Any chance DCPS reopens in person for Term 2 or Term 3?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools should be open now. We meet all the health requirements.

We're all bored with you. We know you aren't happy. You've posted all over DCUM. You hate teachers. You blame leftist pigs. We get it. Please stop.

Requoting this from the first page. A person literally says "schools should be open now" and the response is a diatribe about how that person must hate teachers. Seriously, what? The people posting about other posters blaming the WTU and hating teachers need to seriously up their reading comprehension game. A person can want the schools to reopen without hating teachers of blaming the union.

Cherry picking does you no good. Plenty of posts all over this forum that verbatim say ‘teacher’s unions are evil’
‘Teachers are lazy’ ‘teachers don’t want to teach’ ‘teachers want schools to stay closed forever’ Etc. Etc. Etc.

I quoted a benign post that said that schools should reopen and the response accused that SPECIFIC person of posting all over DCUM about hating teachers.

You are the one cherry picking the bad responses- you are saying that because some posters on DCUM think teachers are lazy than that means that all people who think schools should reopen think that teachers are lazy? I think that schools should reopen and in no way think that all teachers are lazy. I can right now hear my kid's lovely DCPS teacher doing an online lesson with him and I see how hard she works to make sure the kids are engaged and learning.

I apologize, I clearly read your tone incorrectly. I’m just used to seeing a majority of people say teachers are evil and it makes me paranoid sometimes.

I do also think schools should open in DC, I have identified myself as a teacher willing to return to the classroom to the WTU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah, I see I shouldn’t try to reason with hateful people. If you think the WTU is evil I no longer care. Honestly it doesn’t change my job or have any real meaningful impact on my life.

I guess it just is hurtful seeing parents get so angry at teachers for asking for safety measures. As a self-contained teacher 90% of my students will NOT wear masks, so yes I do expect the other safety methods to be implemented.

Call me lazy or whatever, DL is so much harder than in person and more annoying to plan. I hate it and would rather start in person now, honestly winter hybrid scares me more. I’m not sure why people don’t understand that most humans fear death, the media has perpetuated this and the US has the highest Covid-19 related deaths.

I know who I am and if the district says return in person I will do so. Continue this conversation about evil teachers, in 1-2 years time this will just be a memory.

The reason so many people are frustrated with teachers is that hardly anyone in DC has coronavirus. The numbers are extremely low. Why can’t schools open right now? Schools across the country have opened, in person, with significantly more coronavirus cases than we have in the District without any problems. And daycares are open here. Private schools are open. Camps are open, all without incident (and not to mention restaurants and gyms and museums). It would be one thing if we were a hotspot but we are anything but. We are a coronavirus cold spot.

https://covidactnow.org/us/dc?s=1033220

Why ask me? I honestly have no idea except for fear mongering. Getting constant emails about safety, being bombarded by death in the media, it makes me scared. A virus is different than being hit by a car.

Is it really safe for older people? 50% plus teachers are older or have comorbidities.

What districts have been hybrid for 2 months or more?

Like I stated, I’ll go back but I would like DCPS to do the minimum since my kids can’t or won’t wear masks. Is that too much to ask?

Exactly. We don’t know what a low-enough level of coronavirus cases is because we’re not experts. But experts do know, and they’ve established metrics for safely reopening schools and you know what? DC meets every major organization’s standards. Our positivity rate, our infection rate, our number of new cases are all comfortably within recommendations. When teachers still balk, and say they still work, it looks to a lot of people like their objections don’t actually have much to do with coronavirus.

But what districts have been doing hybrid for 2 months or more?

And the experts always leave things out, Dr. Fauci dropped at the end of Jennifer Garderner’s Instagram live no less, that vitamin D and E are helpful against Covid-19, yet never said that in the news...

I will do my job in person but not because I trust health experts but because it’s my job. Again is asking DCPS to help protect self contained teachers too much? I just need cleaning supplies and decent ventilation.

