Comments on: 80% Of Escambia County Remote Learners Failing To Make Adequate Progress, Should Return To Campus http://www.northescambia.com/2020/12/80-of-escambia-county-remote-learners-failing-to-make-adequate-progress-should-return-to-campus Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:28:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hello http://www.northescambia.com/2020/12/80-of-escambia-county-remote-learners-failing-to-make-adequate-progress-should-return-to-campus/comment-page-2#comment-436442 Hello Thu, 17 Dec 2020 19:15:35 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=426036#comment-436442 This is all about the politic and funding and less about the kids health. There are some situation in the family that the family cannot send their kids to school. The state should do a better job to accommodate to online learning for those family who can’t send their kids to school. This sound like a mandate rather than a choice. Remember to vote when the time comes. This is all about the politic and funding and less about the kids health. There are some situation in the family that the family cannot send their kids to school.
The state should do a better job to accommodate to online learning for those family who can’t send their kids to school. This sound like a mandate rather than a choice. Remember to vote when the time comes.

]]> By: Rebecca Boutwell http://www.northescambia.com/2020/12/80-of-escambia-county-remote-learners-failing-to-make-adequate-progress-should-return-to-campus/comment-page-2#comment-436284 Rebecca Boutwell Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:59:20 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=426036#comment-436284 Kids are failing whether in home or in school. The reason being is these school boards are more impressed by numbers or scores on ridiculous testing. They worry about how fast a kid can read a book or passage but care less if the child understood it. They've tried to update school to where even us as parents don't even know what's going on, why cant it be simple as it was for us, some Dick and Jane, regular 5+5, and home economics so these kids can grown up to be functionating adults. Now they just sit them in front of a chrome book, I've been told, please send earbuds to school as your child spends most of his day on the chrome book.....this is not healthy and this is not how I want my child taught, the teachers have gotten lazy, I see it all the time. "He's got this to do and this to do, oh he can go on to Google classroom and do that or this other website" just ridiculous. This is in school teaching, I am not even talking about virtual, that probably is completely on their own. Lazy, I'm telling you, their depending on computers TOO MUCH to teach our kids!! Kids are failing whether in home or in school. The reason being is these school boards are more impressed by numbers or scores on ridiculous testing. They worry about how fast a kid can read a book or passage but care less if the child understood it. They’ve tried to update school to where even us as parents don’t even know what’s going on, why cant it be simple as it was for us, some Dick and Jane, regular 5+5, and home economics so these kids can grown up to be functionating adults. Now they just sit them in front of a chrome book, I’ve been told, please send earbuds to school as your child spends most of his day on the chrome book…..this is not healthy and this is not how I want my child taught, the teachers have gotten lazy, I see it all the time. “He’s got this to do and this to do, oh he can go on to Google classroom and do that or this other website” just ridiculous. This is in school teaching, I am not even talking about virtual, that probably is completely on their own. Lazy, I’m telling you, their depending on computers TOO MUCH to teach our kids!!

]]> By: SueB http://www.northescambia.com/2020/12/80-of-escambia-county-remote-learners-failing-to-make-adequate-progress-should-return-to-campus/comment-page-2#comment-436251 SueB Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:08:46 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=426036#comment-436251 Stupid Is as Stupid Does! Glad I do not have a child going to school. And, yet, the school system is building another school on Sorento Rd, P'cola. If you people do not have someone to sit by your child and help with Remote learning, OR, cannot home school, pack them up, put them on the school bus & go to school. Parents you still have to be active and supportive and help your child. Yes, even when you get home from work and tired, and have to cook supper, you have to help your child continue to learn to read and write. Stupid Is as Stupid Does! Glad I do not have a child going to school. And, yet, the school system is building another school on Sorento Rd, P’cola. If you people do not have someone to sit by your child and help with Remote learning, OR, cannot home school, pack them up, put them on the school bus & go to school. Parents you still have to be active and supportive and help your child. Yes, even when you get home from work and tired, and have to cook supper, you have to help your child continue to learn to read and write.

