I’m getting nervous about school because of delta

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS must have a plan for MS and HS kids that need to quarentine. Concurrent over Google Meet really is the only solution.

Sorry teachers.

Not sorry teachers. Sorry to all the kids who would get again have compromised learning experiences. They won’t require quarantine if all were masked. Which is why all will be masked at all levels.

You don't know that. FCPS has yet to release their plan

I’m a teacher. Trust me, they will all be masked.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS must have a plan for MS and HS kids that need to quarentine. Concurrent over Google Meet really is the only solution.

Sorry teachers.

Not sorry teachers. Sorry to all the kids who would get again have compromised learning experiences. They won’t require quarantine if all were masked. Which is why all will be masked at all levels.

You don't know that. FCPS has yet to release their plan

The plan is NO CONCURRENT!!!

It’s not happening. End of story. It’s not in our job description this year. We are teaching in person to the kids in the class and that’s it. We will work with families who need help catching up if sick.

As for quarantine plan, FCPS would need their own plan different from what CDC says and not make masked contacts quarantine. Last year, even at the end, CDC was still saying that being masked didn’t change contact status and quarantine was required.

From this spring:

The “classroom monitor” program, which secured temporary workers to effectively babysit classes taught by teachers working remotely, will end forever come fall, Brabrand said. Ditto for the “concurrent” model of teaching, which asked teachers to simultaneously instruct children learning remotely and children learning inside the classroom.

I’m the OP of this thread and the thing is, famous last words...Braband and company haven’t exactly been a shining example of foresight and strategic thinking. The situation with Delta is different than what was anticipated when some of these statements were being made at the end of the school year. I so don’t want concurrent but if enough kids are out of school for whatever reason the pressure is going to be on them to revert back.

From my perspective, so many missed opportunities all along. Why are the public schools not doing any kind of regular testing, even daurveillance testing or pooled testing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS must have a plan for MS and HS kids that need to quarentine. Concurrent over Google Meet really is the only solution.

Sorry teachers.

Not sorry teachers. Sorry to all the kids who would get again have compromised learning experiences. They won’t require quarantine if all were masked. Which is why all will be masked at all levels.

You don't know that. FCPS has yet to release their plan

The plan is NO CONCURRENT!!!

It’s not happening. End of story. It’s not in our job description this year. We are teaching in person to the kids in the class and that’s it. We will work with families who need help catching up if sick.

As for quarantine plan, FCPS would need their own plan different from what CDC says and not make masked contacts quarantine. Last year, even at the end, CDC was still saying that being masked didn’t change contact status and quarantine was required.

From this spring:

The “classroom monitor” program, which secured temporary workers to effectively babysit classes taught by teachers working remotely, will end forever come fall, Brabrand said. Ditto for the “concurrent” model of teaching, which asked teachers to simultaneously instruct children learning remotely and children learning inside the classroom.

I’m a yea her and here’s my thoughts on this:

IF they offer “quarantine concurrent”they can still claim this statement was accurate because we aren’t teaching whole concurrent classes but students who may need it here and there. And IF “quarantine concurrent” is the deal it won’t be like last year’s concurrent - we won’t be expected to be at the device teaching to it and making the lesson fully accessible virtually. It’ll be something like “open a google meet and aim it at the board so they can follow instruction” with no requirement to monitor a chat, teach both groups, etc. Probably just watch if you need to , do assignments, contact teacher if you need help.

Parents, your best plan if you want do avoid this hassle : vax your kids. Help us all out. We want them there learning too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS must have a plan for MS and HS kids that need to quarentine. Concurrent over Google Meet really is the only solution.

Sorry teachers.

Not sorry teachers. Sorry to all the kids who would get again have compromised learning experiences. They won’t require quarantine if all were masked. Which is why all will be masked at all levels.

You don't know that. FCPS has yet to release their plan

The plan is NO CONCURRENT!!!

It’s not happening. End of story. It’s not in our job description this year. We are teaching in person to the kids in the class and that’s it. We will work with families who need help catching up if sick.

As for quarantine plan, FCPS would need their own plan different from what CDC says and not make masked contacts quarantine. Last year, even at the end, CDC was still saying that being masked didn’t change contact status and quarantine was required.

