Why are DC privates the most conservative when in comes to COVID precautions?

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

Keep dreaming, Betsy.

PP, I am sorry to hear that you are so hurt. You cannot let your anger and pain ruin your child’s school. She does not want to go to school by herself.

Trust me I’ve seen the number of applications. Won’t be hard to fill your kid’s spot.

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

8:28 again. That's what I think. I am personally encouraging every parent that I know at our Big 3 to start speaking out about this issue. It is insane that we have simply accepted the school's platitudes on this issue for so long.

One board member is politically motivated and overly emotional and sympathetic to the teachers posting on here. Call and email them. I know I am.

I wish I knew which school you are talking about! If it is our school, I'd call you for coffee today to join forces on how we can get this ball moving.

But in any case, yes, I will add board outreach to my list of contacts. I don't know any of these people personally, but that doesn't matter at this point.

+1. And make sure you leave your name and contact info so they can call you back.

He wants to tamper with your kid’s transcript and get your kid kicked out. He wants to run the school.

So our HOS is afraid of this guy? Seriously? Anyone who knows him knows who he is. If you are at a different school, your board has one or two and it’s political. Our kids are political pawns.

Would someone please say which school this is? Trying to understand what we're up against. I'm willing to raise Cain with the board and completely agree that our kids are being used as pawns. But what additional details do we need to know?

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

8:28 again. That's what I think. I am personally encouraging every parent that I know at our Big 3 to start speaking out about this issue. It is insane that we have simply accepted the school's platitudes on this issue for so long.

One board member is politically motivated and overly emotional and sympathetic to the teachers posting on here. Call and email them. I know I am.

I wish I knew which school you are talking about! If it is our school, I'd call you for coffee today to join forces on how we can get this ball moving.

But in any case, yes, I will add board outreach to my list of contacts. I don't know any of these people personally, but that doesn't matter at this point.

+1. And make sure you leave your name and contact info so they can call you back.

He wants to tamper with your kid’s transcript and get your kid kicked out. He wants to run the school.

So our HOS is afraid of this guy? Seriously? Anyone who knows him knows who he is. If you are at a different school, your board has one or two and it’s political. Our kids are political pawns.

And you think I don’t already know who you are? Start looking for a new school

So you do want to close the school? Why are you full of so much hate?

You do not know who I am. My children are grown.

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

8:28 again. That's what I think. I am personally encouraging every parent that I know at our Big 3 to start speaking out about this issue. It is insane that we have simply accepted the school's platitudes on this issue for so long.

One board member is politically motivated and overly emotional and sympathetic to the teachers posting on here. Call and email them. I know I am.

I wish I knew which school you are talking about! If it is our school, I'd call you for coffee today to join forces on how we can get this ball moving.

But in any case, yes, I will add board outreach to my list of contacts. I don't know any of these people personally, but that doesn't matter at this point.

+1. And make sure you leave your name and contact info so they can call you back.

He wants to tamper with your kid’s transcript and get your kid kicked out. He wants to run the school.

So our HOS is afraid of this guy? Seriously? Anyone who knows him knows who he is. If you are at a different school, your board has one or two and it’s political. Our kids are political pawns.

Would someone please say which school this is? Trying to understand what we're up against. I'm willing to raise Cain with the board and completely agree that our kids are being used as pawns. But what additional details do we need to know?

Where it all started.

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Anonymous wrote:There are too many lawyers in the DMV area. The culture is determined by a bunch of litigious, anxious, insecure assholes. That’s why we can’t have nice things here.

Actually there is a lot of focus on kids here- kid safety- when the real drivers here both in terms of spreaders of infection and those at risk for serious illness/ death are the adult employees ( teachers, staff , house keepers, lunch crew, janitors, etc...)

Schools could re-open safely but they are shooting themselves in the foot by putting their Facilities Director in change- a person who is most concerned about profit/ cost and has no medical credientials to inform planning. Add to that corporate greed based HR that, pre- pandemic was looking to cut faculty benefits anyway while paying self and HOS more AND facilities director MORE and you now have perfect storm of:

illegal employment practices such as failing to inform teachers of all 5 of the DC Mayor's listed medical leave pre-existing qualifying conditions

conflict of interest riddled Admin teams and Boards who are killing the trust of their teachers and parents

no independent medical oversight = dysfunction and inability to serve their students

All of you stoking the same DC vs. MD vs. VA....read the newspaper.

