schools closed for end of academic year

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Nobody is even saying that. Can you point out those posts which say nothing will open back up for two years?

I’m a PP who said not to expect school to open in the fall.

Schools will be the LAST thing to open. Everything else will open up first. But it will take longer for schools.

Other countries have different dynamics.

If that's true, then that will really show the priority we place on schools. Gotta have hamburgers, gotta get a haircut, gotta buy a gun. Schools? Shrug.

The economy cannot fully reopen until schools reopen. Period.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:just announced

And not coming back fully until Maryland reaches Stage 3. That's not going to be by the fall.

I really hope we are there by Fall. These kids, especially the elem ones, need to be in school (and no, I don't use school for childcare).

I don’t use school for childcare either but kids being in school for a portion of the day is a construct that allows parents, especially women, to work and earn a living. This is such a strange thing to even have to clarify.

Also agree, kids need school. Academically and socially.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just announced

And not coming back fully until Maryland reaches Stage 3. That's not going to be by the fall.

I really hope we are there by Fall. These kids, especially the elem ones, need to be in school (and no, I don't use school for childcare).

I don’t use school for childcare either but kids being in school for a portion of the day is a construct that allows parents, especially women, to work and earn a living. This is such a strange thing to even have to clarify.

Also agree, kids need school. Academically and socially.

I posted that (about school and childcare) because there are several rabid posters on the school boards who scream about "school not being childcare" whenever people post about having to work. I can't figure out why they care so much, but maybe it's just their thing.

I agree that the construct of school is good for kids, and allows parents, especially women, to work. I work PT around my kid's schedule because he has SN, and part of that "schedule" is school for most of the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just announced

And not coming back fully until Maryland reaches Stage 3. That's not going to be by the fall.

I really hope we are there by Fall. These kids, especially the elem ones, need to be in school (and no, I don't use school for childcare).

I don’t use school for childcare either but kids being in school for a portion of the day is a construct that allows parents, especially women, to work and earn a living. This is such a strange thing to even have to clarify.

Also agree, kids need school. Academically and socially.

I posted that (about school and childcare) because there are several rabid posters on the school boards who scream about "school not being childcare" whenever people post about having to work. I can't figure out why they care so much, but maybe it's just their thing.

I agree that the construct of school is good for kids, and allows parents, especially women, to work. I work PT around my kid's schedule because he has SN, and part of that "schedule" is school for most of the day.

"Good for kids?" How about necessary and critical? I can't believe so many of you think that our children's' education is dispensable.

[Anonymous]

Three parents have died at my child’s school from COVID-19 so far with schools closed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:just announced

And not coming back fully until Maryland reaches Stage 3. That's not going to be by the fall.

Sorry Mrs. A they'll be back in the fall. Start preparing those lesson plans.

+1. Watch how magically we will reach Stage 3, just in time for school to start.

There is no other choice. This country cannot be the single developed country in the world to keep our kids out of school for almost a year. You people are completely out of touch. Don't be such ninnies and start accepting reality.

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All these nutjob parents in their McMansions thinking that we can just close school for a year without any huge economic repercussions. There is zero chance that will happen.

Listen really closely:
The economic effects of reopening while the pandemic is still going on will be MORE severe than waiting.

Show me the data that that’s true.

Yeah, not quite sure what that poster is aiming at.
There will absolutely be school in the fall.

[Anonymous]

I am afraid we are pushing to open a bit early now and that will cause things to get bad again right in time for school.

[Anonymous]

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"Good for kids?" How about necessary and critical? I can't believe so many of you think that our children's' education is dispensable.

For years (because I've been around here way too long) I've read on DCUM that DCUM-demographic parents prioritize their children's education, unlike those other parents over there who only use school for free food and childcare.

So imagine my surprise to read on DCUM, now, that actually school is merely something that's nice to have, and if schools stay closed for months or even years while everything else goes back to being un-closed - well, that's how it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

"Good for kids?" How about necessary and critical? I can't believe so many of you think that our children's' education is dispensable.

For years (because I've been around here way too long) I've read on DCUM that DCUM-demographic parents prioritize their children's education, unlike those other parents over there who only use school for free food and childcare.

