Plans to expand beyond 11 kids per room?

[Anonymous]

I teach in a DCPS trailer and you would not want more than 11 students in them. Impossible to distance enough with more kids. We’re probably close to 3 feet apart currently.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, once the teachers gain full immunity from their in March or so, the main risk will be for students....

And parents

And everyone the children and parents come into contact with. The numbers are dropping. Can't people be a little patient?

No, they can't, because they're loudly and hysterically sick of parenting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I teach in a DCPS trailer and you would not want more than 11 students in them. Impossible to distance enough with more kids. We’re probably close to 3 feet apart currently.

Upside of trailer.... windows can open? Can you open windows? Door opens into fresh air instead of into a hallway? Can you open the doors? Or am I mis-imagining what the trailers look like?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach in a DCPS trailer and you would not want more than 11 students in them. Impossible to distance enough with more kids. We’re probably close to 3 feet apart currently.

Upside of trailer.... windows can open? Can you open windows? Door opens into fresh air instead of into a hallway? Can you open the doors? Or am I mis-imagining what the trailers look like?

You are misunderstanding what miss WTU wants. She wants her Wednesday vacay forever. Doesn’t care so much about educating your kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach in a DCPS trailer and you would not want more than 11 students in them. Impossible to distance enough with more kids. We’re probably close to 3 feet apart currently.

Upside of trailer.... windows can open? Can you open windows? Door opens into fresh air instead of into a hallway? Can you open the doors? Or am I mis-imagining what the trailers look like?

You are misunderstanding what miss WTU wants. She wants her Wednesday vacay forever. Doesn’t care so much about educating your kid.

What is your obsession with insisting Wednesday is a vacation?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach in a DCPS trailer and you would not want more than 11 students in them. Impossible to distance enough with more kids. We’re probably close to 3 feet apart currently.

Upside of trailer.... windows can open? Can you open windows? Door opens into fresh air instead of into a hallway? Can you open the doors? Or am I mis-imagining what the trailers look like?

You are misunderstanding what miss WTU wants. She wants her Wednesday vacay forever. Doesn’t care so much about educating your kid.

What is your obsession with insisting Wednesday is a vacation?

Because it is!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach in a DCPS trailer and you would not want more than 11 students in them. Impossible to distance enough with more kids. We’re probably close to 3 feet apart currently.

Upside of trailer.... windows can open? Can you open windows? Door opens into fresh air instead of into a hallway? Can you open the doors? Or am I mis-imagining what the trailers look like?

You are misunderstanding what miss WTU wants. She wants her Wednesday vacay forever. Doesn’t care so much about educating your kid.

What is your obsession with insisting Wednesday is a vacation?

Because it is!

But it is not. Here is my schedule tomorrow.

8:00-10:30 LEAP
10:30-12:30 Small groups
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Small groups
2:30-3:30 Staff meeting

What kind of vacations do you take? Because mine don’t look anything like this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach in a DCPS trailer and you would not want more than 11 students in them. Impossible to distance enough with more kids. We’re probably close to 3 feet apart currently.

Upside of trailer.... windows can open? Can you open windows? Door opens into fresh air instead of into a hallway? Can you open the doors? Or am I mis-imagining what the trailers look like?

You are misunderstanding what miss WTU wants. She wants her Wednesday vacay forever. Doesn’t care so much about educating your kid.

What is your obsession with insisting Wednesday is a vacation?

Because it is!

But it is not. Here is my schedule tomorrow.

8:00-10:30 LEAP
10:30-12:30 Small groups
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Small groups
2:30-3:30 Staff meeting

What kind of vacations do you take? Because mine don’t look anything like this.

NP here, but most teachers provide little to no instruction on Wednesdays. Even with your schedule, you're only providing 4.5 hours of instruction.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach in a DCPS trailer and you would not want more than 11 students in them. Impossible to distance enough with more kids. We’re probably close to 3 feet apart currently.

Upside of trailer.... windows can open? Can you open windows? Door opens into fresh air instead of into a hallway? Can you open the doors? Or am I mis-imagining what the trailers look like?

You are misunderstanding what miss WTU wants. She wants her Wednesday vacay forever. Doesn’t care so much about educating your kid.

What is your obsession with insisting Wednesday is a vacation?

Because it is!

But it is not. Here is my schedule tomorrow.

8:00-10:30 LEAP
10:30-12:30 Small groups
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Small groups
2:30-3:30 Staff meeting

What kind of vacations do you take? Because mine don’t look anything like this.

NP here, but most teachers provide little to no instruction on Wednesdays. Even with your schedule, you're only providing 4.5 hours of instruction.

Instruction is not the only part of the job! The heck do you think we have specials for? It’s not just to get those electives it’s so teachers can have PLANNING TIME. Because you know lessons don’t pop out from peoples bums. We also are contractually obligated to go to LEAP.