Unless your private has students communing from Danville or Mecklenburg County, our metrics in the entire metro area are are below community spread levels. You are blowing smoke because you personally benefit from DL and are stringing along increasingly desperate weak arguments to keep it going. Old news and it won’t last much longer.

+1

Per Worldometer:

DC had ZERO deaths yesterday (9/19) and only 50 new cases in the entire city. This has been the track for at least a week.

Also, there were "only" 650 deaths in the entire country yesterday, so definitely trending downward.

This is also a great site for factual info: https://covidactnow.org/us/dc?s=1055228...in addition to Worldometer.

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Anonymous wrote:There are too many lawyers in the DMV area. The culture is determined by a bunch of litigious, anxious, insecure assholes. That’s why we can’t have nice things here.

Actually there is a lot of focus on kids here- kid safety- when the real drivers here both in terms of spreaders of infection and those at risk for serious illness/ death are the adult employees ( teachers, staff , house keepers, lunch crew, janitors, etc...)

Schools could re-open safely but they are shooting themselves in the foot by putting their Facilities Director in change- a person who is most concerned about profit/ cost and has no medical credientials to inform planning. Add to that corporate greed based HR that, pre- pandemic was looking to cut faculty benefits anyway while paying self and HOS more AND facilities director MORE and you now have perfect storm of:

illegal employment practices such as failing to inform teachers of all 5 of the DC Mayor's listed medical leave pre-existing qualifying conditions

conflict of interest riddled Admin teams and Boards who are killing the trust of their teachers and parents

no independent medical oversight = dysfunction and inability to serve their students

All of you stoking the same DC vs. MD vs. VA....read the newspaper.

Unless your private has students communing from Danville or Mecklenburg County, our metrics in the entire metro area are are below community spread levels. You are blowing smoke because you personally benefit from DL and are stringing along increasingly desperate weak arguments to keep it going. Old news and it won’t last much longer.

+1

Per Worldometer:

DC had ZERO deaths yesterday (9/19) and only 50 new cases in the entire city. This has been the track for at least a week.

Also, there were "only" 650 deaths in the entire country yesterday, so definitely trending downward.

This is also a great site for factual info: https://covidactnow.org/us/dc?s=1055228...in addition to Worldometer.

More bogus data. Will the head not allow you to tamper with the records? Such a shame.

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

8:28 again. That's what I think. I am personally encouraging every parent that I know at our Big 3 to start speaking out about this issue. It is insane that we have simply accepted the school's platitudes on this issue for so long.

One board member is politically motivated and overly emotional and sympathetic to the teachers posting on here. Call and email them. I know I am.

I wish I knew which school you are talking about! If it is our school, I'd call you for coffee today to join forces on how we can get this ball moving.

But in any case, yes, I will add board outreach to my list of contacts. I don't know any of these people personally, but that doesn't matter at this point.

+1. And make sure you leave your name and contact info so they can call you back.

He wants to tamper with your kid’s transcript and get your kid kicked out. He wants to run the school.

So our HOS is afraid of this guy? Seriously? Anyone who knows him knows who he is. If you are at a different school, your board has one or two and it’s political. Our kids are political pawns.

Would someone please say which school this is? Trying to understand what we're up against. I'm willing to raise Cain with the board and completely agree that our kids are being used as pawns. But what additional details do we need to know?

Where it all started.

If you have to ask you then you don’t need to know.

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

8:28 again. That's what I think. I am personally encouraging every parent that I know at our Big 3 to start speaking out about this issue. It is insane that we have simply accepted the school's platitudes on this issue for so long.

One board member is politically motivated and overly emotional and sympathetic to the teachers posting on here. Call and email them. I know I am.

I wish I knew which school you are talking about! If it is our school, I'd call you for coffee today to join forces on how we can get this ball moving.

But in any case, yes, I will add board outreach to my list of contacts. I don't know any of these people personally, but that doesn't matter at this point.

+1. And make sure you leave your name and contact info so they can call you back.

