OMICRON to send us back to distance learning

[Anonymous]

I will take to the streets if they try.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us still are in Virtual learning. No, the counties will keep going with no distancing, fake testing and everything else and only when a few people die (those who others deem worthy) then they may at least put some precautions in place.

I'm sorry to hear that having your kids home every day for almost two years has melted your brain. It's understandable. And preventable, by sending your kids to school, which is where they belong.

I love having them at home and will miss them when they go back. When people like you can behave more responsible or the schools handle covid better, we'll consider returning. I'm sorry you don't love your kids enough to have them home. Maybe you shouldn't have had kids if you cannot handle having them around.

Schools are safe. For kids and for their family. If you want testing, they're doing that too. Your absurd post shows the deleterious effects of being locked down for extended periods of time.

No, schools are not safe. Most aren't following the CDC guidelines including testing and social distancing. Most have 35+ students to a classroom and in MS and HS those kids rotate classes. Many are only doing opt in testing and its random so out of 1000 students maybe 50 are tested and its the same kids all the time as any parent who is engaging in risky behavior isn't going to opt in.

Where do you get this number? I teach in FCPS (elementary) and 35+ exceeds what we can have in k-6. I've been teaching for a long time and our classes are usually in the mid-20s. Sure I've had lager and smaller classes, but I've never known an ES class to have 35.

As far as not being "safe", we will never be 100% safe. As far as Covid, we are a two teacher family and between the two schools we've had 15 reported student cases total between the two schools and no known spread. That's 15 out of 1,700 students over 3 months. Neither of us have ever felt "unsafe".

In other areas, middle school is 6-8th and that's great if your school has smaller classes but our school has 32-35 students per class. There is no distancing, old building with a boiler system and just some portable air filters spread out.

I still want to know from where you got the "most schools have 35+ to a classroom" statement.

How are you determining that schools "are not safe"? Assuming most schools aren't following CDC guidelines as you say (I don't know that that is true), have schools had widespread Covid outbreaks? Personally we aren't experiencing that, but maybe you have some data to the contrary.

Our schools are not following CDC guidelines and we've had outbreaks. There is no social distancing. Masking is a joke (and they even post pictures online about it) and very limited opt in testing.

You are very lucky if your middle schools have smaller classes. Ours have 32-35 on average.

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Who knows. Anything is possible with Covid.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us still are in Virtual learning. No, the counties will keep going with no distancing, fake testing and everything else and only when a few people die (those who others deem worthy) then they may at least put some precautions in place.

I'm sorry to hear that having your kids home every day for almost two years has melted your brain. It's understandable. And preventable, by sending your kids to school, which is where they belong.

I love having them at home and will miss them when they go back. When people like you can behave more responsible or the schools handle covid better, we'll consider returning. I'm sorry you don't love your kids enough to have them home. Maybe you shouldn't have had kids if you cannot handle having them around.

Schools are safe. For kids and for their family. If you want testing, they're doing that too. Your absurd post shows the deleterious effects of being locked down for extended periods of time.

No, schools are not safe. Most aren't following the CDC guidelines including testing and social distancing. Most have 35+ students to a classroom and in MS and HS those kids rotate classes. Many are only doing opt in testing and its random so out of 1000 students maybe 50 are tested and its the same kids all the time as any parent who is engaging in risky behavior isn't going to opt in.

Where do you get this number? I teach in FCPS (elementary) and 35+ exceeds what we can have in k-6. I've been teaching for a long time and our classes are usually in the mid-20s. Sure I've had lager and smaller classes, but I've never known an ES class to have 35.

As far as not being "safe", we will never be 100% safe. As far as Covid, we are a two teacher family and between the two schools we've had 15 reported student cases total between the two schools and no known spread. That's 15 out of 1,700 students over 3 months. Neither of us have ever felt "unsafe".

In other areas, middle school is 6-8th and that's great if your school has smaller classes but our school has 32-35 students per class. There is no distancing, old building with a boiler system and just some portable air filters spread out.

I still want to know from where you got the "most schools have 35+ to a classroom" statement.

How are you determining that schools "are not safe"? Assuming most schools aren't following CDC guidelines as you say (I don't know that that is true), have schools had widespread Covid outbreaks? Personally we aren't experiencing that, but maybe you have some data to the contrary.

Our schools are not following CDC guidelines and we've had outbreaks. There is no social distancing. Masking is a joke (and they even post pictures online about it) and very limited opt in testing.

You are very lucky if your middle schools have smaller classes. Ours have 32-35 on average.

"Our schools" is quite different from "most schools".