Why would school being open for two months somewhere be the relevant metric? Obviously you know that no school districts in the US go back in early July EVER, so how would it possibly be that a US school district has been open for hybrid 2 months. These facile questions are exactly why people get frustrated with teachers.

And skipping over questions is why teachers know parents don’t care about lives other than their children’s. Which is fine but don’t lie and say it’s all good.

I didn't actually skip over the question. It is implied in my answer that I'm not aware of any schools that have been open 2 months, because why would they be? Maybe some one-off year round school somewhere, but there is no major public school district in the country that goes back to school in early July. But I like that you skipped my questions entirely. No implied answer. Nothing. Just avoided. I asked why your question was relevant. Why does 2 months matter?

Is asking dc to protect self contained teachers too much

What protection are you asking for? You haven't actually made any concrete allegation re: what you're asking for that DCPS is not providing. You asked for a school district that's been open 2 months, but have refused to explain why that's a reasonable metric. Your only other posts say you're unreasonably scared of the media portrayal of COVID despite the positive public health data in DC. If your kids won't wear masks, wear an N-95 yourself. You haven't spoken to any specific challenges that others don't face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah, I see I shouldn’t try to reason with hateful people. If you think the WTU is evil I no longer care. Honestly it doesn’t change my job or have any real meaningful impact on my life.

I guess it just is hurtful seeing parents get so angry at teachers for asking for safety measures. As a self-contained teacher 90% of my students will NOT wear masks, so yes I do expect the other safety methods to be implemented.

Call me lazy or whatever, DL is so much harder than in person and more annoying to plan. I hate it and would rather start in person now, honestly winter hybrid scares me more. I’m not sure why people don’t understand that most humans fear death, the media has perpetuated this and the US has the highest Covid-19 related deaths.

I know who I am and if the district says return in person I will do so. Continue this conversation about evil teachers, in 1-2 years time this will just be a memory.

The reason so many people are frustrated with teachers is that hardly anyone in DC has coronavirus. The numbers are extremely low. Why can’t schools open right now? Schools across the country have opened, in person, with significantly more coronavirus cases than we have in the District without any problems. And daycares are open here. Private schools are open. Camps are open, all without incident (and not to mention restaurants and gyms and museums). It would be one thing if we were a hotspot but we are anything but. We are a coronavirus cold spot.

https://covidactnow.org/us/dc?s=1033220

Why ask me? I honestly have no idea except for fear mongering. Getting constant emails about safety, being bombarded by death in the media, it makes me scared. A virus is different than being hit by a car.

Is it really safe for older people? 50% plus teachers are older or have comorbidities.

What districts have been hybrid for 2 months or more?

Like I stated, I’ll go back but I would like DCPS to do the minimum since my kids can’t or won’t wear masks. Is that too much to ask?

Exactly. We don’t know what a low-enough level of coronavirus cases is because we’re not experts. But experts do know, and they’ve established metrics for safely reopening schools and you know what? DC meets every major organization’s standards. Our positivity rate, our infection rate, our number of new cases are all comfortably within recommendations. When teachers still balk, and say they still work, it looks to a lot of people like their objections don’t actually have much to do with coronavirus.

But what districts have been doing hybrid for 2 months or more?

And the experts always leave things out, Dr. Fauci dropped at the end of Jennifer Garderner’s Instagram live no less, that vitamin D and E are helpful against Covid-19, yet never said that in the news...

I will do my job in person but not because I trust health experts but because it’s my job. Again is asking DCPS to help protect self contained teachers too much? I just need cleaning supplies and decent ventilation.

Why would school being open for two months somewhere be the relevant metric? Obviously you know that no school districts in the US go back in early July EVER, so how would it possibly be that a US school district has been open for hybrid 2 months. These facile questions are exactly why people get frustrated with teachers.

And skipping over questions is why teachers know parents don’t care about lives other than their children’s. Which is fine but don’t lie and say it’s all good.

