Will MCPS go virtual the first part of January?

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Anonymous wrote:I’d just like to see BOE, administrators etc come into the schools right now. Arent most working from home? Come in and see the chaos.

And, what do you think they will do to help? I'd like to see the parents demanding that MCPS stay open no matter what volunteer for coverage instead.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike the surprisingly anti- science lunatics trying to run this county, actual doctor here. Not a phd. Not a microscopist. Someone who works in an actual hospital. Schools should be closed (temporarily). This isn’t hard. Glad that parent group made some Karens some lifelong friends but that’s basically the only productive thing it has done.

Most MDs are clinicians and lack knowledge of the scientific literature and in some cases the skills to digest it. There is plenty of science that says schools can and should be open.

A Ph.D.

The MD's are the doctors seeing covid patients right now. They are seeing the spread and illness. Your Ph.D. means nothing, especially if you are not in a medical profession.

What happens when all the covid cases go to the doctor/urgent care and spread it to the doctors who then cannot work?

It’s interesting that someone who claims to be an MD on an anonymous forum feels threatened that they have to discredit a microscopist and PhDs which is the degree held by most scientists.

The MD also doesn’t state their specialty. I would take the professional scientific opinion of a “microscopist” on the latest science around Covid before I would listen to an optometrist.

Relax, people. My husband is a virologist and has, in times of stress, put down other medical specialties. EXPERTS ARE STRESSED TOO. Stop expecting your medical doctors and research scientists to be perfect all the time.

(Yes, DH thinks schools should close as well, but that's obvious.)

How does your dear hubs feel about bar-t because if schools close bar-t will be open for parents like me who need to work in person. I guess somehow if I’m paying $1200 a month for the pleasure of entering the school building it makes it safe. Pound sand. I hate this county so much. I’m actually visiting family in the Chicago suburbs and NOONE thinks schools should or will close.

My "dear hubs" has a lot of sympathy for people's childcare issues, but his recommendations are purely based on saving lives. Part of his job is to calculate and predict surges, impact on hospitalizations and mortality. Right now, he's more worried about you dying from sepsis or a heart attack or a car accident because there are no staffed beds for you, rather than your good self, alive and well, stressing about childcare. He would rather have you alive and spitting fire than you with a negative outcome and a lesson learned (too late).

Tell him I can take care of myself. Turn the unvaccinated by choice away or put them in medical tents staffed by students or prisoners. Then they’ll be plenty of beds for me. Also, tell him to stay in his lane. Schools will stay open.

Vaccinated are getting it large numbers so if you get it vaccinated we should just deny you care as it was your fault you got it.

I will not need the hospital. I’m boosted. 35. Healthy. I have better odds of winning the Maryland lotto than being hospitalized with covid. Go away.

Ok, so then grow up and be a parent and stop complaining.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d just like to see BOE, administrators etc come into the schools right now. Arent most working from home? Come in and see the chaos.

It’s winter break. Schools are closed and so is central office. What chaos is there in closed schools?

Have them come the first week.

How about all the parents who traveling, dined out, met in big groups who put the rest of us at risk who say the school is so safe, go into the schools and help.

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Anonymous wrote:Unlike the surprisingly anti- science lunatics trying to run this county, actual doctor here. Not a phd. Not a microscopist. Someone who works in an actual hospital. Schools should be closed (temporarily). This isn’t hard. Glad that parent group made some Karens some lifelong friends but that’s basically the only productive thing it has done.

Most MDs are clinicians and lack knowledge of the scientific literature and in some cases the skills to digest it. There is plenty of science that says schools can and should be open.

A Ph.D.

The MD's are the doctors seeing covid patients right now. They are seeing the spread and illness. Your Ph.D. means nothing, especially if you are not in a medical profession.

What happens when all the covid cases go to the doctor/urgent care and spread it to the doctors who then cannot work?

It’s interesting that someone who claims to be an MD on an anonymous forum feels threatened that they have to discredit a microscopist and PhDs which is the degree held by most scientists.

The MD also doesn’t state their specialty. I would take the professional scientific opinion of a “microscopist” on the latest science around Covid before I would listen to an optometrist.

Relax, people. My husband is a virologist and has, in times of stress, put down other medical specialties. EXPERTS ARE STRESSED TOO. Stop expecting your medical doctors and research scientists to be perfect all the time.

(Yes, DH thinks schools should close as well, but that's obvious.)

How does your dear hubs feel about bar-t because if schools close bar-t will be open for parents like me who need to work in person. I guess somehow if I’m paying $1200 a month for the pleasure of entering the school building it makes it safe. Pound sand. I hate this county so much. I’m actually visiting family in the Chicago suburbs and NOONE thinks schools should or will close.