From this spring:

The “classroom monitor” program, which secured temporary workers to effectively babysit classes taught by teachers working remotely, will end forever come fall, Brabrand said. Ditto for the “concurrent” model of teaching, which asked teachers to simultaneously instruct children learning remotely and children learning inside the classroom.

I’m a yea her and here’s my thoughts on this:

IF they offer “quarantine concurrent”they can still claim this statement was accurate because we aren’t teaching whole concurrent classes but students who may need it here and there. And IF “quarantine concurrent” is the deal it won’t be like last year’s concurrent - we won’t be expected to be at the device teaching to it and making the lesson fully accessible virtually. It’ll be something like “open a google meet and aim it at the board so they can follow instruction” with no requirement to monitor a chat, teach both groups, etc. Probably just watch if you need to , do assignments, contact teacher if you need help.

Parents, your best plan if you want do avoid this hassle : vax your kids. Help us all out. We want them there learning too.

Perhaps, but at the elementary school level aiming a camera at one spot such as the board isn’t going to gain much for you during much of the day.

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Anonymous wrote:If students are constantly having to quarantine for 10 days, how are they going to make up work and lessons? They won’t be able to watch virtually anymore. This is going to be tough.

Teacher here. My biggest concern with this is we will be expected to just open a google meet for them to attend class from home. “Informal” concurrent if you will. And my other fear regarding that is if we have to do it, kids will start treating attendance as optional and just say “hey I’m home open a google meet” and it’s no holds barred. Schools HAVE to develop a plan for this and stick to it because I am not having a google meet open daily for 2-3 absent kids . I refuse.

Do you have a plan in mind? "Having a google meet open daily for 2-3 absent kids" sounded exactly like the type of flexibility necessary right now, to keep students engaged and safe.

Different teacher here. I, too, will refuse to do informal concurrent. If you want to keep your kids home, go ahead, but don’t expect special “online” accommodations. Consider doing Virtual VA if you are worried.

I wasn't aware parents could decide they don't want their kid home if told they need to quarantine. Do you prefer they just give up on quarantining your students?

Personally I'm fine with it not being the 1st day any student is out because that is too disruptive, but if a student needs to be out for several days quarantining it seems like something could be set up. Although this is probably a bigger problem for the grades where students can be vaccinated, so I'm fine if "no need to quarantine" is the carrot and "we're not helping you easily catch up" the stick to get these kids vaccinated.

I’ve only skimmed, but has someone said they won’t help the student catch up? I only see people saying they don’t want to do concurrent instruction.

Concurrent for a high school student who has to be out for over a week quarantining is going to be a lot easier for them to catch up with classes than posting the assignments and expecting them to teach themselves or come back after 10 days and catch up then. Unless things have changed wince I was in school. Coming back after even a few days off was hard to do and people missing more than 1 week was rare.

Allowing kids who need to be quarantined to listen in to the class concurrently will go a long way in helping them stay up to speed.

Elementary is a lot harder to do that with and they can't be vaccinated yet, so that probably will be more left to catching students up. Thankfully they cover things at a slower pace and there is more fluff that can be skipped to catch a kid up, at least for the younger grades where letting a kid watch online takes more effort to support them and lecture style lessons aren't as common.

As a HS teacher, I will refuse to do this. Your kids will need to catch up the old fashioned way.

And this is why I will lie if my kid has covid. He will be in the classroom.

Sorry. This is just wrong on so many levels.

Wrong is being in a pandemic and forcing kids to stay home for weeks on end and not allowing them to have access to the class in HS. My kid will be in 10th grade with 4 AP courses. They will fly past material and he cannot afford to miss school. And when he is applying to colleges no college will say oh well he did poorly in 10th due his week long + quarantine due to covid in 2021.

Or you could have them drop a couple AP classes... Oh no...

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Anonymous wrote:If students are constantly having to quarantine for 10 days, how are they going to make up work and lessons? They won’t be able to watch virtually anymore. This is going to be tough.

Teacher here. My biggest concern with this is we will be expected to just open a google meet for them to attend class from home. “Informal” concurrent if you will. And my other fear regarding that is if we have to do it, kids will start treating attendance as optional and just say “hey I’m home open a google meet” and it’s no holds barred. Schools HAVE to develop a plan for this and stick to it because I am not having a google meet open daily for 2-3 absent kids . I refuse.

