Parents - are you willing to do DL the rest of the year for 5 day in-person next fall?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's January and the school year ends in June.

Students will be back in school in the next few weeks until all students who chose will be in the building in the next couple months.

Why are you talking about DL for the rest of the year?

Well, my kids were supposed to be back today. Now they are saying March 8th. I suspect that will get pushed even further back, because Inova just canceled all the teacher vaccine appointments and vaccine availability seems to be low to none, at least in Fairfax county. So best case scenario, we're talking late March of early April. Once May hits, there is not a whole lot of learning going on, whether in person or DL. Add to that the logistical issues that will inevitably pop up as soon as kids start returning to school, I'll take DL for the rest of this school year and an in-person start in the fall. I agree that at this point it's just a waste of time even trying to get kids back this year.

I would send my kids in for just ONE DAY of school. And I'm sure I'm not the only one. There is no point this school year when its not worth "the bother" to open school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way will we get real school next fall if we don't get kids in the building this year.

This.

My only kid left in public is a senior. I really hope they figure it out this year. Beyond that I don’t care. But if they give up on this year more fuel for them to give up again next year.

[Anonymous]

If those were really the only options, sure, but I don’t think these are the only two choices we have.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, as a teacher who is totally fine going back in person, concurrent is going to be awful and I desperately want to have 5 day a week school in the fall.
I don’t think it will happen though and not because of the FEA people.
There are many families who are still very afraid of covid and will not want to send their kids in the fall.
We will be stuck in concurrent due to that.
I have students who haven’t left their houses since last March

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way will we get real school next fall if we don't get kids in the building this year.

This. It’s a silly question, because teachers will never go back 5 days. In July, they’ll be hysterical because they don’t have proof kids are all immunized.

As long as they get paid to stay home,
they’re staying home. Duh.

[Anonymous]

Yes if that’s the trade off.

The only thing schools have known for decades is teaching in person. Why is that being treated as some weird thing? You all are insane.

Go to school, teach. That’s it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's January and the school year ends in June.

Students will be back in school in the next few weeks until all students who chose will be in the building in the next couple months.

Why are you talking about DL for the rest of the year?

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Because we will be in DL for the rest of the year. What are we on, the 5th time Brabrand is pushing back reopening? Now the union wants two weeks after the second vaccines, which were delayed until who knows when. And the Board and Brabrand do what the union says.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, as a teacher who is totally fine going back in person, concurrent is going to be awful and I desperately want to have 5 day a week school in the fall.
I don’t think it will happen though and not because of the FEA people.
There are many families who are still very afraid of covid and will not want to send their kids in the fall.
We will be stuck in concurrent due to that.
I have students who haven’t left their houses since last March

Teacher here. I am very concerned about that too. I want 5 days of normal school in fall masked if need be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But 5 days should not take a lot of work. It is a lot of work to develop a system that has never been done. We know how to do 5 days. Just add masks. Bam. Done. They don’t need 9 months to prepare for that.

+1

It doesn't take any extra work at all.

Not true. There will still need to be considerations of the number of bodies that can be in a space at any given time.

I’m not a middle school PE teacher so please don’t bother telling me I’m lazy or want to stay in pjs. I’m just using MS PE as an example because of my pen kids’ experiences.

PE teachers don’t have classrooms. 3 or more classes assemble in the gym and fill the bleachers. Attendance is taken with lots of yelling. IF the weather allows and the unit of study is appropriate, class moves outside. If not, the entire pack of kids runs around the gym to do laps and then they start playing basketball or doing whatever sport it is.

This is not safe. A different system has to be developed. But there aren’t any empty classrooms because schools are already overcrowded. Is PE outdoors even when it’s 15 deg and raining?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, as a teacher who is totally fine going back in person, concurrent is going to be awful and I desperately want to have 5 day a week school in the fall.
I don’t think it will happen though and not because of the FEA people.
There are many families who are still very afraid of covid and will not want to send their kids in the fall.
We will be stuck in concurrent due to that.
I have students who haven’t left their houses since last March

They haven't LEFT THEIR HOUSE?!

[Anonymous]

Also tired of being jerked around. And I hate the constant holding out and pulling back of school for my kid, like candy that’s right there in front of them, but they can’t have. Make a call for the year and stick with the call. This is ridiculous. And cruel. And stressful. The not knowing and not being able to trust the SB and Brabrand to do what they say they will is crazy making.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But 5 days should not take a lot of work. It is a lot of work to develop a system that has never been done. We know how to do 5 days. Just add masks. Bam. Done. They don’t need 9 months to prepare for that.

+1

It doesn't take any extra work at all.

Not true. There will still need to be considerations of the number of bodies that can be in a space at any given time.

I’m not a middle school PE teacher so please don’t bother telling me I’m lazy or want to stay in pjs. I’m just using MS PE as an example because of my pen kids’ experiences.

PE teachers don’t have classrooms. 3 or more classes assemble in the gym and fill the bleachers. Attendance is taken with lots of yelling. IF the weather allows and the unit of study is appropriate, class moves outside. If not, the entire pack of kids runs around the gym to do laps and then they start playing basketball or doing whatever sport it is.

This is not safe. A different system has to be developed. But there aren’t any empty classrooms because schools are already overcrowded. Is PE outdoors even when it’s 15 deg and raining?

Fine. Cancel PE, subdivide the gym into extra classroom space, find some other job for the PE teachers to do (they didn't do anything this year either and still got paid so whatev).

[Anonymous]

Once adults are vaccinated, kids lives go back to normal. Covid isn't dangerous to MS and HSers, and again, adults will be vaccinated. It will be just like the flu. No need for radically different life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, as a teacher who is totally fine going back in person, concurrent is going to be awful and I desperately want to have 5 day a week school in the fall.
I don’t think it will happen though and not because of the FEA people.
There are many families who are still very afraid of covid and will not want to send their kids in the fall.
We will be stuck in concurrent due to that.
I have students who haven’t left their houses since last March

Teacher here. I am very concerned about that too. I want 5 days of normal school in fall masked if need be.

Same. I just want 5 days in-person in the Fall. Whatever has to happen this spring to make that happen in the fall, great. Do it.

[Anonymous]

Nope, I want both.