When do you think school will be back to normal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question - if it would get kids in school would you and your family be willing to wear a mask anytime you are outside your home whether you are more than 6 feet away or not.

Would you send your kid into school with a mask 100% of the time?

That is our best hope. Are people willing to do it?

If this is what it would take to go back to school full time, absolutely. I would also be happy to continue with full quarantine outside of sending kids to school if it allowed my children to go back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question - if it would get kids in school would you and your family be willing to wear a mask anytime you are outside your home whether you are more than 6 feet away or not.

Would you send your kid into school with a mask 100% of the time?

That is our best hope. Are people willing to do it?

Me and DH? 100% and we are doing that now and will continue until there is a vaccine? My two Janney kids? Not a chance, despite best attempts and intentions. They are simply too young to keep them on and one actually feels as though he can’t breath in them (there are some sensory issues there). It would actually be a bigger hazard for them because I can 100% see them chewing on the damn thing an hour or two into the day so whatever germs it catches will now be directly in their mouthes, not to mention the thousand times throughout the day they will be touching and fiddling with the darn thing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently not until we have a vaccine or cure. Stokes just announced it will be DL until then. Crazy.

Source?!

[Anonymous]

Board meeting. I have a kid at dci and stokes. Both will be distance learning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently not until we have a vaccine or cure. Stokes just announced it will be DL until then. Crazy.

Source?!

Somebody posted this on the MD forum:

"FWIW - Elsie Whitlow Stokes Charter School (one of the DC Bilingual Charters) already made the decision that students will start 100% remote learning in August.

Copy and pasted letter from Director Below:

Dear Stokes School families,

On Saturday, June 13th, Stokes School’s Board of Trustees held their annual meeting. It was the first virtual annual meeting
and it was a pleasure to see so many members of our school community in attendance. For those who were unable to attend,
the Power Point presentation given during the meeting is posted on our website as well as the answers to questions posed by
parents and staff before and during the meeting. Spanish language interpretations of these documents will be provided upon
request.

To summarize what was covered:

• Stokes School will begin the school year with 100% remote instruction.

• When DC government officials deem it safe to reopen school buildings, (in Stage 2 or 3 of the ReOpen DC Plan) we will
welcome a limited number of educationally high-risk students into the building for supervised remote learning.

• Stokes School will transition to in-person attendance for all students when DC enters Stage 4 of the ReOpen DC Plan
and there is an effective vaccine or cure for COVID-19.


Stokes School’s reopening plan is based on the most recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and the DC Health Department for schools during the recovery period from the COVID-19 public health
emergency, the ReOpen DC Advisory Group Recommendations, and input from our parent and staff surveys. As we create
Stokes School’s reopening plan we are planning for multiple contingencies, focusing on equity and maintaining the safety and
well-being of our students, staff and families. These plans are subject to change as local and federal guidance changes.
At the appropriate time and with social distancing measures in place, the Brookland Campus will be able to hold 60 students
and staff, and the East End Campus will be able to accommodate 90 students and staff.

To determine which students will be eligible for these spaces, a multidisciplinary team with representation from both
campuses including the Deans of Students, SST Coordinators, Director of Data and Compliance, Special Education Coordinator,
Special Education Director, and the Chief Academic Officer, developed a weighted system based on the following criteria and
needs:

• students who receive Special Education services including those with IEP’s and 504 Plans;
• students who are at-risk (homeless, or qualify for TANF or SNAP benefits);
• English Language Learners (ELL);
• students who scored in the low range on the NWEA in reading, math, or both;
• students who struggled with distance learning during the spring trimester;
• students who receive support from the Student Support Team; and
• other mitigating factors that are not conducive to distance learning.
The first round of in-person invitations will be extended by July 15.

