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From YouTube: 5.02 Virtual Day Instruction Plan for Inclement Weather
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Excerpt from the September 6, 2023 Meeting of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education.
To view the full meeting, visit https://youtube.com/live/nA365SiXDC4
B
D
Rather,
it
is
a
pathway
that
enables
local
school
systems
to
have
the
flexibility
to
repurpose
certain
days
where
it
is
prudent
and
to
keep
the
end
of
the
school
year
closer
to
the
beginning
of
June.
You
may
recall
this
board
approved
a
pathway
last
year
that
followed
Dr
bedell's
recommendation
to
use
the
virtual
days
at
his
discretion
in
place
of
inclement
weather
days.
Fortunately,
we
did
not
have
a
need
to
do
that.
Last
year,
the
msde
pathway
allows
for
the
repurposing
of
up
to
eight
instructional
days.
D
D
D
D
The
timeline
to
enact
this
plan
is,
as
you
see,
on
the
screen.
First,
the
plan
must
be
presented
to
the
board
prior
to
the
opportunity
for
public
comment.
This
presentation
meets
the
first
part
of
that
requirement
and
the
plan
will
be
posted
online
later
today
and
opened
up
for
public
comment
through
Friday
September
15th.
That
comment
will
be
presented
to
this
board
in
advance
of
your
September
20th
meeting.
When
we
will
be
asking
for
your
approval
of
the
plan
subsequent
to
your
approval,
we
will
send
the
plan
to
msde
for
superintendent
chaudry's
approval.
C
E
Yes,
thank
you
so
so
I
love
that
you're
keeping
you
know
the
focus
on
snow
days,
I
love
that
we
have
that
every
year
we
tend
to
have
at
least
one
or
two
days
where
half
the
county
gets
rain
and
the
other
half
gets
ice
and
we
have
a
lot
of
parents
who
complain
about
that.
So
when
we
have
those
particular
patterns
of
weather,
where
you
know
it's
either
all
ice
or
half
ice.
That
would
be
where
we're
really
looking
at
these
virtual
days.
Is
that
correct.
F
E
D
So
I,
like
the
weather,
that
is
nasty,
descriptor
I,
hesitate
on
the
ice
descriptor,
because
ice
takes
down
phone
lines
which
takes
down
computer
signals
right
and
all
that
stuff.
So
that
I
mean
you
have
a
really
icy
day.
You
could
end
up
with
a
good
old-fashioned
snow
day
right,
okay,
but
I.
Think
Dr
bedell's
been
really
clear
to
staff
and
he
was
clear
at
this
presentation
last
year
that
he's
not
looking
to
end
snow
days
for
students,
yeah.
E
D
We
ask
for
emergency
waivers
for
single
School
situations
like
that,
but
we
have
had
situate.
We
had
situations
last
year.
You
may
remember
that
there
was
a
very
bad
wreck
on
the
seven
river
bridge.
Last
year
we
flipped
the
entire
broadnet
cluster
to
Virtual.
So
we
have
that
flexibility
to
do
that.
Great.
B
E
B
What's
important,
is
we're
not
going
to
going
to
take
a
cookie
cutter
approach
to
how
we
make
these
decisions?
When
you
have
a
very
it's?
Oh
man,
I
forget
the
square
mileage
I
asked
you
for
that,
and
you
gave
me
the
date
a
lot
a
whole
lot.
So
we
don't
we're
just
not
going
to
take
a
cookie
cutter
approach
to
the
decisions
that
we're
going
to
make
on
how
something
that
may
impact
a
cluster
versus
the
entirety
of
the
system.
G
F
G
G
So
I
was
just
wondering
what
level
of
rigor
we're
talking
about
and
what
those
expectations
are
in
that
broader
sense
understanding
the
case
by
case,
just
as
we
move
forward
with
the
conversation,
because
I
don't
have
a
good
answer
for
them.
Federal
workers
too.
You
know
necessary
people
I.
Just
think
of
all
that
group,
and
that's
like
the
bulk
of
my
community
yeah.
B
Honest
I
mean
but
you're
going
to
get
an
honest
answer
from
me.
Yeah,
like
honestly,
we
there's
it's
impossible
to
account
for
every
single
variable.
It's
just
it's.
Just
not
practical
I
mean
I.
I
live
through
covet,
like
many
other
superintendents,
the
virtual
aspect
of
it
all
was
it
as
perfect
as
it
needed
to
be
I.