I didn't actually skip over the question. It is implied in my answer that I'm not aware of any schools that have been open 2 months, because why would they be? Maybe some one-off year round school somewhere, but there is no major public school district in the country that goes back to school in early July. But I like that you skipped my questions entirely. No implied answer. Nothing. Just avoided. I asked why your question was relevant. Why does 2 months matter?

Is asking dc to protect self contained teachers too much

What protection are you asking for? You haven't actually made any concrete allegation re: what you're asking for that DCPS is not providing. You asked for a school district that's been open 2 months, but have refused to explain why that's a reasonable metric. Your only other posts say you're unreasonably scared of the media portrayal of COVID despite the positive public health data in DC. If your kids won't wear masks, wear an N-95 yourself. You haven't spoken to any specific challenges that others don't face.

I did haha. Also why the hell should I have to find n-95 masks myself? And I have, besides doctors if your kid won’t wear a mask parents don’t bring them to stores.

Sigh this is why we aren’t going back, everyone is talking just to talk, not listen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah, I see I shouldn’t try to reason with hateful people. If you think the WTU is evil I no longer care. Honestly it doesn’t change my job or have any real meaningful impact on my life.

I guess it just is hurtful seeing parents get so angry at teachers for asking for safety measures. As a self-contained teacher 90% of my students will NOT wear masks, so yes I do expect the other safety methods to be implemented.

Call me lazy or whatever, DL is so much harder than in person and more annoying to plan. I hate it and would rather start in person now, honestly winter hybrid scares me more. I’m not sure why people don’t understand that most humans fear death, the media has perpetuated this and the US has the highest Covid-19 related deaths.

I know who I am and if the district says return in person I will do so. Continue this conversation about evil teachers, in 1-2 years time this will just be a memory.

The reason so many people are frustrated with teachers is that hardly anyone in DC has coronavirus. The numbers are extremely low. Why can’t schools open right now? Schools across the country have opened, in person, with significantly more coronavirus cases than we have in the District without any problems. And daycares are open here. Private schools are open. Camps are open, all without incident (and not to mention restaurants and gyms and museums). It would be one thing if we were a hotspot but we are anything but. We are a coronavirus cold spot.

https://covidactnow.org/us/dc?s=1033220

Why ask me? I honestly have no idea except for fear mongering. Getting constant emails about safety, being bombarded by death in the media, it makes me scared. A virus is different than being hit by a car.

Is it really safe for older people? 50% plus teachers are older or have comorbidities.

What districts have been hybrid for 2 months or more?

Like I stated, I’ll go back but I would like DCPS to do the minimum since my kids can’t or won’t wear masks. Is that too much to ask?

Exactly. We don’t know what a low-enough level of coronavirus cases is because we’re not experts. But experts do know, and they’ve established metrics for safely reopening schools and you know what? DC meets every major organization’s standards. Our positivity rate, our infection rate, our number of new cases are all comfortably within recommendations. When teachers still balk, and say they still work, it looks to a lot of people like their objections don’t actually have much to do with coronavirus.

But what districts have been doing hybrid for 2 months or more?

And the experts always leave things out, Dr. Fauci dropped at the end of Jennifer Garderner’s Instagram live no less, that vitamin D and E are helpful against Covid-19, yet never said that in the news...

I will do my job in person but not because I trust health experts but because it’s my job. Again is asking DCPS to help protect self contained teachers too much? I just need cleaning supplies and decent ventilation.

Why would school being open for two months somewhere be the relevant metric? Obviously you know that no school districts in the US go back in early July EVER, so how would it possibly be that a US school district has been open for hybrid 2 months. These facile questions are exactly why people get frustrated with teachers.

And skipping over questions is why teachers know parents don’t care about lives other than their children’s. Which is fine but don’t lie and say it’s all good.

I didn't actually skip over the question. It is implied in my answer that I'm not aware of any schools that have been open 2 months, because why would they be? Maybe some one-off year round school somewhere, but there is no major public school district in the country that goes back to school in early July. But I like that you skipped my questions entirely. No implied answer. Nothing. Just avoided. I asked why your question was relevant. Why does 2 months matter?

