Charters: What covid precautions has your school announced for the upcoming year?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed that some of you are just waking up to understanding that nothing you say will do anything to move your charter admin's decisions.

Not at all surprised by that. Just never expected the administration to be so out of step with mainstream, progressive thinking.

I truly believe that they think that they ARE being the more progressive. Money that all public health decisions made by the school's leadership will be coupled with some statements about equity.

I guess it is equity of a sort to accommodate a mental illness.

Wow. That was a jackass thing to say.

It’s the truth. Anyone who actually cares about equity for children should be against these anti-scientific policies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed that some of you are just waking up to understanding that nothing you say will do anything to move your charter admin's decisions.

Not at all surprised by that. Just never expected the administration to be so out of step with mainstream, progressive thinking.

I truly believe that they think that they ARE being the more progressive. Money that all public health decisions made by the school's leadership will be coupled with some statements about equity.

I guess it is equity of a sort to accommodate a mental illness.

Wow. That was a jackass thing to say.

It’s the truth. Anyone who actually cares about equity for children should be against these anti-scientific policies.

+100

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Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed that some of you are just waking up to understanding that nothing you say will do anything to move your charter admin's decisions.

Not at all surprised by that. Just never expected the administration to be so out of step with mainstream, progressive thinking.

I truly believe that they think that they ARE being the more progressive. Money that all public health decisions made by the school's leadership will be coupled with some statements about equity.

I guess it is equity of a sort to accommodate a mental illness.

Wow. That was a jackass thing to say.

It’s the truth. Anyone who actually cares about equity for children should be against these anti-scientific policies.

+100

It's true. It really is turning into a mental illness.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is not an issue parents get to decide. Why is that SO hard for some of you to understand? There has been ONE word on the ITDS listserves about this and that’s it because you all know how dumb you sound and will only continue this ranting anonymously. Seriously just leave the school if you are that up in arms about this. Plenty of other schools you can go to in DC.

What are you so scared of? Clearly ITDS has created a culture of conformity and fear such that parents feel they can’t speak out. Hopefully this thread inspires a parent to be open about it on the listserv.

We wrote immediately to the HOS when the announcement was made expressing our disagreement and insisting on more transparency on what would prompt the potential reconsideration "in the fall" because we've been hearing that line for a long time now. No response so far. I hope others are speaking up as well.

You haven’t posted to the school listserv?

I can't tell if this and the previous "post to listserv" was serious or not. If you've been at ITDS you know it's a listserve for FAMILIES and not for communicating to admin, who are not part of that group. There are usually several reminders of this throughout the year.

Email the person designated as the COVID contact or the school leadership. I did.

You need to normalize for the administration that parents do not all want masks. The way you do that is by being public about it and getting more parents to speak up. The listserv is the way to do that even if the admins are (supposedly) not monitoring it. You can draft a letter and request additional sign-ons.

I'm the PP above who immediately wrote to the HOS. That was my first priority, but I am hoping to eventually get something out on the list serve as well if no one else will. I just know that list serve can be a bit of an s***show, that, as noted above, isn't an official mode of communication TO the school anyway. The more rational ITDS parents among us know that list serve can be a minefield, and not necessarily productive.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed that some of you are just waking up to understanding that nothing you say will do anything to move your charter admin's decisions.

Not at all surprised by that. Just never expected the administration to be so out of step with mainstream, progressive thinking.

+ 100. I think our ED is otherwise smart and strategic but will never understand the extreme and out of touch Covid policies.

[Anonymous]

I emailed the ITDS covid team requesting the rationale and guidelines it is following to require masks this school year, esp in the spirit of the poll from last spring. It'd be decent if they could be transparent about what guidelines they're following and when, if ever, they'd reconsider changing the requirement. After all, vaccines are available to all, DC transmission is LOW, and CDC also has DC transmission at LOW.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed that some of you are just waking up to understanding that nothing you say will do anything to move your charter admin's decisions.

Not at all surprised by that. Just never expected the administration to be so out of step with mainstream, progressive thinking.

+ 100. I think our ED is otherwise smart and strategic but will never understand the extreme and out of touch Covid policies.

It's become the test for which schools have a strong leader and which have a weakling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed that some of you are just waking up to understanding that nothing you say will do anything to move your charter admin's decisions.

Not at all surprised by that. Just never expected the administration to be so out of step with mainstream, progressive thinking.

+ 100. I think our ED is otherwise smart and strategic but will never understand the extreme and out of touch Covid policies.

It's become the test for which schools have a strong leader and which have a weakling.