He wants to tamper with your kid’s transcript and get your kid kicked out. He wants to run the school.

So our HOS is afraid of this guy? Seriously? Anyone who knows him knows who he is. If you are at a different school, your board has one or two and it’s political. Our kids are political pawns.

Would someone please say which school this is? Trying to understand what we're up against. I'm willing to raise Cain with the board and completely agree that our kids are being used as pawns. But what additional details do we need to know?

You’re willing to raise Cain with the board but you need to ask which school? Don’t you know which school your kids attend?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

8:28 again. That's what I think. I am personally encouraging every parent that I know at our Big 3 to start speaking out about this issue. It is insane that we have simply accepted the school's platitudes on this issue for so long.

One board member is politically motivated and overly emotional and sympathetic to the teachers posting on here. Call and email them. I know I am.

I wish I knew which school you are talking about! If it is our school, I'd call you for coffee today to join forces on how we can get this ball moving.

But in any case, yes, I will add board outreach to my list of contacts. I don't know any of these people personally, but that doesn't matter at this point.

+1. And make sure you leave your name and contact info so they can call you back.

He wants to tamper with your kid’s transcript and get your kid kicked out. He wants to run the school.

So our HOS is afraid of this guy? Seriously? Anyone who knows him knows who he is. If you are at a different school, your board has one or two and it’s political. Our kids are political pawns.

Would someone please say which school this is? Trying to understand what we're up against. I'm willing to raise Cain with the board and completely agree that our kids are being used as pawns. But what additional details do we need to know?

You’re willing to raise Cain with the board but you need to ask which school? Don’t you know which school your kids attend?

Try to keep up, please, pp. There are several schools being discussed here -- DC has several big, well-known privates, in case that is news to you. I am happy to ring the bell of alarm with the board at our school and am doing everything I can to reach out to other parents who are of a similar thought. It would just be helpful to know if these specific issues (a board member whom the HOS is afraid of?) apply to our school, or another.

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

8:28 again. That's what I think. I am personally encouraging every parent that I know at our Big 3 to start speaking out about this issue. It is insane that we have simply accepted the school's platitudes on this issue for so long.

One board member is politically motivated and overly emotional and sympathetic to the teachers posting on here. Call and email them. I know I am.

I wish I knew which school you are talking about! If it is our school, I'd call you for coffee today to join forces on how we can get this ball moving.

But in any case, yes, I will add board outreach to my list of contacts. I don't know any of these people personally, but that doesn't matter at this point.

+1. And make sure you leave your name and contact info so they can call you back.

He wants to tamper with your kid’s transcript and get your kid kicked out. He wants to run the school.

So our HOS is afraid of this guy? Seriously? Anyone who knows him knows who he is. If you are at a different school, your board has one or two and it’s political. Our kids are political pawns.

Would someone please say which school this is? Trying to understand what we're up against. I'm willing to raise Cain with the board and completely agree that our kids are being used as pawns. But what additional details do we need to know?

You’re willing to raise Cain with the board but you need to ask which school? Don’t you know which school your kids attend?

This is an anonymous board. Figure it out. It is easy.

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

8:28 again. That's what I think. I am personally encouraging every parent that I know at our Big 3 to start speaking out about this issue. It is insane that we have simply accepted the school's platitudes on this issue for so long.

One board member is politically motivated and overly emotional and sympathetic to the teachers posting on here. Call and email them. I know I am.

I wish I knew which school you are talking about! If it is our school, I'd call you for coffee today to join forces on how we can get this ball moving.

But in any case, yes, I will add board outreach to my list of contacts. I don't know any of these people personally, but that doesn't matter at this point.

+1. And make sure you leave your name and contact info so they can call you back.

He wants to tamper with your kid’s transcript and get your kid kicked out. He wants to run the school.

So our HOS is afraid of this guy? Seriously? Anyone who knows him knows who he is. If you are at a different school, your board has one or two and it’s political. Our kids are political pawns.

Would someone please say which school this is? Trying to understand what we're up against. I'm willing to raise Cain with the board and completely agree that our kids are being used as pawns. But what additional details do we need to know?

You’re willing to raise Cain with the board but you need to ask which school? Don’t you know which school your kids attend?

