2 days a week school in the fall?

[Anonymous]

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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”.

The one or two day a week plan defies common sense.

Is being exposed to covid two days instead of five really that different?

Yes. It is and small class sizes are easier to manage. Class sizes are too big anyway, half the day is crowd management.

I don’t think classes are too big. I moved my kid from a private with small classes to DCPS with their typical class size. So much better! If you are a bright kid, you are slowed down by other if you have more kids. There are more kids for groups. I think many parents on this board are pretty naive about schools. It is bad parental FOMO or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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”.

The one or two day a week plan defies common sense.

Is being exposed to covid two days instead of five really that different?

Yes. It is and small class sizes are easier to manage. Class sizes are too big anyway, half the day is crowd management.

I don’t think classes are too big. I moved my kid from a private with small classes to DCPS with their typical class size. So much better! If you are a bright kid, you are slowed down by other if you have more kids. There are more kids for groups. I think many parents on this board are pretty naive about schools. It is bad parental FOMO or something.

Meant to say: If you are a bright kid, you are **NOT** slowed down by other if you have more kids.

[Anonymous]

Time to move to Virginia. This is insane.

[Anonymous]

Birx is on TV saying that Maryland, DC and Virginia have "significant" levels of virus and now lead the country in positive test results. The curve for Arlington-Alexandria is going up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Time to move to Virginia. This is insane.

Is VA going to be better?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Time to move to Virginia. This is insane.

Is VA going to be better?

VA isn't going to be better. Fairfax and Loudon, etc are having the EXACT same conversations. As is the private school
that I'm spending $45k for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time to move to Virginia. This is insane.

Is VA going to be better?

VA isn't going to be better. Fairfax and Loudon, etc are having the EXACT same conversations. As is the private school
that I'm spending $45k for.

All the schools in this area are dealing with the same issues. And they are going to coordinate, because the DMV is a pretty tightly interconnected region, so it's unlikely that one state is going to choose to be a huge outlier.

I just think people are getting pissy because they want everything back to normal and haven't really wrapped their head around the fact that that isn't happening any time soon. Also, it's clear that people posting like this haven't really been affected by the actual pandemic -- they don't know anyone who was seriously ill or died -- and so it's all just abstract to them, and all they feel is the personal inconvenience. Which is real, sure, but you'd see a different response if people had any kind of visceral sense of how bad this disease can be. Local governments aren't just responding to the well-off white people in NWDC and Cap Hill, they are responding to conditions in Wards 5 and 8, and a disease that is disproportionately injuring and killing POC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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”.

The one or two day a week plan defies common sense.

Is being exposed to covid two days instead of five really that different?

Yes. It is and small class sizes are easier to manage. Class sizes are too big anyway, half the day is crowd management.

I don’t think classes are too big. I moved my kid from a private with small classes to DCPS with their typical class size. So much better! If you are a bright kid, you are slowed down by other if you have more kids. There are more kids for groups. I think many parents on this board are pretty naive about schools. It is bad parental FOMO or something.

Meant to say: If you are a bright kid, you are **NOT** slowed down by other if you have more kids.

+1

I can't stand teaching small classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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”.

The one or two day a week plan defies common sense.

Is being exposed to covid two days instead of five really that different?

Yes. It is and small class sizes are easier to manage. Class sizes are too big anyway, half the day is crowd management.

I don’t think classes are too big. I moved my kid from a private with small classes to DCPS with their typical class size. So much better! If you are a bright kid, you are slowed down by other if you have more kids. There are more kids for groups. I think many parents on this board are pretty naive about schools. It is bad parental FOMO or something.

Meant to say: If you are a bright kid, you are **NOT** slowed down by other if you have more kids.

+1

I can't stand teaching small classes.

Is that because you then have to acknowledge the kids who don’t understand or have disabilities? You can’t just keep teaching and pretend you don’t see them or that they get in the way?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time to move to Virginia. This is insane.

Is VA going to be better?

VA isn't going to be better. Fairfax and Loudon, etc are having the EXACT same conversations. As is the private school
that I'm spending $45k for.

All the schools in this area are dealing with the same issues. And they are going to coordinate, because the DMV is a pretty tightly interconnected region, so it's unlikely that one state is going to choose to be a huge outlier.