We appreciate your continued partnership and support as we navigate this time together. Enjoy your summer!
Sincerely,"

[Anonymous]

At least it gives families time to plan

[Anonymous]

It sounds like some students would be allowed in the building for "supervised remote learning" in if DC remains in Phase 2, so it's not 100% DL. Not sure what supervised remote learning, but I suppose it's a thoughtful way to assist the students who need extra attention.


What constitutes a "cure"?

[Anonymous]

Any family that supports schools to be closed or on a rotating schedule in the fall is absolutely privileged. As one of the previous post already stated: The economic strain, the ever widening of the achievement gap, and the socioemotional damage cannot be overstated.

Only those (predominantly white middle class families) who are able to afford help, private tutors are pushing for this. Their privilege completely blinds them. These people don’t care about black, brown or any other underprivileged families without resources, and wants our kids to stay underprivileged while their kids get ahead with private help.

To those who continue to push for school closure due to Covid-19, look inside your hearts and souls when you go out protesting for BLM with your privileged children. You don’t really care about our lives, you just want to virtue signal that you are better than others and that you are not racists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any family that supports schools to be closed or on a rotating schedule in the fall is absolutely privileged. As one of the previous post already stated: The economic strain, the ever widening of the achievement gap, and the socioemotional damage cannot be overstated.

Only those (predominantly white middle class families) who are able to afford help, private tutors are pushing for this. Their privilege completely blinds them. These people don’t care about black, brown or any other underprivileged families without resources, and wants our kids to stay underprivileged while their kids get ahead with private help.

To those who continue to push for school closure due to Covid-19, look inside your hearts and souls when you go out protesting for BLM with your privileged children. You don’t really care about our lives, you just want to virtue signal that you are better than others and that you are not racists.

I agree with you, and aside from the equity issues, I think it is completely insane that any parents except those whose family is for some reason at higher risk would be pushing for this (and the latter would be selfish, because they shouldn't impose their needs on the entire community and just plan on homeschooling their kids).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any family that supports schools to be closed or on a rotating schedule in the fall is absolutely privileged. As one of the previous post already stated: The economic strain, the ever widening of the achievement gap, and the socioemotional damage cannot be overstated.

Only those (predominantly white middle class families) who are able to afford help, private tutors are pushing for this. Their privilege completely blinds them. These people don’t care about black, brown or any other underprivileged families without resources, and wants our kids to stay underprivileged while their kids get ahead with private help.

To those who continue to push for school closure due to Covid-19, look inside your hearts and souls when you go out protesting for BLM with your privileged children. You don’t really care about our lives, you just want to virtue signal that you are better than others and that you are not racists.

Thank you social justice warrior. I, however, am concerned about the HEALTH of those same groups. I don’t want their older family members to die. I don’t want our African American teachers to die. I don’t want kids to experience more trauma surrounding deaths of loved ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any family that supports schools to be closed or on a rotating schedule in the fall is absolutely privileged. As one of the previous post already stated: The economic strain, the ever widening of the achievement gap, and the socioemotional damage cannot be overstated.

Only those (predominantly white middle class families) who are able to afford help, private tutors are pushing for this. Their privilege completely blinds them. These people don’t care about black, brown or any other underprivileged families without resources, and wants our kids to stay underprivileged while their kids get ahead with private help.

To those who continue to push for school closure due to Covid-19, look inside your hearts and souls when you go out protesting for BLM with your privileged children. You don’t really care about our lives, you just want to virtue signal that you are better than others and that you are not racists.

Thank you social justice warrior. I, however, am concerned about the HEALTH of those same groups. I don’t want their older family members to die. I don’t want our African American teachers to die. I don’t want kids to experience more trauma surrounding deaths of loved ones.

The risk of dying for the average individual is small. The overall increase in deaths from opening schools, according to presently available data, would be minimal. The harms from keeping schools closed, both educational as well as economic and social, are an absolute certainty, and will be added to the already existing and likely, even if we keep schools closed, continuing trauma inflicted by the virus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any family that supports schools to be closed or on a rotating schedule in the fall is absolutely privileged. As one of the previous post already stated: The economic strain, the ever widening of the achievement gap, and the socioemotional damage cannot be overstated.

