The prospect of kids not going back to school until 2021

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Maybe not publically as an individaul because it is a hugely unpopular idea with anyone that isn't a teacher, but the teachers' unions certainly

Where and when have the teachers' unions been clamoring to keep the schools closed in the fall?

I believe the DC teachers union has said as much. No return to the classroom until there is a vaccine. Nuts.

That will be years away. I guess it's going to be charter schools from here on out for DC.

I'm usually pro-union, but if that is going to be their stance, I hope someone will disempower them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS seems to subtly testing who in school-based staff is willing to return before a vaccine. Last week, DH and I got emails stating that we could sign up for slots to come pack our classrooms. We were promised PPE. If we declined, MCPS would have everything packed for us. DH declined. I signed up for a slot. I have second thoughts several times a day. Then today, there was a survey asking who was willing to teach some form of summer school. I declined.

Why? What are you busy doing? Both of you busy doing?

Why wouldn't you want to go in a room and pack your stuff? Is Corona floating in the hallway or something? Thats ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Maybe not publically as an individaul because it is a hugely unpopular idea with anyone that isn't a teacher, but the teachers' unions certainly

Where and when have the teachers' unions been clamoring to keep the schools closed in the fall?

I believe the DC teachers union has said as much. No return to the classroom until there is a vaccine. Nuts.

You believe so? Where and when did they say it?

[Anonymous]

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Some countries managed to handle the outbreak better than ours.

Undoubtedly true.

Also true: if kids can't go back to school in the fall, we will be mishandling the outbreak even more.

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Anonymous wrote:I have really tried to listen and understand both sides. I think the place I get hung up is with the multi-generational households. We know that the majority of deaths are occurring in the elderly populations. So what do we do for families who live with elderly people and have young children in the home? It's just not as simple as saying that at-risk people should isolate.

What's crazy is that some people argue that since nursing homes are such high-risk environments, a consequence of this crisis might be that people choose to care for their elderly relatives at home. But multigenerational households were exactly why the virus killed so many people in Italy, and if multigenerational households also mean that schools can't open because that would put the elderly at risk, then what? That doesn't seem like a solution that's fair to kids.

Not just Italy. Many died in China for the same reason. And the AA community, already disproportionately vulnerable, is more likely than whites to live in multigenerational households.

DCUM probably isn’t thinking of an older AA teacher or para when they consider the concern by MCPS staff. But there are many of us. Some caring for our own still minor children, foster kids, and grand kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Online schooling during the fall semester is the responsible thing to do.

+1, and until there’s a vaccine with a proven track record

Ha! Vaccine with a "proven track record". Clearly a teacher. Are you trying to not return until retirement?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS seems to subtly testing who in school-based staff is willing to return before a vaccine. Last week, DH and I got emails stating that we could sign up for slots to come pack our classrooms. We were promised PPE. If we declined, MCPS would have everything packed for us. DH declined. I signed up for a slot. I have second thoughts several times a day. Then today, there was a survey asking who was willing to teach some form of summer school. I declined.

Why? What are you busy doing? Both of you busy doing?

Why wouldn't you want to go in a room and pack your stuff? Is Corona floating in the hallway or something? Thats ridiculous.

You think there is Coronavirus in your classroom that hasn’t had any students in it for over 2 months?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Maybe not publically as an individaul because it is a hugely unpopular idea with anyone that isn't a teacher, but the teachers' unions certainly

Where and when have the teachers' unions been clamoring to keep the schools closed in the fall?

I believe the DC teachers union has said as much. No return to the classroom until there is a vaccine. Nuts.

That will be years away. I guess it's going to be charter schools from here on out for DC.

I'm usually pro-union, but if that is going to be their stance, I hope someone will disempower them.

I guarantee you, MCEA is NOT advocating keeping schools closed until a vaccine is available. MCEA is trying to work with MCPS to ensure, as much as possible, that reopening will be done safely. Not an unreasonable request.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS seems to subtly testing who in school-based staff is willing to return before a vaccine. Last week, DH and I got emails stating that we could sign up for slots to come pack our classrooms. We were promised PPE. If we declined, MCPS would have everything packed for us. DH declined. I signed up for a slot. I have second thoughts several times a day. Then today, there was a survey asking who was willing to teach some form of summer school. I declined.

Why? What are you busy doing? Both of you busy doing?

Why wouldn't you want to go in a room and pack your stuff? Is Corona floating in the hallway or something? Thats ridiculous.

You think there is Coronavirus in your classroom that hasn’t had any students in it for over 2 months?

Teachers won’t be teleported directly into their classrooms. They will be in the building with up to 60 people at a time. Definitely using a single entrance. Often using a single elevator .

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Don't you go to any grocery shopping or any kind of store shopping?

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Everyone has been isolated for 2+ months. This is the safest time to be in the buildings. There’s no need to interact with people. Just clean your room and get out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Online schooling during the fall semester is the responsible thing to do.

+1, and until there’s a vaccine with a proven track record

Ha! Vaccine with a "proven track record". Clearly a teacher. Are you trying to not return until retirement?

+ 100

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Stop paying teachers for work they aren’t doing and maybe their lackadaisical attitude toward reopening will shift.

Covid will be here for years, perhaps forever - even with a vaccine. Teachers (and all of us) will need to live with that. Not reopening schools for years isn’t an option.

Same teachers complaining about going into schools to pick up their belongings likely still going grocery shopping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop paying teachers for work they aren’t doing and maybe their lackadaisical attitude toward reopening will shift.

Covid will be here for years, perhaps forever - even with a vaccine. Teachers (and all of us) will need to live with that. Not reopening schools for years isn’t an option.

Same teachers complaining about going into schools to pick up their belongings likely still going grocery shopping.

+1. And in the long line at Home Depot to get flowers for their gardens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop paying teachers for work they aren’t doing and maybe their lackadaisical attitude toward reopening will shift.

Covid will be here for years, perhaps forever - even with a vaccine. Teachers (and all of us) will need to live with that. Not reopening schools for years isn’t an option.

Same teachers complaining about going into schools to pick up their belongings likely still going grocery shopping.

Going into a grocery store for 45 min. where everyone is masked, at a time when many people are otherwise staying home, and numbers are limited is quite different. Surely you can understand that? Surely you can understand the apprehension? I am not a teacher, but I’m so sick of the teacher hate on here. They didn’t cause the pandemic. No one was prepared for it.