What are your school’s term 3 plans??

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Anonymous wrote:I mean if we are seeing 16% positivity rate in JUST these handful of CARES classrooms what will it look like with double triple, etc the students....


And non CARES will have more interaction, these kids are just sitting looking at a computer...

It’s not a “16% positivity rate.” It’s about a 1.3% positivity rate, with no indication of school-based spread.

So 85% of classes stay in-person while others go remote temporarily.

So?

I wish we could pin this tweet. So when people get on here just absolutely apoplectic that their child’s class is sent home we can post it.

It’s better to go and get sent home than never go at all.

Save this one too.

I’m sure most people on here aren’t crazy. But you have to admit some people on here will be screaming about how no one should be sent home, etc.

What a fantasy world you live in.

After reading all these threads?? No way I’m living in a fantasy. You may not be included in the crazy group but there are people on here that will complain and whine and say it isn’t fair. You are delusional if you don’t realize that

All the parents I know who want to return to school (or already have their kids in school) actually read about and understand the issues surrounding school reopening. We are well aware of quarantine procedures. We know the facts, unlike the people who claime schools need to be shut for 2 years.

Let’s meet back again when the complaints start. I give it until Presidents Day. That’s when people will be on here complaining about how their kids class is shut down and how they can’t get any work done.

whatever dude. you’re projecting your own ignorance and pettiness on others. meanwhile my sister (who pays $$ for private) had has 2 quarantine perlods ar her school and considers that successful. you’re in your own little WTU bubble where it’s now the default norm to keep kids out of school. Those of us with more perspective know better.

It appears that DCPS is not the same as private. Given that DCPS has had care rooms open for a month and there are already schools closed. But whatever. I’m a parent and going in with eyes wide open. I know people will be pissed when their kids rooms closed. You live in a bubble if you think no one is going to be mad.

People will complain. Whatever. Let them.

+1. Using the prospect of people complaining about quarantines as an excuse not to reopen is nuts. But I guess people will use whatever arguments they can think of since there aren't any good ones in favor of keeping kids out of school.

Who is using it as a reason not to open? No on has said that on this thread. You are reading words that are not on the screen.

Not explicitly. But the implicit message of these "let's talk again when people are apoplectic because their kid's class is quarantined!" posts is that it's not worth reopening because some kids will have to quarantine at one point or another, and parents will supposedly be just as upset about that as they are now about closed schools. It's been implicit here and more explicit on other threads.

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Anonymous wrote:Term 3 may see mroe classes and more schools reopen, but given the data and the spread of the virus, I doubt that this is even worth the effort. We're staying at home where it is safe. We don't want our kids mixing with kids from families who are not taking this pandemic seriously. 315,000 dead and counting. History will look back and say what were you thinking? 2020-2021 school will be all virtual and we are fine with that.

History will judge the US very harshly for being the only one among civilized countries to keep kids out of school for more than an entire year, with consequences many of these kids will still feel when the people who died from the virus will long have faded from memory.

Based on what’s happening in the White House...history is going to talking lot more about other things.

History will talk about lots of things. The years long school closure in the US will go down as one of the biggest failures of this country during this pandemic:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/why-british-kids-are-school-american-kids-arent/617438/

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I swear. Someone on this forum right write for the Atlantic or owns stock in the company. It’s like someone says something and it’s “I’ve got an Atlantic article about that all lined up”.

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Anonymous wrote:Term 3 may see mroe classes and more schools reopen, but given the data and the spread of the virus, I doubt that this is even worth the effort. We're staying at home where it is safe. We don't want our kids mixing with kids from families who are not taking this pandemic seriously. 315,000 dead and counting. History will look back and say what were you thinking? 2020-2021 school will be all virtual and we are fine with that.

History will judge the US very harshly for being the only one among civilized countries to keep kids out of school for more than an entire year, with consequences many of these kids will still feel when the people who died from the virus will long have faded from memory.

This. It's a disgrace that schools have been closed for so long.

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Schools are closed in many countries. The disgrace is that the pandemic is not under control. History will not see a generation of kids with lower IQ. It will see a death toll higher than US soldiers in WWII. That is what will be etched in history books. All those who want to open up are going to be on the wrong side of history as selfish, stupid, and callous.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools are closed in many countries. The disgrace is that the pandemic is not under control. History will not see a generation of kids with lower IQ. It will see a death toll higher than US soldiers in WWII. That is what will be etched in history books. All those who want to open up are going to be on the wrong side of history as selfish, stupid, and callous.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools are closed in many countries. The disgrace is that the pandemic is not under control. History will not see a generation of kids with lower IQ. It will see a death toll higher than US soldiers in WWII. That is what will be etched in history books. All those who want to open up are going to be on the wrong side of history as selfish, stupid, and callous.

