Should we prepare for virtual schooling starting in January?

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Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest. I'm one of the biggest critics of MCPS' response to Covid.

But Monifa's approach seems pretty reasonable. Putting clear numbers around when an individual school would be assessed for temporary closures, but no system wide closure.

That is really as good as its gonna get

Agree. Nice to have actual numbers. But 5% via testing probably represents a true much higher percentage of infected individuals who haven't bothered to get tested. McKnight practically begging everyone to sign up for testing,

Whenever I see a post that refers to Dr. McKnight as Monifa, I know the poster is an a** and anything they're saying has to be complete BS.

Mmm. Ok. That's a pretty big leap, but you do you.

But I also referred to Dr. Smith as Jack.

Or, Presidents Trump and Obama, as Donald and Barry.

I didn't realize we were supposed to be so formal here on DCUM that we couldn't use first names

Barry? No regular citizen calls him that.

So does that make me an irregular citizen?

I honestly did call him that. I also called Trump: Donny. I do refer to Pelosi as Nancy and McConnel as Mitch.

I guess I never really thought of it until now, but I prefer to use first names.

Barry isn't his first name. He made a conscious decision to return to his given name Barack when he was in college. No one calls him that, he even asked his family not to call him that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest. I'm one of the biggest critics of MCPS' response to Covid.

But Monifa's approach seems pretty reasonable. Putting clear numbers around when an individual school would be assessed for temporary closures, but no system wide closure.

That is really as good as its gonna get

Agree. Nice to have actual numbers. But 5% via testing probably represents a true much higher percentage of infected individuals who haven't bothered to get tested. McKnight practically begging everyone to sign up for testing,

Whenever I see a post that refers to Dr. McKnight as Monifa, I know the poster is an a** and anything they're saying has to be complete BS.

Mmm. Ok. That's a pretty big leap, but you do you.

But I also referred to Dr. Smith as Jack.

Or, Presidents Trump and Obama, as Donald and Barry.

I didn't realize we were supposed to be so formal here on DCUM that we couldn't use first names

Barry? No regular citizen calls him that.

So does that make me an irregular citizen?

I honestly did call him that. I also called Trump: Donny. I do refer to Pelosi as Nancy and McConnel as Mitch.

I guess I never really thought of it until now, but I prefer to use first names.

Barry isn't his first name. He made a conscious decision to return to his given name Barack when he was in college. No one calls him that, he even asked his family not to call him that.

Sure. But nobody calls Trump 'Donny' to his face either. And I doubt many people call McConnell 'Mitch' directly to his face either. But plenty of people still refer to them using those nicknames.

I don't really think I'm doing anything wrong by referring to Dr. McKnight as Monifa when that is literally her name

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest. I'm one of the biggest critics of MCPS' response to Covid.

But Monifa's approach seems pretty reasonable. Putting clear numbers around when an individual school would be assessed for temporary closures, but no system wide closure.

That is really as good as its gonna get

Agree. Nice to have actual numbers. But 5% via testing probably represents a true much higher percentage of infected individuals who haven't bothered to get tested. McKnight practically begging everyone to sign up for testing,

Whenever I see a post that refers to Dr. McKnight as Monifa, I know the poster is an a** and anything they're saying has to be complete BS.

Mmm. Ok. That's a pretty big leap, but you do you.

But I also referred to Dr. Smith as Jack.

Or, Presidents Trump and Obama, as Donald and Barry.

I didn't realize we were supposed to be so formal here on DCUM that we couldn't use first names

Barry? No regular citizen calls him that.

So does that make me an irregular citizen?

I honestly did call him that. I also called Trump: Donny. I do refer to Pelosi as Nancy and McConnel as Mitch.

I guess I never really thought of it until now, but I prefer to use first names.

Barry isn't his first name. He made a conscious decision to return to his given name Barack when he was in college. No one calls him that, he even asked his family not to call him that.

Sure. But nobody calls Trump 'Donny' to his face either. And I doubt many people call McConnell 'Mitch' directly to his face either. But plenty of people still refer to them using those nicknames.

I don't really think I'm doing anything wrong by referring to Dr. McKnight as Monifa when that is literally her name

B- on the DCUM Troll Scale for derailing the discussion

[Anonymous]

As parents we need to tell mcps to prepare for virtual learning.
They are unprepared and putting kids at risk by staying open because they don’t want to highlight how little they’ve done.

