Will fall 2021 mean full IP classes?

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Anonymous wrote:Who knew, one party rule isn’t such a great idea after all.

This. It’s like we are on a sinking ship. There will never be school again.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh hell no. My kids are going to school in person full time (they will wear masks if necessary). Even if we have to go stay with grandparents in another state, I absolutely refuse to do distance learning beyond the end of this year.

Same. DCs tax base will take a beating. There will be teacher layoffs. No one is sticking around for fall hybrid.

LOL seriously? You think you're that important?

No one in my social circle will be sticking around. Can’t imagine I’m alone. People are making plans to live in second homes, relatives, private. Most people do have choices if forced....

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Anonymous wrote:Again low SES parents and others figured it out but you can't? Pffft.

It’s easier to figure out if you live in mult-generational households with grandparents and great-grandparents who are in their forties and sixties...

Low SES parents have figured out what? How to have their teens watch their pre-kers so none of them have school?

Yeah, how do we know they've figured it out? Because their voices aren't here? What are they doing?

I work with them, you guys just assume. And above is just another '8th grade' education comment in disguise. NOTHING is easier for low SES families. Some of you are just in this white privileged bubble.

You have the black lives matter sign on your lawn but secretly think we are beneath you.

What have low SES parents figured out?

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Anonymous wrote:Again low SES parents and others figured it out but you can't? Pffft.

It’s easier to figure out if you live in mult-generational households with grandparents and great-grandparents who are in their forties and sixties...

Low SES parents have figured out what? How to have their teens watch their pre-kers so none of them have school?

Yeah, how do we know they've figured it out? Because their voices aren't here? What are they doing?

I work with them, you guys just assume. And above is just another '8th grade' education comment in disguise. NOTHING is easier for low SES families. Some of you are just in this white privileged bubble.

You have the black lives matter sign on your lawn but secretly think we are beneath you.

You realize these responses are bc of the woke person saying low SES people have it figured out? Are you a different poster?

Also, no ones said it was easy. The question was what they are doing.

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Anonymous wrote:Again low SES parents and others figured it out but you can't? Pffft.

It’s easier to figure out if you live in mult-generational households with grandparents and great-grandparents who are in their forties and sixties...

Low SES parents have figured out what? How to have their teens watch their pre-kers so none of them have school?

Yeah, how do we know they've figured it out? Because their voices aren't here? What are they doing?

I work with them, you guys just assume. And above is just another '8th grade' education comment in disguise. NOTHING is easier for low SES families. Some of you are just in this white privileged bubble.

You have the black lives matter sign on your lawn but secretly think we are beneath you.

You realize these responses are bc of the woke person saying low SES people have it figured out? Are you a different poster?

Also, no ones said it was easy. The question was what they are doing.

Or are you saying the woke person is in a privileged white bubble....

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Anonymous wrote:Oh hell no. My kids are going to school in person full time (they will wear masks if necessary). Even if we have to go stay with grandparents in another state, I absolutely refuse to do distance learning beyond the end of this year.

Same. DCs tax base will take a beating. There will be teacher layoffs. No one is sticking around for fall hybrid.

LOL seriously? You think you're that important?

No one in my social circle will be sticking around. Can’t imagine I’m alone. People are making plans to live in second homes, relatives, private. Most people do have choices if forced....

I'm saying there are tons of wealthy people living here who don't have kids and they continue to move here. You and your friends kids also likely go to overenrolled schools, not seeing a downside for DCPS as a whole here. They'll have the money and layoffs won't happen because every year DCPS has many unfilled positions.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh hell no. My kids are going to school in person full time (they will wear masks if necessary). Even if we have to go stay with grandparents in another state, I absolutely refuse to do distance learning beyond the end of this year.

Same. DCs tax base will take a beating. There will be teacher layoffs. No one is sticking around for fall hybrid.

LOL seriously? You think you're that important?

No one in my social circle will be sticking around. Can’t imagine I’m alone. People are making plans to live in second homes, relatives, private. Most people do have choices if forced....

I'm saying there are tons of wealthy people living here who don't have kids and they continue to move here. You and your friends kids also likely go to overenrolled schools, not seeing a downside for DCPS as a whole here. They'll have the money and layoffs won't happen because every year DCPS has many unfilled positions.

Keep telling yourself that. Layoffs a’coming teachy-poo. Bye.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh hell no. My kids are going to school in person full time (they will wear masks if necessary). Even if we have to go stay with grandparents in another state, I absolutely refuse to do distance learning beyond the end of this year.

Same. DCs tax base will take a beating. There will be teacher layoffs. No one is sticking around for fall hybrid.

LOL seriously? You think you're that important?

No one in my social circle will be sticking around. Can’t imagine I’m alone. People are making plans to live in second homes, relatives, private. Most people do have choices if forced....

You realize, there are a lot of DC residents who can’t afford private and don’t have second homes. Your circle is not the majority. There won’t be a significant flight because let’s face it...
Your kid won’t get into private.