Only those (predominantly white middle class families) who are able to afford help, private tutors are pushing for this. Their privilege completely blinds them. These people don’t care about black, brown or any other underprivileged families without resources, and wants our kids to stay underprivileged while their kids get ahead with private help.

To those who continue to push for school closure due to Covid-19, look inside your hearts and souls when you go out protesting for BLM with your privileged children. You don’t really care about our lives, you just want to virtue signal that you are better than others and that you are not racists.

Thank you social justice warrior. I, however, am concerned about the HEALTH of those same groups. I don’t want their older family members to die. I don’t want our African American teachers to die. I don’t want kids to experience more trauma surrounding deaths of loved ones.

The risk of dying for the average individual is small. The overall increase in deaths from opening schools, according to presently available data, would be minimal. The harms from keeping schools closed, both educational as well as economic and social, are an absolute certainty, and will be added to the already existing and likely, even if we keep schools closed, continuing trauma inflicted by the virus.

Can you find data from another country with our obesity and diabetes rate? No? Right, so your data from Germany and Sweden doesn’t relate here. Beijing just had to close schools again. If you don’t think that is going to happen here you are nuts.

[Anonymous]

My favorite part of this thread is parents saying their kids won’t wear masks and we are talking a Janney parent. You should have been practicing this the last four months. My kid with autism and sensory issues will wear a mask because we practiced and worked at it. You say you want schools open, but are unwilling to do anything to help that along. Let me guess, you will be back at the gym Monday morning. Either teach your kid to wear a mask as a requirement for going out or homeschool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any family that supports schools to be closed or on a rotating schedule in the fall is absolutely privileged. As one of the previous post already stated: The economic strain, the ever widening of the achievement gap, and the socioemotional damage cannot be overstated.

Only those (predominantly white middle class families) who are able to afford help, private tutors are pushing for this. Their privilege completely blinds them. These people don’t care about black, brown or any other underprivileged families without resources, and wants our kids to stay underprivileged while their kids get ahead with private help.

To those who continue to push for school closure due to Covid-19, look inside your hearts and souls when you go out protesting for BLM with your privileged children. You don’t really care about our lives, you just want to virtue signal that you are better than others and that you are not racists.

The LMC people who I know don’t want COVID more than they want schools open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any family that supports schools to be closed or on a rotating schedule in the fall is absolutely privileged. As one of the previous post already stated: The economic strain, the ever widening of the achievement gap, and the socioemotional damage cannot be overstated.

Only those (predominantly white middle class families) who are able to afford help, private tutors are pushing for this. Their privilege completely blinds them. These people don’t care about black, brown or any other underprivileged families without resources, and wants our kids to stay underprivileged while their kids get ahead with private help.

To those who continue to push for school closure due to Covid-19, look inside your hearts and souls when you go out protesting for BLM with your privileged children. You don’t really care about our lives, you just want to virtue signal that you are better than others and that you are not racists.

Thank you social justice warrior. I, however, am concerned about the HEALTH of those same groups. I don’t want their older family members to die. I don’t want our African American teachers to die. I don’t want kids to experience more trauma surrounding deaths of loved ones.

The risk of dying for the average individual is small. The overall increase in deaths from opening schools, according to presently available data, would be minimal. The harms from keeping schools closed, both educational as well as economic and social, are an absolute certainty, and will be added to the already existing and likely, even if we keep schools closed, continuing trauma inflicted by the virus.

Can you find data from another country with our obesity and diabetes rate? No? Right, so your data from Germany and Sweden doesn’t relate here. Beijing just had to close schools again. If you don’t think that is going to happen here you are nuts.

Yes, we will likely have to close schools again, which should be done on a case by case basis when there is a local outbreak. It's not a reason to keep all schools closed preemptively.