What are the many countries that have had no in person school since March? I’ll keep waiting.
Tell me about the “many” please.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools are closed in many countries. The disgrace is that the pandemic is not under control. History will not see a generation of kids with lower IQ. It will see a death toll higher than US soldiers in WWII. That is what will be etched in history books. All those who want to open up are going to be on the wrong side of history as selfish, stupid, and callous.

What are the many countries that have had no in person school since March? I’ll keep waiting.
Tell me about the “many” please.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools are closed in many countries. The disgrace is that the pandemic is not under control. History will not see a generation of kids with lower IQ. It will see a death toll higher than US soldiers in WWII. That is what will be etched in history books. All those who want to open up are going to be on the wrong side of history as selfish, stupid, and callous.

What are the many countries that have had no in person school since March? I’ll keep waiting.
Tell me about the “many” please.

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Google it. You don't need me to tell you. Start with Germany. Since March no country has had more than 300,000 people die. What don't you get? Here we discuss about schools reopening when on a typical day 200,000 new people get infected and more than 2,000 people die. How heartless can you get? And yes you will have to wait for schools to reopen, maybe late in spring or in August 2021.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools are closed in many countries. The disgrace is that the pandemic is not under control. History will not see a generation of kids with lower IQ. It will see a death toll higher than US soldiers in WWII. That is what will be etched in history books. All those who want to open up are going to be on the wrong side of history as selfish, stupid, and callous.

What are the many countries that have had no in person school since March? I’ll keep waiting.
Tell me about the “many” please.

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Google it. You don't need me to tell you. Start with Germany. Since March no country has had more than 300,000 people die. What don't you get? Here we discuss about schools reopening when on a typical day 200,000 new people get infected and more than 2,000 people die. How heartless can you get? And yes you will have to wait for schools to reopen, maybe late in spring or in August 2021.

It’s not “heartless” to talk about reopening schools now, it’s optimistic — and reasonably so. This surge is bad, but it will likely end in a couple of months. If we want schools to reopen before the year is out, the planning has to happen now.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools are closed in many countries. The disgrace is that the pandemic is not under control. History will not see a generation of kids with lower IQ. It will see a death toll higher than US soldiers in WWII. That is what will be etched in history books. All those who want to open up are going to be on the wrong side of history as selfish, stupid, and callous.

What are the many countries that have had no in person school since March? I’ll keep waiting.
Tell me about the “many” please.

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Google it. You don't need me to tell you. Start with Germany. Since March no country has had more than 300,000 people die. What don't you get? Here we discuss about schools reopening when on a typical day 200,000 new people get infected and more than 2,000 people die. How heartless can you get? And yes you will have to wait for schools to reopen, maybe late in spring or in August 2021.

Your reply is a total non-sequitor. German schools have mostly been open. Not responsive to the query of which are the many other countries’ schools that have been closed. Google tells me no country cares as little about children as the US. That’s why I said I’d wait doe your reply.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools are closed in many countries. The disgrace is that the pandemic is not under control. History will not see a generation of kids with lower IQ. It will see a death toll higher than US soldiers in WWII. That is what will be etched in history books. All those who want to open up are going to be on the wrong side of history as selfish, stupid, and callous.

What are the many countries that have had no in person school since March? I’ll keep waiting.
Tell me about the “many” please.

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Google it. You don't need me to tell you. Start with Germany. Since March no country has had more than 300,000 people die. What don't you get? Here we discuss about schools reopening when on a typical day 200,000 new people get infected and more than 2,000 people die. How heartless can you get? And yes you will have to wait for schools to reopen, maybe late in spring or in August 2021.

Please stop spreading misinformation. German schools have been fully open since the summer. All they did now is start Christmas break one week early, to allow people to quarantine before many inevitably travel for Christmas and get together with grandparents. In January, elementary schools will open up full time again, while grades 7 and up will be hybrid until the end of January (since spread will be hard to determine at that time due to the holiday lag at the labs), when they will reassess. Germans know that school is essential and are extremely reluctant even to partially close them down.

