APS - 10 feet distancing at recess?!?!

[Anonymous]

We heard they will be painting squares on the basketball court and kids can sit or stand in their square for recess. Teachers will lead them in jumping jacks and games in place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jfc, at this late stage and with all this neuroticism just keep it DL due the rest of this school year and retool for the next school year.

Your kids must be doing fine. It’s a literal emergency for some kids. They need to be back in school. Check your privilege.

i’ve been told that the Arlington Reopeneds are privileged white parents.

There was a lot of push from the North Arl parents to re-open, knowing that underprivileged students were suffering immensely, in addition to knowing what's best for their own kids. Nothing wrong with that. A majority of kids are suffering with DL

Data doesn't support that. Poorer schools almost uniformly were majority distance learning. Highest percentages of hybrid were the wealthiest parts of Arlington, poor families who have been disproportionately impacted by Covid have chosen DL. White savior complex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jfc, at this late stage and with all this neuroticism just keep it DL due the rest of this school year and retool for the next school year.

Your kids must be doing fine. It’s a literal emergency for some kids. They need to be back in school. Check your privilege.

So then be happy your kids are going back and stop complaining about every.little.freaking.thing.

+1. We chose virtual since we knew the in-person model was going to suck, but since you've forced the issue now concurrent means it's going to suck even for those who don't come in. Be happy, school is opening, you are getting what you want. Your kids get to be in person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jfc, at this late stage and with all this neuroticism just keep it DL due the rest of this school year and retool for the next school year.

Your kids must be doing fine. It’s a literal emergency for some kids. They need to be back in school. Check your privilege.

i’ve been told that the Arlington Reopeneds are privileged white parents.

There was a lot of push from the North Arl parents to re-open, knowing that underprivileged students were suffering immensely, in addition to knowing what's best for their own kids. Nothing wrong with that. A majority of kids are suffering with DL

Data doesn't support that. Poorer schools almost uniformly were majority distance learning. Highest percentages of hybrid were the wealthiest parts of Arlington, poor families who have been disproportionately impacted by Covid have chosen DL. White savior complex.

And why do you think that is?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Recess, to me, is one of the few benefits of actually sending mine. But you know what? I bet a) it’ll loosen up and b) they’ll like it.

+1

They will figure this out. No need to bunch up panties unnecessarily.

This.

Our principal said that different cohorts would be kept 10 feet apart. But that within our class, they'd be able to play freely. They'll be sectioning up the playground and each class will be assigned a section for recess and need to stay there, and it will rotate.

I'm sure in some ways it will still be less than ideal. All of this is less than ideal. But I threw out and "ideal notions" I had A VERY LONG TIME AGO. I think this is a needed step to get us back in the buildings and start trouble shooting for next year.

Also, everyone said hybrid would be terrible. At our school we are keeping our same teachers and every teacher is coming back. My kid will be in the same room with her teacher for 2 days a week which is a HUGE improvement to virtual school for our family. If recess sucks, it'll still be better than her recess now which doesn't even involve other kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recess, to me, is one of the few benefits of actually sending mine. But you know what? I bet a) it’ll loosen up and b) they’ll like it.

+1

They will figure this out. No need to bunch up panties unnecessarily.

This.

Our principal said that different cohorts would be kept 10 feet apart. But that within our class, they'd be able to play freely. They'll be sectioning up the playground and each class will be assigned a section for recess and need to stay there, and it will rotate.

I'm sure in some ways it will still be less than ideal. All of this is less than ideal. But I threw out and "ideal notions" I had A VERY LONG TIME AGO. I think this is a needed step to get us back in the buildings and start trouble shooting for next year.

Also, everyone said hybrid would be terrible. At our school we are keeping our same teachers and every teacher is coming back. My kid will be in the same room with her teacher for 2 days a week which is a HUGE improvement to virtual school for our family. If recess sucks, it'll still be better than her recess now which doesn't even involve other kids.

The cohort approach to recess makes a lot of sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recess, to me, is one of the few benefits of actually sending mine. But you know what? I bet a) it’ll loosen up and b) they’ll like it.

+1

They will figure this out. No need to bunch up panties unnecessarily.

This.