Is asking dc to protect self contained teachers too much

What protection are you asking for? You haven't actually made any concrete allegation re: what you're asking for that DCPS is not providing. You asked for a school district that's been open 2 months, but have refused to explain why that's a reasonable metric. Your only other posts say you're unreasonably scared of the media portrayal of COVID despite the positive public health data in DC. If your kids won't wear masks, wear an N-95 yourself. You haven't spoken to any specific challenges that others don't face.

I did haha. Also why the hell should I have to find n-95 masks myself? And I have, besides doctors if your kid won’t wear a mask parents don’t bring them to stores.

Sigh this is why we aren’t going back, everyone is talking just to talk, not listen.

Sorry, are you saying that you asked for something specific in this thread? Because unless it was deleted, you didn’t. Nor did you explain the 2 month demand (even your rationale for it). I’m not saying DCPS shouldn’t provide you with an N95 — they should — but that was my suggestion, not yours! If you’re really a teacher, this thread is not helping folks think that teachers have rationally thought through their requests and DCPS/the mayor is at fault. My goodness.

[Anonymous]

I do think DCPS will have at least some students return to school for Terms 2 and 3. It may just be certain populations of students or certain grades for November and December, but I think it will happen. The city is meeting the criteria for schools to open and has a large population of vulnerable children who need in person learning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah, I see I shouldn’t try to reason with hateful people. If you think the WTU is evil I no longer care. Honestly it doesn’t change my job or have any real meaningful impact on my life.

I guess it just is hurtful seeing parents get so angry at teachers for asking for safety measures. As a self-contained teacher 90% of my students will NOT wear masks, so yes I do expect the other safety methods to be implemented.

Call me lazy or whatever, DL is so much harder than in person and more annoying to plan. I hate it and would rather start in person now, honestly winter hybrid scares me more. I’m not sure why people don’t understand that most humans fear death, the media has perpetuated this and the US has the highest Covid-19 related deaths.

I know who I am and if the district says return in person I will do so. Continue this conversation about evil teachers, in 1-2 years time this will just be a memory.

The reason so many people are frustrated with teachers is that hardly anyone in DC has coronavirus. The numbers are extremely low. Why can’t schools open right now? Schools across the country have opened, in person, with significantly more coronavirus cases than we have in the District without any problems. And daycares are open here. Private schools are open. Camps are open, all without incident (and not to mention restaurants and gyms and museums). It would be one thing if we were a hotspot but we are anything but. We are a coronavirus cold spot.

https://covidactnow.org/us/dc?s=1033220

Why ask me? I honestly have no idea except for fear mongering. Getting constant emails about safety, being bombarded by death in the media, it makes me scared. A virus is different than being hit by a car.

Is it really safe for older people? 50% plus teachers are older or have comorbidities.

What districts have been hybrid for 2 months or more?

Like I stated, I’ll go back but I would like DCPS to do the minimum since my kids can’t or won’t wear masks. Is that too much to ask?

Exactly. We don’t know what a low-enough level of coronavirus cases is because we’re not experts. But experts do know, and they’ve established metrics for safely reopening schools and you know what? DC meets every major organization’s standards. Our positivity rate, our infection rate, our number of new cases are all comfortably within recommendations. When teachers still balk, and say they still work, it looks to a lot of people like their objections don’t actually have much to do with coronavirus.

But what districts have been doing hybrid for 2 months or more?

And the experts always leave things out, Dr. Fauci dropped at the end of Jennifer Garderner’s Instagram live no less, that vitamin D and E are helpful against Covid-19, yet never said that in the news...

I will do my job in person but not because I trust health experts but because it’s my job. Again is asking DCPS to help protect self contained teachers too much? I just need cleaning supplies and decent ventilation.

Why would school being open for two months somewhere be the relevant metric? Obviously you know that no school districts in the US go back in early July EVER, so how would it possibly be that a US school district has been open for hybrid 2 months. These facile questions are exactly why people get frustrated with teachers.

