Do you think the VA governor's race will have an impact on NoVA school board elections?

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Anonymous wrote:See, posts like the above are why I think that 9 out of 10 posts here are written by 16 year olds with nothing better to do. The immaturity level is a big tell.

OTH I would like more info about Polk if anyone knows anything.

It's not true. Polk has sent home classrooms of kids to quarantine because one kid in the class tested positive. Entire classrooms, nor majority of classrooms, are not getting sick. The masks are working, nobody else is testing positive after the initial kid, and kids are just forced to be home for a few weeks.

Haha. Kids go to school all over Europe without masks with worse vaccination and case rates than here, but "the masks are working." It is a zombie mask cult.

Another reason I'm glad I voted for Youngkin (first time voting Republican ever).

Too funny. Putting a bandana over your mouth and nose prevents the plague according to these people. It's time to get back to normal. Covid just isn't that dangerous for children. Just look at Florida.

Look at the entire U.S.: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/

I voted republican too. Let these kids take off the masks.

yes, let's do like the UK, where they reopened with no masks and mitigation and now, even with a high kevel of vaccinations, have a total S$itshow going

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Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

To clarify, FCPS did NOT offer a hybrid option for most students until March 2021.

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Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

To clarify, FCPS did NOT offer a hybrid option for most students until March 2021.

Aaaaaand? Teachers weren't vaccinated until then. Requiring them to work when they weren't vaccinated wasn't an ethical choice. School is hardly something that is so necessary that it would require someone to risk his or her life for. Get real.

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Aaaaaand? Teachers weren't vaccinated until then. Requiring them to work when they weren't vaccinated wasn't an ethical choice. School is hardly something that is so necessary that it would require someone to risk his or her life for. Get real.

Plenty of schools were open last year and did just fine.

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Aaaaaand? Teachers weren't vaccinated until then. Requiring them to work when they weren't vaccinated wasn't an ethical choice. School is hardly something that is so necessary that it would require someone to risk his or her life for. Get real.

Plenty of schools were open last year and did just fine.

Yes, and that is why Democrats just lost the election. They chose reducing the risk to teachers by causing damage to kids, especially the most underprivileged kids. Essential workers continued working in person the entire pandemic, but not DC area public school teachers.

The closed schoolers still can't admit they were wrong, no matter how much the common knowledge and conventional wisdom has changed with the horrible evidence coming out of the damage done to kids (and the clear evidence school was safe). If I supported such horrible policies and permanent damage to so many children, I'd be desperate too.

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Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

At minimum - not mandate schools close regardless of what future variant comes this way - which is what the Ds did.

Northam didn’t mandate school closures in fall 2020. ?

NO. He allowed the schools to open hybrid which is why it is even worse that they didn't.

The irony of republicans getting upset that a democrat governor delegated power to the local level (which allowed conservative districts to choose to open) is hilarious

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Aaaaaand? Teachers weren't vaccinated until then. Requiring them to work when they weren't vaccinated wasn't an ethical choice. School is hardly something that is so necessary that it would require someone to risk his or her life for. Get real.

Plenty of schools were open last year and did just fine.

Yes, and that is why Democrats just lost the election. They chose reducing the risk to teachers by causing damage to kids, especially the most underprivileged kids. Essential workers continued working in person the entire pandemic, but not DC area public school teachers.

The closed schoolers still can't admit they were wrong, no matter how much the common knowledge and conventional wisdom has changed with the horrible evidence coming out of the damage done to kids (and the clear evidence school was safe). If I supported such horrible policies and permanent damage to so many children, I'd be desperate too.

Schools did the best given the information and resources they had available at the time during an unprecedented global crisis.

Yes, it sucked. Yes, there was learning loss. And, yes, millions of people died worldwide.

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Aaaaaand? Teachers weren't vaccinated until then. Requiring them to work when they weren't vaccinated wasn't an ethical choice. School is hardly something that is so necessary that it would require someone to risk his or her life for. Get real.

Plenty of schools were open last year and did just fine.

Yes, and that is why Democrats just lost the election. They chose reducing the risk to teachers by causing damage to kids, especially the most underprivileged kids. Essential workers continued working in person the entire pandemic, but not DC area public school teachers.

