How long until MCPS announces distance learning only?

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Anonymous wrote:By starting the year with VL through beginning of November, I think MCPS is buying themselves some time before they decide whether or not to keep it 100% VL through Jan. My guess is that it's a no brainer - VL will be decided soon after school starts.

What's going to be different in January?

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Anonymous wrote:By starting the year with VL through beginning of November, I think MCPS is buying themselves some time before they decide whether or not to keep it 100% VL through Jan. My guess is that it's a no brainer - VL will be decided soon after school starts.

What's going to be different in January?

Potentially US President and policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By starting the year with VL through beginning of November, I think MCPS is buying themselves some time before they decide whether or not to keep it 100% VL through Jan. My guess is that it's a no brainer - VL will be decided soon after school starts.

Why do people keep saying this? They said they were starting to allow in person groups starting a few weeks after school starts with the last group starting to go into school in November. Not “all virtual until November.”

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Anonymous wrote:By starting the year with VL through beginning of November, I think MCPS is buying themselves some time before they decide whether or not to keep it 100% VL through Jan. My guess is that it's a no brainer - VL will be decided soon after school starts.

Why do people keep saying this? They said they were starting to allow in person groups starting a few weeks after school starts with the last group starting to go into school in November. Not “all virtual until November.”

If you're in the last group, it's definitely virtual until November. Anyway it seems pretty clear, at least to me, that "through November" means "some time". There's nothing magical about November, infectious-disease-wise.

[Anonymous]

My son had a meeting with a MS teacher last night, and was told it's pretty certain DL will happen until at least February.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son had a meeting with a MS teacher last night, and was told it's pretty certain DL will happen until at least February.

Why do they think anything will change in February?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son had a meeting with a MS teacher last night, and was told it's pretty certain DL will happen until at least February.

I think the confusing part is whether this means that will be the ONLY option or AN option.

Especially for elementary the former is an absolute disaster.

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Anonymous wrote:My son had a meeting with a MS teacher last night, and was told it's pretty certain DL will happen until at least February.

Why do they think anything will change in February?

There's some hope a vaccine could be available by then, but I think it's more of a "not before" date.

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Anonymous wrote:My son had a meeting with a MS teacher last night, and was told it's pretty certain DL will happen until at least February.

Why do they think anything will change in February?

There's some hope a vaccine could be available by then, but I think it's more of a "not before" date.

Some big shot Dr. announced today that he’s pretty sure this will be over by January. Too lazy to find the link but maybe somebody else can.

Then again Fauci and the AAP already said school should open so who even knows what the criteria is.

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Anonymous wrote:My son had a meeting with a MS teacher last night, and was told it's pretty certain DL will happen until at least February.

Why do they think anything will change in February?

There's some hope a vaccine could be available by then, but I think it's more of a "not before" date.

Some big shot Dr. announced today that he’s pretty sure this will be over by January. Too lazy to find the link but maybe somebody else can.

Then again Fauci and the AAP already said school should open so who even knows what the criteria is.

Doctor is just guessing. EVEN IF - best case scenario - vaccine is done by December, don't know efficacy and then we're faced with the issue that not everyone will want it. Anti maskers will turn into anti-vaxxers. Will that make a difference? Who knows but I think Jan/Feb might be too early. My guess is right after spring break.

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Anonymous wrote:I just drove by a middle school and saw at least 40 girls at a soccer practice. Kids are at camp and pools all over the county.

Not having in person school - at a MINIMUM just for elementary - is beyond insane in these circumstances. Totally not justifiable.

Because that stuff is happening OUTSIDE! Really, how hard is this?

Not all camps are outside.

The difference is in the absolute numbers. Students plus staff = almost 200,000 people = roughly one *fifth* of MoCo residents. Sure, they will not all be in one place, but the probability that an outbreak will happen is so much higher.

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Anonymous wrote:I just drove by a middle school and saw at least 40 girls at a soccer practice. Kids are at camp and pools all over the county.

Not having in person school - at a MINIMUM just for elementary - is beyond insane in these circumstances. Totally not justifiable.

Yup. Sports practice, camp, pools, parties, senior beach week for pete's sake - but no school.

None of those are being sponsored by governments. Private citizens can make bad decisions for their families with less consequences than local and state governments. We declined a pool party this weekend. The invite came in a group text. I said I didn’t feel it was a good choice for my family under the current science. The hosting mom is very irritated with me now because she thinks I ruined it for other families by pointing out the risks. I never knew I was that charismatic by text.

LOL

Get off your high horse.

If you actually cared about Science, you would realize that being outside at a pool party is quite safe.

And being a jerk and trying to assert your virtuosity by making condescending remarks against the host via text is tacky and rude.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:By starting the year with VL through beginning of November, I think MCPS is buying themselves some time before they decide whether or not to keep it 100% VL through Jan. My guess is that it's a no brainer - VL will be decided soon after school starts.

Why do people keep saying this? They said they were starting to allow in person groups starting a few weeks after school starts with the last group starting to go into school in November. Not “all virtual until November.”

Not QP here but I'll chime in. It doesn't say that but the proposed draft plan is NOT completely clear on the hybrid approach. In one instance, they say learning will be in person based on group/grade/etc. But then later they said all kids will start the year VL with the goal of getting everyone in school by November. Contradictory statement unless I'm completely misinterpreting.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just drove by a middle school and saw at least 40 girls at a soccer practice. Kids are at camp and pools all over the county.

Not having in person school - at a MINIMUM just for elementary - is beyond insane in these circumstances. Totally not justifiable.

Because that stuff is happening OUTSIDE! Really, how hard is this?

Not all camps are outside.

The difference is in the absolute numbers. Students plus staff = almost 200,000 people = roughly one *fifth* of MoCo residents. Sure, they will not all be in one place, but the probability that an outbreak will happen is so much higher.

Roughly four-fifths of MoCo is currently out and about, not in one place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son had a meeting with a MS teacher last night, and was told it's pretty certain DL will happen until at least February.

Why do they think anything will change in February?

There's some hope a vaccine could be available by then, but I think it's more of a "not before" date.

Some big shot Dr. announced today that he’s pretty sure this will be over by January. Too lazy to find the link but maybe somebody else can.

Then again Fauci and the AAP already said school should open so who even knows what the criteria is.

Doctor is just guessing. EVEN IF - best case scenario - vaccine is done by December, don't know efficacy and then we're faced with the issue that not everyone will want it. Anti maskers will turn into anti-vaxxers. Will that make a difference? Who knows but I think Jan/Feb might be too early. My guess is right after spring break.

We're faced with the issue of actually getting everyone (or enough people) vaccinated. How long will it take to vaccinate 328 million people?