I’m getting nervous about school because of delta
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Anonymous
FCPS or county in this article? |
Anonymous
No, it wasn't sarcasm, nor tongue in cheek. I was serious. There cannot be another year of virtual or distance learning. FCPS needs to put a stake in the ground and tell parents, teachers and students to prepare for in person school starting August 23. If that means masks for everyone, so be it. |
Anonymous
They have done that. |
Anonymous
No, the pp was referring to Cobb County, Georgia, that’s referenced in the article. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
They really need to. Every time they backtrack, they validate what are, for now, irrational fears. Right now, no hospitalizations. Kids are vaxxed adults are asymptomatic of have cold and flu symptoms. Almost all hospitalizations are unvaxxed. Stalling when our metrics are fine sends a terrible message. And makes it harder to go into the next attempt. Which won’t be until Feb/March, because the numbers won’t get better as we hit Thanksgiving and Christmas. We did last April with much high transmission and most and/HS kids not fully vaxxed yet. Time to mask up, take a break, and go..there should be no deviations unless there is a compelling reason, determined school by school and level by level (ES/MS/HS). Made by the VDH and FCHD. Not the SB or Admin. We cannot do another year of panic driven, reactive, midnight chaos SB meetings decision making. The best thing people can do with their concern is vaccinate their 12-18 kid. That will play a huge role in secondary schools. And support the schools on masking— with your ES kid especially. Be calm, be firm, back the teacher up. Kids will be okay with a lot as long as their primary caretakers— parents and teachers— are calm and consistent. I sent a kid to college last year. I sent my HS kid back 4 days a week, not fully vaxxed. And I learned that at some point, you have to look at the data now— not what it might be next month— and go. My HS kid went 4 days a week last year and spent 5 weeks in an FCPS HS 5 days a week doing a program not run by FCPS (FCPS essentially rents space). All masked up. It was fine. My college kid’s SLAC created a bubble and we’re super serious about masks. It was fine. If kids and teachers who are taking precautions (good mask compliance and vaccine if available) get sick enough that we start seeing more than sporadic hospitalizations, we need to revisit. But, the most frustrating part of last year is that kids could have gone in person August to Thanksgiving, done DL around the holidays and gone back in Feb. we had a window and we lost it— while we were sitting in green to yellow in late summer and fall. If they ultimately go virtual for some period of time, at least they started in person, made connections with teachers and peers, and have the sense DL is temporary. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
In the article. |
Anonymous
Okay. Well, My sister lives in Cobb County. Kids went back to full classes, no masks. There are teachers who die of the flu each year, and commuting to work. We shouldn’t be making decisions based one teacher in a a you can’t mask state. |
Anonymous
I agree with 90% of what you said here. One of the major reasons why we could not have gone back in person last year is because they needed to evaluate thousands of ADA forms. The lack of those and the vaccine are the big changes to this year. |
Anonymous
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A leader with good communication skills (so not Brabrand) would send an email saying: we know there are concerns about delta. We have been thoroughly reviewing recent CDC guidance RTS this w/FCHD and VDH, and we will be starting 8/23. Here is why: (insert rational metric and science based decision making).
You can help by making sure your 12+ is vaxxed and helping your child get comfortable with a well fitted two layer mask with a filter or KN95 or KF94. We remain in constant contact with health authorities and do not anticipate going virtual as a school system. Temporary classroom and individual schools May move to DL, but this will call be made sparingly, for as short a period of time as possible, and under the following circumstances: (insert rationale science). We understand that this is a scary situation for many. But we are monitoring closely and taking reasonable precautions. We look forward to seeing your child 8/23. But we have reactive leadership. So, this note will never happen. |
Anonymous
Try the FCPS website or Facebook or Twitter, they've essentially said these things. |
Anonymous
Lol that’s pretty much what LCPS superintendent Ziegler sent. I have been pleased with him as a parent and teacher. |
Anonymous
Oh no, not Fairfax County. Here is an article about how the Cobb County (Georgia) school board handled the teacher’s death: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/01/24/georgia-teachers-deaths/ |
Anonymous
I know! It would reassure me and I am a teacher. I hate last minute plans or information. |