Classrooms for kids <12 will close for 10 days w/ any positives; will there be virtual instruction?

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Anonymous wrote:They need to switch to the model tested in the UK, where close contacts are tested daily instead of quarantined. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57930214

Also, why are the cohorts mixing at Janney? Or was this an unvaccinated teacher/staff member who was present in both cohorts?

Mandatory vaccination, now.

It was a teacher

Was the teacher vaccinated?

Don’t know. But actually, to be more precise, I heard it was an adult- not sure if teacher or staff

Again, it was not a teacher. I heard it was a student.

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They really REALLY need to figure out a way for everyone to be eating outside. Fully masked inside 100% of the time.

I cannot understand why our school did not find a way to do this when the weather was nice. They got extra money which should've been spent on tents and tables for outdoor eating. There is a total lack of common sense from our administration.

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Anonymous wrote:They really REALLY need to figure out a way for everyone to be eating outside. Fully masked inside 100% of the time.

I cannot understand why our school did not find a way to do this when the weather was nice. They got extra money which should've been spent on tents and tables for outdoor eating. There is a total lack of common sense from our administration.

(Not a Janney parent, BTW.)

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Anonymous wrote:God I'm so depressed by this.

My kid and I literally cannot afford another year of distance learning, or just in-and-out of school. I can't do it financially. My office will start making me go in come September and there's no way I can stay home for 10 days repeatedly throughout the school year. There won't be any "learning camps" for exposed kids -- we are all just going to have to be home. I'll lose my job. I don't know what to do.

Yeah, I don’t know how they think working parents of younger kids will handle such frequent disruptions. I’m assuming there will be lots of kids left alone at home or “quarantining” with their grandparents.

And yes, kids themselves don’t deserve another disrupted school year.

+1

If I had a 3 or 4 year old I would probably pay for daycare for another two years to avoid this nonsense. There are already complaints about a worker shortage and this will lead more people to quit or lose their jobs (and let’s be clear by ‘people’ I mean ‘women’.). If this is truly the policy DC has to pass some paid leave and job protection for parents specifically in this situation.

Thank you, that's a good suggestion. I'm a single parent with no relatives in the area. There's no ex in the picture. If I can't hire someone to watch an exposed kid when these quarantines happen I'll be at a loss.

I think you guys are overstating this. I’m a parent at Murch (opened 4 full days a week for anyone who wanted a spot). There were 2 classes quarantined from April until June. TWO.

I don’t think it is going to be as big of a problem as the hysteria here acts like it will be.

I would like to think this, too, but Janney didn’t have ANY classes quarantined in the spring and now it happened during summer school. Is because of delta? Or travel? Or both? I don’t know. But they will need to find a more reasonable way of handling those positives or this will be a nightmare im the fall.

I’m not sure if you are familiar with the population at Janney’s summer school but it is by and large students from outside ward 3, so yes, very very different from the ward 3 population. Notably, ward 3 has the highest vaccination rates and the kids at the summer school program are in wards with the lowest - in the 20s - vaccination rates

Really? The kids that were lining up during the first two weeks (which we attended) seemed to be familiar faces.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They really REALLY need to figure out a way for everyone to be eating outside. Fully masked inside 100% of the time.

I cannot understand why our school did not find a way to do this when the weather was nice. They got extra money which should've been spent on tents and tables for outdoor eating. There is a total lack of common sense from our administration.

(Not a Janney parent, BTW.)

Janney parent here. As far as I know, they were eating outside during this summer program.

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What do you think DCPS administration does all day?I can't figure it out but it's not making novel plans for lunch tents.

I have visions of the chancellor sitting down, adjusting the things on his desk, filing some papers and then typing a solitary email. Then over the course of the week he will revise this email slowly. Then at the end of the week he will dust off his hands, pat himself on the back and collect his paycheck.

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Anonymous wrote:They really REALLY need to figure out a way for everyone to be eating outside. Fully masked inside 100% of the time.

I cannot understand why our school did not find a way to do this when the weather was nice. They got extra money which should've been spent on tents and tables for outdoor eating. There is a total lack of common sense from our administration.

YES YES YES YES.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you think DCPS administration does all day?I can't figure it out but it's not making novel plans for lunch tents.

I have visions of the chancellor sitting down, adjusting the things on his desk, filing some papers and then typing a solitary email. Then over the course of the week he will revise this email slowly. Then at the end of the week he will dust off his hands, pat himself on the back and collect his paycheck.

If anything you're giving him too much credit.

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Anonymous wrote:They really REALLY need to figure out a way for everyone to be eating outside. Fully masked inside 100% of the time.

I cannot understand why our school did not find a way to do this when the weather was nice. They got extra money which should've been spent on tents and tables for outdoor eating. There is a total lack of common sense from our administration.

So what would happen during inclement weather? As an alternative why couldn't kids at least eat within their classrooms? I agree that full cafeteria seems insane.

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You guys don’t want virtual instructions remember

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Anonymous wrote:What do you think DCPS administration does all day?I can't figure it out but it's not making novel plans for lunch tents.

I have visions of the chancellor sitting down, adjusting the things on his desk, filing some papers and then typing a solitary email. Then over the course of the week he will revise this email slowly. Then at the end of the week he will dust off his hands, pat himself on the back and collect his paycheck.

If anything you're giving him too much credit.

+100. I wish I collected 350k for doing nothing. OSSE is even worse. They might as well advertise - anyone with a brain, do not apply.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys don’t want virtual instructions remember

No, we don’t. Which is why quarantines need to be kept to an absolute minimum.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys don’t want virtual instructions remember

God, there's always gotta be THIS PERSON to come and just kick everyone when they're down.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys don’t want virtual instructions remember

You should probably remember the many, many parents that supported teachers, and try not to alienate them.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys don’t want virtual instructions remember

God, there's always gotta be THIS PERSON to come and just kick everyone when they're down.

It’s more than one person who remembers this. And not 100% teachers either. There were/are DL supporters among parents.