Do you have a plan in mind? "Having a google meet open daily for 2-3 absent kids" sounded exactly like the type of flexibility necessary right now, to keep students engaged and safe.

Different teacher here. I, too, will refuse to do informal concurrent. If you want to keep your kids home, go ahead, but don’t expect special “online” accommodations. Consider doing Virtual VA if you are worried.

I wasn't aware parents could decide they don't want their kid home if told they need to quarantine. Do you prefer they just give up on quarantining your students?

Personally I'm fine with it not being the 1st day any student is out because that is too disruptive, but if a student needs to be out for several days quarantining it seems like something could be set up. Although this is probably a bigger problem for the grades where students can be vaccinated, so I'm fine if "no need to quarantine" is the carrot and "we're not helping you easily catch up" the stick to get these kids vaccinated.

I’ve only skimmed, but has someone said they won’t help the student catch up? I only see people saying they don’t want to do concurrent instruction.

Concurrent for a high school student who has to be out for over a week quarantining is going to be a lot easier for them to catch up with classes than posting the assignments and expecting them to teach themselves or come back after 10 days and catch up then. Unless things have changed wince I was in school. Coming back after even a few days off was hard to do and people missing more than 1 week was rare.

Allowing kids who need to be quarantined to listen in to the class concurrently will go a long way in helping them stay up to speed.

Elementary is a lot harder to do that with and they can't be vaccinated yet, so that probably will be more left to catching students up. Thankfully they cover things at a slower pace and there is more fluff that can be skipped to catch a kid up, at least for the younger grades where letting a kid watch online takes more effort to support them and lecture style lessons aren't as common.

As a HS teacher, I will refuse to do this. Your kids will need to catch up the old fashioned way.

And this is why I will lie if my kid has covid. He will be in the classroom.

I get your point but realistically unless he’s asymptomatic (in which case you’d likely not know he has it anyway) that’s not gonna happen. The nurse did, can and will call you if your kid has any symptoms and say you have to come get him and show a negative test to come back.

^^This. You may very well be asked to produce a negative COVID test.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS must have a plan for MS and HS kids that need to quarentine. Concurrent over Google Meet really is the only solution.

Sorry teachers.

Not sorry teachers. Sorry to all the kids who would get again have compromised learning experiences. They won’t require quarantine if all were masked. Which is why all will be masked at all levels.

You don't know that. FCPS has yet to release their plan

The plan is NO CONCURRENT!!!

It’s not happening. End of story. It’s not in our job description this year. We are teaching in person to the kids in the class and that’s it. We will work with families who need help catching up if sick.

As for quarantine plan, FCPS would need their own plan different from what CDC says and not make masked contacts quarantine. Last year, even at the end, CDC was still saying that being masked didn’t change contact status and quarantine was required.

From this spring:

The “classroom monitor” program, which secured temporary workers to effectively babysit classes taught by teachers working remotely, will end forever come fall, Brabrand said. Ditto for the “concurrent” model of teaching, which asked teachers to simultaneously instruct children learning remotely and children learning inside the classroom.

I’m a yea her and here’s my thoughts on this:

IF they offer “quarantine concurrent”they can still claim this statement was accurate because we aren’t teaching whole concurrent classes but students who may need it here and there. And IF “quarantine concurrent” is the deal it won’t be like last year’s concurrent - we won’t be expected to be at the device teaching to it and making the lesson fully accessible virtually. It’ll be something like “open a google meet and aim it at the board so they can follow instruction” with no requirement to monitor a chat, teach both groups, etc. Probably just watch if you need to , do assignments, contact teacher if you need help.

Parents, your best plan if you want do avoid this hassle : vax your kids. Help us all out. We want them there learning too.

Perhaps, but at the elementary school level aiming a camera at one spot such as the board isn’t going to gain much for you during much of the day.

ES students can miss a month and won't miss a darn thing. They don't need concurrent.

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Anonymous wrote:If students are constantly having to quarantine for 10 days, how are they going to make up work and lessons? They won’t be able to watch virtually anymore. This is going to be tough.