The closed schoolers still can't admit they were wrong, no matter how much the common knowledge and conventional wisdom has changed with the horrible evidence coming out of the damage done to kids (and the clear evidence school was safe). If I supported such horrible policies and permanent damage to so many children, I'd be desperate too.

Schools did the best given the information and resources they had available at the time during an unprecedented global crisis.

Yes, it sucked. Yes, there was learning loss. And, yes, millions of people died worldwide.

Sure. If they had information that they'd collectively cost the Democrats the state, they probably would have done differently.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Aaaaaand? Teachers weren't vaccinated until then. Requiring them to work when they weren't vaccinated wasn't an ethical choice. School is hardly something that is so necessary that it would require someone to risk his or her life for. Get real.

Plenty of schools were open last year and did just fine.

Yes, and that is why Democrats just lost the election. They chose reducing the risk to teachers by causing damage to kids, especially the most underprivileged kids. Essential workers continued working in person the entire pandemic, but not DC area public school teachers.

The closed schoolers still can't admit they were wrong, no matter how much the common knowledge and conventional wisdom has changed with the horrible evidence coming out of the damage done to kids (and the clear evidence school was safe). If I supported such horrible policies and permanent damage to so many children, I'd be desperate too.

Schools did the best given the information and resources they had available at the time during an unprecedented global crisis.

Yes, it sucked. Yes, there was learning loss. And, yes, millions of people died worldwide.

Sure. If they had information that they'd collectively cost the Democrats the state, they probably would have done differently.

Would they? Could they? I don’t think they would have been able to staff the classrooms. That was before vaccines. Maybe you weren’t concerned but many people were for various reasons, including parents and teachers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:See, posts like the above are why I think that 9 out of 10 posts here are written by 16 year olds with nothing better to do. The immaturity level is a big tell.

OTH I would like more info about Polk if anyone knows anything.

It's not true. Polk has sent home classrooms of kids to quarantine because one kid in the class tested positive. Entire classrooms, nor majority of classrooms, are not getting sick. The masks are working, nobody else is testing positive after the initial kid, and kids are just forced to be home for a few weeks.

Haha. Kids go to school all over Europe without masks with worse vaccination and case rates than here, but "the masks are working." It is a zombie mask cult.

Another reason I'm glad I voted for Youngkin (first time voting Republican ever).

Too funny. Putting a bandana over your mouth and nose prevents the plague according to these people. It's time to get back to normal. Covid just isn't that dangerous for children. Just look at Florida.

Look at the entire U.S.: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/

I voted republican too. Let these kids take off the masks.

yes, let's do like the UK, where they reopened with no masks and mitigation and now, even with a high kevel of vaccinations, have a total S$itshow going

I have no idea why you posted this falsehood, cases have been trending DOWN in the UK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Aaaaaand? Teachers weren't vaccinated until then. Requiring them to work when they weren't vaccinated wasn't an ethical choice. School is hardly something that is so necessary that it would require someone to risk his or her life for. Get real.

Plenty of schools were open last year and did just fine.

Yes, and that is why Democrats just lost the election. They chose reducing the risk to teachers by causing damage to kids, especially the most underprivileged kids. Essential workers continued working in person the entire pandemic, but not DC area public school teachers.

The closed schoolers still can't admit they were wrong, no matter how much the common knowledge and conventional wisdom has changed with the horrible evidence coming out of the damage done to kids (and the clear evidence school was safe). If I supported such horrible policies and permanent damage to so many children, I'd be desperate too.

Schools did the best given the information and resources they had available at the time during an unprecedented global crisis.

Yes, it sucked. Yes, there was learning loss. And, yes, millions of people died worldwide.

Sure. If they had information that they'd collectively cost the Democrats the state, they probably would have done differently.

Would they? Could they? I don’t think they would have been able to staff the classrooms. That was before vaccines. Maybe you weren’t concerned but many people were for various reasons, including parents and teachers.

A majority of students chose to come back in-person at all times. And if they weren't handing out LOAs like candy, there would have been no staffing issues. It took leadership locally and especially at the state level.

