Should we prepare for virtual schooling starting in January?

[Anonymous]

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K teacher for mcps here. Even though most of my kids are vaccinated, I spend half of my day reminding students to keep their masks over their noses and mouths. Some of them are completely oblivious to their mask placement, have little spacial sense (will get right in eachothers faces) and teachers/siblings are dropping like flies at our school with covid.

We need to go virtual for two weeks to stop the spread and resume in person instruction. While in person is best, if teachers are on edge and kids are sick, no one is going to be available for actual meaningful learning.

No. Last time you shut down "for two weeks to stop the spread" you remained closed for a year and a half and harmed my kid and thousands of others. Keep the schools open.

This. And I don’t think policymakers will fall for it this time.

The fact that none of the people calling for closures can articulate an endgame for covid should make it obvious that they’re not really looking for solutions to problems.

I mean what's the "just wait for..." milestone now? We even have the first truly effective cure approved by the FDA this week.

[Anonymous]

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K teacher for mcps here. Even though most of my kids are vaccinated, I spend half of my day reminding students to keep their masks over their noses and mouths. Some of them are completely oblivious to their mask placement, have little spacial sense (will get right in eachothers faces) and teachers/siblings are dropping like flies at our school with covid.

We need to go virtual for two weeks to stop the spread and resume in person instruction. While in person is best, if teachers are on edge and kids are sick, no one is going to be available for actual meaningful learning.

No. Last time you shut down "for two weeks to stop the spread" you remained closed for a year and a half and harmed my kid and thousands of others. Keep the schools open.

This. And I don’t think policymakers will fall for it this time.

The fact that none of the people calling for closures can articulate an endgame for covid should make it obvious that they’re not really looking for solutions to problems.

Mmkay, well prepare for the fact that your child will have no meanginful learning for the foreseeable future because there will be no teachers to teach and no subs to cover. Apparently open schools to you = education, when there is no means to actually provide a proper education right now. Just proves the point you actually care about daycare, not education. Just stop trying to hide behind the whole education lie. Everyone sees right through it and people like you.

Teachers who want to teach are teaching. Period. Just like the rest of the job market, people are making decisions about what they value in a career and some teachers have made shifts accordingly. But please stop with the “parents just want daycare crap”. It’s actually the parents who are most preoccupied with in person learning that value what teachers bring to the equation - that we are highly educated, trained professionals who can’t be replicated through Zoom class and supplemental workbooks. Students all over the country suffered serious learning loss because parents, even the most dedicated, simply aren’t equipped to teach and also work full time jobs to support their families. Also, many parents don’t have the skills to teach. Just because you can read doesn’t mean you can effectively teach reading. Just because you can do algebra doesn’t mean you’re a great algebra teacher. And only the most privileged in this pandemic were able to work from home and even block out parts of their day to help their kids with school. It’s nice that your office allowed virtual work and gave you the flexibility to just not show up because your kids were at home - most of us don’t have that flexibility, DCUM.

So stop with the sky is falling, teachers will die crap. We aren’t, we won’t, the data isn’t backing that up. And teachers are getting Covid outside of school, not in the schools - that’s the overwhelming evidence. Moreover, those of us who want to be teaching are as committed as ever. Stop using us as an excuse for your strange desire to close down school.

- Teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

K teacher for mcps here. Even though most of my kids are vaccinated, I spend half of my day reminding students to keep their masks over their noses and mouths. Some of them are completely oblivious to their mask placement, have little spacial sense (will get right in eachothers faces) and teachers/siblings are dropping like flies at our school with covid.

We need to go virtual for two weeks to stop the spread and resume in person instruction. While in person is best, if teachers are on edge and kids are sick, no one is going to be available for actual meaningful learning.

No. Last time you shut down "for two weeks to stop the spread" you remained closed for a year and a half and harmed my kid and thousands of others. Keep the schools open.

This. And I don’t think policymakers will fall for it this time.

The fact that none of the people calling for closures can articulate an endgame for covid should make it obvious that they’re not really looking for solutions to problems.

Mmkay, well prepare for the fact that your child will have no meanginful learning for the foreseeable future because there will be no teachers to teach and no subs to cover. Apparently open schools to you = education, when there is no means to actually provide a proper education right now. Just proves the point you actually care about daycare, not education. Just stop trying to hide behind the whole education lie. Everyone sees right through it and people like you.

Teachers who want to teach are teaching. Period. Just like the rest of the job market, people are making decisions about what they value in a career and some teachers have made shifts accordingly. But please stop with the “parents just want daycare crap”. It’s actually the parents who are most preoccupied with in person learning that value what teachers bring to the equation - that we are highly educated, trained professionals who can’t be replicated through Zoom class and supplemental workbooks. Students all over the country suffered serious learning loss because parents, even the most dedicated, simply aren’t equipped to teach and also work full time jobs to support their families. Also, many parents don’t have the skills to teach. Just because you can read doesn’t mean you can effectively teach reading. Just because you can do algebra doesn’t mean you’re a great algebra teacher. And only the most privileged in this pandemic were able to work from home and even block out parts of their day to help their kids with school. It’s nice that your office allowed virtual work and gave you the flexibility to just not show up because your kids were at home - most of us don’t have that flexibility, DCUM.