My schedule -

8:30-9:00 Classroom Team Meeting
9:00-10:00 Sped Meeting
10:00-11:00 LEAP
11:15-12:00 - Family Check In or 1:1 (#1)
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-2:30 Family Check In or 1:1 (#2)
2:30-3:00 Staff Training
3:00- 4:00 Whole Staff Meeting or finally planning time

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach in a DCPS trailer and you would not want more than 11 students in them. Impossible to distance enough with more kids. We’re probably close to 3 feet apart currently.

Upside of trailer.... windows can open? Can you open windows? Door opens into fresh air instead of into a hallway? Can you open the doors? Or am I mis-imagining what the trailers look like?

You are misunderstanding what miss WTU wants. She wants her Wednesday vacay forever. Doesn’t care so much about educating your kid.

What is your obsession with insisting Wednesday is a vacation?

Because it is!

But it is not. Here is my schedule tomorrow.

8:00-10:30 LEAP
10:30-12:30 Small groups
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Small groups
2:30-3:30 Staff meeting

What kind of vacations do you take? Because mine don’t look anything like this.

NP here, but most teachers provide little to no instruction on Wednesdays. Even with your schedule, you're only providing 4.5 hours of instruction.

That is about all that is provided when your kids are in school. I understand that is hard to believe. But take a look at your normal in person schedule. Teachers only teach about 4.5 hours a day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the 11 kids per room is not exactly "science" either. If the issue is how many viral particles are in the air, then room size and ventilation type should also be taken into consideration for each classroom, not a district-wide mandate. Also there are studies that suggest that masked students can sit 3 ft apart without direct spread, which changes the calculation quite considerably. And yes we should watch the mutations, but my goodness people cling to the unknown of those mutations as if they WANT them to cause another full shutdown. It could just as easily be that the mutations do not change any of the masking and distancing science we have right now.

I'd pull my kid if they tried to reduce the distance to three feet. Masks are helpful, but indoors you also need distancing and ventilation. I don't want the new mutations to cause another shutdown, and one way to prevent that is to *control the spread of the virus* using the methods we have: vaccinations, masking, distance, ventilation, etc. We know there are at least a couple mutations that are more transmissible.

I think the 11-kid max is based on the most kids that could fit in a normal-sized classroom with proper distancing.

Please pull your kid.

Why? Right now they are adhering to the guidelines. No need to.

This would obviously only happen if the guidelines are updated. What would you do if they are?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the 11 kids per room is not exactly "science" either. If the issue is how many viral particles are in the air, then room size and ventilation type should also be taken into consideration for each classroom, not a district-wide mandate. Also there are studies that suggest that masked students can sit 3 ft apart without direct spread, which changes the calculation quite considerably. And yes we should watch the mutations, but my goodness people cling to the unknown of those mutations as if they WANT them to cause another full shutdown. It could just as easily be that the mutations do not change any of the masking and distancing science we have right now.

I'd pull my kid if they tried to reduce the distance to three feet. Masks are helpful, but indoors you also need distancing and ventilation. I don't want the new mutations to cause another shutdown, and one way to prevent that is to *control the spread of the virus* using the methods we have: vaccinations, masking, distance, ventilation, etc. We know there are at least a couple mutations that are more transmissible.

I think the 11-kid max is based on the most kids that could fit in a normal-sized classroom with proper distancing.

Please pull your kid.

Why? Right now they are adhering to the guidelines. No need to.

This would obviously only happen if the guidelines are updated. What would you do if they are?

I don't see any need to borrow trouble. When the guidelines change, I'll evaluate it then, based on all relevant circumstances, which includes vaccination coverage, positivity rates, case counts, and trends, etc.

[Anonymous]

I'm missing something here. If kids are in two cohorts, they still have 1 teacher. If kid in cohort 1 gets covid, teacher and cohort 1 quarantine. Then doesn't cohort 2 have to quarantine as well since the teacher saw cohort 2 recently? What's the point, just have everyone together! Or all virtual. And the pp commenting about alternate childcare is also accurate. Many kids will wind up with other family members or childcare situations on days they aren't in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm missing something here. If kids are in two cohorts, they still have 1 teacher. If kid in cohort 1 gets covid, teacher and cohort 1 quarantine. Then doesn't cohort 2 have to quarantine as well since the teacher saw cohort 2 recently? What's the point, just have everyone together! Or all virtual. And the pp commenting about alternate childcare is also accurate. Many kids will wind up with other family members or childcare situations on days they aren't in school.

This. In a masked situation, it has been shown that 3 feet are enough. Not to mention the inequity that arises when schools cannot meet the demand for IPL seats. This cannot persist just because some parents and teachers feel more comfortable with a smaller group, when there is no solid science to back it up. It's a public school system that's supposed to provide the same education to everybody, which they are currently not.

[Anonymous]

Will schools be open 5 days per week this fall? I would love to be able to plan.