This is not a good situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As parents we need to tell mcps to prepare for virtual learning.
They are unprepared and putting kids at risk by staying open because they don’t want to highlight how little they’ve done.

This is not a good situation.

You do that. Give a ring and leave a v/m.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As parents we need to tell mcps to prepare for virtual learning.
They are unprepared and putting kids at risk by staying open because they don’t want to highlight how little they’ve done.

This is not a good situation.

Well, you don't speak for me. I'm glad to see MCPS is committed to keeping the school buildings open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As parents we need to tell mcps to prepare for virtual learning.
They are unprepared and putting kids at risk by staying open because they don’t want to highlight how little they’ve done.

This is not a good situation.

Well, you don't speak for me. I'm glad to see MCPS is committed to keeping the school buildings open.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As parents we need to tell mcps to prepare for virtual learning.
They are unprepared and putting kids at risk by staying open because they don’t want to highlight how little they’ve done.

This is not a good situation.

Well, you don't speak for me. I'm glad to see MCPS is committed to keeping the school buildings open.

+1

+2. MCPS students, teachers and staff are highly vaccinated. There’s no reason we shouldn’t be able to keep schools open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As parents we need to tell mcps to prepare for virtual learning.
They are unprepared and putting kids at risk by staying open because they don’t want to highlight how little they’ve done.

This is not a good situation.

You had the option to go virtual and choose in person. MCPS was clear they weren't shutting down. And, now they aren't. They followed through on the promise that parents wanted. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As parents we need to tell mcps to prepare for virtual learning.
They are unprepared and putting kids at risk by staying open because they don’t want to highlight how little they’ve done.

This is not a good situation.

Well, you don't speak for me. I'm glad to see MCPS is committed to keeping the school buildings open.

+1

+2. MCPS students, teachers and staff are highly vaccinated. There’s no reason we shouldn’t be able to keep schools open.

What does highly vaccinated mean if the new variant is invading the vaccine?

[Anonymous]

I strongly prefer teaching in-person over the hell that was virtual and hybrid learning the last year and a half. That being said, staff (and their children) as well as our own elementary students are getting COVID right and left these past few weeks. Everyone is fooling themselves if they think we aren't going to be even more impacted after break. As another poster mentioned, we can't get subs and schools literally won't be able to operate without the bodies to cover staff absences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll be honest. I'm one of the biggest critics of MCPS' response to Covid.

But Monifa's approach seems pretty reasonable. Putting clear numbers around when an individual school would be assessed for temporary closures, but no system wide closure.

That is really as good as its gonna get

Agree. Nice to have actual numbers. But 5% via testing probably represents a true much higher percentage of infected individuals who haven't bothered to get tested. McKnight practically begging everyone to sign up for testing,

Many are testing at home so we will never know the true numbers. MCPS needs to require a negative PRC test from every student and staff member to return in person after the holidays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As parents we need to tell mcps to prepare for virtual learning.
They are unprepared and putting kids at risk by staying open because they don’t want to highlight how little they’ve done.

This is not a good situation.

Well, you don't speak for me. I'm glad to see MCPS is committed to keeping the school buildings open.

+1

+2. MCPS students, teachers and staff are highly vaccinated. There’s no reason we shouldn’t be able to keep schools open.

NP: do you not see how fast this is spreading? What happens when we can’t staff the hospitals? Keep your kids home!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I strongly prefer teaching in-person over the hell that was virtual and hybrid learning the last year and a half. That being said, staff (and their children) as well as our own elementary students are getting COVID right and left these past few weeks. Everyone is fooling themselves if they think we aren't going to be even more impacted after break. As another poster mentioned, we can't get subs and schools literally won't be able to operate without the bodies to cover staff absences.

It's funny as you don't see the parents who are demanding school stay open volunteering to cover during staffing shortages. If its so safe, no reason they cannot take a few days of leave given how important it is to keep schools open.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As parents we need to tell mcps to prepare for virtual learning.
They are unprepared and putting kids at risk by staying open because they don’t want to highlight how little they’ve done.

This is not a good situation.

Well, you don't speak for me. I'm glad to see MCPS is committed to keeping the school buildings open.

+1

+2. MCPS students, teachers and staff are highly vaccinated. There’s no reason we shouldn’t be able to keep schools open.

NP: do you not see how fast this is spreading? What happens when we can’t staff the hospitals? Keep your kids home!

Bigger issue is staffing schools.