JMU Sending Students Home

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*scratches JMU off the list for where to apply this year*

Exactly. I hope all parents of high school students are paying attention to this, and all other schools.

Um, let us know what schools *aren’t* doing this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*scratches JMU off the list for where to apply this year*

People apply to JMU? I always thought it was just where you ended up at the last minute. Enroll and pay sort of thing.

Aww. Someone’s kid didn’t get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*scratches JMU off the list for where to apply this year*

Exactly. I hope all parents of high school students are paying attention to this, and all other schools.

Um, let us know what schools *aren’t* doing this?

Right now, most of the starting in person then failing schools are large Southern State Us. Some schools in all categories didn’t even try. Of those that did, there are some large state Us that stand a chance, like Purdue. A number of SLACs and midsized research Is are still viable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

And this is why you are not an administrator. If a kid is sent home, they will infect their family, some of whom are in a high risk groups.

Well....as a parent of two college freshman, if either one of my kids tested positive for COVID and had symptoms, yes....I would bring them home 100% to be treated by their own pediatrician who knows their family history. I would not rely on college health system or have them quarantine at school.

Back in the day I had a bicycle accident while away at college....broke my leg....my mom drove down the next day..picked me up and took me home to see my orthopedic doctor...I stayed home for a few weeks....when up to it I went back to school. That's how it should be.

Your mom is a pussy. Back in the day, I wouldn't even tell my parents about such trivialities.

I told my parents everything. I’m sorry you had bad parents.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*scratches JMU off the list for where to apply this year*

People apply to JMU? I always thought it was just where you ended up at the last minute. Enroll and pay sort of thing.

Aww. Someone’s kid didn’t get in.

New poster here. I've never even heard of James Madison University!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*scratches JMU off the list for where to apply this year*

People apply to JMU? I always thought it was just where you ended up at the last minute. Enroll and pay sort of thing.

Aww. Someone’s kid didn’t get in.

New poster here. I've never even heard of James Madison University! Go to wiki. 23,000 students and had been around since 1908

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I gotta say, I think the school is overreacting...they should just keep kids standing tight in the dorms, nobody on campus go off..nobody off campus go on...Have class online for two weeks, contain the outbreaks, buckle down and try again. Priority is protecting the vulnerable...nationwide, college kids have not been hospitalized from covid. A reset can work...I guess Admin was just to rattled to try it. And why has JMU no testing, while other VA publics do?

You must only be familiar with tiny slacs the size of my kids high school.

This is impossible and unenforceable at almost all universities. How do you do this at a huge state university with 45,000 students? At my kid's school, they can't manage food services, so students have to go off campus to get food. Food services on campus are overwhelmed and sell out of food before kids get through the line. Grub hub is also overwhelmed. Campuses are wide open and it would be impossible to tell who is a student or not. These schools don't have the staff to manage this. Your suggestions are utterly ridiculous. Two weeks of on-line classes won't stop this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*scratches JMU off the list for where to apply this year*

Exactly. I hope all parents of high school students are paying attention to this, and all other schools.

Um, let us know what schools *aren’t* doing this?

Right now, most of the starting in person then failing schools are large Southern State Us. Some schools in all categories didn’t even try. Of those that did, there are some large state Us that stand a chance, like Purdue. A number of SLACs and midsized research Is are still viable.

The amount of bs on this thread is awe inspiring. I heard so much about Purdue's plan but I'm not impressed. How are their numbers pp? Report them here. My kid's large state school school is doing the best job of any of the schools I've read about. Students did a test at home, then were tested on arrival at the university. Students couldn't get access to classes without having been tested. Off campus residents had the same restrictions. They are doing random testing and have quarantined large number of students due to close contact. In the quarantine dorm, there are serious restrictions and kids who break them are suspended. They encourage the kids in the quarantine dorm to go home instead. Most classes are online. Activities have been curtailed. Many students have been suspended. This university is doing a valiant job at keeping the school open, but the numbers are not looking good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I didn’t know any better, I’d say we don’t know what the f*ck we’re doing.

Universities are responding to incentives. The federal government has done nothing to help universities. Actually, our government has taken action to harm universities, because Republicans hate universities because scientists at universities screw up oil and gas CEO's ability to cash in while destroying the planet.

So university leadership has ZERO options. They have to try to bring kids back. They have to try to get local gov't to tell the students to leave. Then they can act like their hands were forced and they have legal leverage to break contracts.

What should be happening: Fed gov't should be setting clear standards and have a nationwide plan, with financial support for all companies and for all universities, not just for companies that are cronies of the president and his party.

But we don't have that. Because Republicans want to enrich themselves and harm universities and they don't care who gets harmed or if our economy is destroyed and American kids are at a disadvantage because of decreased education. The GOP just. doesn't. care. about you. Universities are trying their best.

Wow, are you unhinges. Trust a liberal to try blaming everyone else for something that’s happening all over the country.

NP. What's "unhinged" is a country with NO national comprehensive national strategy to handle a pandemic either medically or socioeconomically.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*scratches JMU off the list for where to apply this year*

Exactly. I hope all parents of high school students are paying attention to this, and all other schools.

Um, let us know what schools *aren’t* doing this?

Right now, most of the starting in person then failing schools are large Southern State Us. Some schools in all categories didn’t even try. Of those that did, there are some large state Us that stand a chance, like Purdue. A number of SLACs and midsized research Is are still viable.

The amount of bs on this thread is awe inspiring. I heard so much about Purdue's plan but I'm not impressed. How are their numbers pp? Report them here. My kid's large state school school is doing the best job of any of the schools I've read about. Students did a test at home, then were tested on arrival at the university. Students couldn't get access to classes without having been tested. Off campus residents had the same restrictions. They are doing random testing and have quarantined large number of students due to close contact. In the quarantine dorm, there are serious restrictions and kids who break them are suspended. They encourage the kids in the quarantine dorm to go home instead. Most classes are online. Activities have been curtailed. Many students have been suspended. This university is doing a valiant job at keeping the school open, but the numbers are not looking good.

Purdue as of 9/2
Tests - 6,474
Positive - 147
Positivity Rate - 2.27%
https://protect.purdue.edu/dashboard/

[Anonymous]

Duke seems to have a handle on things
Cumulative tests since 8/2 - 17,040
Positive Results - 46

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Duke seems to have a handle on things
Cumulative tests since 8/2 - 17,040
Positive Results - 46

William & Mary: 16 positives from pre-arrival testing, 0 cases on campus.

[Anonymous]

The schools with biggest outbreaks will be safest next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:*scratches JMU off the list for where to apply this year*

People apply to JMU? I always thought it was just where you ended up at the last minute. Enroll and pay sort of thing.

What bubble do you live in?

[Anonymous]

Purdue is making a decision after Labor Day on closing dorms. Many in the dorms are already looking for off campus housing.

JMU has been offering covid tests at the University Health Center from the start. Other clinics around Harrisonburg are offering testing.