My "dear hubs" has a lot of sympathy for people's childcare issues, but his recommendations are purely based on saving lives. Part of his job is to calculate and predict surges, impact on hospitalizations and mortality. Right now, he's more worried about you dying from sepsis or a heart attack or a car accident because there are no staffed beds for you, rather than your good self, alive and well, stressing about childcare. He would rather have you alive and spitting fire than you with a negative outcome and a lesson learned (too late).

Tell him I can take care of myself. Turn the unvaccinated by choice away or put them in medical tents staffed by students or prisoners. Then they’ll be plenty of beds for me. Also, tell him to stay in his lane. Schools will stay open.

Vaccinated are getting it large numbers so if you get it vaccinated we should just deny you care as it was your fault you got it.

I will not need the hospital. I’m boosted. 35. Healthy. I have better odds of winning the Maryland lotto than being hospitalized with covid. Go away.

Ok, so then grow up and be a parent and stop complaining.

+1

PP sounds like an overgrown brat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think they’ll be in person on the 3rd. If they were going to go virtual, wouldn’t there have told us by now?

MCPS giving advanced notice? If past is prologue, they will send out an alert at 4:30 AM in January 3rd.

Lol! Haha. Gave me a good laugh. Thanks

[Anonymous]

Daycares are closing so teachers with young kids (myself included) cannot work. There is NO coverage. So please explain and come up with realistic ideas as to who will teach my class. Coworkers are out sick (3 had covid right before winter break) and are also dealing with daycare issues, who is left to watch the kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Daycares are closing so teachers with young kids (myself included) cannot work. There is NO coverage. So please explain and come up with realistic ideas as to who will teach my class. Coworkers are out sick (3 had covid right before winter break) and are also dealing with daycare issues, who is left to watch the kids?

Last year when parents were in the same situation none of you cared.

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Anonymous wrote:Daycares are closing so teachers with young kids (myself included) cannot work. There is NO coverage. So please explain and come up with realistic ideas as to who will teach my class. Coworkers are out sick (3 had covid right before winter break) and are also dealing with daycare issues, who is left to watch the kids?

Last year when parents were in the same situation none of you cared.

I worked 12 hours a day and connected with my students (virtual lunch bunches) meeting them virtually after school. Don’t you dare say I didn’t care. And you think it wasn’t a burden for me to work AND watch my child while going above and beyond to take care of educating, connecting, and responding to the emotional needs of your kids? Wow, you are a real treat.

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Anonymous wrote:Daycares are closing so teachers with young kids (myself included) cannot work. There is NO coverage. So please explain and come up with realistic ideas as to who will teach my class. Coworkers are out sick (3 had covid right before winter break) and are also dealing with daycare issues, who is left to watch the kids?

Yeah, teacher here. We can’t scream that schools are not daycare- & then say we can’t perform our job because a school/daycare is closed for our own children.
I went back last year in January when the rest of the my co-workers stayed home. If things go virtual again teachers need to report to the buildings for virtual teaching. The gnashing of teeth it took y’all to show back up last year was embarrassing.

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Anonymous wrote:Daycares are closing so teachers with young kids (myself included) cannot work. There is NO coverage. So please explain and come up with realistic ideas as to who will teach my class. Coworkers are out sick (3 had covid right before winter break) and are also dealing with daycare issues, who is left to watch the kids?

Yeah, teacher here. We can’t scream that schools are not daycare- & then say we can’t perform our job because a school/daycare is closed for our own children.
I went back last year in January when the rest of the my co-workers stayed home. If things go virtual again teachers need to report to the buildings for virtual teaching. The gnashing of teeth it took y’all to show back up last year was embarrassing.

I think you missed the point. Daycare is closed through January 20th. I have to take leave to watch my child. It’s not if but when my coworkers also have childcare issues and get sick, who is going to cover our classes? I want schools to be open but know we don’t have the bodies to cover. So I am curious as to what parents realistically think can be done to make sure there are enough adults in the building.

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Anonymous wrote:Daycares are closing so teachers with young kids (myself included) cannot work. There is NO coverage. So please explain and come up with realistic ideas as to who will teach my class. Coworkers are out sick (3 had covid right before winter break) and are also dealing with daycare issues, who is left to watch the kids?

Last year when parents were in the same situation none of you cared.

I worked 12 hours a day and connected with my students (virtual lunch bunches) meeting them virtually after school. Don’t you dare say I didn’t care. And you think it wasn’t a burden for me to work AND watch my child while going above and beyond to take care of educating, connecting, and responding to the emotional needs of your kids? Wow, you are a real treat.

Okay? Most of us work hard. But the mantra on this board has consistently been "your kid, your problem". I imagine your ideal scenario would be MCPS going virtual until daycare is sorted, thereby leaving the rest of us scrambling to find a solution.

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Anonymous wrote:Daycares are closing so teachers with young kids (myself included) cannot work. There is NO coverage. So please explain and come up with realistic ideas as to who will teach my class. Coworkers are out sick (3 had covid right before winter break) and are also dealing with daycare issues, who is left to watch the kids?