I just think people are getting pissy because they want everything back to normal and haven't really wrapped their head around the fact that that isn't happening any time soon. Also, it's clear that people posting like this haven't really been affected by the actual pandemic -- they don't know anyone who was seriously ill or died -- and so it's all just abstract to them, and all they feel is the personal inconvenience. Which is real, sure, but you'd see a different response if people had any kind of visceral sense of how bad this disease can be. Local governments aren't just responding to the well-off white people in NWDC and Cap Hill, they are responding to conditions in Wards 5 and 8, and a disease that is disproportionately injuring and killing POC.

I think it's obnoxious when people say others haven't experienced the pandemic just because a family member or friend hasn't died. Absurd and obnoxious. Check your privilege! We're all experiencing the situation deeply. People who work blue collar essential are experiencing it. Boomers in isolation are. Parents with kids at home 2+ months are. Kids obviously are. Businesses. Athletes. Homeless. ET CETERA.

Getting back to normal WILL happen, because it has to if we don't want to be on a downhill Road to Serfdom. "New Normal" is nothing more than NEWSPEAK!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meant to say: If you are a bright kid, you are **NOT** slowed down by other if you have more kids.

I was a gifted kid and I just tuned out in large classes. It wasn't until I got into smaller classes and environments with more personalized, individual attention that I started to do much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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”.

The one or two day a week plan defies common sense.

Is being exposed to covid two days instead of five really that different?

Yes. It is and small class sizes are easier to manage. Class sizes are too big anyway, half the day is crowd management.

I don’t think classes are too big. I moved my kid from a private with small classes to DCPS with their typical class size. So much better! If you are a bright kid, you are slowed down by other if you have more kids. There are more kids for groups. I think many parents on this board are pretty naive about schools. It is bad parental FOMO or something.

Meant to say: If you are a bright kid, you are **NOT** slowed down by other if you have more kids.

+1

I can't stand teaching small classes.

Is that because you then have to acknowledge the kids who don’t understand or have disabilities? You can’t just keep teaching and pretend you don’t see them or that they get in the way?

Haha such a strange assumption. And patently untrue. Large classes have advantages for many students. But keep that chip on your shoulder and let that anger rage on! Oh and also keep thinking that teachers in small classes do t just “ pretend they don’t see them”. You clearly know nothing about what goes on in a school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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”.

The one or two day a week plan defies common sense.

Is being exposed to covid two days instead of five really that different?

Yes. It is and small class sizes are easier to manage. Class sizes are too big anyway, half the day is crowd management.

I clearly know about schools. 20 years experience here as a special education teacher. Nice try though!

I don’t think classes are too big. I moved my kid from a private with small classes to DCPS with their typical class size. So much better! If you are a bright kid, you are slowed down by other if you have more kids. There are more kids for groups. I think many parents on this board are pretty naive about schools. It is bad parental FOMO or something.

Meant to say: If you are a bright kid, you are **NOT** slowed down by other if you have more kids.

+1

I can't stand teaching small classes.

Is that because you then have to acknowledge the kids who don’t understand or have disabilities? You can’t just keep teaching and pretend you don’t see them or that they get in the way?

Haha such a strange assumption. And patently untrue. Large classes have advantages for many students. But keep that chip on your shoulder and let that anger rage on! Oh and also keep thinking that teachers in small classes do t just “ pretend they don’t see them”. You clearly know nothing about what goes on in a school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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”.

The one or two day a week plan defies common sense.

Is being exposed to covid two days instead of five really that different?

Yes. It is and small class sizes are easier to manage. Class sizes are too big anyway, half the day is crowd management.

I don’t think classes are too big. I moved my kid from a private with small classes to DCPS with their typical class size. So much better! If you are a bright kid, you are slowed down by other if you have more kids. There are more kids for groups. I think many parents on this board are pretty naive about schools. It is bad parental FOMO or something.

Meant to say: If you are a bright kid, you are **NOT** slowed down by other if you have more kids.

+1

I can't stand teaching small classes.

Is that because you then have to acknowledge the kids who don’t understand or have disabilities? You can’t just keep teaching and pretend you don’t see them or that they get in the way?

Haha such a strange assumption. And patently untrue. Large classes have advantages for many students. But keep that chip on your shoulder and let that anger rage on! Oh and also keep thinking that teachers in small classes do t just “ pretend they don’t see them”. You clearly know nothing about what goes on in a school.

I clearly know about schools. 20 years experience here as a special education teacher. Nice try though!

[Anonymous]

Large classes have advantages?????? Are you insane? Trolling for fun? More kids for groups is a BAD thing. The bright kids being slowed down by the low kids is NOT a good thing. Though, to be fair, all the research I've ever seen shows it really doesn't matter what you do to the high kids. They thrive every place you put them.