPS is bringing back the useless restriction trifecta: Masks! Asymptomatic testing!! And distancing!!!
Parents, it's beyond time to say ENOUGH. Let our children learn in peace!
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I thought I had heard it all. I had to show a vax card and mask up to drop my child off at a one day science program at a local ed institution and I thought that was a lot but this takes the cake
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One would not know this from the level of anxiety we are seeing. This is good news to see
NEW: Study on severity of those infected with the #OmicronVariant compared to the #DeltaVariant:
⬇️53% less risk of symptomatic hospitalization
⬇️74% less risk of ICU admission
⬇️91% less risk of death
0⃣Omicron patients required mechanical ventilation
bit.ly/3GiRpBC
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Better headline “@MCPS closes schools despite zero in school transmission” fixed it for ya
Montgomery County Public Schools testing new system to curb COVID-19 threat fox5dc.com/news/montgomery-c…
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Here’s what happened tonight when I as a member of the public tried to enter the Carver Educational Services Center. Tonight they swore in a new student member of the board (congrats) and shut out parents. Working on adding captions to this video @OpenMCPS
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Highly dependent on location of said parent. More restrictions on parents and families also increases anxiety (psychologist here)
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Northern Virginia might as well be an ocean away from us in @MontgomeryCoMD they actually have in person town halls with their elected representatives. Wow. I wonder when we will have those in MoCo?
At a Fairfax townhall today, a standing ovation from parents, from across the political spectrum, for the bipartisan work done by @ChapPetersen to provide an option to unmask kids.
Sen. Petersen announced he expects an emergency clause to be added to the bill, to take effect 3/1
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“…schools with high initial pass rates attributed it to maximizing in-person instruction and maintaining a full schedule of instructional days, strengthening communication with families” Reading test scores similar to pre-pandemic - Mississippi Today mississippitoday.org/2022/05…
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Ahhh, nothing like single parent in healthcare day when schools close 2.5 hours early and deciding that minutes AFTER the school day starts…
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One of the most highly vaccinated counties in the US can’t manage to open libraries 7 days a week but they have fully funded the libraries. Second time this has been delayed. @Marc_Elrich how does no library on Sunday slow the spread? Do tell.
Montgomery County Public Libraries will delay the restoration of Sunday branch service hours that was scheduled to take place effective Jan. 2 due to the increased spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant. Details ➡️ buff.ly/31f3x7q.
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The superintendent called me at home to recognize my daughter’s request, which tells me a lot about her character as a leader. That phone call meant a lot to my family to have that request for a moment of silence recognized by the super, even if the board did not.
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Contemplating effects of delayed language exposure on language development with Dr. Rachel Mayberry at the Boston Children’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Fall Seminar-really intriguing results but no doubt about it language deprivation stinks
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life of an @MCPS parent. Yesterday 50 children at your middle school were sent home to quarantine because of a single child with a single symptom. As of this AM that child has tested negative but none of the 50 families sent home to quarantine have been contacted @Lynne4Students
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Today is a special day. It’s a Wednesday, and for the first time in forever children in @MontgomeryCoMD @MCPS will have a full day of in person instruction. Has not been seen in this system since March of 2020. Have a great day all!
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Fascinating that the discussion of mental health the @MCPS commentary comes from the general counsel…there is no plan in place at present. None. None.
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Thank you @RebeccaOnBoard for saying you support mask optional! You do have the power to bring a motion as a board member to take a vote today! Just a reminder #RobertsRules
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Wants to know why @bethanyshondark was not allowed to testify today @MoCoCouncilMD must we file an open meetings act complaint? She was told she could testify. #ReviveMoCo
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I did not have DC lifting the indoor mask mandate before MoCO on my bingo card. Maybe it’s time for @Andrew_Friedson to get council colleagues on board with listening to our neighbors. What do you think @CmHucker?
Going forward, @_DCHealth will create guidance based on risk levels and the use of layered mitigation strategies.
Risk levels will primarily be tied to a person’s vaccination status.
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Storytelling is incredibly powerful, I felt honored to see the work of @SoundMindCG last night as they showed #FollowTheScienceSeries featuring @cliftonaduncan @DrJBhattacharya @ZubyMusic and many powerful stories. They handled some very thorny issues with care and compassion
ALT Four individuals seated at the front of a movie theater answering questions during audience Q &A. Above them the movie screen has a QR code and the website www.FollowTheScienceSeries.com. Individuals from left to right are Jennifer Reesman, Clifton Duncan, Hawk Jensen and Tom Woods. Hawk and Tom are holding microphones.
