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

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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.

I don’t even know what that person is trying to say. Yeah, you’re right, we don’t want virtual instruction… So? That’s why those blanket quarantine rules are going to be a problem.

[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.

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.

Eating in the classrooms is what led to no school on Wednesdays

[Anonymous]

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

What is your point?

[Anonymous]

As a teacher I am willing to do in-person or virtual but not both. No way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Eating in the classrooms is what led to no school on Wednesdays

What? Are you being deliberately non-sensical?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Remembers what? That people wanted schools to open? Is that some sort of gotcha?

[Anonymous]

I feel bad for the people who also paid for Janney+ camp and now presumably have to stay home from that, too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

And that teacher (presumably) wants your kids to not have virtual when they get quarantined. I don't get why that person would try to take a poop on people who supported them.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Are you sure that wasn’t the camp? My child attends the camp and I see the kids in the Acceleration program everyday. Don’t recognize a single one of them and most come in on buses

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I doubt it’s consistent. My kid attends the camp and some days they eat inside and other days outside. Mostly outdoors though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the people who also paid for Janney+ camp and now presumably have to stay home from that, too.

We don’t. My kid is in the camp. We got the general notice, but no quarantine. Camp is proceeding as normal

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the people who also paid for Janney+ camp and now presumably have to stay home from that, too.

We don’t. My kid is in the camp. We got the general notice, but no quarantine. Camp is proceeding as normal

I meant the ones who did acceleration in the morning and afternoon camp. I know someone in that situation.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Are you sure that wasn’t the camp? My child attends the camp and I see the kids in the Acceleration program everyday. Don’t recognize a single one of them and most come in on buses

Um, yes, I’m sure. We didn’t pay for camp, my kid definitely attended the rising second/third grade acceleration. Many classmates in that group.

[Anonymous]

What are other districts doing. In some places school starts next week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Eating in the classrooms is what led to no school on Wednesdays

What? Are you being deliberately non-sensical?

We'll, it's not what started no school on Wednesday, but once there was the start of IPL in the spring, it's one of the reasons it had to stay. Teachers still need planning time, and if you have them spend lunch hour with the kids in the room, then you need to make up the time elsewhere - hence Wednesdays.