As a group of Tosa Connected parents, Phase Into Learning parents, Wauwatosa Virtual Academy parents, and concerned community members, we strongly urge the Wauwatosa School District to continue and maintain all three formats of learning currently offered to Wauwatosa families through the entirety of the 2020/2021 school year.
When Tosa Connected was offered as an option for Wauwatosa students, many of us selected it because it allowed our students to still have wonderful Tosa teachers and stay socially connected to their friends and classmates while also remaining safe at home. And, while Wauwatosa Virtual Academy is an option that is available for virtual learning, it does not meet the needs of the families who chose Tosa Connected.
Across-the-board, Tosa Connected families agree that a major strength of the Tosa Connected program is that it keeps students, their families, and our teachers safe. Students in Tosa Connected are less likely to be exposed to COVID-19 and because of the number of families who opted for Tosa Connected (roughly 20% of the student body), in-person students who may have need for in-person attention and learning styles are able to have smaller class sizes allowing for social distancing and a safer in-person environment. Eliminating the Tosa Connected option and moving toward a five day in-person plan for all students at this juncture would not be wise taking into consideration rising cases in our state, colder weather forcing students indoors, and the start of flu season.
Because of these concerns, Tosa Connected should be maintained for the entire school year. Each learner in the Wauwatosa school district deserves to have a safe, equitable, consistent, and clear learning environment that best suits their needs. Considering changes to already established relationships, schedules, and routines will be frustrating and confusing for families, teachers, and students. The district should be making plans with this in mind and prevent constant changes to learning formats and routines.
This petition does not seek full virtual classes for all students and it is not attempting to stop 5 day in-person learning when the metrics that were approved by the Medical Advisory board have been reached. Those who have chosen to attach their names to this letter are requesting that Tosa Connected be continued and maintained in its current format throughout the 2020/2021 school year where students continue to receive direct instruction and interaction with their classroom teacher in all subjects in order to:
- Allow for smaller in-person class sizes so physical distancing can be achieved
- Allow our students to maintain a connection to their wonderful Tosa teachers, friends, and classmates
- Keep our students, families, and community safe
- Provide an equitable and consistent learning environment for all students without frequent change to already established routines
Thank you for your time and consideration of our request.
Very Sincerely,
The Many and Diverse Families of the Wauwatosa School District
Updates
October 18, 2020
I have been glued to my email checking for any official word from the board and honestly it is just exhausting waiting for them to acknowledge what all of you are saying here. I keep reading the new comments and seeing so many people worried about the same things like the colder weather coming up and the risk of pulling everyone back in too fast. It feels like we are just shouting into the void sometimes but I know the district has to be seeing these notification pings on their end.
October 18, 2020
Seeing this take off like this is honestly just surreal because I was sitting at my kitchen table expecting maybe ten people to care. The way everyone is talking about how this keeps our kids safe really hits home while the weather keeps getting colder and things feel more uncertain than before.
Reached 100 supporters
October 18, 2020
34 Comments
one of my three children has asthma that requires a twice daily inhaler. It is imperative for my family to keep her as safe as possible from this virus. my children are able to clearly see a teach and ask questions and still get the instructions they need with Tosa Connected. They would be lost if they would just have to watch a live stream of other students. PLEASE KEEP TOSA CONNECTED
Please support our children’s education and continue Tosa Connected. We are able to learn safely distanced, while still interacting with our great district teacher and classmates! With a rise in community cases, please recognize the benefit of having our families continue learning from home this format to maintain a lower phased-into-learning classroom density.
We want to continue having the option to do Tosa Connected until the end of the school year. We value the neighborhood Wauwatosa Schools and we hope our son can continue to be directly part of our wonderful Washington Elementary family, whether virtual or in person.
Please maintain Tosa Connected with dedicated teachers to enable our children to have the same high level education that phased in has. Our children have already lost 3 of the 5 days of synchronous learning that’s was promised. They are finally starting to form relationships with their teachers which is obviously harder to do online. Changing this structure now will greatly impact their already truncated learning this year.
Although we are in Wauwatosa Virtual Academy, we would like to switch to Tosa Connected because we miss being a part of the Wauwatosa community. I have Type 1 diabetes and I chose virtual to lessen the risk of exposure to me and my children. Taking away Tosa Connected takes away any chance we have to connect to the community. We will be stuck in depressing Wauwatosa Virtual and shut off even more from the community we are struggling to connect with.
It boggles the mind when anyone references “Active Covid Cases” as the only metric for potential infection within a school. Given the up to 14 day latency of this virus and a vast majority of those infected show no symptoms whatsoever, anyone believing children in close quarters can’t spread the virus throughout our community is misguided to the extreme.
Please continue Tosa Connected- it is a very important connection to students and their schools-
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As a group of Tosa Connected parents, Phase Into Learning parents, Wauwatosa Virtual Academy parents, and concerned community members, we strongly urge the Wauwatosa School District to continue and maintain all three formats of learning currently offered to Wauwatosa families through the entirety of the 2020/2021 school year.