]]> By: Nursemom http://www.northescambia.com/2020/12/80-of-escambia-county-remote-learners-failing-to-make-adequate-progress-should-return-to-campus/comment-page-2#comment-436221 Nursemom Wed, 16 Dec 2020 03:43:15 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=426036#comment-436221 My child does remote as well, she is in middle school, she has one teacher out of 7 that really includes her remote class.. Infact one of them turns off her chat so the kids on remote can’t communicate with her... I was told they don’t have to have chat turned on.... there has been countless times that she would email the teachers with no response... I emailed one to let her know that my child had been trying to reach out to her and her response was she has so much going on that she can’t keep up.... At least 3-4 times a week she can’t get into a class or the teacher will post that’s she’s not there that day... when this happens I have my child email the teacher to let them Know she couldn’t join the class..so they wanna say they failing if attendance is below 90%, they need to fix the issues... I keep up with all the emails This is the thing, they offered it to us, it’s not our children’s fault the county didn’t have this figured out before It was offered... My child will do Virtual before going back to the classroom at this point they sending several kids home a day bc of COVID or exposure, my child has over 20 to join one class in one day... My child does remote as well, she is in middle school, she has one teacher out of 7 that really includes her remote class.. Infact one of them turns off her chat so the kids on remote can’t communicate with her… I was told they don’t have to have chat turned on…. there has been countless times that she would email the teachers with no response… I emailed one to let her know that my child had been trying to reach out to her and her response was she has so much going on that she can’t keep up….
At least 3-4 times a week she can’t get into a class or the teacher will post that’s she’s not there that day… when this happens I have my child email the teacher to let them
Know she couldn’t join the class..so they wanna say they failing if attendance is below 90%, they need to fix the issues… I keep up with all the emails

This is the thing, they offered it to us, it’s not our children’s fault the county didn’t have this figured out before It was offered… My child will do Virtual before going back to the classroom at this point they sending several kids home a day bc of COVID or exposure, my child has over 20 to join one class in one day…

]]> By: T. http://www.northescambia.com/2020/12/80-of-escambia-county-remote-learners-failing-to-make-adequate-progress-should-return-to-campus/comment-page-2#comment-436201 T. Tue, 15 Dec 2020 22:45:17 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=426036#comment-436201 And the parents have spoken! Listen hard Escambia county. This school system has been broken for a long time. This is about money and funding. Not the health of our children. And the parents have spoken! Listen hard Escambia county. This school system has been broken for a long time. This is about money and funding. Not the health of our children.

]]> By: No Excuses http://www.northescambia.com/2020/12/80-of-escambia-county-remote-learners-failing-to-make-adequate-progress-should-return-to-campus/comment-page-2#comment-436192 No Excuses Tue, 15 Dec 2020 18:39:17 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=426036#comment-436192 One of the factors was FSA testing. Since it was cancelled last year, many students show as "Not tested" and were awarded a level 1 on their FSA scores for Math and Reading. This triggered the letter for many of them, even if they had good GPA's and passing grades. It is every parent's right to choose how their student will be schooled. However, I have students who simply log in, turn on the avatar and then don't do a thing. I call parents, email them and the students, to no avail. THOSE students need to be back in school where they can be held accountable. For those who are doing well, I say to carry on. I actually TEACH my remote students. Whether or not they are on the other side to get it is up to them and up to their parent. One of the factors was FSA testing. Since it was cancelled last year, many students show as “Not tested” and were awarded a level 1 on their FSA scores for Math and Reading. This triggered the letter for many of them, even if they had good GPA’s and passing grades.

It is every parent’s right to choose how their student will be schooled. However, I have students who simply log in, turn on the avatar and then don’t do a thing. I call parents, email them and the students, to no avail. THOSE students need to be back in school where they can be held accountable. For those who are doing well, I say to carry on. I actually TEACH my remote students. Whether or not they are on the other side to get it is up to them and up to their parent.

]]> By: John Caro http://www.northescambia.com/2020/12/80-of-escambia-county-remote-learners-failing-to-make-adequate-progress-should-return-to-campus/comment-page-2#comment-436188 John Caro Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:16:48 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=426036#comment-436188 I have a friend in Panama City who has 2 young children in the Bay County school system. Both of them are now positive for Covid-19, so is she. The state will not admit to any positive cases from school. The worst thing is that the kids exposed their Grandparents the day before they showed symptoms. DON'T SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO DIE. They will bring home something you can't stop. I have a friend in Panama City who has 2 young children in the Bay County school system. Both of them are now positive for Covid-19, so is she. The state will not admit to any positive cases from school. The worst thing is that the kids exposed their Grandparents the day before they showed symptoms. DON’T SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO DIE. They will bring home something you can’t stop.

