Maryland Recovery Plan for Education has been posted

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Anonymous wrote:The point is many parents are in the same boat as teachers, except teachers are pretending they can work from home, while many parents are being forced to go back out there or lose wages. It’s a bad situation for a lot of people, not just teachers. But everyone has to be subject to the same consequences.

Ignoring that businesses have much more flexibility to allow people to work from home than they pretend to. “My boss won’t let me” does not mean “can’t”. That isn’t the school’s fault.

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Anonymous wrote:So if teachers are at school full time but their own children are only going to school half time who is going to watch them? I teach 5th grade and have a first and third grader. What am I supposed to do with them? My neighbor works for the city. Who is going to watch her kids for the weeks they are off? The half time plan makes no sense. Everyone should go back full time. It is so contagious it doesn't matter if kids sit 6 feet apart.

You hire a babysitter or use child care like most working parents. Seems simple to me.

That's like answering the question "Where do I go to find disinfectant wipes (or toilet paper)?" with "You go to the store. Seems simple to me."

Where are all of these babysitters/child care providers going to suddenly appear from, and what money are people going to use to pay them? Keeping in mind that, even during normal times, child care is hard to find and expensive?

Exactly.

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I keep trying to get people to recognize this. Many people argue that they HAVE to have two working parents in order to survive, but for many families, the second parent does not bring in much after taxes and other costs involved in working (commute, restaurants, work clothes, etc.) Many more families could stay home if they realized how little they actually make, and that cutting back is possible.

For many families, "cutting back" means giving up their home and doubling up with another family. So when one person brings coronavirus home from their public-facing, low-wage, essential job, twice as many people get sick. How does that sound to you?

I know a lot of families who double up on appartments to save money.

There are occupancy limits for apartments in MoCo, so two families with kids of in one apartment is likely breaking the law.