Teacher here. My biggest concern with this is we will be expected to just open a google meet for them to attend class from home. “Informal” concurrent if you will. And my other fear regarding that is if we have to do it, kids will start treating attendance as optional and just say “hey I’m home open a google meet” and it’s no holds barred. Schools HAVE to develop a plan for this and stick to it because I am not having a google meet open daily for 2-3 absent kids . I refuse.

Do you have a plan in mind? "Having a google meet open daily for 2-3 absent kids" sounded exactly like the type of flexibility necessary right now, to keep students engaged and safe.

Different teacher here. I, too, will refuse to do informal concurrent. If you want to keep your kids home, go ahead, but don’t expect special “online” accommodations. Consider doing Virtual VA if you are worried.

I wasn't aware parents could decide they don't want their kid home if told they need to quarantine. Do you prefer they just give up on quarantining your students?

Personally I'm fine with it not being the 1st day any student is out because that is too disruptive, but if a student needs to be out for several days quarantining it seems like something could be set up. Although this is probably a bigger problem for the grades where students can be vaccinated, so I'm fine if "no need to quarantine" is the carrot and "we're not helping you easily catch up" the stick to get these kids vaccinated.

I’ve only skimmed, but has someone said they won’t help the student catch up? I only see people saying they don’t want to do concurrent instruction.

Concurrent for a high school student who has to be out for over a week quarantining is going to be a lot easier for them to catch up with classes than posting the assignments and expecting them to teach themselves or come back after 10 days and catch up then. Unless things have changed wince I was in school. Coming back after even a few days off was hard to do and people missing more than 1 week was rare.

Allowing kids who need to be quarantined to listen in to the class concurrently will go a long way in helping them stay up to speed.

Elementary is a lot harder to do that with and they can't be vaccinated yet, so that probably will be more left to catching students up. Thankfully they cover things at a slower pace and there is more fluff that can be skipped to catch a kid up, at least for the younger grades where letting a kid watch online takes more effort to support them and lecture style lessons aren't as common.

As a HS teacher, I will refuse to do this. Your kids will need to catch up the old fashioned way.

And this is why I will lie if my kid has covid. He will be in the classroom.

Sorry. This is just wrong on so many levels.

Wrong is being in a pandemic and forcing kids to stay home for weeks on end and not allowing them to have access to the class in HS. My kid will be in 10th grade with 4 AP courses. They will fly past material and he cannot afford to miss school. And when he is applying to colleges no college will say oh well he did poorly in 10th due his week long + quarantine due to covid in 2021.

Or you could have them drop a couple AP classes... Oh no...

Nope.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS must have a plan for MS and HS kids that need to quarentine. Concurrent over Google Meet really is the only solution.

Sorry teachers.

Not sorry teachers. Sorry to all the kids who would get again have compromised learning experiences. They won’t require quarantine if all were masked. Which is why all will be masked at all levels.

You don't know that. FCPS has yet to release their plan

The plan is NO CONCURRENT!!!

It’s not happening. End of story. It’s not in our job description this year. We are teaching in person to the kids in the class and that’s it. We will work with families who need help catching up if sick.

As for quarantine plan, FCPS would need their own plan different from what CDC says and not make masked contacts quarantine. Last year, even at the end, CDC was still saying that being masked didn’t change contact status and quarantine was required.

I'm a teacher and I don't even believe the "no concurrent" plan. I do believe we will not be doing it everyday but I do not believe that it won't appear this year.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS must have a plan for MS and HS kids that need to quarentine. Concurrent over Google Meet really is the only solution.

Sorry teachers.

Not sorry teachers. Sorry to all the kids who would get again have compromised learning experiences. They won’t require quarantine if all were masked. Which is why all will be masked at all levels.

You don't know that. FCPS has yet to release their plan

The plan is NO CONCURRENT!!!

It’s not happening. End of story. It’s not in our job description this year. We are teaching in person to the kids in the class and that’s it. We will work with families who need help catching up if sick.

As for quarantine plan, FCPS would need their own plan different from what CDC says and not make masked contacts quarantine. Last year, even at the end, CDC was still saying that being masked didn’t change contact status and quarantine was required.

From this spring:

The “classroom monitor” program, which secured temporary workers to effectively babysit classes taught by teachers working remotely, will end forever come fall, Brabrand said. Ditto for the “concurrent” model of teaching, which asked teachers to simultaneously instruct children learning remotely and children learning inside the classroom.

