Allegedly there are several options for the fall none of which include being back full time?

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that vaccine is the key. Without it, I cannot imagine anyone taking on the responsibility of starting regular school with virus still being present.

Because you are all a bunch of sheep who cannot understand the data or reality. Most of us cannot imagine NOT going back to school. I mean, it's so important to eat in a restaurant and get your nails done, but not send your kid to school. There is no reality in which that makes any sense.

I seriously doubt that there's much overlap between the "no school until there's a vaccine!" people and the "nail salons and eat-in restaurants must open now!" people.

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Here’s what I don’t understand. How the heck am I going to manage part-time at home schooling for multiple kids while working my full time job? Better yet, we’re expecting our teachers to do the same thing?

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Anonymous wrote:No inside info, but until there’s a vaccine, 100% back in the classroom will not happen. There’s just not enough space, teachers or busses. No school system was designed to support the constraints that will be in place until a vaccine is widely available.

Sorry to be a down, I just don’t think it’s going to happen.

Like half the country already announced going back to normal instruction in the fall. And there is no guarantee a vaccine will ever be available so this is just not feasible.

Tell me one school system that has announced that school will resume in the fall exactly the way it was last year.

Cincinnati public schools. And there are lots more. They are offering an online option for people who want it-but classes will be in person for the public schools.

That isn't at all what I am seeing.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/05/21/cincinnati-public-schools-consider-year-round-school-other-fall-ideas/5231347002/

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Anonymous wrote:I agree that vaccine is the key. Without it, I cannot imagine anyone taking on the responsibility of starting regular school with virus still being present.

Because you are all a bunch of sheep who cannot understand the data or reality. Most of us cannot imagine NOT going back to school. I mean, it's so important to eat in a restaurant and get your nails done, but not send your kid to school. There is no reality in which that makes any sense.

I seriously doubt that there's much overlap between the "no school until there's a vaccine!" people and the "nail salons and eat-in restaurants must open now!" people.

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Anonymous wrote:So a friend shared that she knew they were discussing 2 or 3 scenarios for the fall but none included being back full time in schools. Is there any truth to this? As far as I know there has been no public announcement of this.

It's very hard for me to understand why this would be the case when our numbers are getting consistently better and school is still 3 months away! Not to mention that basically everything else is moving closer and closer to opening in the coming weeks.

There is also even data showing we may not even get the supposed "second wave" we were sure we would definitely get.

I just can't imagine literally everything else being open and schools still being restricted. It just seems like overkill at this point.

Does anyone have any inside info?

DH talked to his dept head today about not coming back (due to a serious health risk) and the guy said “Don’t put in any paperwork. Hint. Hint.”

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Anonymous wrote:So a friend shared that she knew they were discussing 2 or 3 scenarios for the fall but none included being back full time in schools. Is there any truth to this? As far as I know there has been no public announcement of this.

It's very hard for me to understand why this would be the case when our numbers are getting consistently better and school is still 3 months away! Not to mention that basically everything else is moving closer and closer to opening in the coming weeks.

There is also even data showing we may not even get the supposed "second wave" we were sure we would definitely get.

I just can't imagine literally everything else being open and schools still being restricted. It just seems like overkill at this point.

Does anyone have any inside info?

DH talked to his dept head today about not coming back (due to a serious health risk) and the guy said “Don’t put in any paperwork. Hint. Hint.”

That guy doesn't know more than anyone else. please.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No inside info, but until there’s a vaccine, 100% back in the classroom will not happen. There’s just not enough space, teachers or busses. No school system was designed to support the constraints that will be in place until a vaccine is widely available.

Sorry to be a down, I just don’t think it’s going to happen.

Like half the country already announced going back to normal instruction in the fall. And there is no guarantee a vaccine will ever be available so this is just not feasible.

Tell me one school system that has announced that school will resume in the fall exactly the way it was last year.

Cincinnati public schools. And there are lots more. They are offering an online option for people who want it-but classes will be in person for the public schools.

