schools closed for end of academic year

[Anonymous]

Do boarding schools take kindergarteners?

Just kidding.

Am I?

[Anonymous]

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And not coming back fully until Maryland reaches Stage 3. That's not going to be by the fall.

Kids will not go back until after Winter Break next year.

I predict January 2021. Get used to online learning.

Agreed. I think early Aug will see an announcement that MCPS is online for Fall 2020, except for students with IEPs that require small group instruction/self-contained classrooms 80% to 100% of the day. Traditionally in MCPS, those are students with profound emotional or intellectual disabilities. Everyone else is in inclusion classes all or most of the day. So, the sophomore with ODD or the non-verbal preschooler, not the fifth grader with a high IQ, but dyslexia or the seventh grader with executive functioning challenges.

That gives them four months to see how things go with the second wave. They could always decide to do 2nd semester online as well.

Oh, and will most businesses in Maryland remain closed through the fall, too?

Here's Ocean City saying COME BE TOURISTS!!!!! (which I think is nuts, nobody is going to go), and that's fine, but letting kids go to school is not?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was watching the press conference but had to drop - there was a report the Superintendent was waving around. Does that contain the information about school not coming back until MD reaches Stage 3? Anyone know where we can find that report?

Did she actually say anything about phase 3? Phase 3 is all undefined anyway. Just like the rest of it. I’m guessing they start rushing the phases as people get tired of this. They’re already starting to.

It's not undefined at all.

OK so what are the exact criteria for schools to reopen?

During Phase II/Medium Risk (https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/; https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MD_Strong.pdf)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just announced

And not coming back fully until Maryland reaches Stage 3. That's not going to be by the fall.

Sorry Mrs. A they'll be back in the fall. Start preparing those lesson plans.

+1. Watch how magically we will reach Stage 3, just in time for school to start.

Yes, please!

Increasingly information is coming out that kids aren’t very much affected by COVID and may in fact not be little vectors of COVID as well. Hopefully by late summer more will be known.

Debunked many times. Stop spreading lies.

[Anonymous]

My child with an IEP is doing much better with distance learning.

In fact, all my kids from elementary to high school are happy at home and more productive.






Please don’t generalize.

[Anonymous]

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My child with an IEP is doing much better with distance learning.

In fact, all my kids from elementary to high school are happy at home and more productive.






Please don’t generalize.

Dont use your anecdotes as useful data points for larger policies

[Anonymous]

Look, the whole point of shutting down businesses, schools etc was to prevent a huge backlog of people in the hospitals at a time when we didn't know anything about this virus and how to effectively treat it. The purpose was not to indefinitely prevent people from getting infected. That is not realistic. Sooner or later pretty much everyone will get exposed. Hopefully by fall, we'll be in much better shape in terms of treatment options and partially achieved herd immunity. We can't keep schools closed for a year, that is way over kill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was watching the press conference but had to drop - there was a report the Superintendent was waving around. Does that contain the information about school not coming back until MD reaches Stage 3? Anyone know where we can find that report?

Did she actually say anything about phase 3? Phase 3 is all undefined anyway. Just like the rest of it. I’m guessing they start rushing the phases as people get tired of this. They’re already starting to.

It's not undefined at all.

OK so what are the exact criteria for schools to reopen?

During Phase II/Medium Risk (https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/; https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MD_Strong.pdf)

Your link is broken and your statement is wrong.

The Governor just had a news conference. Schools are Stage 3.

[Anonymous]

Was anything said about camps? I didn’t see anything in MD’s Recovery Roadmap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was watching the press conference but had to drop - there was a report the Superintendent was waving around. Does that contain the information about school not coming back until MD reaches Stage 3? Anyone know where we can find that report?

Did she actually say anything about phase 3? Phase 3 is all undefined anyway. Just like the rest of it. I’m guessing they start rushing the phases as people get tired of this. They’re already starting to.

The report hasn't been posted yet. Hopefully in the next day or two. Hogan is following Hopkins' 3 phase guidance (https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MD_Strong.pdf) which states that schools can start to open during Phase II but with physical distancing limitations.

Phase III is outlined in this document as looking forward to a time when a vaccine is available. WTF?! Did they really say phase 3 in the press conference?

https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/pubs_archive/pubs-pdfs/2020/200417-reopening-guidance-governors.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just announced

And not coming back fully until Maryland reaches Stage 3. That's not going to be by the fall.

Sorry Mrs. A they'll be back in the fall. Start preparing those lesson plans.

+1. Watch how magically we will reach Stage 3, just in time for school to start.

There is no other choice. This country cannot be the single developed country in the world to keep our kids out of school for almost a year. You people are completely out of touch. Don't be such ninnies and start accepting reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just announced

And not coming back fully until Maryland reaches Stage 3. That's not going to be by the fall.

Sorry Mrs. A they'll be back in the fall. Start preparing those lesson plans.

+1. Watch how magically we will reach Stage 3, just in time for school to start.

Yes, please!

Increasingly information is coming out that kids aren’t very much affected by COVID and may in fact not be little vectors of COVID as well. Hopefully by late summer more will be known.

Debunked many times. Stop spreading lies.

It’s not debunked. There are conflicting studies but almost no kids have been seriously affected by covid 19 and we have three continents of evidence of that,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was watching the press conference but had to drop - there was a report the Superintendent was waving around. Does that contain the information about school not coming back until MD reaches Stage 3? Anyone know where we can find that report?

Did she actually say anything about phase 3? Phase 3 is all undefined anyway. Just like the rest of it. I’m guessing they start rushing the phases as people get tired of this. They’re already starting to.

It's not undefined at all.

OK so what are the exact criteria for schools to reopen?

During Phase II/Medium Risk (https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/; https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MD_Strong.pdf)

The Superintendent in the conference today said that going back to the way it was before Covid would be Phase III. Phase II is for a different way of learning - like alternate days/weeks smaller classes - nothing like what we had in the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just announced

And not coming back fully until Maryland reaches Stage 3. That's not going to be by the fall.

Sorry Mrs. A they'll be back in the fall. Start preparing those lesson plans.

+1. Watch how magically we will reach Stage 3, just in time for school to start.

There is no other choice. This country cannot be the single developed country in the world to keep our kids out of school for almost a year. You people are completely out of touch. Don't be such ninnies and start accepting reality.

Agree, unless things go completely crazy this summer, kids will be back at school in the fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just announced

And not coming back fully until Maryland reaches Stage 3. That's not going to be by the fall.

Kids will not go back until after Winter Break next year.

I predict January 2021. Get used to online learning.

Agreed. I think early Aug will see an announcement that MCPS is online for Fall 2020, except for students with IEPs that require small group instruction/self-contained classrooms 80% to 100% of the day. Traditionally in MCPS, those are students with profound emotional or intellectual disabilities. Everyone else is in inclusion classes all or most of the day. So, the sophomore with ODD or the non-verbal preschooler, not the fifth grader with a high IQ, but dyslexia or the seventh grader with executive functioning challenges.

That gives them four months to see how things go with the second wave. They could always decide to do 2nd semester online as well.

Oh, and will most businesses in Maryland remain closed through the fall, too?

Here's Ocean City saying COME BE TOURISTS!!!!! (which I think is nuts, nobody is going to go), and that's fine, but letting kids go to school is not?

Hmm, sounds like Hogan to me. Remember he deliberately shortened the school year to extend the summer season for OC. Why is this a surprise, he has consistently supported business revenue over education.