[Anonymous]

We will never go back to distance learning. Other countries, yes. Not the US.

[Anonymous]

I’m a private school yea her. It would have to be very bad for us to go virtual. I’m in MA and they made new DOE rules about in-person learning being required to count towards mandatory schooling. I have to think that this couldn’t be overridden without a very good reason.

We don’t know right now. People need to chill.

But I do know that remote learning sucks and I’m not scared to teach in person or send my kid to school.

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Anonymous wrote:I will take to the streets if they try.

Why? Cant handle spending time with your kids?

Are you just a one trick pony?

[Anonymous]

Somehow schools were open all of last school year in most of the U.S. Luckily most of the U.S. is not a small fraction of anxiety ridden pps on dcum.
Did you even go shopping on Black Friday?
No?
Leesburg Outlets was so packed that people stood in lines like sardines just to get into shops. Then they stood like sardines for an hour inside the shop to pay for their stuff.
Schools in the DMV ought to have learned something from their utter failures last school year, and that is to put kids first and that means being in person in school.

[Anonymous]

FOAD, OP

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us still are in Virtual learning. No, the counties will keep going with no distancing, fake testing and everything else and only when a few people die (those who others deem worthy) then they may at least put some precautions in place.

I'm sorry to hear that having your kids home every day for almost two years has melted your brain. It's understandable. And preventable, by sending your kids to school, which is where they belong.

I love having them at home and will miss them when they go back. When people like you can behave more responsible or the schools handle covid better, we'll consider returning. I'm sorry you don't love your kids enough to have them home. Maybe you shouldn't have had kids if you cannot handle having them around.

Schools are safe. For kids and for their family. If you want testing, they're doing that too. Your absurd post shows the deleterious effects of being locked down for extended periods of time.

The sad thing about the bolded is PP actually thinks she loves her kids more than those of us who send them to school. I absolutely cannot believe people like this exist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a private school yea her. It would have to be very bad for us to go virtual. I’m in MA and they made new DOE rules about in-person learning being required to count towards mandatory schooling. I have to think that this couldn’t be overridden without a very good reason.

We don’t know right now. People need to chill.

But I do know that remote learning sucks and I’m not scared to teach in person or send my kid to school.

Same.

Public School Teacher, FFX Co.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us still are in Virtual learning. No, the counties will keep going with no distancing, fake testing and everything else and only when a few people die (those who others deem worthy) then they may at least put some precautions in place.

I'm sorry to hear that having your kids home every day for almost two years has melted your brain. It's understandable. And preventable, by sending your kids to school, which is where they belong.

I love having them at home and will miss them when they go back. When people like you can behave more responsible or the schools handle covid better, we'll consider returning. I'm sorry you don't love your kids enough to have them home. Maybe you shouldn't have had kids if you cannot handle having them around.

Schools are safe. For kids and for their family. If you want testing, they're doing that too. Your absurd post shows the deleterious effects of being locked down for extended periods of time.

The sad thing about the bolded is PP actually thinks she loves her kids more than those of us who send them to school. I absolutely cannot believe people like this exist.

She is like a cult member, the rest of the world is crazy and she is showering her kids with "love!" Eh, eh, abuse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us still are in Virtual learning. No, the counties will keep going with no distancing, fake testing and everything else and only when a few people die (those who others deem worthy) then they may at least put some precautions in place.

I'm sorry to hear that having your kids home every day for almost two years has melted your brain. It's understandable. And preventable, by sending your kids to school, which is where they belong.

I love having them at home and will miss them when they go back. When people like you can behave more responsible or the schools handle covid better, we'll consider returning. I'm sorry you don't love your kids enough to have them home. Maybe you shouldn't have had kids if you cannot handle having them around.

Schools are safe. For kids and for their family. If you want testing, they're doing that too. Your absurd post shows the deleterious effects of being locked down for extended periods of time.

No, schools are not safe. Most aren't following the CDC guidelines including testing and social distancing. Most have 35+ students to a classroom and in MS and HS those kids rotate classes. Many are only doing opt in testing and its random so out of 1000 students maybe 50 are tested and its the same kids all the time as any parent who is engaging in risky behavior isn't going to opt in.

oh please. I doubt this poster is even a parent. Probably a teacher longing for another year off.

[Anonymous]

If people are too stupid/blind to see the impacts of school closures then I don't even know what to say. I'd prefer not to see the complete demise of public education and Democrats staying home from elections forever.

[Anonymous]

Schools stayed open during the delta wave; unless omicron is significantly worse, I seriously doubt schools will close. Kids are being vaccinated, adults are getting boosters. I don't see it happening, and I doubt the political will exists, either.