Try to keep up, please, pp. There are several schools being discussed here -- DC has several big, well-known privates, in case that is news to you. I am happy to ring the bell of alarm with the board at our school and am doing everything I can to reach out to other parents who are of a similar thought. It would just be helpful to know if these specific issues (a board member whom the HOS is afraid of?) apply to our school, or another.

It’s your kids’ school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

8:28 again. That's what I think. I am personally encouraging every parent that I know at our Big 3 to start speaking out about this issue. It is insane that we have simply accepted the school's platitudes on this issue for so long.

One board member is politically motivated and overly emotional and sympathetic to the teachers posting on here. Call and email them. I know I am.

I wish I knew which school you are talking about! If it is our school, I'd call you for coffee today to join forces on how we can get this ball moving.

But in any case, yes, I will add board outreach to my list of contacts. I don't know any of these people personally, but that doesn't matter at this point.

+1. And make sure you leave your name and contact info so they can call you back.

He wants to tamper with your kid’s transcript and get your kid kicked out. He wants to run the school.

So our HOS is afraid of this guy? Seriously? Anyone who knows him knows who he is. If you are at a different school, your board has one or two and it’s political. Our kids are political pawns.

Would someone please say which school this is? Trying to understand what we're up against. I'm willing to raise Cain with the board and completely agree that our kids are being used as pawns. But what additional details do we need to know?

You’re willing to raise Cain with the board but you need to ask which school? Don’t you know which school your kids attend?

Try to keep up, please, pp. There are several schools being discussed here -- DC has several big, well-known privates, in case that is news to you. I am happy to ring the bell of alarm with the board at our school and am doing everything I can to reach out to other parents who are of a similar thought. It would just be helpful to know if these specific issues (a board member whom the HOS is afraid of?) apply to our school, or another.

It’s your kids’ school.

Got it. I'll just assume that it is, and go from there. It really doesn't matter. Obviously, all of the DC privates (Cathedral, GDS, Sidwell) have at least one or some board members who are opposing reopening, or it would have happened by now. They may not even currently have kids there, which is even more infuriating, because their little offspring are not caught up in this madness, so it's easier for them to be sanctimonious about this.

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

8:28 again. That's what I think. I am personally encouraging every parent that I know at our Big 3 to start speaking out about this issue. It is insane that we have simply accepted the school's platitudes on this issue for so long.

One board member is politically motivated and overly emotional and sympathetic to the teachers posting on here. Call and email them. I know I am.

I wish I knew which school you are talking about! If it is our school, I'd call you for coffee today to join forces on how we can get this ball moving.

But in any case, yes, I will add board outreach to my list of contacts. I don't know any of these people personally, but that doesn't matter at this point.

+1. And make sure you leave your name and contact info so they can call you back.

He wants to tamper with your kid’s transcript and get your kid kicked out. He wants to run the school.

So our HOS is afraid of this guy? Seriously? Anyone who knows him knows who he is. If you are at a different school, your board has one or two and it’s political. Our kids are political pawns.

Would someone please say which school this is? Trying to understand what we're up against. I'm willing to raise Cain with the board and completely agree that our kids are being used as pawns. But what additional details do we need to know?

You’re willing to raise Cain with the board but you need to ask which school? Don’t you know which school your kids attend?

Try to keep up, please, pp. There are several schools being discussed here -- DC has several big, well-known privates, in case that is news to you. I am happy to ring the bell of alarm with the board at our school and am doing everything I can to reach out to other parents who are of a similar thought. It would just be helpful to know if these specific issues (a board member whom the HOS is afraid of?) apply to our school, or another.

It’s your kids’ school.

Got it. I'll just assume that it is, and go from there. It really doesn't matter. Obviously, all of the DC privates (Cathedral, GDS, Sidwell) have at least one or some board members who are opposing reopening, or it would have happened by now. They may not even currently have kids there, which is even more infuriating, because their little offspring are not caught up in this madness, so it's easier for them to be sanctimonious about this.

This is very true. Others have personal motivations. Typical private school drama.