I’m a yea her and here’s my thoughts on this:

IF they offer “quarantine concurrent”they can still claim this statement was accurate because we aren’t teaching whole concurrent classes but students who may need it here and there. And IF “quarantine concurrent” is the deal it won’t be like last year’s concurrent - we won’t be expected to be at the device teaching to it and making the lesson fully accessible virtually. It’ll be something like “open a google meet and aim it at the board so they can follow instruction” with no requirement to monitor a chat, teach both groups, etc. Probably just watch if you need to , do assignments, contact teacher if you need help.

Parents, your best plan if you want do avoid this hassle : vax your kids. Help us all out. We want them there learning too.

Perhaps, but at the elementary school level aiming a camera at one spot such as the board isn’t going to gain much for you during much of the day.

I teach elementary. This is really the best you should hope for this year.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS must have a plan for MS and HS kids that need to quarentine. Concurrent over Google Meet really is the only solution.

Sorry teachers.

Not sorry teachers. Sorry to all the kids who would get again have compromised learning experiences. They won’t require quarantine if all were masked. Which is why all will be masked at all levels.

You don't know that. FCPS has yet to release their plan

The plan is NO CONCURRENT!!!

It’s not happening. End of story. It’s not in our job description this year. We are teaching in person to the kids in the class and that’s it. We will work with families who need help catching up if sick.

As for quarantine plan, FCPS would need their own plan different from what CDC says and not make masked contacts quarantine. Last year, even at the end, CDC was still saying that being masked didn’t change contact status and quarantine was required.

From this spring:

The “classroom monitor” program, which secured temporary workers to effectively babysit classes taught by teachers working remotely, will end forever come fall, Brabrand said. Ditto for the “concurrent” model of teaching, which asked teachers to simultaneously instruct children learning remotely and children learning inside the classroom.

I’m a yea her and here’s my thoughts on this:

IF they offer “quarantine concurrent”they can still claim this statement was accurate because we aren’t teaching whole concurrent classes but students who may need it here and there. And IF “quarantine concurrent” is the deal it won’t be like last year’s concurrent - we won’t be expected to be at the device teaching to it and making the lesson fully accessible virtually. It’ll be something like “open a google meet and aim it at the board so they can follow instruction” with no requirement to monitor a chat, teach both groups, etc. Probably just watch if you need to , do assignments, contact teacher if you need help.

Parents, your best plan if you want do avoid this hassle : vax your kids. Help us all out. We want them there learning too.

Perhaps, but at the elementary school level aiming a camera at one spot such as the board isn’t going to gain much for you during much of the day.

I teach elementary. This is really the best you should hope for this year.

Pp here, also an elementary teacher.
Yes, I agree. A child tuning in via a still camera is going to tune out quickly. It won’t be worth their while.

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ES students do not need concurrent! MS students who are not taking HS classes don't need concurrent. Only HS level classes need concurrent and honestly unless it's math or science, they just need audio. They don't even need to see anything.

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Anonymous wrote:ES students do not need concurrent! MS students who are not taking HS classes don't need concurrent. Only HS level classes need concurrent and honestly unless it's math or science, they just need audio. They don't even need to see anything.

I don’t think anyone is saying right now that they need it. Later, parents with a child at home might want it but the PPs are saying they don’t need it and won’t get it. Simply having a camera on is not concurrent instruction.

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Anonymous wrote:If students are constantly having to quarantine for 10 days, how are they going to make up work and lessons? They won’t be able to watch virtually anymore. This is going to be tough.

Teacher here. My biggest concern with this is we will be expected to just open a google meet for them to attend class from home. “Informal” concurrent if you will. And my other fear regarding that is if we have to do it, kids will start treating attendance as optional and just say “hey I’m home open a google meet” and it’s no holds barred. Schools HAVE to develop a plan for this and stick to it because I am not having a google meet open daily for 2-3 absent kids . I refuse.

Do you have a plan in mind? "Having a google meet open daily for 2-3 absent kids" sounded exactly like the type of flexibility necessary right now, to keep students engaged and safe.

Different teacher here. I, too, will refuse to do informal concurrent. If you want to keep your kids home, go ahead, but don’t expect special “online” accommodations. Consider doing Virtual VA if you are worried.