So stop with the sky is falling, teachers will die crap. We aren’t, we won’t, the data isn’t backing that up. And teachers are getting Covid outside of school, not in the schools - that’s the overwhelming evidence. Moreover, those of us who want to be teaching are as committed as ever. Stop using us as an excuse for your strange desire to close down school.

- Teacher

MCPS teacher here. I hated virtual learning with a passion. However, at most schools we are having a lot of issues trying to keep classes covered. If a teacher has COVID and has to stay home (even with just cold-like symptoms), we have to get a sub for them for ten days. I'm not sure about where you work but there are no subs to be had at my school. Our paras, admin and core team have been covering classes regularly and it's not sustainable. I don't know what the solution is but if you have multiple absences of staff in a building you're screwed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

K teacher for mcps here. Even though most of my kids are vaccinated, I spend half of my day reminding students to keep their masks over their noses and mouths. Some of them are completely oblivious to their mask placement, have little spacial sense (will get right in eachothers faces) and teachers/siblings are dropping like flies at our school with covid.

We need to go virtual for two weeks to stop the spread and resume in person instruction. While in person is best, if teachers are on edge and kids are sick, no one is going to be available for actual meaningful learning.

No. Last time you shut down "for two weeks to stop the spread" you remained closed for a year and a half and harmed my kid and thousands of others. Keep the schools open.

This. And I don’t think policymakers will fall for it this time.

The fact that none of the people calling for closures can articulate an endgame for covid should make it obvious that they’re not really looking for solutions to problems.

Mmkay, well prepare for the fact that your child will have no meanginful learning for the foreseeable future because there will be no teachers to teach and no subs to cover. Apparently open schools to you = education, when there is no means to actually provide a proper education right now. Just proves the point you actually care about daycare, not education. Just stop trying to hide behind the whole education lie. Everyone sees right through it and people like you.

I have child care. I pay for it year around, and my kids will simply stay there if schools close. But my kids need substantial in-class support in their special education programs and receive speech therapy. Neither of these can be accomplished virtually. It’s not like you can just drop them in a corner with their chromebooks and headphones. They need direct support to stay engaged, and even 1:1 support wasn't sufficient to get them to engage last year, not that child care centers are even able to provide 1:1 support.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

K teacher for mcps here. Even though most of my kids are vaccinated, I spend half of my day reminding students to keep their masks over their noses and mouths. Some of them are completely oblivious to their mask placement, have little spacial sense (will get right in eachothers faces) and teachers/siblings are dropping like flies at our school with covid.

We need to go virtual for two weeks to stop the spread and resume in person instruction. While in person is best, if teachers are on edge and kids are sick, no one is going to be available for actual meaningful learning.

No. Last time you shut down "for two weeks to stop the spread" you remained closed for a year and a half and harmed my kid and thousands of others. Keep the schools open.

This. And I don’t think policymakers will fall for it this time.

The fact that none of the people calling for closures can articulate an endgame for covid should make it obvious that they’re not really looking for solutions to problems.

Mmkay, well prepare for the fact that your child will have no meanginful learning for the foreseeable future because there will be no teachers to teach and no subs to cover. Apparently open schools to you = education, when there is no means to actually provide a proper education right now. Just proves the point you actually care about daycare, not education. Just stop trying to hide behind the whole education lie. Everyone sees right through it and people like you.

Teachers who want to teach are teaching. Period. Just like the rest of the job market, people are making decisions about what they value in a career and some teachers have made shifts accordingly. But please stop with the “parents just want daycare crap”. It’s actually the parents who are most preoccupied with in person learning that value what teachers bring to the equation - that we are highly educated, trained professionals who can’t be replicated through Zoom class and supplemental workbooks. Students all over the country suffered serious learning loss because parents, even the most dedicated, simply aren’t equipped to teach and also work full time jobs to support their families. Also, many parents don’t have the skills to teach. Just because you can read doesn’t mean you can effectively teach reading. Just because you can do algebra doesn’t mean you’re a great algebra teacher. And only the most privileged in this pandemic were able to work from home and even block out parts of their day to help their kids with school. It’s nice that your office allowed virtual work and gave you the flexibility to just not show up because your kids were at home - most of us don’t have that flexibility, DCUM.

So stop with the sky is falling, teachers will die crap. We aren’t, we won’t, the data isn’t backing that up. And teachers are getting Covid outside of school, not in the schools - that’s the overwhelming evidence. Moreover, those of us who want to be teaching are as committed as ever. Stop using us as an excuse for your strange desire to close down school.