Our principal said that different cohorts would be kept 10 feet apart. But that within our class, they'd be able to play freely. They'll be sectioning up the playground and each class will be assigned a section for recess and need to stay there, and it will rotate.

I'm sure in some ways it will still be less than ideal. All of this is less than ideal. But I threw out and "ideal notions" I had A VERY LONG TIME AGO. I think this is a needed step to get us back in the buildings and start trouble shooting for next year.

Also, everyone said hybrid would be terrible. At our school we are keeping our same teachers and every teacher is coming back. My kid will be in the same room with her teacher for 2 days a week which is a HUGE improvement to virtual school for our family. If recess sucks, it'll still be better than her recess now which doesn't even involve other kids.

That is a lot different than what others are hearing. Is there a written APS policy anywhere?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jfc, at this late stage and with all this neuroticism just keep it DL due the rest of this school year and retool for the next school year.

Your kids must be doing fine. It’s a literal emergency for some kids. They need to be back in school. Check your privilege.

i’ve been told that the Arlington Reopeneds are privileged white parents.

There was a lot of push from the North Arl parents to re-open, knowing that underprivileged students were suffering immensely, in addition to knowing what's best for their own kids. Nothing wrong with that. A majority of kids are suffering with DL

Data doesn't support that. Poorer schools almost uniformly were majority distance learning. Highest percentages of hybrid were the wealthiest parts of Arlington, poor families who have been disproportionately impacted by Covid have chosen DL. White savior complex.

Not that poster. But not choosing hybrid does NOT mean DL is going well. APS has made it clear that hybrid will likely be miserable, and different grades attend different days snd no one attends more than 2 days a week, so it’s not very helpful (or might even be worse) from a childcare aspect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recess, to me, is one of the few benefits of actually sending mine. But you know what? I bet a) it’ll loosen up and b) they’ll like it.

+1

They will figure this out. No need to bunch up panties unnecessarily.

This.

Our principal said that different cohorts would be kept 10 feet apart. But that within our class, they'd be able to play freely. They'll be sectioning up the playground and each class will be assigned a section for recess and need to stay there, and it will rotate.

I'm sure in some ways it will still be less than ideal. All of this is less than ideal. But I threw out and "ideal notions" I had A VERY LONG TIME AGO. I think this is a needed step to get us back in the buildings and start trouble shooting for next year.

Also, everyone said hybrid would be terrible. At our school we are keeping our same teachers and every teacher is coming back. My kid will be in the same room with her teacher for 2 days a week which is a HUGE improvement to virtual school for our family. If recess sucks, it'll still be better than her recess now which doesn't even involve other kids.

I wonder if we are at the same school? Sounds the same. Anyway, I don't even think it will suck. I mean sure from my perspective. But my kids also get super excited about cardboard boxes and lollypops. Their bar is a lot lower than mine for joy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recess, to me, is one of the few benefits of actually sending mine. But you know what? I bet a) it’ll loosen up and b) they’ll like it.

+1

They will figure this out. No need to bunch up panties unnecessarily.

This.

Our principal said that different cohorts would be kept 10 feet apart. But that within our class, they'd be able to play freely. They'll be sectioning up the playground and each class will be assigned a section for recess and need to stay there, and it will rotate.

I'm sure in some ways it will still be less than ideal. All of this is less than ideal. But I threw out and "ideal notions" I had A VERY LONG TIME AGO. I think this is a needed step to get us back in the buildings and start trouble shooting for next year.

Also, everyone said hybrid would be terrible. At our school we are keeping our same teachers and every teacher is coming back. My kid will be in the same room with her teacher for 2 days a week which is a HUGE improvement to virtual school for our family. If recess sucks, it'll still be better than her recess now which doesn't even involve other kids.

Totally agree! I know some families formed pods and so their kids are seeing other kids, playing on a regular basis but some of us didn't so we'll take recess how it comes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jfc, at this late stage and with all this neuroticism just keep it DL due the rest of this school year and retool for the next school year.

Your kids must be doing fine. It’s a literal emergency for some kids. They need to be back in school. Check your privilege.

i’ve been told that the Arlington Reopeneds are privileged white parents.