The party that failed to provide the leadership at the state level has been wholesale replaced because closed schools caused many lifelong D parents to crossover to vote them out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Aaaaaand? Teachers weren't vaccinated until then. Requiring them to work when they weren't vaccinated wasn't an ethical choice. School is hardly something that is so necessary that it would require someone to risk his or her life for. Get real.

Plenty of schools were open last year and did just fine.

Yes, and that is why Democrats just lost the election. They chose reducing the risk to teachers by causing damage to kids, especially the most underprivileged kids. Essential workers continued working in person the entire pandemic, but not DC area public school teachers.

The closed schoolers still can't admit they were wrong, no matter how much the common knowledge and conventional wisdom has changed with the horrible evidence coming out of the damage done to kids (and the clear evidence school was safe). If I supported such horrible policies and permanent damage to so many children, I'd be desperate too.

Schools did the best given the information and resources they had available at the time during an unprecedented global crisis.

Yes, it sucked. Yes, there was learning loss. And, yes, millions of people died worldwide.

Sure. If they had information that they'd collectively cost the Democrats the state, they probably would have done differently.

Would they? Could they? I don’t think they would have been able to staff the classrooms. That was before vaccines. Maybe you weren’t concerned but many people were for various reasons, including parents and teachers.

A majority of students chose to come back in-person at all times. And if they weren't handing out LOAs like candy, there would have been no staffing issues. It took leadership locally and especially at the state level.

The party that failed to provide the leadership at the state level has been wholesale replaced because closed schools caused many lifelong D parents to crossover to vote them out.

Really? LOAs are gone. Vaccines have been here for months. And we still have staffing issues today.

You think the GOP is going to take a strong position with local governments? That sounds like the antithesis of the GOP.

[Anonymous]

If they had prioritized vaccinating teachers and reopening schools two weeks after they got their first dose, schools would have been open five days a week by mid February 2021.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for everyone all posted that the school boards must pay for closing schools during the pandemic. . .

Wasn’t it the school administration who made that call on in-person/hybrid/concurrent?

What local school board insisted on opening schools that an administrator insisted on keeping closed? I realize this is a non-FCPS board, but the superintendent there wanted to open with hybrid in the fall, while the SB insisted on keeping their heads up their butts for political reasons.

Continuation. To be fair, that same superintendent made opening impractical after handing out ADAs like Halloween candy.

But did the FCPS school board actually vote on it?

I don't think that school boards have the power to decide if schools are open/close/hybrid/concurrent. That's an operational decision.

I agree with you that I don't think the FCPS school board had a vote on it. It seemed purely operational and almost completely dependent on whether they could staff a reopening. Turns out they couldn't (as other school systems also experienced) so they moved to a hybrid option.

So what would have a R governor done if a school system couldn't staff reopening in the fall?

At minimum - not mandate schools close regardless of what future variant comes this way - which is what the Ds did.

Northam didn’t mandate school closures in fall 2020. ?

NO. He allowed the schools to open hybrid which is why it is even worse that they didn't.

The irony of republicans getting upset that a democrat governor delegated power to the local level (which allowed conservative districts to choose to open) is hilarious

I'm the one you're quoting here - and I am a D but one mad about the school closures - so I guess I can be mad since I am not an R! Ha. And the people who flipped the election were ones who go both ways apparently.

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Aaaaaand? Teachers weren't vaccinated until then. Requiring them to work when they weren't vaccinated wasn't an ethical choice. School is hardly something that is so necessary that it would require someone to risk his or her life for. Get real.

Plenty of schools were open last year and did just fine.

Yes, and that is why Democrats just lost the election. They chose reducing the risk to teachers by causing damage to kids, especially the most underprivileged kids. Essential workers continued working in person the entire pandemic, but not DC area public school teachers.

The closed schoolers still can't admit they were wrong, no matter how much the common knowledge and conventional wisdom has changed with the horrible evidence coming out of the damage done to kids (and the clear evidence school was safe). If I supported such horrible policies and permanent damage to so many children, I'd be desperate too.

Schools did the best given the information and resources they had available at the time during an unprecedented global crisis.

Yes, it sucked. Yes, there was learning loss. And, yes, millions of people died worldwide.

They DID NOT. The only doctor Gov said open hybrid with masks and spacing and the Health Dept approved!!! Going full virutal with that - that is not doing the best given the information you have.