PSA - your kid isn’t going back to school anytime soon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, what is your goal here?
You want people to move away (or go private) and then what? DC feels bad because it doesn't have enough kids?

That's what I'm wondering too. This post is totally pointless and not based on facts.

Just making sure there's a school-outrage post on every board, just like the Halloween ones.

[Anonymous]

OP not sure what you want from your post.

My neighbors kids are all doing fine. From Public to Private. Obviously DL doesn't work for everyone, but given the leadership in this country and all the "freedoms' screaming people this is not going away.

Wisconsin soaring today! Trump's heading there to rally Gover nor not amused.

[Anonymous]

I live in a place with open schools. One goes to public, one to private.

School's been open since Aug. The private has had no cases and the public has had a handful, these were brought in from outside and not transmitted in the school setting (so, no one got sick from school).

I understand that it's always a possibility, but the benefits of school have far outweighed that, for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s funny I just dropped mine off for the start of week 6 in person school.

same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree. They’ve got 11 months to roll out a vaccine. Military, healthcare workers and other essentials then teachers and high risk. It will be available to teachers next summer

First it was "flatten the curve" and now it's "until there's a vaccine." This is absurd.

1. There might NEVER be a vaccine
2. Even when/if there is a vaccine, not everyone will take it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s funny I just dropped mine off for the start of week 6 in person school.

same

Go back and read the first line of OP’s post. She’s not talking to you.

I don’t live in DC, but I live in “city like DC”, where public schools are 100% DL with no end in sight. I agree with you OP that they’re not going back anytime soon and I feel sick about it. For everyone saying they can’t believe public school parents are putting up with this, what exactly do you suggest we do?

[Anonymous]

It’s ridiculous. But they will go back. People aren’t sheep. Even in mcps, people will not stand for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I disagree. They’ve got 11 months to roll out a vaccine. Military, healthcare workers and other essentials then teachers and high risk. It will be available to teachers next summer

First it was "flatten the curve" and now it's "until there's a vaccine." This is absurd.

1. There might NEVER be a vaccine
2. Even when/if there is a vaccine, not everyone will take it

The way things are going, I don't even think teachers will be prioritized for a vaccine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s completely insane to me that public school parents are still tolerating this. It’s like that old saying: when people tell you who you are, believe them. The failure of leadership told you everything you needed to know.

If parents complain, for example on boards like this, they are attacked for wanting free childcare and being Trump supporters.

[Anonymous]

We live in Orange County, California. Our private school opened on time and the public schools opened last week. DS’s school has mask and distancing requirements but goes full time as the classes were already small.

But here’s what I think seems to be different in thinking from what I read here: the only thing the kids here do is school. Other than that we are still all very much in shutdown mode. No play dates, no bike riding with friends, no restaurants, no parties, no pods - nothing but school. Reopening was contingent on low numbers in the community only. And they will shutdown again if the numbers go up.

I think this is the only way to go. We have to prioritize school and let go of everything else for awhile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We live in Orange County, California. Our private school opened on time and the public schools opened last week. DS’s school has mask and distancing requirements but goes full time as the classes were already small.

But here’s what I think seems to be different in thinking from what I read here: the only thing the kids here do is school. Other than that we are still all very much in shutdown mode. No play dates, no bike riding with friends, no restaurants, no parties, no pods - nothing but school. Reopening was contingent on low numbers in the community only. And they will shutdown again if the numbers go up.

I think this is the only way to go. We have to prioritize school and let go of everything else for awhile.

I really wish we could do that. We can go to the movies, casino, and bars but my K kid can’t learn to read. It’s shameful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Orange County, California. Our private school opened on time and the public schools opened last week. DS’s school has mask and distancing requirements but goes full time as the classes were already small.

But here’s what I think seems to be different in thinking from what I read here: the only thing the kids here do is school. Other than that we are still all very much in shutdown mode. No play dates, no bike riding with friends, no restaurants, no parties, no pods - nothing but school. Reopening was contingent on low numbers in the community only. And they will shutdown again if the numbers go up.

I think this is the only way to go. We have to prioritize school and let go of everything else for awhile.

I really wish we could do that. We can go to the movies, casino, and bars but my K kid can’t learn to read. It’s shameful.

+2. We don’t prioritize here. And so many have an all-or-nothing approach which is ridiculous. Schools should have come first.

[Anonymous]

This situation has become totally insane. There is no scientific reason for keeping schools closed. Why aren't there protests?

[Anonymous]

But here’s what I think seems to be different in thinking from what I read here: the only thing the kids here do is school. Other than that we are still all very much in shutdown mode. No play dates, no bike riding with friends, no restaurants, no parties, no pods - nothing but school. Reopening was contingent on low numbers in the community only. And they will shutdown again if the numbers go up.

Ok, but I think you are conflating cause and effect to some degre (not with respect to restaurants and parties). If school were open, and my child had the opportunity to learn in an environment with peers, I would happily pull outdoor play dates, bike riding, tennis lessons But we have none of those outlets, and he cannot just stay at home on a computer doing noting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Orange County, California. Our private school opened on time and the public schools opened last week. DS’s school has mask and distancing requirements but goes full time as the classes were already small.

But here’s what I think seems to be different in thinking from what I read here: the only thing the kids here do is school. Other than that we are still all very much in shutdown mode. No play dates, no bike riding with friends, no restaurants, no parties, no pods - nothing but school. Reopening was contingent on low numbers in the community only. And they will shutdown again if the numbers go up.

I think this is the only way to go. We have to prioritize school and let go of everything else for awhile.

I really wish we could do that. We can go to the movies, casino, and bars but my K kid can’t learn to read. It’s shameful.

I also agree with this. People are allowing their kids to engage in higher risk behavior to make up for the lack of in person school. Riskier behavior leads to more cases which, in turn, makes it more likely that schools will not reopen in person.

If we could flip that, and prioritize in person school over other higher risk behaviors, we might get kids in school and see lower case numbers. However, I don't see that happening.