And skipping over questions is why teachers know parents don’t care about lives other than their children’s. Which is fine but don’t lie and say it’s all good.

I didn't actually skip over the question. It is implied in my answer that I'm not aware of any schools that have been open 2 months, because why would they be? Maybe some one-off year round school somewhere, but there is no major public school district in the country that goes back to school in early July. But I like that you skipped my questions entirely. No implied answer. Nothing. Just avoided. I asked why your question was relevant. Why does 2 months matter?

Is asking dc to protect self contained teachers too much

What protection are you asking for? You haven't actually made any concrete allegation re: what you're asking for that DCPS is not providing. You asked for a school district that's been open 2 months, but have refused to explain why that's a reasonable metric. Your only other posts say you're unreasonably scared of the media portrayal of COVID despite the positive public health data in DC. If your kids won't wear masks, wear an N-95 yourself. You haven't spoken to any specific challenges that others don't face.

I did haha. Also why the hell should I have to find n-95 masks myself? And I have, besides doctors if your kid won’t wear a mask parents don’t bring them to stores.

Sigh this is why we aren’t going back, everyone is talking just to talk, not listen.

Sorry, are you saying that you asked for something specific in this thread? Because unless it was deleted, you didn’t. Nor did you explain the 2 month demand (even your rationale for it). I’m not saying DCPS shouldn’t provide you with an N95 — they should — but that was my suggestion, not yours! If you’re really a teacher, this thread is not helping folks think that teachers have rationally thought through their requests and DCPS/the mayor is at fault. My goodness.

I’m not the teacher you are responding to, but I think I posted on this thread that my demands are guarantees of soap, sanitizer, formal guidance on what happens when a kid purposefully coughs on me, and a policy that a forced quarantine doesn’t require use of my own leave. I don’t think I’m asking for much, and I would have gladly returned in August had the district made some simple promises.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah, I see I shouldn’t try to reason with hateful people. If you think the WTU is evil I no longer care. Honestly it doesn’t change my job or have any real meaningful impact on my life.

I guess it just is hurtful seeing parents get so angry at teachers for asking for safety measures. As a self-contained teacher 90% of my students will NOT wear masks, so yes I do expect the other safety methods to be implemented.

Call me lazy or whatever, DL is so much harder than in person and more annoying to plan. I hate it and would rather start in person now, honestly winter hybrid scares me more. I’m not sure why people don’t understand that most humans fear death, the media has perpetuated this and the US has the highest Covid-19 related deaths.

I know who I am and if the district says return in person I will do so. Continue this conversation about evil teachers, in 1-2 years time this will just be a memory.

The reason so many people are frustrated with teachers is that hardly anyone in DC has coronavirus. The numbers are extremely low. Why can’t schools open right now? Schools across the country have opened, in person, with significantly more coronavirus cases than we have in the District without any problems. And daycares are open here. Private schools are open. Camps are open, all without incident (and not to mention restaurants and gyms and museums). It would be one thing if we were a hotspot but we are anything but. We are a coronavirus cold spot.

https://covidactnow.org/us/dc?s=1033220

Why ask me? I honestly have no idea except for fear mongering. Getting constant emails about safety, being bombarded by death in the media, it makes me scared. A virus is different than being hit by a car.

Is it really safe for older people? 50% plus teachers are older or have comorbidities.

What districts have been hybrid for 2 months or more?

Like I stated, I’ll go back but I would like DCPS to do the minimum since my kids can’t or won’t wear masks. Is that too much to ask?

Exactly. We don’t know what a low-enough level of coronavirus cases is because we’re not experts. But experts do know, and they’ve established metrics for safely reopening schools and you know what? DC meets every major organization’s standards. Our positivity rate, our infection rate, our number of new cases are all comfortably within recommendations. When teachers still balk, and say they still work, it looks to a lot of people like their objections don’t actually have much to do with coronavirus.