When Tosa Connected was offered as an option for Wauwatosa students, many of us selected it because it allowed our students to still have wonderful Tosa teachers and stay socially connected to their friends and classmates while also remaining safe at home. And, while Wauwatosa Virtual Academy is an option that is available for virtual learning, it does not meet the needs of the families who chose Tosa Connected.
Across-the-board, Tosa Connected families agree that a major strength of the Tosa Connected program is that it keeps students, their families, and our teachers safe. Students in Tosa Connected are less likely to be exposed to COVID-19 and because of the number of families who opted for Tosa Connected (roughly 20% of the student body), in-person students who may have need for in-person attention and learning styles are able to have smaller class sizes allowing for social distancing and a safer in-person environment. Eliminating the Tosa Connected option and moving toward a five day in-person plan for all students at this juncture would not be wise taking into consideration rising cases in our state, colder weather forcing students indoors, and the start of flu season.
Because of these concerns, Tosa Connected should be maintained for the entire school year. Each learner in the Wauwatosa school district deserves to have a safe, equitable, consistent, and clear learning environment that best suits their needs. Considering changes to already established relationships, schedules, and routines will be frustrating and confusing for families, teachers, and students. The district should be making plans with this in mind and prevent constant changes to learning formats and routines.
This petition does not seek full virtual classes for all students and it is not attempting to stop 5 day in-person learning when the metrics that were approved by the Medical Advisory board have been reached. Those who have chosen to attach their names to this letter are requesting that Tosa Connected be continued and maintained in its current format throughout the 2020/2021 school year where students continue to receive direct instruction and interaction with their classroom teacher in all subjects in order to:
- Allow for smaller in-person class sizes so physical distancing can be achieved
- Allow our students to maintain a connection to their wonderful Tosa teachers, friends, and classmates
- Keep our students, families, and community safe
- Provide an equitable and consistent learning environment for all students without frequent change to already established routines
Thank you for your time and consideration of our request.
Very Sincerely,
The Many and Diverse Families of the Wauwatosa School District
Updates
October 18, 2020
I have been glued to my email checking for any official word from the board and honestly it is just exhausting waiting for them to acknowledge what all of you are saying here. I keep reading the new comments and seeing so many people worried about the same things like the colder weather coming up and the risk of pulling everyone back in too fast. It feels like we are just shouting into the void sometimes but I know the district has to be seeing these notification pings on their end.
October 18, 2020
Seeing this take off like this is honestly just surreal because I was sitting at my kitchen table expecting maybe ten people to care. The way everyone is talking about how this keeps our kids safe really hits home while the weather keeps getting colder and things feel more uncertain than before.
Reached 100 supporters
October 18, 2020
34 Comments
It is imperative that we keep all three options for families. I have a family with a child who has immune issues. We would not be able to attend school if this were to change
one of my three children has asthma that requires a twice daily inhaler. It is imperative for my family to keep her as safe as possible from this virus. my children are able to clearly see a teach and ask questions and still get the instructions they need with Tosa Connected. They would be lost if they would just have to watch a live stream of other students. PLEASE KEEP TOSA CONNECTED
Please support our children’s education and continue Tosa Connected. We are able to learn safely distanced, while still interacting with our great district teacher and classmates! With a rise in community cases, please recognize the benefit of having our families continue learning from home this format to maintain a lower phased-into-learning classroom density.
We want to continue having the option to do Tosa Connected until the end of the school year. We value the neighborhood Wauwatosa Schools and we hope our son can continue to be directly part of our wonderful Washington Elementary family, whether virtual or in person.
Please maintain Tosa Connected with dedicated teachers to enable our children to have the same high level education that phased in has. Our children have already lost 3 of the 5 days of synchronous learning that’s was promised. They are finally starting to form relationships with their teachers which is obviously harder to do online. Changing this structure now will greatly impact their already truncated learning this year.
Although we are in Wauwatosa Virtual Academy, we would like to switch to Tosa Connected because we miss being a part of the Wauwatosa community. I have Type 1 diabetes and I chose virtual to lessen the risk of exposure to me and my children. Taking away Tosa Connected takes away any chance we have to connect to the community. We will be stuck in depressing Wauwatosa Virtual and shut off even more from the community we are struggling to connect with.
It boggles the mind when anyone references “Active Covid Cases” as the only metric for potential infection within a school. Given the up to 14 day latency of this virus and a vast majority of those infected show no symptoms whatsoever, anyone believing children in close quarters can’t spread the virus throughout our community is misguided to the extreme.
Please continue Tosa Connected- it is a very important connection to students and their schools-
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It is imperative that we keep all three options for families. I have a family with a child who has immune issues. We would not be able to attend school if this were to change