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Education should not be viewed as a privilege. No matter what. This is from today’s @MCPS press conference announcing criteria for closing schools #VoteEducation 🦉
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#AccessIsLove here is what happened when I went to go and check out the party at the building where the @mocoboe meets. Social media show a packed event. Take down the sign on the door saying closed to the public. You’re just closed to anyone who disagrees with you!
👋 we updated @jenreesman’s tweet to include *automatic* captions…
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In response to an open meetings act complaint that I filed, part of the response said that the board and staff needed time to “socially and emotionally re-acclimate to face to face contact” I think they look ready…but still just shutting the public out of meetings @BrianFrosh
Wonderful to be with @Lynne4Students, @MCPS transportation and other community partners here at New Hampshire Estates for a pop-up event! #MCPSinTheCommunity
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They have been talking about #TestToStay have hired people and not spared a single child from a 10 day quarantine. Remember this when you next vote
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Pleasure chatting with @LarryOConnor and @JGunlock about the anxiety that @MCPS is causing for families, which worsens when @MontCoExec suggests that schools switch to virtual, and the quarantine policies that are strictest on <5 y/o as @MoCoDHHS policies go beyond state and CDC
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Interesting bit in this story “Montgomery County Public Libraries, for example, has a 97 percent vaccination rate.” Our libraries are also not returned to full hours, 7 days per week. No @MontgomeryCoMD resident has been able to access a library on a Sunday since 2020
STORY: Should Montgomery County Government require all of its nearly 10,000 employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19?
The county council has been debating that very question for more than four months now, and the discussion continued today.
wjla.com/news/local/montgome…
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The kids are losing out in this. Let us not forget to focus on the ones most harmed by these closures. CC: @mocoboe Schools Are Closing Classrooms on Fridays. Parents Are Furious. - The New York Times nytimes.com/2021/12/08/us/sc…
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Dr. McBride would be an excellent addition to this panel. Thank you for offering @drlucymcbride and I hope you will reconsider @rweingarten a panel with some nuanced perspective would be worth tuning into
I spoke to @rweingarten today to ask if I could join the panel. She seemed quite enthusiastic and told me she'd ask the organizers. She called me later this afternoon to say that the other organizers said "no." My offer still stands.
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Minute 38 of this video describes reducing in person instruction for children with disabilities. How is this not national news? hcpsstv.v3.swagit.com/videos… @RamirezReports
School board mtng describing spec educ staff shortages (long term, exacerbated by Covid closure/assault leave/WComp); proposed solution? More SpEd virtual education.
Nov 18, 2021 4 & 7 p.m. Hybrid Meeting of the Board of Education of Howard County hcpsstv.v3.swagit.com/videos…
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I get to work with amazing kids and teens in my community. I get to learn their hopes, dreams and struggles. Recently one shared with me her wish. Know what it is? For the library to be open later so she can have a place to study. @MontCoExec time to tell the community 1/
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When will @MontgomeryCoMD @MontCoExec tell the public when library hours will be fully restored? It has been walked back and no one seems to be getting answers about it
Yes Aaron, thank you, and I have been raising this issue for months, when my kids were younger we often took them to the library for family time. There's no reason we can't reopen, vaccination + KN95 masks for employees would keep them safe.
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Again, Dr. McBride communicates the nuance we need with care and respect.
With great respect for Tatiana, an amazing physician & friend (we trained together at Hopkins), this is *not* my advice to my own parents (mid-70s).
To be clear: this is not to denigrate a fellow MD (hardly!) but rather to elevate the conversation abt personal risk tolerance …
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MCPS middle school math proficiency went from 42.5% in 2019 to under 23% in 2022. The success of students from underrepresented communities fell… math proficiency rate for Hispanic and Latine middle schoolers sinking from 18.7% to 7%, and Black middle schoolers from 22% to 9.6%
Overall, MCPS middle school math proficiency dropped from 42.5% in 2019 to just under 23% in 2022 — hitting 7% for Hispanic/Latine students. moco360.media/2023/03/10/mid…
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Note who is not mentioned. Students. Some of the behaviors that surfaced included behavior in front of students. Both students and staff deserve better and deserve safety.
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So, @MCPS has had a 1-12 grade Virtual Academy in operation since 2021-2022 and does not seem to share outcomes of the program anywhere. Has none of this information been made public? By outcomes I mean standardized measures that all schools are held to
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