I wasn't aware parents could decide they don't want their kid home if told they need to quarantine. Do you prefer they just give up on quarantining your students?

Personally I'm fine with it not being the 1st day any student is out because that is too disruptive, but if a student needs to be out for several days quarantining it seems like something could be set up. Although this is probably a bigger problem for the grades where students can be vaccinated, so I'm fine if "no need to quarantine" is the carrot and "we're not helping you easily catch up" the stick to get these kids vaccinated.

I’ve only skimmed, but has someone said they won’t help the student catch up? I only see people saying they don’t want to do concurrent instruction.

Concurrent for a high school student who has to be out for over a week quarantining is going to be a lot easier for them to catch up with classes than posting the assignments and expecting them to teach themselves or come back after 10 days and catch up then. Unless things have changed wince I was in school. Coming back after even a few days off was hard to do and people missing more than 1 week was rare.

Allowing kids who need to be quarantined to listen in to the class concurrently will go a long way in helping them stay up to speed.

Elementary is a lot harder to do that with and they can't be vaccinated yet, so that probably will be more left to catching students up. Thankfully they cover things at a slower pace and there is more fluff that can be skipped to catch a kid up, at least for the younger grades where letting a kid watch online takes more effort to support them and lecture style lessons aren't as common.

As a HS teacher, I will refuse to do this. Your kids will need to catch up the old fashioned way.

And this is why I will lie if my kid has covid. He will be in the classroom.

And it's because of sociopaths like you that I'll be teaching in a mask and getting nowhere near students this year. Immune escape is bound to happen sooner or later--our classrooms are packed like sardine cans.

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Anonymous wrote:If students are constantly having to quarantine for 10 days, how are they going to make up work and lessons? They won’t be able to watch virtually anymore. This is going to be tough.

Teacher here. My biggest concern with this is we will be expected to just open a google meet for them to attend class from home. “Informal” concurrent if you will. And my other fear regarding that is if we have to do it, kids will start treating attendance as optional and just say “hey I’m home open a google meet” and it’s no holds barred. Schools HAVE to develop a plan for this and stick to it because I am not having a google meet open daily for 2-3 absent kids . I refuse.

Do you have a plan in mind? "Having a google meet open daily for 2-3 absent kids" sounded exactly like the type of flexibility necessary right now, to keep students engaged and safe.

Different teacher here. I, too, will refuse to do informal concurrent. If you want to keep your kids home, go ahead, but don’t expect special “online” accommodations. Consider doing Virtual VA if you are worried.

I wasn't aware parents could decide they don't want their kid home if told they need to quarantine. Do you prefer they just give up on quarantining your students?

Personally I'm fine with it not being the 1st day any student is out because that is too disruptive, but if a student needs to be out for several days quarantining it seems like something could be set up. Although this is probably a bigger problem for the grades where students can be vaccinated, so I'm fine if "no need to quarantine" is the carrot and "we're not helping you easily catch up" the stick to get these kids vaccinated.

I’ve only skimmed, but has someone said they won’t help the student catch up? I only see people saying they don’t want to do concurrent instruction.

Concurrent for a high school student who has to be out for over a week quarantining is going to be a lot easier for them to catch up with classes than posting the assignments and expecting them to teach themselves or come back after 10 days and catch up then. Unless things have changed wince I was in school. Coming back after even a few days off was hard to do and people missing more than 1 week was rare.

Allowing kids who need to be quarantined to listen in to the class concurrently will go a long way in helping them stay up to speed.

Elementary is a lot harder to do that with and they can't be vaccinated yet, so that probably will be more left to catching students up. Thankfully they cover things at a slower pace and there is more fluff that can be skipped to catch a kid up, at least for the younger grades where letting a kid watch online takes more effort to support them and lecture style lessons aren't as common.

As a HS teacher, I will refuse to do this. Your kids will need to catch up the old fashioned way.

And this is why I will lie if my kid has covid. He will be in the classroom.

And it's because of sociopaths like you that I'll be teaching in a mask and getting nowhere near students this year. Immune escape is bound to happen sooner or later--our classrooms are packed like sardine cans.

Blame the school district and horrible quarantine rules and unforgiving HS teachers