Any schools going remote - increases in cases?

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of cases at DS’s school, but no switch to virtual. Seems reckless!

I really really doubt anyone will go virtual again not matter the case numbers.

Why not though (not asked with snark). They have the capability to do so.

I'd similarly hope they would do virtual if there were any other kind of outbreak ... flu, norovirus, etc.

Because virtual learning has been proven ineffective at best and damaging at worst for 95% of youth. If yours isn’t one of them consider yourself lucky!

For a week, to stop further spread it would be fine and hardly damaging.

It doesn't stop spread though, not unless you're also restricting students' socialization, activities, travel, and everything else outside of school that week – which isn't possible, especially now. At my older kid's school, we often see the largest case numbers after school breaks or long weekends.

Switching to virtual also isn't like flipping a switch. It's a major change in instruction that requires teachers to redo their plans, students to have the right materials at home, younger students to have supervision and/or a parent to help them with the tech, schools to reschedule events and move assessments, etc. Even though it's not damaging for a short period, it's still very disruptive.

If schools stay in person, which they are, what would you like to see in place? Or are we done with mitigation?

- vaccine (and booster when relevant) requirements
- liberal use of rapid testing in times of higher transmission
- strict policy on staying home while sick
- bonus: supply of N95s for students who need them & support in wearing them correctly

I would say our DMV independent school isn't doing any of the above, except number 3 IF a person self-identifies. They dropped weekly surveillance testing, so how to know unless a person/family comes forward?

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of cases at DS’s school, but no switch to virtual. Seems reckless!

I really really doubt anyone will go virtual again not matter the case numbers.

Why not though (not asked with snark). They have the capability to do so.

I'd similarly hope they would do virtual if there were any other kind of outbreak ... flu, norovirus, etc.

Because virtual learning has been proven ineffective at best and damaging at worst for 95% of youth. If yours isn’t one of them consider yourself lucky!

For a week, to stop further spread it would be fine and hardly damaging.

It doesn't stop spread though, not unless you're also restricting students' socialization, activities, travel, and everything else outside of school that week – which isn't possible, especially now. At my older kid's school, we often see the largest case numbers after school breaks or long weekends.

Switching to virtual also isn't like flipping a switch. It's a major change in instruction that requires teachers to redo their plans, students to have the right materials at home, younger students to have supervision and/or a parent to help them with the tech, schools to reschedule events and move assessments, etc. Even though it's not damaging for a short period, it's still very disruptive.

If schools stay in person, which they are, what would you like to see in place? Or are we done with mitigation?

- vaccine (and booster when relevant) requirements
- liberal use of rapid testing in times of higher transmission
- strict policy on staying home while sick
- bonus: supply of N95s for students who need them & support in wearing them correctly

I would like to see:

Musts:

-Weekly or biweekly school-wide PCR testing.
-Rapid or PCR testing upon return from holidays. Good to have: Rapid tests distributed to kids who need them.
-Strict policy on staying home for those sick.

Good to have:
-Supply of N95 masks, for those who would like to get the from school. Schools can purchase them in bulk and make it cheaper per mask.