It has. But it shouldn’t take much strength to follow DCPS, the CDC, and the rest of America (and world for that matter…). This is some crazy bubble we are in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I emailed the ITDS covid team requesting the rationale and guidelines it is following to require masks this school year, esp in the spirit of the poll from last spring. It'd be decent if they could be transparent about what guidelines they're following and when, if ever, they'd reconsider changing the requirement. After all, vaccines are available to all, DC transmission is LOW, and CDC also has DC transmission at LOW.

Have you received any response? I haven't so far.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I emailed the ITDS covid team requesting the rationale and guidelines it is following to require masks this school year, esp in the spirit of the poll from last spring. It'd be decent if they could be transparent about what guidelines they're following and when, if ever, they'd reconsider changing the requirement. After all, vaccines are available to all, DC transmission is LOW, and CDC also has DC transmission at LOW.

Have you received any response? I haven't so far.

Not the PP, but I received a response acknowledging receipt of my email and saying families can expect more information about the mask policy next week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed that some of you are just waking up to understanding that nothing you say will do anything to move your charter admin's decisions.

Not at all surprised by that. Just never expected the administration to be so out of step with mainstream, progressive thinking.

+ 100. I think our ED is otherwise smart and strategic but will never understand the extreme and out of touch Covid policies.

It's become the test for which schools have a strong leader and which have a weakling.

It has. But it shouldn’t take much strength to follow DCPS, the CDC, and the rest of America (and world for that matter…). This is some crazy bubble we are in.

It should not be a difficult call. And cynically couching it in terms of equity is so GD offensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed that some of you are just waking up to understanding that nothing you say will do anything to move your charter admin's decisions.

Not at all surprised by that. Just never expected the administration to be so out of step with mainstream, progressive thinking.

+ 100. I think our ED is otherwise smart and strategic but will never understand the extreme and out of touch Covid policies.

It's become the test for which schools have a strong leader and which have a weakling.

It has. But it shouldn’t take much strength to follow DCPS, the CDC, and the rest of America (and world for that matter…). This is some crazy bubble we are in.

Independence means making your own decisions. What’s the point if they just follow DCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed that some of you are just waking up to understanding that nothing you say will do anything to move your charter admin's decisions.

Not at all surprised by that. Just never expected the administration to be so out of step with mainstream, progressive thinking.

+ 100. I think our ED is otherwise smart and strategic but will never understand the extreme and out of touch Covid policies.

It's become the test for which schools have a strong leader and which have a weakling.

It has. But it shouldn’t take much strength to follow DCPS, the CDC, and the rest of America (and world for that matter…). This is some crazy bubble we are in.

Independence means making your own decisions. What’s the point if they just follow DCPS?

Again: Surely there are limits in the idea about independence? Should, say, a charter be able to get public funds if they teach that the earth is flat? How about a punishment system that involves paddling?

The idea about charters was about different styles of *education*, not public health.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed that some of you are just waking up to understanding that nothing you say will do anything to move your charter admin's decisions.

Not at all surprised by that. Just never expected the administration to be so out of step with mainstream, progressive thinking.

+ 100. I think our ED is otherwise smart and strategic but will never understand the extreme and out of touch Covid policies.

It's become the test for which schools have a strong leader and which have a weakling.

It has. But it shouldn’t take much strength to follow DCPS, the CDC, and the rest of America (and world for that matter…). This is some crazy bubble we are in.

Independence means making your own decisions. What’s the point if they just follow DCPS?

Again: Surely there are limits in the idea about independence? Should, say, a charter be able to get public funds if they teach that the earth is flat? How about a punishment system that involves paddling?

The idea about charters was about different styles of *education*, not public health.

Well corporal punishment in schools is illegal in DC, and this illustrious SCOTUS just ruled in favor of increased public funding for religious schools. Does that answer your hypotheticals?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm impressed that some of you are just waking up to understanding that nothing you say will do anything to move your charter admin's decisions.

Not at all surprised by that. Just never expected the administration to be so out of step with mainstream, progressive thinking.

+ 100. I think our ED is otherwise smart and strategic but will never understand the extreme and out of touch Covid policies.

It's become the test for which schools have a strong leader and which have a weakling.

It has. But it shouldn’t take much strength to follow DCPS, the CDC, and the rest of America (and world for that matter…). This is some crazy bubble we are in.

Independence means making your own decisions. What’s the point if they just follow DCPS?

Again: Surely there are limits in the idea about independence? Should, say, a charter be able to get public funds if they teach that the earth is flat? How about a punishment system that involves paddling?

The idea about charters was about different styles of *education*, not public health.

Well corporal punishment in schools is illegal in DC, and this illustrious SCOTUS just ruled in favor of increased public funding for religious schools. Does that answer your hypotheticals?

So yes, there ARE limits in DC about what charters can and cannot do.

The "independence" line of argument is easily shown that to be not factual.