There was a lot of push from the North Arl parents to re-open, knowing that underprivileged students were suffering immensely, in addition to knowing what's best for their own kids. Nothing wrong with that. A majority of kids are suffering with DL

Data doesn't support that. Poorer schools almost uniformly were majority distance learning. Highest percentages of hybrid were the wealthiest parts of Arlington, poor families who have been disproportionately impacted by Covid have chosen DL. White savior complex.

It's really not that simple. Many in N Arlington don't live multigenerational households, so they don't have the same risk. Different communities also likely have different views of and information about what safety measures are necessary and likely to be taken within APS.

I certainly didn't support in person starting up again because of a savior complex. But I do absolutely think that it's time for schools to reopen with safety measures. I also think that there are kids (of all demographics) who really really need to go back. Hopefully parents whose kids fall in that category were able to have the confidence to sign their kids up for hybrid. For schools with a lower percentage of hybrid students, maybe APS will quietly allow kids to switch to hybrid once grandparents in households are vaccinated and the APS model is proven to be effective at preventing transmission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jfc, at this late stage and with all this neuroticism just keep it DL due the rest of this school year and retool for the next school year.

Your kids must be doing fine. It’s a literal emergency for some kids. They need to be back in school. Check your privilege.

i’ve been told that the Arlington Reopeneds are privileged white parents.

There was a lot of push from the North Arl parents to re-open, knowing that underprivileged students were suffering immensely, in addition to knowing what's best for their own kids. Nothing wrong with that. A majority of kids are suffering with DL

Data doesn't support that. Poorer schools almost uniformly were majority distance learning. Highest percentages of hybrid were the wealthiest parts of Arlington, poor families who have been disproportionately impacted by Covid have chosen DL. White savior complex.

It's really not that simple. Many in N Arlington don't live multigenerational households, so they don't have the same risk. Different communities also likely have different views of and information about what safety measures are necessary and likely to be taken within APS.

I certainly didn't support in person starting up again because of a savior complex. But I do absolutely think that it's time for schools to reopen with safety measures. I also think that there are kids (of all demographics) who really really need to go back. Hopefully parents whose kids fall in that category were able to have the confidence to sign their kids up for hybrid. For schools with a lower percentage of hybrid students, maybe APS will quietly allow kids to switch to hybrid once grandparents in households are vaccinated and the APS model is proven to be effective at preventing transmission.

Excellent post. Couldn't agree more with all of this.

signed - N. Arl parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jfc, at this late stage and with all this neuroticism just keep it DL due the rest of this school year and retool for the next school year.

Your kids must be doing fine. It’s a literal emergency for some kids. They need to be back in school. Check your privilege.

i’ve been told that the Arlington Reopeneds are privileged white parents.

There was a lot of push from the North Arl parents to re-open, knowing that underprivileged students were suffering immensely, in addition to knowing what's best for their own kids. Nothing wrong with that. A majority of kids are suffering with DL

Data doesn't support that. Poorer schools almost uniformly were majority distance learning. Highest percentages of hybrid were the wealthiest parts of Arlington, poor families who have been disproportionately impacted by Covid have chosen DL. White savior complex.

It's really not that simple. Many in N Arlington don't live multigenerational households, so they don't have the same risk. Different communities also likely have different views of and information about what safety measures are necessary and likely to be taken within APS.

I certainly didn't support in person starting up again because of a savior complex. But I do absolutely think that it's time for schools to reopen with safety measures. I also think that there are kids (of all demographics) who really really need to go back. Hopefully parents whose kids fall in that category were able to have the confidence to sign their kids up for hybrid. For schools with a lower percentage of hybrid students, maybe APS will quietly allow kids to switch to hybrid once grandparents in households are vaccinated and the APS model is proven to be effective at preventing transmission.

Just to clarify....the people pushing to "open schools now!" and saying that they are doing it for "the poors" because "the poors" don't know any better are the ones with the savior complex.

[Anonymous]

So much complaining. If you or your kid are not comfortable with the distancing and all the other covid rules, perhaps you should keep them virtual.

[Anonymous]

APS is insane. There’s no science- ZERO that supports 10’.


I’m so happy we moved. In our NE town our kids have been in school 2/week since September. We’ve had no in-school transmission. Now going back 5 full days in March. I would’ve moved away last November I f I was facing this.

Vaccines are available to teachers. No excuse for anything less than back to normal.