]]> By: Eve http://www.northescambia.com/2020/12/80-of-escambia-county-remote-learners-failing-to-make-adequate-progress-should-return-to-campus/comment-page-2#comment-436177 Eve Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:47:37 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=426036#comment-436177 Our children are not failing; the instructors are failing to properly teach our children. Everyone that has listened in on my grandson's class have said that the teacher needs a lesson on remote teaching. The school board wasn't ready for remote teaching and are blaming our children for their shortcomings... My grandson interacts with instructors for approximately 5 hours 45 minutes each week; the remainder of this time he's to figure things out for himself - at this point, I become the teacher. How much is a child expected to learn teaching himself? I will be preparing a letter and forwarding it to the school board because it is not fair that our children are doing their best with the little they are given. Our children are not failing; the instructors are failing to properly teach our children. Everyone that has listened in on my grandson’s class have said that the teacher needs a lesson on remote teaching. The school board wasn’t ready for remote teaching and are blaming our children for their shortcomings… My grandson interacts with instructors for approximately 5 hours 45 minutes each week; the remainder of this time he’s to figure things out for himself – at this point, I become the teacher. How much is a child expected to learn teaching himself? I will be preparing a letter and forwarding it to the school board because it is not fair that our children are doing their best with the little they are given.

]]> By: Beatrice http://www.northescambia.com/2020/12/80-of-escambia-county-remote-learners-failing-to-make-adequate-progress-should-return-to-campus/comment-page-1#comment-436138 Beatrice Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:37:24 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=426036#comment-436138 Please everyone remember, we are in the middle of a killer pandemic and people young and old are acually dying. It was mentioned by a government official after all school's had closed their doors for about 3 month's that the country was going to have to shut down completely if the kid's didn't get back into school physically soon and bully moods of no funding to school who didn't agree to opening because of the danger of more deaths, well it appears that the schools getting funded equals more deaths but higher grades maybe and our kids and families KEEPING it safe as possible for now equals our kids and families staying safe but our kids failing (so to speaking)for now. I RECOMMEND THAT OUR COUNTRY LEADERS STOP ALL THIS MADNESS RIGHT AWAY AND QUICKLY BY FREEZING THEIR OWN PAY CHECKS UNTIL THIS PANDEMIC GETS UNDER CONTROL AND THIS COUNTRY GETS BACK TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT, WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THESE UNITED STATES. Please everyone remember, we are in the middle of a killer pandemic and people young and old are acually dying. It was mentioned by a government official after all school’s had closed their doors for about 3 month’s that the country was going to have to shut down completely if the kid’s didn’t get back into school physically soon and bully moods of no funding to school who didn’t agree to opening because of the danger of more deaths, well it appears that the schools getting funded equals more deaths but higher grades maybe and our kids and families KEEPING it safe as possible for now equals our kids and families staying safe but our kids failing (so to speaking)for now. I RECOMMEND THAT OUR COUNTRY LEADERS STOP ALL THIS MADNESS RIGHT AWAY AND QUICKLY BY FREEZING THEIR OWN PAY CHECKS UNTIL THIS PANDEMIC GETS UNDER CONTROL AND THIS COUNTRY GETS BACK TO WHAT’S IMPORTANT, WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF THESE UNITED STATES.

]]> By: Gary West http://www.northescambia.com/2020/12/80-of-escambia-county-remote-learners-failing-to-make-adequate-progress-should-return-to-campus/comment-page-1#comment-436130 Gary West Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:39:04 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=426036#comment-436130 We know that our child is not failing. What they should have done is look at the report for students that really do need to return and not send a big mail out to everybody. We know that they are pushing to get students back in school. Some teachers that are doing virtual school are sometime as lost as the kids are. Then when you start with one teacher and have to change teachers thats not good for students. Teachers are working very hard to do the best that they can but some really fall short. The district do not seem to be concerned about our childrens health with covid and i know that mine will not be put at that risk and not doing social distance. Protect our children first. We know that our child is not failing. What they should have done is look at the report for students that really do need to return and not send a big mail out to everybody. We know that they are pushing to get students back in school. Some teachers that are doing virtual school are sometime as lost as the kids are. Then when you start with one teacher and have to change teachers thats not good for students. Teachers are working very hard to do the best that they can but some really fall short. The district do not seem to be concerned about our childrens health with covid and i know that mine will not be put at that risk and not doing social distance. Protect our children first.

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