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Anonymous wrote:Bottom line- if you have kids at a DC private, please start asking questions about reopen/ hybrid plans. We’ve all been accepting this “school is working so hard- school is so thoughtful” tripe for too long. You’re a paying customer. If your kids are struggling with DL, or simply desperately miss there friends and need some human contact instead of 7 hours a day of screens, TELL THEM. Stop pretending all is so wonderful when we know that it is not. I don’t want this to be a totally lost year.

We, the parents, must start speaking up

The holdout board members are posting here. This must be getting somewhere.

8:28 again. That's what I think. I am personally encouraging every parent that I know at our Big 3 to start speaking out about this issue. It is insane that we have simply accepted the school's platitudes on this issue for so long.

One board member is politically motivated and overly emotional and sympathetic to the teachers posting on here. Call and email them. I know I am.

I wish I knew which school you are talking about! If it is our school, I'd call you for coffee today to join forces on how we can get this ball moving.

But in any case, yes, I will add board outreach to my list of contacts. I don't know any of these people personally, but that doesn't matter at this point.

+1. And make sure you leave your name and contact info so they can call you back.

He wants to tamper with your kid’s transcript and get your kid kicked out. He wants to run the school.

So our HOS is afraid of this guy? Seriously? Anyone who knows him knows who he is. If you are at a different school, your board has one or two and it’s political. Our kids are political pawns.

Would someone please say which school this is? Trying to understand what we're up against. I'm willing to raise Cain with the board and completely agree that our kids are being used as pawns. But what additional details do we need to know?

You’re willing to raise Cain with the board but you need to ask which school? Don’t you know which school your kids attend?

Try to keep up, please, pp. There are several schools being discussed here -- DC has several big, well-known privates, in case that is news to you. I am happy to ring the bell of alarm with the board at our school and am doing everything I can to reach out to other parents who are of a similar thought. It would just be helpful to know if these specific issues (a board member whom the HOS is afraid of?) apply to our school, or another.

It’s your kids’ school.

Got it. I'll just assume that it is, and go from there. It really doesn't matter. Obviously, all of the DC privates (Cathedral, GDS, Sidwell) have at least one or some board members who are opposing reopening, or it would have happened by now. They may not even currently have kids there, which is even more infuriating, because their little offspring are not caught up in this madness, so it's easier for them to be sanctimonious about this.

More power to you. If you actually do something, you’ll be unlike 99.99% of parents on this forum who just come here to whine like toddlers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are too many lawyers in the DMV area. The culture is determined by a bunch of litigious, anxious, insecure assholes. That’s why we can’t have nice things here.

Actually there is a lot of focus on kids here- kid safety- when the real drivers here both in terms of spreaders of infection and those at risk for serious illness/ death are the adult employees ( teachers, staff , house keepers, lunch crew, janitors, etc...)

Schools could re-open safely but they are shooting themselves in the foot by putting their Facilities Director in change- a person who is most concerned about profit/ cost and has no medical credientials to inform planning. Add to that corporate greed based HR that, pre- pandemic was looking to cut faculty benefits anyway while paying self and HOS more AND facilities director MORE and you now have perfect storm of:

illegal employment practices such as failing to inform teachers of all 5 of the DC Mayor's listed medical leave pre-existing qualifying conditions

conflict of interest riddled Admin teams and Boards who are killing the trust of their teachers and parents

no independent medical oversight = dysfunction and inability to serve their students

All of you stoking the same DC vs. MD vs. VA....read the newspaper.

Unless your private has students communing from Danville or Mecklenburg County, our metrics in the entire metro area are are below community spread levels. You are blowing smoke because you personally benefit from DL and are stringing along increasingly desperate weak arguments to keep it going. Old news and it won’t last much longer.

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Per Worldometer:

DC had ZERO deaths yesterday (9/19) and only 50 new cases in the entire city. This has been the track for at least a week.

Also, there were "only" 650 deaths in the entire country yesterday, so definitely trending downward.

This is also a great site for factual info: https://covidactnow.org/us/dc?s=1055228...in addition to Worldometer.

More bogus data. Will the head not allow you to tamper with the records? Such a shame.

How on earth is this bogus data...both the above and worldometer align with numbers. Maybe you need to look at your own sources and how data is skewed to fit whatever narrative you are trying to believe in. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/