Britain also simply began their break slightly early and is staggering their return in the new year. But they did not shut down schools nor are they planning to. Neither did France. Taking a long break over the holidays makes sense and is not the same as closing schools. I don't think any of the PPs is suggesting we open schools this week or even in early January.

Along with UNICEF and the WHO, Europeans believe kids have a right to be in school even during a pandemic. As the data keeps showing that school closures do very little to control the spread of the virus and schools don't tend to be the source of outbreaks, while closures have dire consequences for kids learning, well-being, and development, they keep kids in school even as they are desperate to control the spread in their countries. Are you really going to argue that these international organizations and those countries are "on the wrong side of history" and "selfish, stupid, and callous"?

The US is unique in their willingness to shut schools in March and not open them again until 18 months later. The consequences will be significant and will be felt for years to come. To make matters worse, the US is particularly poorly equipped to deal with the fallout and remediate it, since they are already starting from a baseline of extreme inequality and lack of public support for education.

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Anonymous wrote:Does nobody else think it is INSANITY that this is being executed on a building by building basis?

you can thank the union

Are we back this this again, Karen?

sorry you don’t want to face facts.

You didn't state a fact. You stated an (incorrect) opinion.

Sorry you don't want to face the facts that your kids, barring a very significant sped designation, will be spending the rest of the school year in DL.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean if we are seeing 16% positivity rate in JUST these handful of CARES classrooms what will it look like with double triple, etc the students....


And non CARES will have more interaction, these kids are just sitting looking at a computer...

It’s not a “16% positivity rate.” It’s about a 1.3% positivity rate, with no indication of school-based spread.

So 85% of classes stay in-person while others go remote temporarily.

So?

I wish we could pin this tweet. So when people get on here just absolutely apoplectic that their child’s class is sent home we can post it.

It’s better to go and get sent home than never go at all.

Save this one too.

I’m sure most people on here aren’t crazy. But you have to admit some people on here will be screaming about how no one should be sent home, etc.

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If you DON'T think parents will be screaming about their kids being sent home, you live in a fantasy world. Oh, and they'll also be doping their kids with fevers up with Tylenol and packing them off to school because Mommy has an important meeting today, and they sure, sure as hell won't be keeping their kids home for 10 days when they've had exposure. They just won't tell the school and brightly send little Larlo on to class.

If you think otherwise, you've never worked in a school.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools are closed in many countries. The disgrace is that the pandemic is not under control. History will not see a generation of kids with lower IQ. It will see a death toll higher than US soldiers in WWII. That is what will be etched in history books. All those who want to open up are going to be on the wrong side of history as selfish, stupid, and callous.

What are the many countries that have had no in person school since March? I’ll keep waiting.
Tell me about the “many” please.

+1

Google it. You don't need me to tell you. Start with Germany. Since March no country has had more than 300,000 people die. What don't you get? Here we discuss about schools reopening when on a typical day 200,000 new people get infected and more than 2,000 people die. How heartless can you get? And yes you will have to wait for schools to reopen, maybe late in spring or in August 2021.

Please stop spreading misinformation. German schools have been fully open since the summer. All they did now is start Christmas break one week early, to allow people to quarantine before many inevitably travel for Christmas and get together with grandparents. In January, elementary schools will open up full time again, while grades 7 and up will be hybrid until the end of January (since spread will be hard to determine at that time due to the holiday lag at the labs), when they will reassess. Germans know that school is essential and are extremely reluctant even to partially close them down.

Britain also simply began their break slightly early and is staggering their return in the new year. But they did not shut down schools nor are they planning to. Neither did France. Taking a long break over the holidays makes sense and is not the same as closing schools. I don't think any of the PPs is suggesting we open schools this week or even in early January.

Along with UNICEF and the WHO, Europeans believe kids have a right to be in school even during a pandemic. As the data keeps showing that school closures do very little to control the spread of the virus and schools don't tend to be the source of outbreaks, while closures have dire consequences for kids learning, well-being, and development, they keep kids in school even as they are desperate to control the spread in their countries. Are you really going to argue that these international organizations and those countries are "on the wrong side of history" and "selfish, stupid, and callous"?

The US is unique in their willingness to shut schools in March and not open them again until 18 months later. The consequences will be significant and will be felt for years to come. To make matters worse, the US is particularly poorly equipped to deal with the fallout and remediate it, since they are already starting from a baseline of extreme inequality and lack of public support for education.

I got to hand it to you when you use the UK as an example. It only proves their schools should have remained closed. Have you looked at how they are doing? Their number of deaths per million is even higher than the US.