Delta Variant and APS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I think we will be in school 5 days a week. That being said, I just read an article that said in MO there are 12 kids in the PICU and 10 on ventilators. I hope we don't get to that point here.

I haven't really researched much into SB 1303 but I was wondering what happens if there is a virus (not saying it has to be covid) that poses a significant clear and present danger. Something with a high mortality rate. Would the bill prevent schools from being closed?



Right- and if APS (or any other district) closes schools because they are concerned about the Delta variant, what is anyone going to do? Is there any enforcement mechanism? It's just hard for me to envision a scenario where APS says they can't open schools because of Delta variant, and the governor orders them back anyway.

I'm also concerned about the extent to which groups will be quarantined. I'm afraid that if there are any exposures in my kids' schools it will functionally be the same as last year.

No, it won't. Last year, there was concurrent learning, so if a kid was home sick, they could still participate in class virtually. This year, there will be no concurrent learning, so if a kid is out sick or quarantined, they will have to make up the work when they get back to school. But most parents hated online learning anyway, so maybe they won't complain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What private school did they find with spots???? That's what I want to know.

Husband and I growing increasingly concerned about the same.

Almost comical, on Monday I saw a friend who was on a very cautious end of the COVID spectrum and quit her job to stay home with her three kids last year. She said to me, "there's no way they can't/won't open schools". I told her, that was what I was saying last Summer, and look how it turned out.

APS set such a crazy precedent last year, I don't know how they will walk it back. People are going to have to learn to live with this thing. It is not going away. With masks in schools, there should be a high degree of safety for unvaccinated kids.

But, we have lost ALL confidence in APS.

Many $40k schools still have spots. Bonkers to know so many families can pull that trigger in 120k.

Op, people have lost their mind and are super paranoid. Yes it will be five days.

LOL. Dream on.

It was tough to find a spot at those schools precovid. Now it’s impossible.

[Anonymous]

APS is doing summer school 5 days a week right now. As a staff member I have been assured repeatedly that it will be like "normal with masks" from my own admin team and others I interviewed with.

[Anonymous]

Meanwhile, I just got an email from the private school we enrolled at saying that vaccines are mandated for everyone 12+.

I'm ready for the crying to begin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS is doing summer school 5 days a week right now. As a staff member I have been assured repeatedly that it will be like "normal with masks" from my own admin team and others I interviewed with.

And they had to send home a whole classroom of kids and the teachers on the first day. Same with ACOS. Don't know about FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is doing summer school 5 days a week right now. As a staff member I have been assured repeatedly that it will be like "normal with masks" from my own admin team and others I interviewed with.

And they had to send home a whole classroom of kids and the teachers on the first day. Same with ACOS. Don't know about FCPS.

Which school?

[Anonymous]

OMG- APS is going back 5 days a week in the fall- chill. There is a virtual option for anyone interested. The end.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I think we will be in school 5 days a week. That being said, I just read an article that said in MO there are 12 kids in the PICU and 10 on ventilators. I hope we don't get to that point here.

I haven't really researched much into SB 1303 but I was wondering what happens if there is a virus (not saying it has to be covid) that poses a significant clear and present danger. Something with a high mortality rate. Would the bill prevent schools from being closed?



Right- and if APS (or any other district) closes schools because they are concerned about the Delta variant, what is anyone going to do? Is there any enforcement mechanism? It's just hard for me to envision a scenario where APS says they can't open schools because of Delta variant, and the governor orders them back anyway.

I'm also concerned about the extent to which groups will be quarantined. I'm afraid that if there are any exposures in my kids' schools it will functionally be the same as last year.

No, it won't. Last year, there was concurrent learning, so if a kid was home sick, they could still participate in class virtually. This year, there will be no concurrent learning, so if a kid is out sick or quarantined, they will have to make up the work when they get back to school. But most parents hated online learning anyway, so maybe they won't complain.

Thanks, I'm aware of that, though there was no concurrent learning for my child in first grade last year. What I meant, though, is that I am concerned that quarantines will cause my kids to miss a substantial amount of instruction, just as they did this past year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I think we will be in school 5 days a week. That being said, I just read an article that said in MO there are 12 kids in the PICU and 10 on ventilators. I hope we don't get to that point here.

I haven't really researched much into SB 1303 but I was wondering what happens if there is a virus (not saying it has to be covid) that poses a significant clear and present danger. Something with a high mortality rate. Would the bill prevent schools from being closed?



Right- and if APS (or any other district) closes schools because they are concerned about the Delta variant, what is anyone going to do? Is there any enforcement mechanism? It's just hard for me to envision a scenario where APS says they can't open schools because of Delta variant, and the governor orders them back anyway.

I'm also concerned about the extent to which groups will be quarantined. I'm afraid that if there are any exposures in my kids' schools it will functionally be the same as last year.

No, it won't. Last year, there was concurrent learning, so if a kid was home sick, they could still participate in class virtually. This year, there will be no concurrent learning, so if a kid is out sick or quarantined, they will have to make up the work when they get back to school. But most parents hated online learning anyway, so maybe they won't complain.

