No Social distancing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, superintendents really set us up by telling parents there would be distancing in classrooms whenever possible, knowing full well it’s not possible with full classes and no or very few virtual students. -teacher.

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Everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS has been saying this since before school was let out. As usual people who pay little to no attention come here to complain at the last minute.

Yes. This was announced months ago. They even extended the window to pick the virtual program in case it made people change their minds.

[Anonymous]

Schools were closed for a year and then hybrid because there wasn’t enough room to distance in the classroom. How did someone not know this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, superintendents really set us up by telling parents there would be distancing in classrooms whenever possible, knowing full well it’s not possible with full classes and no or very few virtual students. -teacher.

Duran needs to be fired.

I'm an APS teacher/parent and I think he is doing a decent job. We are doing some things differently this year to allow for greater distancing (play spaces, lunch) It's not always possible, the seating is a challenge.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is no social distancing in our elementary class room. 4 desks to a pod side by side. WTH

Same with kids facing each other with desks touching. Trying to get some better masks.

You were at ASFS?

I saw the same thing at hamm this morning. Kids sitting four to a table facing each other.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no social distancing in our elementary class room. 4 desks to a pod side by side. WTH

Same with kids facing each other with desks touching. Trying to get some better masks.

You were at ASFS?

I saw the same thing at hamm this morning. Kids sitting four to a table facing each other.

This is the stupidest . One sneeze and the whole section is gone. Maybe that’s the plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, superintendents really set us up by telling parents there would be distancing in classrooms whenever possible, knowing full well it’s not possible with full classes and no or very few virtual students. -teacher.

Duran needs to be fired.

I'm an APS teacher/parent and I think he is doing a decent job. We are doing some things differently this year to allow for greater distancing (play spaces, lunch) It's not always possible, the seating is a challenge.

Fairfax figured it out. But I guess that’s what you pay for

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS has been saying this since before school was let out. As usual people who pay little to no attention come here to complain at the last minute.

Yes. This was announced months ago. They even extended the window to pick the virtual program in case it made people change their minds.

This. The people who are just realizing this are idiots who have not been paying attention. If you’re that concerned about it why weren’t you following along? This is on you OP. You had your time to pick virtual. Sorry you didn’t follow along.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is no social distancing in our elementary class room. 4 desks to a pod side by side. WTH

Same with kids facing each other with desks touching. Trying to get some better masks.

You were at ASFS?

I saw the same thing at hamm this morning. Kids sitting four to a table facing each other.

This is the stupidest . One sneeze and the whole section is gone. Maybe that’s the plan.

If they’re all in the room together for an extended period of time, it’s not going to matter whether the sneeze came from a kid sitting across from them or behind them. May as well do the arrangement most conducive to learning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no social distancing in our elementary class room. 4 desks to a pod side by side. WTH

Same with kids facing each other with desks touching. Trying to get some better masks.

You were at ASFS?

I saw the same thing at hamm this morning. Kids sitting four to a table facing each other.

This is the stupidest . One sneeze and the whole section is gone. Maybe that’s the plan.

If they’re all in the room together for an extended period of time, it’s not going to matter whether the sneeze came from a kid sitting across from them or behind them. May as well do the arrangement most conducive to learning.

This last part is true. It’s very hard for kids to social distance. It’s not natural.

Elementary schools will be much better off if they truly had a layered mitigation plan including weekly required testing, cohorts, HEPA filters, cracked windows, outdoor lunch, required vaccinations of all adults who work in the building and masking. I know the cdc recommendation has changed, but if there’s any positive case in an elementary classroom all students should quarantine. Impossible for teachers to know if masks always worn correctly and who was near whom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:APS has been saying this since before school was let out. As usual people who pay little to no attention come here to complain at the last minute.

The desks don’t need to be pushed together . Fairfax has desks staggered.

