Just spoke to an MCPS teacher who said she was 99% sure MCPS will be DL in the fall

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how widely this has been reported but federal agencies are struggling to obtain adequate PPE and are slowing down re-openings. Does anyone think that MCPS can acquire sufficient PPE?

MCPS has 160,000+ employees. I don’t see how they will be able to acquire and provide sufficient PPE for all employees. It’s a struggle to keep soap and paper towels in bathrooms. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how widely this has been reported but federal agencies are struggling to obtain adequate PPE and are slowing down re-openings. Does anyone think that MCPS can acquire sufficient PPE?

MCPS has 160,000+ employees. I don’t see how they will be able to acquire and provide sufficient PPE for all employees. It’s a struggle to keep soap and paper towels in bathrooms. Seriously.

What PPE do you have in mind?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how widely this has been reported but federal agencies are struggling to obtain adequate PPE and are slowing down re-openings. Does anyone think that MCPS can acquire sufficient PPE?

MCPS has 160,000+ employees. I don’t see how they will be able to acquire and provide sufficient PPE for all employees. It’s a struggle to keep soap and paper towels in bathrooms. Seriously.

MCPS has about 25,000 employees.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/about/

[Anonymous]

Harvard announced distance learning for the entire upcoming year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how widely this has been reported but federal agencies are struggling to obtain adequate PPE and are slowing down re-openings. Does anyone think that MCPS can acquire sufficient PPE?

MCPS has 160,000+ employees. I don’t see how they will be able to acquire and provide sufficient PPE for all employees. It’s a struggle to keep soap and paper towels in bathrooms. Seriously.

What PPE do you have in mind?

Not the pp, but I would want masks, face shields, gloves, gowns and head coverings. Not to mention, I would want daily instant testing of everyone who enters the building. Impossible to provide? Then impossible to open.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how widely this has been reported but federal agencies are struggling to obtain adequate PPE and are slowing down re-openings. Does anyone think that MCPS can acquire sufficient PPE?

MCPS has 160,000+ employees. I don’t see how they will be able to acquire and provide sufficient PPE for all employees. It’s a struggle to keep soap and paper towels in bathrooms. Seriously.

What PPE do you have in mind?

Not the pp, but I would want masks, face shields, gloves, gowns and head coverings. Not to mention, I would want daily instant testing of everyone who enters the building. Impossible to provide? Then impossible to open.

Your local grocery employees would like this, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard announced distance learning for the entire upcoming year.

Wow! I didn't know Harvard was part of MCPS????

Seriously, not relevant. College kids can do online learning much easier. It's a totally different thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how widely this has been reported but federal agencies are struggling to obtain adequate PPE and are slowing down re-openings. Does anyone think that MCPS can acquire sufficient PPE?

MCPS has 160,000+ employees. I don’t see how they will be able to acquire and provide sufficient PPE for all employees. It’s a struggle to keep soap and paper towels in bathrooms. Seriously.

What PPE do you have in mind?

Not the pp, but I would want masks, face shields, gloves, gowns and head coverings. Not to mention, I would want daily instant testing of everyone who enters the building. Impossible to provide? Then impossible to open.

Your local grocery employees would like this, too.

Also the people who pack up the stuff that gets delivered to you - warehouse employees, food delivery people, US Postal Service workers...

[Anonymous]

DCPS teacher and Moco mom...

We (DCPS) are going back and Moco is not at all headed back to the extent we are, if at all. Husband and I have already talked about how one of us will need to quit our jobs to stay home with our son.

This is a dammed mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS teacher and Moco mom...

We (DCPS) are going back and Moco is not at all headed back to the extent we are, if at all. Husband and I have already talked about how one of us will need to quit our jobs to stay home with our son.

This is a dammed mess.

And the "one of us" is most likely to be you, at least on a population level...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how widely this has been reported but federal agencies are struggling to obtain adequate PPE and are slowing down re-openings. Does anyone think that MCPS can acquire sufficient PPE?

MCPS has 160,000+ employees. I don’t see how they will be able to acquire and provide sufficient PPE for all employees. It’s a struggle to keep soap and paper towels in bathrooms. Seriously.

What PPE do you have in mind?

Not the pp, but I would want masks, face shields, gloves, gowns and head coverings. Not to mention, I would want daily instant testing of everyone who enters the building. Impossible to provide? Then impossible to open.

Time to look for a new job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS teacher and Moco mom...

We (DCPS) are going back and Moco is not at all headed back to the extent we are, if at all. Husband and I have already talked about how one of us will need to quit our jobs to stay home with our son.

This is a dammed mess.

And the "one of us" is most likely to be you, at least on a population level...

Not so fast. I make 30% more than he does. Carry our insurance and have a vested pension. He can rock being a stay at home parent much more easily than I can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS teacher and Moco mom...

We (DCPS) are going back and Moco is not at all headed back to the extent we are, if at all. Husband and I have already talked about how one of us will need to quit our jobs to stay home with our son.

This is a dammed mess.

And the "one of us" is most likely to be you, at least on a population level...

Not so fast. I make 30% more than he does. Carry our insurance and have a vested pension. He can rock being a stay at home parent much more easily than I can.

Go you and him!!!

But overall the caregiving issues are affecting women's paid employment more than men's. No surprise there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how widely this has been reported but federal agencies are struggling to obtain adequate PPE and are slowing down re-openings. Does anyone think that MCPS can acquire sufficient PPE?

MCPS has 160,000+ employees. I don’t see how they will be able to acquire and provide sufficient PPE for all employees. It’s a struggle to keep soap and paper towels in bathrooms. Seriously.

MCPS has about 25,000 employees.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/about/

I assume PP meant 160,000 students?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how widely this has been reported but federal agencies are struggling to obtain adequate PPE and are slowing down re-openings. Does anyone think that MCPS can acquire sufficient PPE?

MCPS has 160,000+ employees. I don’t see how they will be able to acquire and provide sufficient PPE for all employees. It’s a struggle to keep soap and paper towels in bathrooms. Seriously.

What PPE do you have in mind?

Not the pp, but I would want masks, face shields, gloves, gowns and head coverings. Not to mention, I would want daily instant testing of everyone who enters the building. Impossible to provide? Then impossible to open.

Your local grocery employees would like this, too.

Also the people who pack up the stuff that gets delivered to you - warehouse employees, food delivery people, US Postal Service workers...

Honestly, many ES and some Special Ed staff would need this to work with young or disabled children safely. As a teacher in a small sealed room without windows and good air conditioning, it would also be nice to have this. It seems some parents forgot what classrooms look like.