APS superintendent email

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

You DO understand that the numbers are not high because we're not doing widepsread testing, right??? Your logic is like saying that there is no sand no moon because it is 10 am and when you look in the sky you only see the sun.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

But teachers are fine with utilizing the services of those who show up for their in person jobs day in and day out? Maybe they should sign up for virtual hair cuts until schools reopen if everything is so dire and dangerous.
A hair salon where no one is allowed to be mask free for a hair cut is different than an entire day in a building with students who may not all be masked.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

Exactly.

But teachers are fine with utilizing the services of those who show up for their in person jobs day in and day out? Maybe they should sign up for virtual hair cuts until schools reopen if everything is so dire and unacceptably dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

Hmm. Rates not high in Arlington? The juxtaposition of this graph and the “return to school rally”’ really says all you need to know about advocates’ professed reliance on “science.”
https://www.arlnow.com/2021/01/06/arlingtons-test-positivity-rate-reaches-double-digits-as-aps-mulls-return-to-classrooms/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

Stuff like that really pisses me off. There are thousands upon thousands of teachers in this country, and she has to circulate a story about one asshole in Chicago. Whoever posted that should be ashamed.


A hair salon where no one is allowed to be mask free for a hair cut is different than an entire day in a building with students who may not all be masked.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

“Union protests”? There is no teacher union in VA.

This is a thread about APS. Why do you think we care about your comments?

-parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

Cool story bro. But now there’s a British mutation AND a South Africa mutation, both of which are much more contagious. To which a (yet to be peer reviewed) study suggests may require closing achools(British) and is so changed the vaccines may not be effective (S African). So yes, definitely let’s rush to return to schools rather than consider the implications.

My suggestion is APS needs to open schools for free lunch/low income students to do their DL. The Open Schools Now peeps insist they are looking out for the most at risk - most studies that talk about the detrimental effect in younger children are talking about those in low income families, not Larla in her 8k sq ft house. There are enough schools to adequately socially distance them, even if they have to bus, which gives them the WiFi, tech support, and structure/access to food necessary to help them. Something tells me that Trumpy jack hole Laird would still sue APS though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

“Union protests”? There is no teacher union in VA.

This is a thread about APS. Why do you think we care about your comments?

-parent

No teacher “unions” in VA? Ok, “teacher associations”, is that better?

https://www.localdvm.com/news/virginia/a-teachers-union-is-urging-governor-northam-to-close-va-schools-until-the-state-has-covid-19-under-control/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know. Silly teachers. Using all time high numbers of community spread as an excuse. So baseless. Eyeroll.

Yes, it is baseless. Before posting this nonsense, did you even look at the "community spread" numbers?
The numbers are not high in Arlington and they are certainly not and have never been high for children.
Even if there is community spread why would teachers need to be concerned since I am sure they are all just staying home, never leaving the house right? Isn't that safest? And isn't that their deepest concern???

I mean, we've got this lady:
https://www.mystateline.com/news/state-news/chicago-teachers-union-leader-who-vacationed-while-claiming-its-unsafe-to-return-to-school-apologizes/

And, then locally, we have my hairdresser who knows how insane this has all been, telling me about teachers who are coming in for hair appointments, and lamenting to the stylists that they are petrified about going back to school. While sitting in the stylist's chair. In the salon.

Morons like that should not be responsible for educating children. No wonder education is in such a dismal state in this country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

“Union protests”? There is no teacher union in VA.

This is a thread about APS. Why do you think we care about your comments?

-parent

DP. Virginia did away with the ban on teachers unions earlier this year. Collective bargaining starts May 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

Cool story bro. But now there’s a British mutation AND a South Africa mutation, both of which are much more contagious. To which a (yet to be peer reviewed) study suggests may require closing achools(British) and is so changed the vaccines may not be effective (S African). So yes, definitely let’s rush to return to schools rather than consider the implications.

My suggestion is APS needs to open schools for free lunch/low income students to do their DL. The Open Schools Now peeps insist they are looking out for the most at risk - most studies that talk about the detrimental effect in younger children are talking about those in low income families, not Larla in her 8k sq ft house. There are enough schools to adequately socially distance them, even if they have to bus, which gives them the WiFi, tech support, and structure/access to food necessary to help them. Something tells me that Trumpy jack hole Laird would still sue APS though.

Thanks for actually reading the science. And taking the time to post about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

Cool story bro. But now there’s a British mutation AND a South Africa mutation, both of which are much more contagious. To which a (yet to be peer reviewed) study suggests may require closing achools(British) and is so changed the vaccines may not be effective (S African). So yes, definitely let’s rush to return to schools rather than consider the implications.

My suggestion is APS needs to open schools for free lunch/low income students to do their DL. The Open Schools Now peeps insist they are looking out for the most at risk - most studies that talk about the detrimental effect in younger children are talking about those in low income families, not Larla in her 8k sq ft house. There are enough schools to adequately socially distance them, even if they have to bus, which gives them the WiFi, tech support, and structure/access to food necessary to help them. Something tells me that Trumpy jack hole Laird would still sue APS though.

Another cool story is that England actually re-opened their schools and has had kids in class in person. And is now closing them while they figure out the mutation. If we had done something remotely similar, then you could compare. But you don’t get to start comparing and aligning us to them now just because it fits your narrative—when we didn’t even follow suit with them in the first place!! Their students have a lot less to lose in their current closure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

“Union protests”? There is no teacher union in VA.

This is a thread about APS. Why do you think we care about your comments?

-parent

DP. Virginia did away with the ban on teachers unions earlier this year. Collective bargaining starts May 1.

Yes. And? That is several months away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:APS is finally getting with the program. It seems this thread is 95% responses by teachers if I had to guess.

Teachers, there are other teachers around the country successfully teaching. I do think there should be some kind of opt-out for teachers with immune system issues or serious complicating health factors. But for healthy normal adult teachers, let's be reasonable. You cannot stay out of the classroom until there is zero risk. The educational system is changing drastically while you sit this one out.

By pushing parents to the brink with union protests, you are losing your public school children populations and you will eventually return to a very different school framework, where parents realize public school education is less desirable and your formerly "upper-middle class" schools might look very different. Maybe smaller size public schools will be for the best, but it further segregates our society's children, which is not.

My child's in-school public school 2nd grade class (outside the DMV) had two kids at separate times catch COVID (they suspect from a soccer team, family contacts etc), and none of them transmitted it to other students in the class or teacher, or others in the school (based on the school's tracking and low numbers). Wearing masks, tracking cases, and social distancing works in schools.

“Union protests”? There is no teacher union in VA.

This is a thread about APS. Why do you think we care about your comments?

-parent

No teacher “unions” in VA? Ok, “teacher associations”, is that better?

https://www.localdvm.com/news/virginia/a-teachers-union-is-urging-governor-northam-to-close-va-schools-until-the-state-has-covid-19-under-control/

There is no “teacher unions” (whatever the name) like in other areas. Any VA teacher organizations are currently powerless and doesn’t “protest”.