City council voting today on bill to force school closings

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Anonymous wrote:I used to support outdoor lunch and all these other measures we're doing in schools, but my view is changing. From my conversations with parents, I know I'm not alone. This article pretty much sums up why:

https://nypost.com/2022/01/11/normalcy-for-florida-kids-shows-how-wrong-nyc-school-rules-are/

Florida aside - I just wonder what the point of all these mitigations is, when very few countries practice them in primary schools with no adverse outcomes. And when is DCPS leadership going to be able to quit them, given that covid will always be circulating and a new surge or variant will frequently be on the horizon?

I agree with you.

Me too. that article is spot on how I feel. And I’m a liberal DC mom. I feel like the whole world has lost its way. Enough is enough!

As long as there are teachers you will not have your way.

There are teachers in Florida and Europe too and somehow it works out?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know what the status of this bill is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the status of this bill is?

On Kojo today, Chairman Mendo said the Council will debate the bill next week.

(Virtually, of course. Because they don't go to work.)

[Anonymous]

I would love to see them impose weekly testing but skip the metrics where schools close part
Our principal confirmed this week that under the current system the school will only close if there are not adequate subs and that's the way it should be. A huge number of teachers are out but the subs are keeping the school running.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love to see them impose weekly testing but skip the metrics where schools close part
Our principal confirmed this week that under the current system the school will only close if there are not adequate subs and that's the way it should be. A huge number of teachers are out but the subs are keeping the school running.

And that is a rational stance, thank you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the status of this bill is?

On Kojo today, Chairman Mendo said the Council will debate the bill next week.

(Virtually, of course. Because they don't go to work.)

I am beginning to truly truly hate Robert white. Like we aren’t stressed enough? He’s gotta try jerking us around? Plus case rates are rapidly declining. It’s just garbage posturing at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the status of this bill is?

On Kojo today, Chairman Mendo said the Council will debate the bill next week.

(Virtually, of course. Because they don't go to work.)

I am beginning to truly truly hate Robert white. Like we aren’t stressed enough? He’s gotta try jerking us around? Plus case rates are rapidly declining. It’s just garbage posturing at this point.

I’m sorry your stressed. Ask some teachers what school buildings have been like this week. Particularly those outside of your normal bubble. It’s been one of the hardest weeks of my year and I feel like the kids got barely any instruction. Different teachers out on a daily basis, students being pulled for positive tests.

[Anonymous]

I like Robert White. Appreciate that he listens to teachers. And is a parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the status of this bill is?

On Kojo today, Chairman Mendo said the Council will debate the bill next week.

(Virtually, of course. Because they don't go to work.)

I am beginning to truly truly hate Robert white. Like we aren’t stressed enough? He’s gotta try jerking us around? Plus case rates are rapidly declining. It’s just garbage posturing at this point.

I’m sorry your stressed. Ask some teachers what school buildings have been like this week. Particularly those outside of your normal bubble. It’s been one of the hardest weeks of my year and I feel like the kids got barely any instruction. Different teachers out on a daily basis, students being pulled for positive tests.

NP. That's why we need school-based and not city-wide metrics. Which is what we have now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Robert White. Appreciate that he listens to teachers. And is a parent.

+1000 Million times better than Bowser who long overdue to be replaced

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the status of this bill is?

On Kojo today, Chairman Mendo said the Council will debate the bill next week.

(Virtually, of course. Because they don't go to work.)

I am beginning to truly truly hate Robert white. Like we aren’t stressed enough? He’s gotta try jerking us around? Plus case rates are rapidly declining. It’s just garbage posturing at this point.

I’m sorry your stressed. Ask some teachers what school buildings have been like this week. Particularly those outside of your normal bubble. It’s been one of the hardest weeks of my year and I feel like the kids got barely any instruction. Different teachers out on a daily basis, students being pulled for positive tests.

NP. That's why we need school-based and not city-wide metrics. Which is what we have now.

The bill no longer has that component. The intent was never to close schools, but rather to provide a safe AND CONSISTENT learning experience for students and teachers, despite OPs sensational headline

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the status of this bill is?

On Kojo today, Chairman Mendo said the Council will debate the bill next week.

(Virtually, of course. Because they don't go to work.)

I am beginning to truly truly hate Robert white. Like we aren’t stressed enough? He’s gotta try jerking us around? Plus case rates are rapidly declining. It’s just garbage posturing at this point.

I’m sorry your stressed. Ask some teachers what school buildings have been like this week. Particularly those outside of your normal bubble. It’s been one of the hardest weeks of my year and I feel like the kids got barely any instruction. Different teachers out on a daily basis, students being pulled for positive tests.

NP. That's why we need school-based and not city-wide metrics. Which is what we have now.

The bill no longer has that component. The intent was never to close schools, but rather to provide a safe AND CONSISTENT learning experience for students and teachers, despite OPs sensational headline

Respectfully: the intent of a metrics that would force schools to close was clearly intended to facilitate the closure of schools in the name of safety. So saying the intent was never to close schools is not true. There is a desire to close them under certain circumstances by anyone who supports the metric idea. Schools are open for learning but they are also vital for other reasons, including, for many students, meals and other support as well as psychological well-being. I'm glad to hear that they removed the metrics provision because I am absolutely in favor of more testing. I'm just afraid it will be too little too late. Thank you for the update!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the status of this bill is?

On Kojo today, Chairman Mendo said the Council will debate the bill next week.

(Virtually, of course. Because they don't go to work.)

I am beginning to truly truly hate Robert white. Like we aren’t stressed enough? He’s gotta try jerking us around? Plus case rates are rapidly declining. It’s just garbage posturing at this point.

I’m sorry your stressed. Ask some teachers what school buildings have been like this week. Particularly those outside of your normal bubble. It’s been one of the hardest weeks of my year and I feel like the kids got barely any instruction. Different teachers out on a daily basis, students being pulled for positive tests.

That isn’t the way it has been at my school. Teachers have been consistent, positive case announcements declines to pre-omicron. The prospect of someone not familiar with my school deciding what to do seems exactly what all the teachers don’t want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the status of this bill is?

On Kojo today, Chairman Mendo said the Council will debate the bill next week.

(Virtually, of course. Because they don't go to work.)

I am beginning to truly truly hate Robert white. Like we aren’t stressed enough? He’s gotta try jerking us around? Plus case rates are rapidly declining. It’s just garbage posturing at this point.

I’m sorry your stressed. Ask some teachers what school buildings have been like this week. Particularly those outside of your normal bubble. It’s been one of the hardest weeks of my year and I feel like the kids got barely any instruction. Different teachers out on a daily basis, students being pulled for positive tests.

Beyond…. My bubble? Look I know it’s fun to piss on Ward 3 people, but I’m a ward 4 parent with a group of parent friends at an assortment of charters in Ward 4 and 5, with some DCPS Ward 1 parents thrown in. I know DCPS And non- DCPS teachers. Everyone reports that kids have been learning or they’ve been teaching since winter break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know what the status of this bill is?

On Kojo today, Chairman Mendo said the Council will debate the bill next week.

(Virtually, of course. Because they don't go to work.)

I am beginning to truly truly hate Robert white. Like we aren’t stressed enough? He’s gotta try jerking us around? Plus case rates are rapidly declining. It’s just garbage posturing at this point.

I don’t support this bill, but I also wouldn’t say cases are rapidly declining. Hopefully we see that soon though.

https://www.popville.com/2022/01/january-13-coronavirus-data-new-cases-confirmed-and-probable/