But what districts have been doing hybrid for 2 months or more?

And the experts always leave things out, Dr. Fauci dropped at the end of Jennifer Garderner’s Instagram live no less, that vitamin D and E are helpful against Covid-19, yet never said that in the news...

I will do my job in person but not because I trust health experts but because it’s my job. Again is asking DCPS to help protect self contained teachers too much? I just need cleaning supplies and decent ventilation.

Why would school being open for two months somewhere be the relevant metric? Obviously you know that no school districts in the US go back in early July EVER, so how would it possibly be that a US school district has been open for hybrid 2 months. These facile questions are exactly why people get frustrated with teachers.

And skipping over questions is why teachers know parents don’t care about lives other than their children’s. Which is fine but don’t lie and say it’s all good.

I didn't actually skip over the question. It is implied in my answer that I'm not aware of any schools that have been open 2 months, because why would they be? Maybe some one-off year round school somewhere, but there is no major public school district in the country that goes back to school in early July. But I like that you skipped my questions entirely. No implied answer. Nothing. Just avoided. I asked why your question was relevant. Why does 2 months matter?

Is asking dc to protect self contained teachers too much

What protection are you asking for? You haven't actually made any concrete allegation re: what you're asking for that DCPS is not providing. You asked for a school district that's been open 2 months, but have refused to explain why that's a reasonable metric. Your only other posts say you're unreasonably scared of the media portrayal of COVID despite the positive public health data in DC. If your kids won't wear masks, wear an N-95 yourself. You haven't spoken to any specific challenges that others don't face.

I did haha. Also why the hell should I have to find n-95 masks myself? And I have, besides doctors if your kid won’t wear a mask parents don’t bring them to stores.

Sigh this is why we aren’t going back, everyone is talking just to talk, not listen.

Sorry, are you saying that you asked for something specific in this thread? Because unless it was deleted, you didn’t. Nor did you explain the 2 month demand (even your rationale for it). I’m not saying DCPS shouldn’t provide you with an N95 — they should — but that was my suggestion, not yours! If you’re really a teacher, this thread is not helping folks think that teachers have rationally thought through their requests and DCPS/the mayor is at fault. My goodness.

I’m not the teacher you are responding to, but I think I posted on this thread that my demands are guarantees of soap, sanitizer, formal guidance on what happens when a kid purposefully coughs on me, and a policy that a forced quarantine doesn’t require use of my own leave. I don’t think I’m asking for much, and I would have gladly returned in August had the district made some simple promises.

So much drama. Not to point out the obvious but hardly anyone in DC has coronavirus. Just put on a mask, go back to work and stop with the histrionics. It’s getting really old.

[Anonymous]

Im yelled at daily on this board because I dont buy into the COVID hysteria but I 100% agree with the bolded. If you are forced to quarantine than it doesnt come from your paycheck for the first 2 weeks assuming it was school inflicted quarantine and not as a result of you traveling to a "hotspot (whatever that means in the first place given the inconsistency of metrics).

That said, my kid has been back in kindergarten for 2 weeks after we pulled him out of public and it has been spectacular. We have seen so much growth in him already and I would bet my life savings he wouldnt have 10% of it through DL. Schools need to be open for these kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah, I see I shouldn’t try to reason with hateful people. If you think the WTU is evil I no longer care. Honestly it doesn’t change my job or have any real meaningful impact on my life.

I guess it just is hurtful seeing parents get so angry at teachers for asking for safety measures. As a self-contained teacher 90% of my students will NOT wear masks, so yes I do expect the other safety methods to be implemented.

Call me lazy or whatever, DL is so much harder than in person and more annoying to plan. I hate it and would rather start in person now, honestly winter hybrid scares me more. I’m not sure why people don’t understand that most humans fear death, the media has perpetuated this and the US has the highest Covid-19 related deaths.

I know who I am and if the district says return in person I will do so. Continue this conversation about evil teachers, in 1-2 years time this will just be a memory.

