Burgundy Farm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the Burgundy families I know have been taking this pandemic very seriously. There will be families who don't, just as there will be teachers who don't. To paint either side with a broad brush based on a few pictures -- and, conveniently, to fit your narrative -- is foolish.

This pandemic is going to be here for a while. We need to move forward with our lives in a safe manner. The great thing about Burgundy is that they have a large, outdoor campus to utilize. They spent the summer creating outdoor learning areas and tons of outdoor handwashing stations. Burgundy is uniquely situated to safely learn in person.

Can't wait for October!

Still drinking the koolaid? No way they are opening in October.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the Burgundy families I know have been taking this pandemic very seriously. There will be families who don't, just as there will be teachers who don't. To paint either side with a broad brush based on a few pictures -- and, conveniently, to fit your narrative -- is foolish.

This pandemic is going to be here for a while. We need to move forward with our lives in a safe manner. The great thing about Burgundy is that they have a large, outdoor campus to utilize. They spent the summer creating outdoor learning areas and tons of outdoor handwashing stations. Burgundy is uniquely situated to safely learn in person.

Can't wait for October!

Still drinking the koolaid? No way they are opening in October.

How do you know?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What doesn't help is seeing pictures of families at beach houses with multiple other families, at family weddings, etc.

Teachers don't want to go back because they know many families will continue to socialize, etc. exposing their children to many more people and then all that is brought into the classroom.

Yes this is happening at the open schools now. Positive tests from kids and/or parents. Most not abiding by social contract and feel the teachers are at their call to serve their children. Sure, there are some teachers who don’t care either and other parents who are worried and keeping kids home because of irresponsible parents. Poor teachers have no choice if they need the job. They are unfortunately captive unless they can give up their job.

This is BS. - signed parent from a nearby open school We ain’t out whooping it up. Get real. Stop letting your personal fear control your entire community. Everyone is a little scared and trying to find their way.

You don’t have to be out “whooping it up.” Are your kids playing sports? Do they hang out with other kids outside of their cohort at school? Do you eat indoors at restaurants? Do you have people over?

No. They don’t. And no, we don’t. Period.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What doesn't help is seeing pictures of families at beach houses with multiple other families, at family weddings, etc.

Teachers don't want to go back because they know many families will continue to socialize, etc. exposing their children to many more people and then all that is brought into the classroom.

Yes this is happening at the open schools now. Positive tests from kids and/or parents. Most not abiding by social contract and feel the teachers are at their call to serve their children. Sure, there are some teachers who don’t care either and other parents who are worried and keeping kids home because of irresponsible parents. Poor teachers have no choice if they need the job. They are unfortunately captive unless they can give up their job.

This is BS. - signed parent from a nearby open school We ain’t out whooping it up. Get real. Stop letting your personal fear control your entire community. Everyone is a little scared and trying to find their way.

You don’t have to be out “whooping it up.” Are your kids playing sports? Do they hang out with other kids outside of their cohort at school? Do you eat indoors at restaurants? Do you have people over?

No sports, no hanging with kids outside their cohort at school. No eating indoors at restaurants. We have had a handful of people over maybe 3-4 times since the pandemic started (outside, backyard, masks, distanced, no shared food).

Let's not pretend that all teachers are living zero-risk lives, locked up in isolation in their homes, while those darn families are all out dining at indoor restaurants and living with wreckless abandon.

THIS. The overly fearful poster is a teacher, I suspect, that is trying to shape the debate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the Burgundy families I know have been taking this pandemic very seriously. There will be families who don't, just as there will be teachers who don't. To paint either side with a broad brush based on a few pictures -- and, conveniently, to fit your narrative -- is foolish.

This pandemic is going to be here for a while. We need to move forward with our lives in a safe manner. The great thing about Burgundy is that they have a large, outdoor campus to utilize. They spent the summer creating outdoor learning areas and tons of outdoor handwashing stations. Burgundy is uniquely situated to safely learn in person.

Can't wait for October!

Still drinking the koolaid? No way they are opening in October.

I predict that this shutdown is going to cause long-term damage to the parent-teacher relationship at Burgundy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the Burgundy families I know have been taking this pandemic very seriously. There will be families who don't, just as there will be teachers who don't. To paint either side with a broad brush based on a few pictures -- and, conveniently, to fit your narrative -- is foolish.

This pandemic is going to be here for a while. We need to move forward with our lives in a safe manner. The great thing about Burgundy is that they have a large, outdoor campus to utilize. They spent the summer creating outdoor learning areas and tons of outdoor handwashing stations. Burgundy is uniquely situated to safely learn in person.

Can't wait for October!

Still drinking the koolaid? No way they are opening in October.

I predict that this shutdown is going to cause long-term damage to the parent-teacher relationship at Burgundy.

If Burgundy survives. People come to Burrgundy for the campus. People aren't going to enroll in subsequent years and pay $35k for virtual learning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of the Burgundy families I know have been taking this pandemic very seriously. There will be families who don't, just as there will be teachers who don't. To paint either side with a broad brush based on a few pictures -- and, conveniently, to fit your narrative -- is foolish.

