Teachers and parents were right: 19 outbreaks in DC K-12 schools so far

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh no what will all the anti-WTU harpies scream about now

They'll ignore the data. Or better yet, accuse WTU of manipulating the data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh no what will all the anti-WTU harpies scream about now

They'll ignore the data. Or better yet, accuse WTU of manipulating the data.

I really really really want to know how many of the anti-union types are real DCPS parents and how many are Republicans/astroturf.

I'd love to see a poll of DC parents on their opinion of teachers. In my circles, parents LOVE the teachers and the teachers are working their butts off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh no what will all the anti-WTU harpies scream about now

They'll ignore the data. Or better yet, accuse WTU of manipulating the data.

I really really really want to know how many of the anti-union types are real DCPS parents and how many are Republicans/astroturf.

I'd love to see a poll of DC parents on their opinion of teachers. In my circles, parents LOVE the teachers and the teachers are working their butts off.

Same. I ask and ask and ask and I get the same answer. Thankfully WTU is helping us keep our kids at home. Ugh DL sucks but thankfully teacher X is so funny, patient, engaged; I have no idea how they do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh no what will all the anti-WTU harpies scream about now

They'll ignore the data. Or better yet, accuse WTU of manipulating the data.

I really really really want to know how many of the anti-union types are real DCPS parents and how many are Republicans/astroturf.

I'd love to see a poll of DC parents on their opinion of teachers. In my circles, parents LOVE the teachers and the teachers are working their butts off.

I love my kids teachers, I don't agree with the union. You can be both. My kids' teachers are working but my kids aren't learning much and they are liking school less and less as time goes on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh no what will all the anti-WTU harpies scream about now

They'll ignore the data. Or better yet, accuse WTU of manipulating the data.

Clearly, you are not very good at evaluating data if you think that this data (or any of the other school-related Covid data collected throughout the world) are helping the WTU cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the definition of an outbreak here? My kid's private school tests weekly and has had one staff member test positive in the 6 weeks school has been hybrid. There's no evidence that this teacher was exposed at school and no evidence that he/she infected anyone else at school. Does that count as an outbreak?

Why are you here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a joke. This information is useless.

There are 130,000 children in DC. Tell me how many are getting in-person instruction currently and how many “outbreaks” are associated with that? And tell me what exactly these outbreaks were like. Was anyone actually sick? The vast majority of children have mild or no symptoms.

If you can’t answer the questions, then shut up.

Can you answer the question?

[Anonymous]

someone woke up cranky

[Anonymous]

I tested positive for Covid yesterday. I am a teacher in a country where schools have been open since May, and we remained open each time a student tested positive. We would simply send the child and the child's 'bubble group' home.

I am devastated. I have been so frightened of this for so long, but I need to work and that is the only reason I have been going to school.

I hate that parents at our school echo the sentiments I see here. The kids are fine and the few who have had Covid bounced back quickly! And, and, and...it's only one or two teachers, so this is a success!

But I'm the one teacher who tested positive on that routine rapid test. I'm the one now at home and terrified. Lovely to know that I am worth so little. To me, the in-person learning is not a success.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tested positive for Covid yesterday. I am a teacher in a country where schools have been open since May, and we remained open each time a student tested positive. We would simply send the child and the child's 'bubble group' home.

I am devastated. I have been so frightened of this for so long, but I need to work and that is the only reason I have been going to school.

I hate that parents at our school echo the sentiments I see here. The kids are fine and the few who have had Covid bounced back quickly! And, and, and...it's only one or two teachers, so this is a success!

But I'm the one teacher who tested positive on that routine rapid test. I'm the one now at home and terrified. Lovely to know that I am worth so little. To me, the in-person learning is not a success.

I wish you a speedy recovery and mild symptoms. I also hope you aren't a long-termer with it. My friend has had it for 9 months - she was super fit and healthy and works in the healthcare field (admin not patient side). Her kids never got it but her husband did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh no what will all the anti-WTU harpies scream about now

They'll ignore the data. Or better yet, accuse WTU of manipulating the data.

I really really really want to know how many of the anti-union types are real DCPS parents and how many are Republicans/astroturf.

I'd love to see a poll of DC parents on their opinion of teachers. In my circles, parents LOVE the teachers and the teachers are working their butts off.

Same. I ask and ask and ask and I get the same answer. Thankfully WTU is helping us keep our kids at home. Ugh DL sucks but thankfully teacher X is so funny, patient, engaged; I have no idea how they do it.

We do it because this the current situation and my choice hasn't yet been honored. I am super engaged, silly and my students show up dutifully daily, we laugh together, we read appropriately leveled books in small group, we talk about different topics in science every day, all aligned with the current unit. Me, I am dying inside. DL is demoralizing and each day is harder than the last. Seamlessly managing technology and a "room" full of 7 year olds is really, really hard. It's hard on all of us. And the worst part? All of it seems increasingly useless and just theater. On the worst days I think we should just give up with DL learning until we can be back in the school, on the best days? I feel like I may have contributed something to at least one child's education. As soon as I allowed to be back in the school teaching I will be the first one there. The only thing stopping me has been roadblocks and politics.

[Anonymous]

OP the ones who don't want to care, won't care, because the usual death rates, olds, dying anyway, underlying conditions, etc.
They won't care until it kills someone they love.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP the ones who don't want to care, won't care, because the usual death rates, olds, dying anyway, underlying conditions, etc.
They won't care until it kills someone they love.

It's not a matter of individuals caring, it's a matter of a cost-benefit calculation at the level of the entire society. Other countries are taking the position that the overall harms of keeping kids out of school for many months outweigh the risk to a much smaller number of individual adults. It's a policy matter, and other countries are placing a higher value on the rights of children and the availability of public education and childcare than the US. It's not that they don't care about their elderly or those with underlying conditions (if they didn't, they wouldn't have such excellent healthcare systems), but they understand that there are competing interests to weigh and they are not willing to put kids and their education last.

[Anonymous]

Our dcps principal put this slide on their social media and im seriously doubting their objectivity and "want to".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP the ones who don't want to care, won't care, because the usual death rates, olds, dying anyway, underlying conditions, etc.
They won't care until it kills someone they love.

It's not a matter of individuals caring, it's a matter of a cost-benefit calculation at the level of the entire society. Other countries are taking the position that the overall harms of keeping kids out of school for many months outweigh the risk to a much smaller number of individual adults. It's a policy matter, and other countries are placing a higher value on the rights of children and the availability of public education and childcare than the US. It's not that they don't care about their elderly or those with underlying conditions (if they didn't, they wouldn't have such excellent healthcare systems), but they understand that there are competing interests to weigh and they are not willing to put kids and their education last.

Well said. DH and I have underlying conditions, and mine are severe. Even in non-COVID times I'm supposed to avoid mass transportation, crowds, etc. However, the harm being done to our children by denying in person school isn't acceptable. We would gladly choose to send our children and take on the risks.