So imagine my surprise to read on DCUM, now, that actually school is merely something that's nice to have, and if schools stay closed for months or even years while everything else goes back to being un-closed - well, that's how it is.

Oh dear god. I wrote that and how you all interpreted what I wrote to mean that I think education is dispensable is beyond me. Education is not dispensable and it’s vitally important, thus good for kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

"Good for kids?" How about necessary and critical? I can't believe so many of you think that our children's' education is dispensable.

For years (because I've been around here way too long) I've read on DCUM that DCUM-demographic parents prioritize their children's education, unlike those other parents over there who only use school for free food and childcare.

So imagine my surprise to read on DCUM, now, that actually school is merely something that's nice to have, and if schools stay closed for months or even years while everything else goes back to being un-closed - well, that's how it is.

Oh dear god. I wrote that and how you all interpreted what I wrote to mean that I think education is dispensable is beyond me. Education is not dispensable and it’s vitally important, thus good for kids.

It's not you, PP, it's all of the other posters who are insisting that schools will and must stay closed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Three parents have died at my child’s school from COVID-19 so far with schools closed.

Really? Which school? Think they would hit the news. Smells fishy....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Three parents have died at my child’s school from COVID-19 so far with schools closed.

Really? Which school? Think they would hit the news. Smells fishy....

DP. Probably Blair HS? I know that 2 Blair HS parents have died, and I have no personal link to Blair. So it seems quite possible to me that a third has died.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

"Good for kids?" How about necessary and critical? I can't believe so many of you think that our children's' education is dispensable.

For years (because I've been around here way too long) I've read on DCUM that DCUM-demographic parents prioritize their children's education, unlike those other parents over there who only use school for free food and childcare.

So imagine my surprise to read on DCUM, now, that actually school is merely something that's nice to have, and if schools stay closed for months or even years while everything else goes back to being un-closed - well, that's how it is.

I think there’s a contingent of posters on this forum who are genuinely frightened of COVID. But also sense that there’s a large contingent of posters who live in the DMV and are federal employees who really like working from home and they don’t want things to reopen; it means they’ll likely have to go back to work at an office. For many it may mean a return to a more normal pace of work, too.

Depending on the agency, some of my fed friends are working long hours. But others are barely working as aspects of their jobs aren’t applicable either because aspects of the economy or offices closed. Teacher / academic friends, particularly at the college level, loving it too. As one said to me, she’s been a teacher for 10 years and this is the first time she can truly work from home.

In sum, the longer this goes on, the longer those in COVID-proof jobs can coast. They don’t want schools to reopen for the obvious reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Three parents have died at my child’s school from COVID-19 so far with schools closed.

Really? Which school? Think they would hit the news. Smells fishy....

DP. Probably Blair HS? I know that 2 Blair HS parents have died, and I have no personal link to Blair. So it seems quite possible to me that a third has died.

Interesting. Live in the Blair area with many neighbors whose kids attend. Haven’t heard this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

"Good for kids?" How about necessary and critical? I can't believe so many of you think that our children's' education is dispensable.

For years (because I've been around here way too long) I've read on DCUM that DCUM-demographic parents prioritize their children's education, unlike those other parents over there who only use school for free food and childcare.

So imagine my surprise to read on DCUM, now, that actually school is merely something that's nice to have, and if schools stay closed for months or even years while everything else goes back to being un-closed - well, that's how it is.

I think there’s a contingent of posters on this forum who are genuinely frightened of COVID. But also sense that there’s a large contingent of posters who live in the DMV and are federal employees who really like working from home and they don’t want things to reopen; it means they’ll likely have to go back to work at an office. For many it may mean a return to a more normal pace of work, too.

Depending on the agency, some of my fed friends are working long hours. But others are barely working as aspects of their jobs aren’t applicable either because aspects of the economy or offices closed. Teacher / academic friends, particularly at the college level, loving it too. As one said to me, she’s been a teacher for 10 years and this is the first time she can truly work from home.

In sum, the longer this goes on, the longer those in COVID-proof jobs can coast. They don’t want schools to reopen for the obvious reasons.

Oh hey, off-topic gratuitous fed-bashing, as well as on-topic gratuitous teacher-bashing.