This pandemic is going to be here for a while. We need to move forward with our lives in a safe manner. The great thing about Burgundy is that they have a large, outdoor campus to utilize. They spent the summer creating outdoor learning areas and tons of outdoor handwashing stations. Burgundy is uniquely situated to safely learn in person.

Can't wait for October!

Still drinking the koolaid? No way they are opening in October.

I predict that this shutdown is going to cause long-term damage to the parent-teacher relationship at Burgundy.

If Burgundy survives. People come to Burrgundy for the campus. People aren't going to enroll in subsequent years and pay $35k for virtual learning.

This is key: this is an existential risk for Burgundy. The people in charge just aren’t digesting that.

[Anonymous]

From their website: “ The Alexandria campus, a former dairy farm, comprises plentiful and mature woods with walking trails, and a pond with a learning dock, a barn with farm animals, a large sledding hill and playing field, and ample space to rove and explore.
Colorful, light-filled, and uniquely designed classrooms open directly to the outdoors and reflect our belief that students learn best in a welcoming, creative, and friendly environment. Teachers can take advantage of a seemingly unlimited variety of natural and fun spaces for learning, including hands-on science lessons.”

Other schools are figuring out how to utilize their outdoor space. Why can’t Burgundy? For a school that emphasizes its outdoor amenities for $35K a year they sure are failing in this regard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From their website: “ The Alexandria campus, a former dairy farm, comprises plentiful and mature woods with walking trails, and a pond with a learning dock, a barn with farm animals, a large sledding hill and playing field, and ample space to rove and explore.
Colorful, light-filled, and uniquely designed classrooms open directly to the outdoors and reflect our belief that students learn best in a welcoming, creative, and friendly environment. Teachers can take advantage of a seemingly unlimited variety of natural and fun spaces for learning, including hands-on science lessons.”

Other schools are figuring out how to utilize their outdoor space. Why can’t Burgundy? For a school that emphasizes its outdoor amenities for $35K a year they sure are failing in this regard.

Agreed. They better be serious about the October return to school. Especially if they plan to send kids to the Cove this fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From their website: “ The Alexandria campus, a former dairy farm, comprises plentiful and mature woods with walking trails, and a pond with a learning dock, a barn with farm animals, a large sledding hill and playing field, and ample space to rove and explore.
Colorful, light-filled, and uniquely designed classrooms open directly to the outdoors and reflect our belief that students learn best in a welcoming, creative, and friendly environment. Teachers can take advantage of a seemingly unlimited variety of natural and fun spaces for learning, including hands-on science lessons.”

Other schools are figuring out how to utilize their outdoor space. Why can’t Burgundy? For a school that emphasizes its outdoor amenities for $35K a year they sure are failing in this regard.

Agreed. They better be serious about the October return to school. Especially if they plan to send kids to the Cove this fall.

I think they have groups at the Cove starting this week, don't they?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know when an October decision will be made/announced?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From their website: “ The Alexandria campus, a former dairy farm, comprises plentiful and mature woods with walking trails, and a pond with a learning dock, a barn with farm animals, a large sledding hill and playing field, and ample space to rove and explore.
Colorful, light-filled, and uniquely designed classrooms open directly to the outdoors and reflect our belief that students learn best in a welcoming, creative, and friendly environment. Teachers can take advantage of a seemingly unlimited variety of natural and fun spaces for learning, including hands-on science lessons.”

Other schools are figuring out how to utilize their outdoor space. Why can’t Burgundy? For a school that emphasizes its outdoor amenities for $35K a year they sure are failing in this regard.

Agreed. They better be serious about the October return to school. Especially if they plan to send kids to the Cove this fall.

I think they have groups at the Cove starting this week, don't they?

Yes, day trips and overnight trips begin this week

[Anonymous]

I have heard that things are going well with the Junior K class on campus, so that should be a positive sign for a return for the rest of the school!

[Anonymous]

As a BFCDS parent who was/is VERY in favor of an in-person return, the current plan of DL supplemented with a bit of in person, does seem like a way to help everyone get more comfortable with the procedures - to try out what does/doesn't work, etc. The key will be taking what Burgundy learns from these weeks and using it to find a way to reopen.

There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)

It's not really fair to teacher bash. They are going through all the anxieties and fears of all of us in these times. And there really is still so much unknown. But the virus is not going away, and there will not be widespread vaccination until at least the fall of 2021, so we all need to find a way to educate children in person in the meantime (public schools do too).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a BFCDS parent who was/is VERY in favor of an in-person return, the current plan of DL supplemented with a bit of in person, does seem like a way to help everyone get more comfortable with the procedures - to try out what does/doesn't work, etc. The key will be taking what Burgundy learns from these weeks and using it to find a way to reopen.

There is so much outdoor space to take advantage of. Other progressive private schools in other areas have done things like construct outdoor structures for learning, purchasing desks to be used outside, etc. (it's unfathomable that this wasn't thought at Burgundy, not sure if it was)

It's not really fair to teacher bash. They are going through all the anxieties and fears of all of us in these times. And there really is still so much unknown. But the virus is not going away, and there will not be widespread vaccination until at least the fall of 2021, so we all need to find a way to educate children in person in the meantime (public schools do too).

As a fellow BFCDS parent, I agree. Well said.