- DCPS teacher who wrote recommendations for a lot of rich mediocre kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh hell no. My kids are going to school in person full time (they will wear masks if necessary). Even if we have to go stay with grandparents in another state, I absolutely refuse to do distance learning beyond the end of this year.

Same. DCs tax base will take a beating. There will be teacher layoffs. No one is sticking around for fall hybrid.

LOL seriously? You think you're that important?

No one in my social circle will be sticking around. Can’t imagine I’m alone. People are making plans to live in second homes, relatives, private. Most people do have choices if forced....

I'm saying there are tons of wealthy people living here who don't have kids and they continue to move here. You and your friends kids also likely go to overenrolled schools, not seeing a downside for DCPS as a whole here. They'll have the money and layoffs won't happen because every year DCPS has many unfilled positions.

Keep telling yourself that. Layoffs a’coming teachy-poo. Bye.

Why so nasty?

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Anonymous wrote:The ONLY way to reopen for full IPL is having the restrictions lifted off of the number of students allowed per in person class. It is currently at 11 for most grade levels (a little less for PreK/K). If the CDC revises this guidance (which I imagine they will with Biden's good pickup of vaccination rollout, including teachers). That would reduce community transmission.

Face masks will still be required, but I think some level of herd immunity could occur by after Labor Day 2021.

But why is herd immunity the bar to cross, when masked kids do not transmit between each other easily, and we'll have most vulnerable adults and teachers vaccinated soon?

Because people demand zero Covid risk.

“People” don’t, though a vocal minority of the WTU appears to.

I think it's actually a pretty widespread sentiment among the population, not just the WTU.

10,000 kids accept the (low) risks of attending school now, and that doesn’t include the ones that didn’t get the opportunity nor the ones who said no to an offer for logistical reasons.

Sure. I am among those who would have accepted an offer if we had gotten one. I would have sent my kids back last fall or even spring if they had opened. I still think there is a substantial part of the US population that is extremely risk averse when it comes to Covid. The level of hysteria is very high. (And no, I don't think Covid is "just the flu". I know what the stats are and the unknowns. But I do think it is not akin to Ebola or Smallpox, and for most people, the risks of getting severely sick or having long-term effects will be very low.)

I don’t believe for one second you would have sent your kids back to school in April or May of last year.

Well, then don't. I never thought school closures were truly justified. Sweden never closed elementary schools, and infections among their kids were lower than in some other countries that did. My extended family in Europe went back before the summer.

You know, there are one way flights to Sweden...

Oh how nice to see a "if you don't like AMERICA you can LEAVE" comment here. Very original.

Not as original as "but, but, but in X tiny eurpopean country is so far ahead of the US". It's literally every other thread.

The size of the country is irrelevant when these decisions are made hyper locally in the US. You can try that excuse on every other thread, that doesn’t make it any more convincing.

Pleeeeeeeease educate the masses and take your brilliance elsewhere! Your gift in solving world problems is being wasted on a whiny mommy blog. C’mon! GO CHANGE THE WORLD

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Anonymous wrote:Oh hell no. My kids are going to school in person full time (they will wear masks if necessary). Even if we have to go stay with grandparents in another state, I absolutely refuse to do distance learning beyond the end of this year.

Same. DCs tax base will take a beating. There will be teacher layoffs. No one is sticking around for fall hybrid.

LOL seriously? You think you're that important?

No one in my social circle will be sticking around. Can’t imagine I’m alone. People are making plans to live in second homes, relatives, private. Most people do have choices if forced....

You realize, there are a lot of DC residents who can’t afford private and don’t have second homes. Your circle is not the majority. There won’t be a significant flight because let’s face it...
Your kid won’t get into private.

- DCPS teacher who wrote recommendations for a lot of rich mediocre kids.

Lol good luck getting into second grade GDS or 4th grade Maret. HAHA

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Anonymous wrote:The ONLY way to reopen for full IPL is having the restrictions lifted off of the number of students allowed per in person class. It is currently at 11 for most grade levels (a little less for PreK/K). If the CDC revises this guidance (which I imagine they will with Biden's good pickup of vaccination rollout, including teachers). That would reduce community transmission.

Face masks will still be required, but I think some level of herd immunity could occur by after Labor Day 2021.

But why is herd immunity the bar to cross, when masked kids do not transmit between each other easily, and we'll have most vulnerable adults and teachers vaccinated soon?

Because people demand zero Covid risk.

“People” don’t, though a vocal minority of the WTU appears to.

I think it's actually a pretty widespread sentiment among the population, not just the WTU.

10,000 kids accept the (low) risks of attending school now, and that doesn’t include the ones that didn’t get the opportunity nor the ones who said no to an offer for logistical reasons.

Sure. I am among those who would have accepted an offer if we had gotten one. I would have sent my kids back last fall or even spring if they had opened. I still think there is a substantial part of the US population that is extremely risk averse when it comes to Covid. The level of hysteria is very high. (And no, I don't think Covid is "just the flu". I know what the stats are and the unknowns. But I do think it is not akin to Ebola or Smallpox, and for most people, the risks of getting severely sick or having long-term effects will be very low.)

