2 days a week school in the fall?

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if any aftercare at all will be allowed. Probably not based on the report.

Nope, no aftercare, no sports, no extra curriculars. No parent volunteers, no field trips. My kid is in high school and she LOVES her extras and sports. This is going to be very hard for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if any aftercare at all will be allowed. Probably not based on the report.

I've wondered that too. I think possibly yes in very small groups for private aftercare that meets somewhere other than at a school, but I wonder if it would get more expensive because of the tiny groups. It seems impossible to hold at a school.

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Anonymous wrote:How about:

Provide homeschooling materials for families that want their kids to use complete DL. Not the thrown together system of completely classes in progress the was done this year, an actual option to complete the content on a home school basis.

2 day a week of in school learning for middle and high school with homework (not virtual classes) for the remaining portion of the week to cover complete content. Roughly 10 students in a classroom at a time, depending on room size.


Divide elementary schools into morning and afternoon groups, 9-noon and 1 to 4, four days a week. facilitate alternative locations with childcare, technology and homework help for kids that need it staffed with paraprofessionals for the times they are not in school. accommodate social distancing.

Once there is a vaccine or execution of other elimination plan (isolation and tracing) go back to normal.

I also thought of this as an option- Divide elementary schools into morning and afternoon groups, 9-noon and 1 to 4, four days a week- but this means that we will all have to work from home, otherwise how do you manage the logistics? Also, they will need to deep clean classes between 12-1pm and then again after 4pm. And if they only are in school for 3 hours, kids will probably be getting assignments to finish at home. So again, you will not be able to work much. Especially if you have more than one kid at the same school.....

How many staff does it take to thoroughly clean an entire school in one hour?

"deep clean"? Why not have each student take a clorox wipe and clean his/her area/desk at the end of the day (teacher watches to make sure it gets done) - 5 minutes - boom!

And the bathrooms? Lockers? Walls? Shelves? How long are you proposing kids clean for? How many parents want their kids using Clorox wipes? And how many kids listen when I say “don’t keep wiping until it’s dry, it needs to stay wet for 4 minutes!” (Spoiler alert: none)

Wait, why don’t parents want their kids to use Clorox wipes? My toddler uses them to clean...

https://www.simplemost.com/consumer-reports-warns-against-disinfectant-wipes/

https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/ENV_HS_DisinfectingWipesTeachers.pdf

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/05/22/lynnfield-schools-warned-to-stop-making-kids-clean-with-disinfectant-wipes/

They could just use soap and water. The virus doesn't last well in soapy water.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if any aftercare at all will be allowed. Probably not based on the report.

Nope, no aftercare, no sports, no extra curriculars. No parent volunteers, no field trips. My kid is in high school and she LOVES her extras and sports. This is going to be very hard for her.

That’s not how I read the sports guidance. School section said no to tryouts etc for now but the recreation page shows Medium-to-high-contact community sports non-contact training / practices open with safeguards while games remain closed in stage 2 and games to be allowed stage 3. What do you gather this means for school sports?


https://coronavirus.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/coronavirus/page_content/attachments/06.%20Open%20Spaces%20and%20Recreataion.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if any aftercare at all will be allowed. Probably not based on the report.

Nope, no aftercare, no sports, no extra curriculars. No parent volunteers, no field trips. My kid is in high school and she LOVES her extras and sports. This is going to be very hard for her.

That’s not how I read the sports guidance. School section said no to tryouts etc for now but the recreation page shows Medium-to-high-contact community sports non-contact training / practices open with safeguards while games remain closed in stage 2 and games to be allowed stage 3. What do you gather this means for school sports?


https://coronavirus.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/coronavirus/page_content/attachments/06.%20Open%20Spaces%20and%20Recreataion.pdf

Schools section said no tryouts, practices or games until further guidance.