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Parent of a kid in FCPS ES and the desks are not staggered. One class is 4 desks in a square and the other is desks in a line but the desks are touching. There are two rows, front and back, that form a larger square in the classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schools were closed for a year and then hybrid because there wasn’t enough room to distance in the classroom. How did someone not know this?

Enrollment is down. Down enough that the kids can have space

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no social distancing in our elementary class room. 4 desks to a pod side by side. WTH

Same with kids facing each other with desks touching. Trying to get some better masks.

You were at ASFS?

I saw the same thing at hamm this morning. Kids sitting four to a table facing each other.

This is the stupidest . One sneeze and the whole section is gone. Maybe that’s the plan.

If they’re all in the room together for an extended period of time, it’s not going to matter whether the sneeze came from a kid sitting across from them or behind them. May as well do the arrangement most conducive to learning.

This last part is true. It’s very hard for kids to social distance. It’s not natural.

Elementary schools will be much better off if they truly had a layered mitigation plan including weekly required testing, cohorts, HEPA filters, cracked windows, outdoor lunch, required vaccinations of all adults who work in the building and masking. I know the cdc recommendation has changed, but if there’s any positive case in an elementary classroom all students should quarantine. Impossible for teachers to know if masks always worn correctly and who was near whom.

This is my fear. In two weeks out two weeks. In three weeks out two weeks. No concurrent virtual instruction. Just busy work

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no social distancing in our elementary class room. 4 desks to a pod side by side. WTH

Same with kids facing each other with desks touching. Trying to get some better masks.

You were at ASFS?

I saw the same thing at hamm this morning. Kids sitting four to a table facing each other.

This is the stupidest . One sneeze and the whole section is gone. Maybe that’s the plan.

If they’re all in the room together for an extended period of time, it’s not going to matter whether the sneeze came from a kid sitting across from them or behind them. May as well do the arrangement most conducive to learning.

This last part is true. It’s very hard for kids to social distance. It’s not natural.


Elementary schools will be much better off if they truly had a layered mitigation plan including weekly required testing, cohorts, HEPA filters, cracked windows, outdoor lunch, required vaccinations of all adults who work in the building and masking. I know the cdc recommendation has changed, but if there’s any positive case in an elementary classroom all students should quarantine. Impossible for teachers to know if masks always worn correctly and who was near whom.

This is my fear. In two weeks out two weeks. In three weeks out two weeks. No concurrent virtual instruction. Just busy work

You absolutely should be worried about that with the current plan.

We have two kids and one was already in private school, but we pulled our high schooler out of APS at the end of last year as we saw the writing on the wall for this year as early as late last fall. The one in private school (MS) didn’t start back full time at the start last year, but the virtual learning was leaps and bounds better than APS. He was back 5 days around February. Before that he was 4 at school, 2 at home. I am also resigned to the fact that my kids may have to quarantine, but I am positive it will be a lot fewer times than if they were in APS. My son never quarantined last year. They had enough spacing in class and his lunch/recess cohort was only 6-7 boys. Those kids were the only ones that were considered his close contacts. They had only one positive case in their grade (90 students) the entire year.

My kids will be in different schools, but both have plans that are much better than APS’s. Moreover, concurrent learning is available if they must quarantine. It’s not available at either school for kids who decide to go to ge beach for a month which makes sense, but available for anything Covid related.

I told all my friends to get out and those who did are really happy. Those who didn’t wish they had. Our tuition bill is insane (truly insane), but I know it’s money well spent.

I will also say that I continue to feel badly for the teachers. They need so much more support than they’re currently getting. I worry so much about both their physical and mental health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no social distancing in our elementary class room. 4 desks to a pod side by side. WTH

Same with kids facing each other with desks touching. Trying to get some better masks.

You were at ASFS?

I saw the same thing at hamm this morning. Kids sitting four to a table facing each other.

What grade? Unless your kid is in sixth grade, they should be vaccinated. And I was in several Hamm classrooms, and all the desks were spread out.

Reality time. If you are sending your kid to school, they will be exposed. If you cannot accept that, keep them home.