How Does Fall Look If All Students Go Back?
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Anonymous
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I agree normal school with masks. Maybe some attempt at distancing if possible (desks in rows vs tables in ES). But Biden announced yesterday that there is enough to vaccine available for all adults in the US by May.
That should cause rates to plummet by fall even without vaccines available for kids. |
Anonymous
| School as usual, zombie feds and contractors back on Metro to the officer. Ballgame’s just about over, folks. |
Anonymous
I'm worried about metro, tbh. They're sending out signals that they might actually be in a death spiral this time. |
Anonymous
Nah. With vaccines available for all by May, this show is wrapping up. All aboard!! |
Anonymous
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Do people really believe that all willing adults will be vaccinated by May? “Available” and actually distributed are two different things.
If Northam signs the bill, we will likely have in person, masks required, minimal distancing. If he doesn’t, we will have at least another year of virtual/hybrid/what we have now. |
Anonymous
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Virtual/hybird needs to not be part of the public school option. If a parent chooses to do that there are homeschool/online schools that they can choose to join (similar to those that choose private school).
We pay taxes for schooling. I cannot wait for Northam to sign the in person learning bill. Parents should have been allowed to voucher elsewhere this year when school was taken off the table. Some 15% of kids in the DC area do not have any access to virtual school. They just aren't being taught. That is crazy. And will they catch up? Many, no. |
Anonymous
Bwahaha! So true. |
Anonymous
| I chose for my kids to remain virtual for the rest of this school year b/c it seemed less disruptive and offered us more flexibility. I fully intend for them to be back full time in the fall. I agree that virtual should not be offered by the local school districts next year, but instead offered by virtual virginia or something like that. Still free and paid by tax dollars, but not administered by a district trying to do both at the same time. |
Anonymous
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I’m in FCPS and likely sending my kids to private in the fall. They have been accepted and I have a few more days to decide. The private has been open full time this entire year.
Idk if this applies to your area but there are too many unknowns for me about the fall & I feel like I have to take matters into my own hands after over a year of virtual with no in person option. For example, FCPS has said they will offer virtual in the fall but they haven’t said how they will do that. Will my kids be on a computer all day even they are in school 5 days? Can schools with 4K students really open full time in the fall with most of the school population (students) unvaccinated? And my question is less classes but more school busses and cafeteria at full capacity for example? |
Anonymous
| I'm guessing full time with masks and probably very few mask exemptions allowed for any reason. We chose virtual for the remainder of the year because we thought it would be less disruptive to have to be in and out of school and because our kids are at the age where they can manage it. I expect to send them back in the fall but will look at the private K12 option if there is a plan to continue with concurrent. |
Anonymous
Oh, also, we will base the decision on #s as well. There is currently no vaccine for ages 10-14 and we are not going to risk in person if there's a lot of spread in that age group. |
Anonymous
DS is 15 and turns 16 in December. We just had his well visit and asked about possible vaccination timelines. Dr thought a pediatric vaccine might be available for him by September, but if it proved hard to get that he'd have an easier time getting the adult vaccine three months later! That pretty much leaves next year's HS juniors and seniors who are eligible for the current vaccines and could potentially be vaccinate by fall. If we assume that some of them will not want the vaccine, then much less than half of the HS students will actually be vaccinated when schools open. |
Anonymous
The rate of people who want the vaccine in Arlington is incredibly high, like 92%. It’s ironic that people left APS for school districts that were opening with less precautions but may come back if we have higher than average vax rates. |
Anonymous
Yeehaw! Rounding up those masks in TX. 
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Anonymous
+1 Masks. All kids back in classroom. No big assemblies or concerts. |