[Anonymous]

Parent here. Not a fan of two day plan. There is going to be mostly distance learning anyway but of poorer quality since teachers now will teach in person while other children are distance learning. Two days a week is not going to solve the learning problem or the childcare problem. Also the school is going to shut down again and everyone will have to transition to the new routine again. I would put all of the eggs in the distance learning basket and have dpr and any extra school staff provide full time childcare with priority for both parents working (or single parent working). They could charge on a sliding scale, use the school buildings and provide laptops for the distance learning. A minority of children would presumably participate leaving plenty of space for distancing and this system could employ people and take care of children of teachers (if desired) and first responders.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here. Not a fan of two day plan. There is going to be mostly distance learning anyway but of poorer quality since teachers now will teach in person while other children are distance learning. Two days a week is not going to solve the learning problem or the childcare problem. Also the school is going to shut down again and everyone will have to transition to the new routine again. I would put all of the eggs in the distance learning basket and have dpr and any extra school staff provide full time childcare with priority for both parents working (or single parent working). They could charge on a sliding scale, use the school buildings and provide laptops for the distance learning. A minority of children would presumably participate leaving plenty of space for distancing and this system could employ people and take care of children of teachers (if desired) and first responders.

I don't think people realize that the rest of the economy is going to open up. It is already. People are going to be, by and large, expected back at work. The federal government is talking about people transitioning back to work in person in mid June. It's not going to be first responders that need childcare, it's going to be everyone (or, like, 85% of people). If people are in schools on laptops or whatever, they might as well just have real schools. This is absolutely not sustainable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parent here. Not a fan of two day plan. There is going to be mostly distance learning anyway but of poorer quality since teachers now will teach in person while other children are distance learning. Two days a week is not going to solve the learning problem or the childcare problem. Also the school is going to shut down again and everyone will have to transition to the new routine again. I would put all of the eggs in the distance learning basket and have dpr and any extra school staff provide full time childcare with priority for both parents working (or single parent working). They could charge on a sliding scale, use the school buildings and provide laptops for the distance learning. A minority of children would presumably participate leaving plenty of space for distancing and this system could employ people and take care of children of teachers (if desired) and first responders.

Almost everyone needs childcare. This system is not much different than regular school.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here. Not a fan of two day plan. There is going to be mostly distance learning anyway but of poorer quality since teachers now will teach in person while other children are distance learning. Two days a week is not going to solve the learning problem or the childcare problem. Also the school is going to shut down again and everyone will have to transition to the new routine again. I would put all of the eggs in the distance learning basket and have dpr and any extra school staff provide full time childcare with priority for both parents working (or single parent working). They could charge on a sliding scale, use the school buildings and provide laptops for the distance learning. A minority of children would presumably participate leaving plenty of space for distancing and this system could employ people and take care of children of teachers (if desired) and first responders.

Almost everyone needs childcare. This system is not much different than regular school.

I would love to see this plan in action — everyone fighting who is most deserving of childcare....

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here. Not a fan of two day plan. There is going to be mostly distance learning anyway but of poorer quality since teachers now will teach in person while other children are distance learning. Two days a week is not going to solve the learning problem or the childcare problem. Also the school is going to shut down again and everyone will have to transition to the new routine again. I would put all of the eggs in the distance learning basket and have dpr and any extra school staff provide full time childcare with priority for both parents working (or single parent working). They could charge on a sliding scale, use the school buildings and provide laptops for the distance learning. A minority of children would presumably participate leaving plenty of space for distancing and this system could employ people and take care of children of teachers (if desired) and first responders.

Almost everyone needs childcare. This system is not much different than regular school.

I would love to see this plan in action — everyone fighting who is most deserving of childcare....

i am picturing cage matches

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here. Not a fan of two day plan. There is going to be mostly distance learning anyway but of poorer quality since teachers now will teach in person while other children are distance learning. Two days a week is not going to solve the learning problem or the childcare problem. Also the school is going to shut down again and everyone will have to transition to the new routine again. I would put all of the eggs in the distance learning basket and have dpr and any extra school staff provide full time childcare with priority for both parents working (or single parent working). They could charge on a sliding scale, use the school buildings and provide laptops for the distance learning. A minority of children would presumably participate leaving plenty of space for distancing and this system could employ people and take care of children of teachers (if desired) and first responders.

Almost everyone needs childcare. This system is not much different than regular school.

