Which school districts will be 5 days in fall

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Anonymous wrote:Loudon? Faquier? We live in DC but have given up hope. Looking to move but only for 5 days/week. Are any districts in VA giving strong signals towards opening?

Thank you!

We’ve already heard loudoun is not doing 5 days luckily

No you have not you lying troll.


OP nobody really knows but it’s likely they all will with plans for temporary DL if necessary during outbreaks and some continued mitigation. all have stated that is their goal and with numbers dropping and vaccinations happening there’s no real reason it won’t happen

I hear you, but APS has definitely not indicated this is their goal, nor said anything about 5 days/week this fall. I keep asking them to comment/start planning, as I think many parents are shocked that this isn’t a given (even those who chose virtual for now). So, OP, I’d look beyond Arlington.

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Anonymous wrote:Trying to pinpoint what individual school systems will do is pointless. Falls Church City is small enough to be nimble. Besides that, everyone will watch FCPS which is the most powerful system and do what they do. Because it’s the safest, easiest option.

I’d say VA/FCPS aligned schools give you the best shot after Falls Church. Better than MoCo and DCPS. But FCPS is posed to give teachers collective bargaining rights in May. So anyone who things we have a 5 day a week open without a kids vaccine is delusional.

Quit with the anti-union rhetoric already. Schools in other states with real teacher unions - some very strong unions - have been open in person at least part time since the beginning of the school year. This has nothing to do with unions.

[Anonymous]

I’m in Fauquier. We will be open 4 days in the next few weeks. I think we will be at 5 days a week in the fall. There are many kids without internet out here, so there’s an even bigger push to get kids back into the classroom. I’m not sure I’m sending my kids back though. They have learned significantly more homeschooling.

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All of them

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Trying to pinpoint what individual school systems will do is pointless. Falls Church City is small enough to be nimble. Besides that, everyone will watch FCPS which is the most powerful system and do what they do. Because it’s the safest, easiest option.

I’d say VA/FCPS aligned schools give you the best shot after Falls Church. Better than MoCo and DCPS. But FCPS is posed to give teachers collective bargaining rights in May. So anyone who things we have a 5 day a week open without a kids vaccine is delusional.

Quit with the anti-union rhetoric already. Schools in other states with real teacher unions - some very strong unions - have been open in person at least part time since the beginning of the school year. This has nothing to do with unions.

Then why do the unions keep pushing for all virtual?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trying to pinpoint what individual school systems will do is pointless. Falls Church City is small enough to be nimble. Besides that, everyone will watch FCPS which is the most powerful system and do what they do. Because it’s the safest, easiest option.

I’d say VA/FCPS aligned schools give you the best shot after Falls Church. Better than MoCo and DCPS. But FCPS is posed to give teachers collective bargaining rights in May. So anyone who things we have a 5 day a week open without a kids vaccine is delusional.

Quit with the anti-union rhetoric already. Schools in other states with real teacher unions - some very strong unions - have been open in person at least part time since the beginning of the school year. This has nothing to do with unions.

Then why do the unions keep pushing for all virtual?

From what I’ve seen even the fairfax unions have pulled back from that and have moved to “all teachers getting both vaccines before having to return in person” which also isn’t happening.

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They’ll all be open five days, even Fairfax will be dragged into opening.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think they all will be open. Rates are plummeting and we will all have had the opportunity to be vaccinated by them. The small risk to kids with low community rates will not justify staying hybrid. I’m still going private because I think low rates should allow school to be normal (no masks, distancing, recess, etc). I am not a COVID denier but with low rates and adult vaccines, kids should get their lives back.

I understand what you’re saying, but closing schools was because Trump said to open them, not about science or health. Assuming the decision will be made based on science seems silly at this point. My thought was that maybe a purple-ish county would give us a better chance of school.

Schools were not closed because Trump said to open them. That is not what happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trying to pinpoint what individual school systems will do is pointless. Falls Church City is small enough to be nimble. Besides that, everyone will watch FCPS which is the most powerful system and do what they do. Because it’s the safest, easiest option.

I’d say VA/FCPS aligned schools give you the best shot after Falls Church. Better than MoCo and DCPS. But FCPS is posed to give teachers collective bargaining rights in May. So anyone who things we have a 5 day a week open without a kids vaccine is delusional.

Quit with the anti-union rhetoric already. Schools in other states with real teacher unions - some very strong unions - have been open in person at least part time since the beginning of the school year. This has nothing to do with unions.

It has everything to do with unions. By and large, republican states with weak unions are 5 days a week! Good grief. You are trying to argue that the sky is not blue.

[Anonymous]

If the current version of SB 1303 becomes law, every single one in Virginia. House votes Wednesday.

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I think one of the key questions is what does five days a week really mean? An opportunity for every family to have the choice for their child to attend in-person classes Mon-Fri? Or will it still mean they are using crazy concurrent hybrid models such that some combination of kids are there each day and they can claim to have reopened five days a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of blue states to the north have actually had schools open. This DMV area in particular just seems to be paralyzed with indecision and thus unable to formulate and execute a reopening plan. Just like we close for a flake of snow, we became paralyzed with fear over the pandemic so allowed schools to remain closed for a full year.

Yes. Move to Mass, NJ or NY for excellent schools (depending on the town).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trying to pinpoint what individual school systems will do is pointless. Falls Church City is small enough to be nimble. Besides that, everyone will watch FCPS which is the most powerful system and do what they do. Because it’s the safest, easiest option.

I’d say VA/FCPS aligned schools give you the best shot after Falls Church. Better than MoCo and DCPS. But FCPS is posed to give teachers collective bargaining rights in May. So anyone who things we have a 5 day a week open without a kids vaccine is delusional.

Quit with the anti-union rhetoric already. Schools in other states with real teacher unions - some very strong unions - have been open in person at least part time since the beginning of the school year. This has nothing to do with unions.

It has everything to do with unions. By and large, republican states with weak unions are 5 days a week! Good grief. You are trying to argue that the sky is not blue.

CT, MA, NY, NJ-all have strong unions and open schools. VA has weak union laws and most school districts in NOVA remain closed. Charters in DC have no unions and they’re all closed too, many with no plans to reopen until the fall. The difference between CT and here is that school boards in CT opted to work with the union to develop comprehensive plans last summer, rather than shutting them out and making plans on their own with no input from parents or teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think one of the key questions is what does five days a week really mean? An opportunity for every family to have the choice for their child to attend in-person classes Mon-Fri? Or will it still mean they are using crazy concurrent hybrid models such that some combination of kids are there each day and they can claim to have reopened five days a week.

In a classroom with a live teacher in real time is what SB 1303 currently says, except in cases of outbreaks or quarantines. A lot of rural superintendents opposed earlier versions mandating offering of a virtual option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think one of the key questions is what does five days a week really mean? An opportunity for every family to have the choice for their child to attend in-person classes Mon-Fri? Or will it still mean they are using crazy concurrent hybrid models such that some combination of kids are there each day and they can claim to have reopened five days a week.

In a classroom with a live teacher in real time is what SB 1303 currently says, except in cases of outbreaks or quarantines. A lot of rural superintendents opposed earlier versions mandating offering of a virtual option.

This would mean dropping all distancing requirements, wouldn't it?