The reason so many people are frustrated with teachers is that hardly anyone in DC has coronavirus. The numbers are extremely low. Why can’t schools open right now? Schools across the country have opened, in person, with significantly more coronavirus cases than we have in the District without any problems. And daycares are open here. Private schools are open. Camps are open, all without incident (and not to mention restaurants and gyms and museums). It would be one thing if we were a hotspot but we are anything but. We are a coronavirus cold spot.

https://covidactnow.org/us/dc?s=1033220

Why ask me? I honestly have no idea except for fear mongering. Getting constant emails about safety, being bombarded by death in the media, it makes me scared. A virus is different than being hit by a car.

Is it really safe for older people? 50% plus teachers are older or have comorbidities.

What districts have been hybrid for 2 months or more?

Like I stated, I’ll go back but I would like DCPS to do the minimum since my kids can’t or won’t wear masks. Is that too much to ask?

Exactly. We don’t know what a low-enough level of coronavirus cases is because we’re not experts. But experts do know, and they’ve established metrics for safely reopening schools and you know what? DC meets every major organization’s standards. Our positivity rate, our infection rate, our number of new cases are all comfortably within recommendations. When teachers still balk, and say they still work, it looks to a lot of people like their objections don’t actually have much to do with coronavirus.

But what districts have been doing hybrid for 2 months or more?

And the experts always leave things out, Dr. Fauci dropped at the end of Jennifer Garderner’s Instagram live no less, that vitamin D and E are helpful against Covid-19, yet never said that in the news...

I will do my job in person but not because I trust health experts but because it’s my job. Again is asking DCPS to help protect self contained teachers too much? I just need cleaning supplies and decent ventilation.

Why would school being open for two months somewhere be the relevant metric? Obviously you know that no school districts in the US go back in early July EVER, so how would it possibly be that a US school district has been open for hybrid 2 months. These facile questions are exactly why people get frustrated with teachers.

And skipping over questions is why teachers know parents don’t care about lives other than their children’s. Which is fine but don’t lie and say it’s all good.

I didn't actually skip over the question. It is implied in my answer that I'm not aware of any schools that have been open 2 months, because why would they be? Maybe some one-off year round school somewhere, but there is no major public school district in the country that goes back to school in early July. But I like that you skipped my questions entirely. No implied answer. Nothing. Just avoided. I asked why your question was relevant. Why does 2 months matter?

Is asking dc to protect self contained teachers too much

What protection are you asking for? You haven't actually made any concrete allegation re: what you're asking for that DCPS is not providing. You asked for a school district that's been open 2 months, but have refused to explain why that's a reasonable metric. Your only other posts say you're unreasonably scared of the media portrayal of COVID despite the positive public health data in DC. If your kids won't wear masks, wear an N-95 yourself. You haven't spoken to any specific challenges that others don't face.

I did haha. Also why the hell should I have to find n-95 masks myself? And I have, besides doctors if your kid won’t wear a mask parents don’t bring them to stores.

Sigh this is why we aren’t going back, everyone is talking just to talk, not listen.

Sorry, are you saying that you asked for something specific in this thread? Because unless it was deleted, you didn’t. Nor did you explain the 2 month demand (even your rationale for it). I’m not saying DCPS shouldn’t provide you with an N95 — they should — but that was my suggestion, not yours! If you’re really a teacher, this thread is not helping folks think that teachers have rationally thought through their requests and DCPS/the mayor is at fault. My goodness.

I’m not the teacher you are responding to, but I think I posted on this thread that my demands are guarantees of soap, sanitizer, formal guidance on what happens when a kid purposefully coughs on me, and a policy that a forced quarantine doesn’t require use of my own leave. I don’t think I’m asking for much, and I would have gladly returned in August had the district made some simple promises.

So much drama. Not to point out the obvious but hardly anyone in DC has coronavirus. Just put on a mask, go back to work and stop with the histrionics. It’s getting really old.