I would love to see this plan in action — everyone fighting who is most deserving of childcare....

i am picturing cage matches

I’m picturing a school... staffed by teachers... but where everyone is doing distance learning on laptops. Wtf. This is obviously just crappy school. All of the risks, none of the benefits.

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Anonymous wrote:Parent here. Not a fan of two day plan. There is going to be mostly distance learning anyway but of poorer quality since teachers now will teach in person while other children are distance learning. Two days a week is not going to solve the learning problem or the childcare problem. Also the school is going to shut down again and everyone will have to transition to the new routine again. I would put all of the eggs in the distance learning basket and have dpr and any extra school staff provide full time childcare with priority for both parents working (or single parent working). They could charge on a sliding scale, use the school buildings and provide laptops for the distance learning. A minority of children would presumably participate leaving plenty of space for distancing and this system could employ people and take care of children of teachers (if desired) and first responders.

Almost everyone needs childcare. This system is not much different than regular school.

I would love to see this plan in action — everyone fighting who is most deserving of childcare....

i am picturing cage matches

I’m picturing a school... staffed by teachers... but where everyone is doing distance learning on laptops. Wtf. This is obviously just crappy school. All of the risks, none of the benefits.

NP. I am unconvinced that most parents would choose to send their children in this case if they had any choice at all. I think MANY children would be home with extended family or a work from home parent rather than going to a possibly dangerously germy school.

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The one or two days per week scenario should’ve been shot down in the initial meetings. What a god awful idea. All the exposure with none of the learning. I would rather take over myself at home then send my kid in to school to get sick at regular intervals. Especially if I know my kid will be attending on the same days as kids of medical workers. If we’re not ready, we’re not ready. One week on two weeks off makes more sense because then if a kid gets it their week “on” they might show symptoms during down period and not go back to school. These poor teachers though, they’ll all get infected and spread it to all their kids. Why TF aren’t they spending this energy making complicated and idiotic schedules into actually fighting this virus? This is a pointless dog and pony show with the “extra cleaning” and “social distancing”.

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Anonymous wrote:The one or two days per week scenario should’ve been shot down in the initial meetings. What a god awful idea. All the exposure with none of the learning. I would rather take over myself at home then send my kid in to school to get sick at regular intervals. Especially if I know my kid will be attending on the same days as kids of medical workers. If we’re not ready, we’re not ready. One week on two weeks off makes more sense because then if a kid gets it their week “on” they might show symptoms during down period and not go back to school. These poor teachers though, they’ll all get infected and spread it to all their kids. Why TF aren’t they spending this energy making complicated and idiotic schedules into actually fighting this virus? This is a pointless dog and pony show with the “extra cleaning” and “social distancing”.

I agree with the week-on, week-off system, given the incubation period. I wish they could do one week on, one week off, with teachers also rotating, so the same teacher would be doing in-person and then distance learning (and would only be exposed to the one group of students). It might work for elementary schools, if they could hire additional teachers (not sure if that would be feasible).

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Anonymous wrote:The one or two days per week scenario should’ve been shot down in the initial meetings. What a god awful idea. All the exposure with none of the learning. I would rather take over myself at home then send my kid in to school to get sick at regular intervals. Especially if I know my kid will be attending on the same days as kids of medical workers. If we’re not ready, we’re not ready. One week on two weeks off makes more sense because then if a kid gets it their week “on” they might show symptoms during down period and not go back to school. These poor teachers though, they’ll all get infected and spread it to all their kids. Why TF aren’t they spending this energy making complicated and idiotic schedules into actually fighting this virus? This is a pointless dog and pony show with the “extra cleaning” and “social distancing”.

I agree with the week-on, week-off system, given the incubation period. I wish they could do one week on, one week off, with teachers also rotating, so the same teacher would be doing in-person and then distance learning (and would only be exposed to the one group of students). It might work for elementary schools, if they could hire additional teachers (not sure if that would be feasible).

The incubation period can be up to 10 days, and some kids will be entirely asymptomatic. It would be smarter to do 3 weeks on, 3 weeks DL with the A/B groups. Then, the kids can run through the entire cycle of the virus while at home.