When do you think in-person 5 day a week school will return?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Have you been watching school board meetings? There is no way it will be 5 days. Also- they have successfully cut out Monday already- it will be a four day work week. That is one of the numerous goals of the teachers unions. I recommend for you / others to join a few FB groups that are focused on reopening to get more details about what is going on. Twitter also has a lot of info.

I have a question about the 4 day week thing. Would it continue even after covid ( assuming such a time ever comes around)?

That is the union's plan.. like many years ago when Mondays were half day..So- yes, I completely think that it will yield to a 4 day school week as permanent. The unions in Virginia will be getting collective bargaining power this summer. This is the WORST thing that can happen to opening schools.

Why will get they collective bargaining power this summer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes and here is why, bc I hate when people don't at least give their reasoning to this question. We are sitting at 21 plus million confirmed cases in the US right now.we know it is approximately 40-50 percent asymptomatic..let's say 40% to be conservative, so that's another 8.5 million. Puts us at just about 30 million cases already. 10% pop.

Yes, vaccine rollout has been slower than expected but i am confident this will pick up, it's been a whopping 3 weeks after all. We will likely fall short of Fauci's herd immunity prediction of late summer with this slower roll out. Let's saywe hit 75% of the vaccine target, that's still vaccines for about 50% of the public. 60% of pop conservatively will be there by next school year.

I think that will be deemed "safe enough" with masks in the classrooms and some other logistical mitigation like maybe pods for upper grades, less moving of classes etc.

It will not be 100% safe but we also will have a community will that will be very hard to ignore if the numbers have come down and we are at 60% , continuing to approach herd immunity before cold and flu season

The teachers union most vocal advocates of keeping schools closed until it's safe (defined as 0 cases in 14 days.. as though the flu has that statistic!) are- gasp- young 20-30 year olds who don't want to go back and work from home. These young teachers have no older family members living with them- take vacations to Puerto Rico for example- they just got a easy way out of working hard. This age range is what we see here locally protesting. They are the least vulnerable group but clearly have other agendas. If you want to be open about what is going on- I'd really recommend joining FB groups and going on twitter. I am surprised how few of my friends know the disastrous details of what is going on.. definitely watch an FCPS school board meeting (even recorded if you can't watch when they meet for 6 useless hours).
https://www.rt.com/usa/511362-teacher-union-caribbean-holiday-school-closed/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This board has been pretty right about predicting the state of things in the past. Assuming vaccinations of teachers start at the end of January, when do you think in-person, 5 day a week, teaching will happen (for those who want it.) If you personally wouldn’t go back, then answer when you think schools will be open for others to attend.

Well, I’m out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you been watching school board meetings? There is no way it will be 5 days. Also- they have successfully cut out Monday already- it will be a four day work week. That is one of the numerous goals of the teachers unions. I recommend for you / others to join a few FB groups that are focused on reopening to get more details about what is going on. Twitter also has a lot of info.

I have a question about the 4 day week thing. Would it continue even after covid ( assuming such a time ever comes around)?

That is the union's plan.. like many years ago when Mondays were half day..So- yes, I completely think that it will yield to a 4 day school week as permanent. The unions in Virginia will be getting collective bargaining power this summer. This is the WORST thing that can happen to opening schools.

Why will get they collective bargaining power this summer?

There are still a lot of steps before that happens. Teachers will gain the right in VA to collectively bargain, but the majority of staff first have to say they want bargaining and representation, the school board has to agree to it, and then the staff has to select which group will represent them.

[Anonymous]

My SIL is a physician in Charlottesville. She predicts we will still be social distancing through late next fall and that 5-day/week school is not guaranteed. Not fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My SIL is a physician in Charlottesville. She predicts we will still be social distancing through late next fall and that 5-day/week school is not guaranteed. Not fun.

I disagree. Teachers will be vaccinated by fall. I think they will offer a virtual option but 5 days of school for everyone else. I will say I think virtual would be separate and not tied to base school. I am a teacher and would be pissed if we were staying home and vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Fall 2022.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My SIL is a physician in Charlottesville. She predicts we will still be social distancing through late next fall and that 5-day/week school is not guaranteed. Not fun.

I disagree. Teachers will be vaccinated by fall. I think they will offer a virtual option but 5 days of school for everyone else. I will say I think virtual would be separate and not tied to base school. I am a teacher and would be pissed if we were staying home and vaccinated.

Some are arguing that if kids are not vaccinated then they have to maintain social distancing, which means hybrid school.

[Anonymous]

Jan 2022, and we won't have 5 days again. The price of getting teachers back in schools with be a 4 day workweek.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jan 2022, and we won't have 5 days again. The price of getting teachers back in schools with be a 4 day workweek.

On what grounds is the union demanding a 4 day week?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jan 2022, and we won't have 5 days again. The price of getting teachers back in schools with be a 4 day workweek.

On what grounds is the union demanding a 4 day week?

To be fair, they will call Mondays planning days, but will be allowed to WFH.

They don't need grounds. They will threaten and the board will submit.

[Anonymous]

We have a friend in Germany. Family quarantined because of a case in kid’s class and they are serious about the quarantine there. They had multiple rounds of tests, 3 of the 5 of them got it in succession so clearly from each other (though they wore masks in their house) - but none ever had any symptoms. Absolutely none. Would have never known. I’ve lost faith that life will be “normal” for a few years, yet. Maybe normalish before that, but masks and distancing for a long time.

[Anonymous]

+1 Fall 2022.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My SIL is a physician in Charlottesville. She predicts we will still be social distancing through late next fall and that 5-day/week school is not guaranteed. Not fun.

I disagree. Teachers will be vaccinated by fall. I think they will offer a virtual option but 5 days of school for everyone else. I will say I think virtual would be separate and not tied to base school. I am a teacher and would be pissed if we were staying home and vaccinated.

Some are arguing that if kids are not vaccinated then they have to maintain social distancing, which means hybrid school.

many people are still saying that social distancing is going to be a requirement, so that means hybrid or concurrent.

[Anonymous]

Fall 2022