Thanks, I'm aware of that, though there was no concurrent learning for my child in first grade last year. What I meant, though, is that I am concerned that quarantines will cause my kids to miss a substantial amount of instruction, just as they did this past year.

I mean elementary is still unvaccinated during a pandemic- it might happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I think we will be in school 5 days a week. That being said, I just read an article that said in MO there are 12 kids in the PICU and 10 on ventilators. I hope we don't get to that point here.

I haven't really researched much into SB 1303 but I was wondering what happens if there is a virus (not saying it has to be covid) that poses a significant clear and present danger. Something with a high mortality rate. Would the bill prevent schools from being closed?



Right- and if APS (or any other district) closes schools because they are concerned about the Delta variant, what is anyone going to do? Is there any enforcement mechanism? It's just hard for me to envision a scenario where APS says they can't open schools because of Delta variant, and the governor orders them back anyway.

I'm also concerned about the extent to which groups will be quarantined. I'm afraid that if there are any exposures in my kids' schools it will functionally be the same as last year.

Yeah, it definitely could. But so many people screamed bloody murder at the idea of a concurrent option this coming year that it won't be an option, even in the face of multiple, sustained quarantines due to outbreaks. Of course, people will blame APS for that, probably the same people who complained about concurrent. We are still in the midst of the pandemic and cases are inevitable to occur. Hopefully, more targeted and, if scientifically/medically appropriate, shortened quarantine periods will minimize the disruption. But disruptions there will be . . . buckle up.

No, it won't. Last year, there was concurrent learning, so if a kid was home sick, they could still participate in class virtually. This year, there will be no concurrent learning, so if a kid is out sick or quarantined, they will have to make up the work when they get back to school. But most parents hated online learning anyway, so maybe they won't complain.

Thanks, I'm aware of that, though there was no concurrent learning for my child in first grade last year. What I meant, though, is that I am concerned that quarantines will cause my kids to miss a substantial amount of instruction, just as they did this past year.

I mean elementary is still unvaccinated during a pandemic- it might happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I think we will be in school 5 days a week. That being said, I just read an article that said in MO there are 12 kids in the PICU and 10 on ventilators. I hope we don't get to that point here.

I haven't really researched much into SB 1303 but I was wondering what happens if there is a virus (not saying it has to be covid) that poses a significant clear and present danger. Something with a high mortality rate. Would the bill prevent schools from being closed?



Right- and if APS (or any other district) closes schools because they are concerned about the Delta variant, what is anyone going to do? Is there any enforcement mechanism? It's just hard for me to envision a scenario where APS says they can't open schools because of Delta variant, and the governor orders them back anyway.

I'm also concerned about the extent to which groups will be quarantined. I'm afraid that if there are any exposures in my kids' schools it will functionally be the same as last year.

No, it won't. Last year, there was concurrent learning, so if a kid was home sick, they could still participate in class virtually. This year, there will be no concurrent learning, so if a kid is out sick or quarantined, they will have to make up the work when they get back to school. But most parents hated online learning anyway, so maybe they won't complain.

Thanks, I'm aware of that, though there was no concurrent learning for my child in first grade last year. What I meant, though, is that I am concerned that quarantines will cause my kids to miss a substantial amount of instruction, just as they did this past year.

I mean elementary is still unvaccinated during a pandemic- it might happen.

Yeah, it definitely could. But so many people screamed bloody murder at the idea of a concurrent option this coming year that it won't be an option, even in the face of multiple, sustained quarantines due to outbreaks. Of course, people will blame APS for that, probably the same people who complained about concurrent. We are still in the midst of the pandemic and cases are inevitable to occur. Hopefully, more targeted and, if scientifically/medically appropriate, shortened quarantine periods will minimize the disruption. But disruptions there will be . . . buckle up.

[Anonymous]

The only way APS isn't going 5x/week is if things are so bad that ALL school, including privates, are closing. Covid is endemic. Kids can, and will, get sick. But almost everyone has realized that more damage will be done if kids don't go to school. There is ZERO public appetite for keeping schools closed anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only way APS isn't going 5x/week is if things are so bad that ALL school, including privates, are closing. Covid is endemic. Kids can, and will, get sick. But almost everyone has realized that more damage will be done if kids don't go to school. There is ZERO public appetite for keeping schools closed anymore.

Except the GOP fearmongering.

[Anonymous]

I have a friend who is an epidemiologist and she seems to think that everything is going to shut back down in around Oct/Nov. She thinks that schools *should* stay open but she also said that APS is so unpredictable that she is lining up another learning pod and tutor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who is an epidemiologist and she seems to think that everything is going to shut back down in around Oct/Nov. She thinks that schools *should* stay open but she also said that APS is so unpredictable that she is lining up another learning pod and tutor.

I have a friend who is an epidemiologist who says that vaccination rates are so high in our area that there is no chance schools will need to switch to DL.