Think
as
a
school
district,
we
have
a
responsibility
to
assess
damage
in
particular
areas
and
to
try
to
operate
with
some
level
of
compassion
in
the
decisions
that
we're
going
to
make
on
how
that
impacts.
B
Those
who
are
delivering
instruction,
in
addition
to
those
who
have
to
receive
instruction
but
I,
mean
there's
I,
don't
know
a
single
system
that
that's
going
to
be
able
to
give
you
an
answer
of
we're,
going
to
be
able
to
control
for
variables
A
through
Z.
It's
just
not
possible
and
I.
Don't
so
I,
don't
have
that's
the
answer.
I
have
right,
I,
don't.
B
C
So
I
will
answer
several
parts
of
your
question.
The
first
part
is,
we've
always
been
since
I've
been
part
of
the
school
system,
which
has
been
over
40
years.
We've
never
been
a
punitive
school
system,
and
so
as
such,
we
will
continue
to
work
with
students
and
families
to
meet
their
individual
needs
just
like
if
they
were
absent
for
any
other
reason
for
that
particular
day.
So
that's
the
first
piece.
The
second
piece
is
remember.
The
purpose
of
this
type
of
instructional
plan
is
for
continuity
of
instruction.
C
Its
intended
purpose
is
not
really
to
introduce
new
learning
it's
for
simple
continuity,
so
there
will
be
a
lot
of
self-paced
options,
especially
at
the
secondary
level.
The
third
piece
of
that
and
I
think
probably
the
most
important
piece
is.
The
plan
affords
our
superintendent
the
opportunity
to
decide
between
synchronous
and
asynchronous
instruction,
and
your
asynchronous
instruction
could
be
an
option
for
those
cases
that
you're
talking
about
where
it
doesn't
have
to
be
a
student
logging
on
at
a
particular
time.
C
They
can
log
on
and
get
the
help
with,
the
parent
as
needed,
and
so
I
think
those
are
the
pieces,
but
I
really
want
to
stress
the
first
part
of
it.
We
are
not
a
punitive
school
system
and,
as
such,
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
with
families
and
if
that's
not
happening,
I
would
just
ask
that
every
member
of
the
board
or
public
please
make
sure
that
you
reach
out
to
the
school
principal
and
we
will
make
adjustments
as
needed.
G
Yeah
I
mean
we
didn't,
have
the
opportunity
to
dry
run
it
so
you
know
still,
but
that
hesitation
I
think
maybe
in
communication,
as
we
continue
in
this
conversation
to
have
that
that
sort
of
communication
that
this
is
not
a
because
parents
looked
at
that
and
my
feedback
was
like.
Are
you
kidding
me
so
I
got
to
take
a
day
off.
G
You
know
and
I
got
this
middle
schooler
here
at
home,
and
now
I've
got
to
take
a
day
off
because
we're
going
to
be
rolling
out
construction
instruction
and
they
they
got
used
to
the
real
and
hardcore
instruction
in
Virtual.
I.
Think,
and
you
know,
when
I
look
at
those
duration,
things,
that's
where
it
gets,
I
think
there's
a
little.
C
G
H
H
C
B
I
know
it
has
been
in
my
last
experience
when
I
lived
in
Severn
when
I
was
working
in
Baltimore
County,
we
had
snow,
a
snowstorm
where
you
could,
where
we
were
out
of
school
for
eight
days,
so
I
I
think
I
would
rather
in
school
early
in
June
and
let
people
start
their
vacation
and
have
a
single
snow
day,
but
they
are
fun.
They
are
fun.
Make
no
mistakes
about
it.
A
D
F
Okay,
gotcha
and
then
so
by
when
you
say
that
that
it
can't
impact
a
student's
grade
negatively.
So
if
a
student
weren't
able
to
log
on
or
join
for
any
reason,
whatever
instruction
takes
place
or
assignments
that
are
assigned
during
that
synchronous
or
asynchronous
time
can
be
made
up
at
a
later
time,
with
no
points
taken
off
or
anything.
The.
D
A
Okay,
I
see
no
more
lights,
I
would
say,
there's
good
news
and
bad
news.
Maybe
the
bad
news
for
Miss
Ellis
and
some
others
is
that
those
good
old
snow
days
maybe
seem
like
they're
gone
as
somebody
that
remembers
what
Dr
Bedell
says.
Those
snow
days
were
really
stress,
Breakers
they
were
enjoyed,
but
you
know
we
often
paid
the
price,
and
today
we
don't
have
to
pay
the
price,
because
continuity
of
instruction
is
assured
by
our
virtual
name.