APS Town Hall: some answers, much still unknown

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It seems unrealistic that kids, especially high schoolers, won’t fall behind if they’re asynchronous due to quarantine.

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Anonymous wrote:Won’t there be a lot of false positives? The cdc doesn’t recommend random testing like this.

No! This is the best way to track cases. Everyone should be doing this.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm interested in instruction too. I hope they won't keep the kids on iPads all day to social distance like they did in the Spring. Did Dr Duran talk about what the classroom will look like next Fall?

They will

Our school did not do this in the spring

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Anonymous wrote:It seems unrealistic that kids, especially high schoolers, won’t fall behind if they’re asynchronous due to quarantine.

Of course they will but this is the end result of the opposition to concurrent.

I wanted concurrent to stay for this exact reason but others did not so here we are.

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Anonymous wrote:How do I switch

If you have a medical reason you can appeal. If not you'll have to wait until the quarter or semester

Or you can withdraw and re-enroll, supposedly.

[Anonymous]

I dunno. For once this meeting was reassuring. APS actually for once has a decent plan. I was nervous myself, but now, I'm okay sending my kids back to school. Testing is the game changer.

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Anonymous wrote:Regarding testing once a week, that’s for both vaccinated and non vaccinated students?

Yes, it is for students who opt in.

How do we opt in? That was my unknown. This is huge news but they talked about it as if it was basic knowledge.

They didn't go into details. They will probably be a form to fill out on ParentVue or paper that comes home from the school.

consent form is here https://www.apsva.us/school-year-2020-21/health-safety/covid-19-testing/

They told folks that this info was up on teh website, but this webpage only lists weekly asymptomatic testing for staff. Hopefully they will send out more info.

They said that students could be released early from quarantine if they test through the APS testing program. I personally don't think they meant that a kid has to participate in the weekly testing program but that if they had exposure they just had to get a test through an APS provider in order to get released on day 8.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems unrealistic that kids, especially high schoolers, won’t fall behind if they’re asynchronous due to quarantine.

I am pretty sure that APS said that all high school students who are vaccinated will not have to quarantine. Considering that high schoolers can all be vaccinated that shouldn't that disruptive.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems unrealistic that kids, especially high schoolers, won’t fall behind if they’re asynchronous due to quarantine.

Of course they will but this is the end result of the opposition to concurrent.

I wanted concurrent to stay for this exact reason but others did not so here we are.

Concurrent was awful for the teachers and staff. It's never happening again.

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Anonymous wrote:I dunno. For once this meeting was reassuring. APS actually for once has a decent plan. I was nervous myself, but now, I'm okay sending my kids back to school. Testing is the game changer.

I feel better too.

[Anonymous]

How are they going to do extended day pick-up? Pre-Covid it often took 5-10 min for them to find my kid and get him back to the cafeteria. Are we all going to be lined up waiting one at a time for someone to fetch our kids?

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Anonymous wrote:My question is why can't kids go to that $11 million fancy virtual school if they test positive? Even having another teacher for 8 days is better than giving them a whole bunch of busy work and leaving them to figure it out themselves...

Did they discuss extended day? Are they going to even try to social distance?

Just assume no social distancing. All social distancing messaging is that they will do it to best extent that is possible. That’s means no.

I think they will just keep them outdoors as much as possible.

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Anonymous wrote:How are they going to do extended day pick-up? Pre-Covid it often took 5-10 min for them to find my kid and get him back to the cafeteria. Are we all going to be lined up waiting one at a time for someone to fetch our kids?

I hear you on how it was before. Now, parents could be outside while ED staff radio for your kid.

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It seems unrealistic that kids, especially high schoolers, won’t fall behind if they’re asynchronous due to quarantine.



Of course they will but this is the end result of the opposition to concurrent.

I wanted concurrent to stay for this exact reason but others did not so here we are.

+1 million
Parents got what they wanted--no concurrent-- and had the chance to sign up for virtual if they were really worried.

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Testing once a week for all students!Yay! (More for athletes)
No real social distancing
Outdoor lunch by school 🤷🏽‍♀️
Mandatory masking. Masks will be provided for those who need them.
Air cleaners will stay

Those who test positive/close contacts will be provided asynchronous work while in quarantine. No concurrent. If the whole class has to be quarantined, get out your iPads cuz you’re back in virtual learning! I forgot how long you have to quarantine.

This is not new. It was made very clear then that there would be no concurrent this year.