[Anonymous]

^ And this is why we don’t care what some parents say. Your nasty attitudes. Enjoy DL. My pain will be yours too.

[Anonymous]

How are you all not bored with this drivel already? Same thing page after page. What are you getting out of this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Im yelled at daily on this board because I dont buy into the COVID hysteria but I 100% agree with the bolded. If you are forced to quarantine than it doesnt come from your paycheck for the first 2 weeks assuming it was school inflicted quarantine and not as a result of you traveling to a "hotspot (whatever that means in the first place given the inconsistency of metrics).

That said, my kid has been back in kindergarten for 2 weeks after we pulled him out of public and it has been spectacular. We have seen so much growth in him already and I would bet my life savings he wouldnt have 10% of it through DL. Schools need to be open for these kids.





so long farewell auf wiedersehen goodbye.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools should be open now. We meet all the health requirements.

We're all bored with you. We know you aren't happy. You've posted all over DCUM. You hate teachers. You blame leftist pigs. We get it. Please stop.

Requoting this from the first page. A person literally says "schools should be open now" and the response is a diatribe about how that person must hate teachers. Seriously, what? The people posting about other posters blaming the WTU and hating teachers need to seriously up their reading comprehension game. A person can want the schools to reopen without hating teachers of blaming the union.

Cherry picking does you no good. Plenty of posts all over this forum that verbatim say ‘teacher’s unions are evil’
‘Teachers are lazy’ ‘teachers don’t want to teach’ ‘teachers want schools to stay closed forever’ Etc. Etc. Etc.

It is actually parents who are constantly getting attacked for "hating their children," "wanting teachers to die" or that "they should have thought of child care before deciding to have kids."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ And this is why we don’t care what some parents say. Your nasty attitudes. Enjoy DL. My pain will be yours too.

Enjoy your impact scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools should be open now. We meet all the health requirements.

We're all bored with you. We know you aren't happy. You've posted all over DCUM. You hate teachers. You blame leftist pigs. We get it. Please stop.

Requoting this from the first page. A person literally says "schools should be open now" and the response is a diatribe about how that person must hate teachers. Seriously, what? The people posting about other posters blaming the WTU and hating teachers need to seriously up their reading comprehension game. A person can want the schools to reopen without hating teachers of blaming the union.

Cherry picking does you no good. Plenty of posts all over this forum that verbatim say ‘teacher’s unions are evil’
‘Teachers are lazy’ ‘teachers don’t want to teach’ ‘teachers want schools to stay closed forever’ Etc. Etc. Etc.

It is actually parents who are constantly getting attacked for "hating their children," "wanting teachers to die" or that "they should have thought of child care before deciding to have kids."

No dog in this fight but I'm confused. You take offense to teachers who take offence to parents on DCUM stating outright that they don't care if teachers die? That's right out of the FoxNews playbook. Say something horrible about another person or group an when they call you out for being racist or sexist or offensive you say the manner in which they objected to those comments was offensive.

If you want civility from the other side then also demand if from your own. You can disagree with not reopening schools without vilifying teachers, teachers can disagree with the demand for schools being reopened without accusing parents of having bad intentions. But when someone says "all teachers are lazy" why are you surprised when teachers take offense? And please don't reply with "whataboutism" (e.g. what about what teachers said about parents).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I’m not the teacher you are responding to, but I think I posted on this thread that my demands are guarantees of soap, sanitizer, formal guidance on what happens when a kid purposefully coughs on me, and a policy that a forced quarantine doesn’t require use of my own leave. I don’t think I’m asking for much, and I would have gladly returned in August had the district made some simple promises.

That's a really reasonable list of requests. I mean we could quibble on the soap/sanitizer because surface transmission isn't really a risk, but if that makes you feel more comfortable that's fine. And I totally think it's fair that forced quarantine shouldn't be taken out of leave, and that the virus is "weaponized" (i.e., coughing on you as a joke/threat). If you were running things, we could quickly and safety be back in the classroom, with children learning where and how they should.