Yeah, teacher here. We can’t scream that schools are not daycare- & then say we can’t perform our job because a school/daycare is closed for our own children.
I went back last year in January when the rest of the my co-workers stayed home. If things go virtual again teachers need to report to the buildings for virtual teaching. The gnashing of teeth it took y’all to show back up last year was embarrassing.

I think you missed the point. Daycare is closed through January 20th. I have to take leave to watch my child. It’s not if but when my coworkers also have childcare issues and get sick, who is going to cover our classes? I want schools to be open but know we don’t have the bodies to cover. So I am curious as to what parents realistically think can be done to make sure there are enough adults in the building.

This was many of our lives in 2020-21, not just three weeks in January.

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Anonymous wrote:Daycares are closing so teachers with young kids (myself included) cannot work. There is NO coverage. So please explain and come up with realistic ideas as to who will teach my class. Coworkers are out sick (3 had covid right before winter break) and are also dealing with daycare issues, who is left to watch the kids?

Last year when parents were in the same situation none of you cared.

I worked 12 hours a day and connected with my students (virtual lunch bunches) meeting them virtually after school. Don’t you dare say I didn’t care. And you think it wasn’t a burden for me to work AND watch my child while going above and beyond to take care of educating, connecting, and responding to the emotional needs of your kids? Wow, you are a real treat.

Okay? Most of us work hard. But the mantra on this board has consistently been "your kid, your problem". I imagine your ideal scenario would be MCPS going virtual until daycare is sorted, thereby leaving the rest of us scrambling to find a solution.

you all are salaried meaning the expectation is that you work over 40 hours a week. if you want to be paid per hour of work done go back to your union and work out an hourly scheme during the next contract negotiations. Most people work 12 hour days. pharmacists at CVS have 14 hour shifts with no break or lunch. We all had to find babysitters, hubs, etc last year. Sounds like you saved a lot of money on childcare and gas last year. Hire a babysitter. I have no empathy for you! Be an adult and parent.

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Anonymous wrote:Daycares are closing so teachers with young kids (myself included) cannot work. There is NO coverage. So please explain and come up with realistic ideas as to who will teach my class. Coworkers are out sick (3 had covid right before winter break) and are also dealing with daycare issues, who is left to watch the kids?

Last year when parents were in the same situation none of you cared.

I worked 12 hours a day and connected with my students (virtual lunch bunches) meeting them virtually after school. Don’t you dare say I didn’t care. And you think it wasn’t a burden for me to work AND watch my child while going above and beyond to take care of educating, connecting, and responding to the emotional needs of your kids? Wow, you are a real treat.

Okay? Most of us work hard. But the mantra on this board has consistently been "your kid, your problem". I imagine your ideal scenario would be MCPS going virtual until daycare is sorted, thereby leaving the rest of us scrambling to find a solution.

you all are salaried meaning the expectation is that you work over 40 hours a week. if you want to be paid per hour of work done go back to your union and work out an hourly scheme during the next contract negotiations. Most people work 12 hour days. pharmacists at CVS have 14 hour shifts with no break or lunch. We all had to find babysitters, hubs, etc last year. Sounds like you saved a lot of money on childcare and gas last year. Hire a babysitter. I have no empathy for you! Be an adult and parent.

Exactly. MCPS should be in-session every day no matter how bad the covid outbreak gets. MCPS provides the daycare needed for employers to keep employees at work and business doors open.

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Anonymous wrote:Daycares are closing so teachers with young kids (myself included) cannot work. There is NO coverage. So please explain and come up with realistic ideas as to who will teach my class. Coworkers are out sick (3 had covid right before winter break) and are also dealing with daycare issues, who is left to watch the kids?

Last year when parents were in the same situation none of you cared.

I worked 12 hours a day and connected with my students (virtual lunch bunches) meeting them virtually after school. Don’t you dare say I didn’t care. And you think it wasn’t a burden for me to work AND watch my child while going above and beyond to take care of educating, connecting, and responding to the emotional needs of your kids? Wow, you are a real treat.

Okay? Most of us work hard. But the mantra on this board has consistently been "your kid, your problem". I imagine your ideal scenario would be MCPS going virtual until daycare is sorted, thereby leaving the rest of us scrambling to find a solution.

you all are salaried meaning the expectation is that you work over 40 hours a week. if you want to be paid per hour of work done go back to your union and work out an hourly scheme during the next contract negotiations. Most people work 12 hour days. pharmacists at CVS have 14 hour shifts with no break or lunch. We all had to find babysitters, hubs, etc last year. Sounds like you saved a lot of money on childcare and gas last year. Hire a babysitter. I have no empathy for you! Be an adult and parent.

I can’t afford a babysitter ontop of daycare on a ~$60,000 a year salary as a teacher working for MCPS. But thanks for you advice. I don’t care if I have to take off at this point, that’s not the issue. The issue is, what adults will be left to watch the kids? Looking for solutions instead of criticism.