This doesn’t sound like the way school was last year. Again show me a school that’s opening exactly as it was last year. I’ll wait.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Cincinnati Public Schools now has a plan for how to get kids back in the classroom come fall despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Start times will be staggered. Everyone will get a daily health screening. Masks are mandatory, and desks will be six feet apart.

There will be proper social distancing on school buses and students will eat meals in the classrooms instead of the cafeteria.

There will also be a virtual learning option for parents who don't feel safe sending their kids back to school. However, this is not final and CPS wants to hear from parents.

By the time everyone passes through the daily health screening, there don’t be much time to actually learn.

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s what I don’t understand. How the heck am I going to manage part-time at home schooling for multiple kids while working my full time job? Better yet, we’re expecting our teachers to do the same thing?

No one cares about the stress on working families.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh man, the state of PA really punted with this one. They are putting all the onus on the local school boards to try and figure out what is feasible and what isn't. They have helpful "considerations" that aren't requirements, just fun suggestions to consider. Yikes.

I think leaving it at the local level is the only way to do it. The school districts are too varied in their capacity to make adjustments for anything to be dictated from above.

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Anonymous wrote:You can find it here:
http://marylandpublicschools.org/newsroom/Documents/MSDERecoveryPlan.pdf

This lays out the possible scenarios quite clearly. It's way more than we've received in Va.

This isn't actually in stone though. It's simply laying out possibilities. They had to do this just to appease all the people completely freaking out and wanting their kids in a bubble forever. If cases are so so low and no sign of it spiking again it will be ridiculous not go back full time face to face. It would put further strain on working parents, underprivileged students and the economy for NO REASON. There is no world where that would fly.

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I’m a teacher and administration told us today that we may not be back in the buildings in September, October, or November and to be prepared. We all feel really anxious and overwhelmed. Remote learning is boring and exhausting and joyless. No one wants this to continue, but we also won’t go back without protocols in place to keep everyone safe. I see a lot of parents on here who seem angry about the fact that schools will not just go back “as normal”. If you want schools to open up you need to support these measures. If parents are largely unwilling to comply with safety precautions it just won’t work.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and administration told us today that we may not be back in the buildings in September, October, or November and to be prepared. We all feel really anxious and overwhelmed. Remote learning is boring and exhausting and joyless. No one wants this to continue, but we also won’t go back without protocols in place to keep everyone safe. I see a lot of parents on here who seem angry about the fact that schools will not just go back “as normal”. If you want schools to open up you need to support these measures. If parents are largely unwilling to comply with safety precautions it just won’t work.

Are you in MCPS?

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Anonymous wrote:No inside info, but until there’s a vaccine, 100% back in the classroom will not happen. There’s just not enough space, teachers or busses. No school system was designed to support the constraints that will be in place until a vaccine is widely available.

Sorry to be a down, I just don’t think it’s going to happen.

Like half the country already announced going back to normal instruction in the fall. And there is no guarantee a vaccine will ever be available so this is just not feasible.

Like half the country is far less densely populated than the DC metro area and likely has capacity in their schools.

Then residents of the DC area are going to leave for places with normally functioning schools.

We're one of those. We have two appointments this weekend to view rental houses a few hours away, where infection rates are really low and it seems more likely schools will be open somewhat normally in the fall. Our plan is to move there for the school year.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher and administration told us today that we may not be back in the buildings in September, October, or November and to be prepared. We all feel really anxious and overwhelmed. Remote learning is boring and exhausting and joyless. No one wants this to continue, but we also won’t go back without protocols in place to keep everyone safe. I see a lot of parents on here who seem angry about the fact that schools will not just go back “as normal”. If you want schools to open up you need to support these measures. If parents are largely unwilling to comply with safety precautions it just won’t work.

The kids aren't going to give you covid. They have pretty much debunked kids spreading it like they thought they would. So who exactly are you trying to have protection from? The other adults at school? If anything it's much easier for the adults to stay away from each other and follow stricter precautions. Sounds like you are fine not going back until things are up to your standards?

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If thousands can protest in the streets all over the US and we don’t see a large increase in positive cases the next 2-4 weeks then there is plausible reason why school can not return to normal in the Fall.