I don’t believe for one second you would have sent your kids back to school in April or May of last year.

Well, then don't. I never thought school closures were truly justified. Sweden never closed elementary schools, and infections among their kids were lower than in some other countries that did. My extended family in Europe went back before the summer.

You know, there are one way flights to Sweden...

Oh how nice to see a "if you don't like AMERICA you can LEAVE" comment here. Very original.

Not as original as "but, but, but in X tiny eurpopean country is so far ahead of the US". It's literally every other thread.

The size of the country is irrelevant when these decisions are made hyper locally in the US. You can try that excuse on every other thread, that doesn’t make it any more convincing.

Pleeeeeeeease educate the masses and take your brilliance elsewhere! Your gift in solving world problems is being wasted on a whiny mommy blog. C’mon! GO CHANGE THE WORLD

I love when your non sequiturs show you are out of arguments.

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Anonymous wrote:The ONLY way to reopen for full IPL is having the restrictions lifted off of the number of students allowed per in person class. It is currently at 11 for most grade levels (a little less for PreK/K). If the CDC revises this guidance (which I imagine they will with Biden's good pickup of vaccination rollout, including teachers). That would reduce community transmission.

Face masks will still be required, but I think some level of herd immunity could occur by after Labor Day 2021.

But why is herd immunity the bar to cross, when masked kids do not transmit between each other easily, and we'll have most vulnerable adults and teachers vaccinated soon?

Because people demand zero Covid risk.

“People” don’t, though a vocal minority of the WTU appears to.

I think it's actually a pretty widespread sentiment among the population, not just the WTU.

10,000 kids accept the (low) risks of attending school now, and that doesn’t include the ones that didn’t get the opportunity nor the ones who said no to an offer for logistical reasons.

Sure. I am among those who would have accepted an offer if we had gotten one. I would have sent my kids back last fall or even spring if they had opened. I still think there is a substantial part of the US population that is extremely risk averse when it comes to Covid. The level of hysteria is very high. (And no, I don't think Covid is "just the flu". I know what the stats are and the unknowns. But I do think it is not akin to Ebola or Smallpox, and for most people, the risks of getting severely sick or having long-term effects will be very low.)

I don’t believe for one second you would have sent your kids back to school in April or May of last year.

Well, then don't. I never thought school closures were truly justified. Sweden never closed elementary schools, and infections among their kids were lower than in some other countries that did. My extended family in Europe went back before the summer.

You know, there are one way flights to Sweden...

Oh how nice to see a "if you don't like AMERICA you can LEAVE" comment here. Very original.

Not as original as "but, but, but in X tiny eurpopean country is so far ahead of the US". It's literally every other thread.

The size of the country is irrelevant when these decisions are made hyper locally in the US. You can try that excuse on every other thread, that doesn’t make it any more convincing.

Pleeeeeeeease educate the masses and take your brilliance elsewhere! Your gift in solving world problems is being wasted on a whiny mommy blog. C’mon! GO CHANGE THE WORLD

I love when your non sequiturs show you are out of arguments.

Hey sweetie. I have Google too. Feel free to Google US vs Sweden CoVid and you will find a lot of research debunking your beliefs.
I’m just another mom on Google. But you? YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO CHANGE THE WORLD!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm hoping for hybrid in Fall, 2021, and then maybe full IP in Fall, 2022. If by some miracle there's a pediatric vaccine by Winter, 2021. Otherwise I'd imagine we will be in hybrid until 2023? Whenever there's a pediatric vaccine.

Note: I don't think that's scientifically the right thing. I think that's what the DMV teachers' unions will allow.

Then the DMV teachers unions need to be busted. At some point we need to start following the science and doing right by the kids, like the rest of the world.

What part of the rest of the world are you speaking of? Not Germany, the UK, Denmark ... https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-schools-are-closing-again-on-concerns-they-spread-covid-19-11610805601

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Anonymous wrote:Oh hell no. My kids are going to school in person full time (they will wear masks if necessary). Even if we have to go stay with grandparents in another state, I absolutely refuse to do distance learning beyond the end of this year.

Same. DCs tax base will take a beating. There will be teacher layoffs. No one is sticking around for fall hybrid.

LOL seriously? You think you're that important?

No one in my social circle will be sticking around. Can’t imagine I’m alone. People are making plans to live in second homes, relatives, private. Most people do have choices if forced....

I'm saying there are tons of wealthy people living here who don't have kids and they continue to move here. You and your friends kids also likely go to overenrolled schools, not seeing a downside for DCPS as a whole here. They'll have the money and layoffs won't happen because every year DCPS has many unfilled positions.

Keep telling yourself that. Layoffs a’coming teachy-poo. Bye.

Uh? Did you drink a little too much tonight or do you have some kind of disorder?
And I’m not worried about my job, I’m not a teacher. However, I do know a lot about Dcps and the state of jobs.