- Teacher

MCPS teacher here. I hated virtual learning with a passion. However, at most schools we are having a lot of issues trying to keep classes covered. If a teacher has COVID and has to stay home (even with just cold-like symptoms), we have to get a sub for them for ten days. I'm not sure about where you work but there are no subs to be had at my school. Our paras, admin and core team have been covering classes regularly and it's not sustainable. I don't know what the solution is but if you have multiple absences of staff in a building you're screwed.

For one, MCPS could substantially increase sub pay to encourage more existing subs to take jobs, to encourage more people to sign up as subs, and, frankly, to pull more subs from neighboring districts.

We should also be applying the same reduced isolation periods to teachers as we are healthcare workers.

[Anonymous]

I was just thinking that if they close an ES then the feeder middle schools and high schools might possible also close as well since some of the ES kids would need childcare provided by siblings. I think this would be used as a reason not to close. Otherwise some older kids wouldn’t be to come to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

K teacher for mcps here. Even though most of my kids are vaccinated, I spend half of my day reminding students to keep their masks over their noses and mouths. Some of them are completely oblivious to their mask placement, have little spacial sense (will get right in eachothers faces) and teachers/siblings are dropping like flies at our school with covid.

We need to go virtual for two weeks to stop the spread and resume in person instruction. While in person is best, if teachers are on edge and kids are sick, no one is going to be available for actual meaningful learning.

No. Last time you shut down "for two weeks to stop the spread" you remained closed for a year and a half and harmed my kid and thousands of others. Keep the schools open.

This. And I don’t think policymakers will fall for it this time.

The fact that none of the people calling for closures can articulate an endgame for covid should make it obvious that they’re not really looking for solutions to problems.

Mmkay, well prepare for the fact that your child will have no meanginful learning for the foreseeable future because there will be no teachers to teach and no subs to cover. Apparently open schools to you = education, when there is no means to actually provide a proper education right now. Just proves the point you actually care about daycare, not education. Just stop trying to hide behind the whole education lie. Everyone sees right through it and people like you.

Teachers who want to teach are teaching. Period. Just like the rest of the job market, people are making decisions about what they value in a career and some teachers have made shifts accordingly. But please stop with the “parents just want daycare crap”. It’s actually the parents who are most preoccupied with in person learning that value what teachers bring to the equation - that we are highly educated, trained professionals who can’t be replicated through Zoom class and supplemental workbooks. Students all over the country suffered serious learning loss because parents, even the most dedicated, simply aren’t equipped to teach and also work full time jobs to support their families. Also, many parents don’t have the skills to teach. Just because you can read doesn’t mean you can effectively teach reading. Just because you can do algebra doesn’t mean you’re a great algebra teacher. And only the most privileged in this pandemic were able to work from home and even block out parts of their day to help their kids with school. It’s nice that your office allowed virtual work and gave you the flexibility to just not show up because your kids were at home - most of us don’t have that flexibility, DCUM.

So stop with the sky is falling, teachers will die crap. We aren’t, we won’t, the data isn’t backing that up. And teachers are getting Covid outside of school, not in the schools - that’s the overwhelming evidence. Moreover, those of us who want to be teaching are as committed as ever. Stop using us as an excuse for your strange desire to close down school.

- Teacher

MCPS teacher here. I hated virtual learning with a passion. However, at most schools we are having a lot of issues trying to keep classes covered. If a teacher has COVID and has to stay home (even with just cold-like symptoms), we have to get a sub for them for ten days. I'm not sure about where you work but there are no subs to be had at my school. Our paras, admin and core team have been covering classes regularly and it's not sustainable. I don't know what the solution is but if you have multiple absences of staff in a building you're screwed.

Wait, is your school really quarantining teachers for a full day over cold-like symptoms? They should be able to return with a negative test, no fever, and improved symptoms. Is your school really not doing that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

K teacher for mcps here. Even though most of my kids are vaccinated, I spend half of my day reminding students to keep their masks over their noses and mouths. Some of them are completely oblivious to their mask placement, have little spacial sense (will get right in eachothers faces) and teachers/siblings are dropping like flies at our school with covid.

We need to go virtual for two weeks to stop the spread and resume in person instruction. While in person is best, if teachers are on edge and kids are sick, no one is going to be available for actual meaningful learning.

No. Last time you shut down "for two weeks to stop the spread" you remained closed for a year and a half and harmed my kid and thousands of others. Keep the schools open.

This. And I don’t think policymakers will fall for it this time.

The fact that none of the people calling for closures can articulate an endgame for covid should make it obvious that they’re not really looking for solutions to problems.

Mmkay, well prepare for the fact that your child will have no meanginful learning for the foreseeable future because there will be no teachers to teach and no subs to cover. Apparently open schools to you = education, when there is no means to actually provide a proper education right now. Just proves the point you actually care about daycare, not education. Just stop trying to hide behind the whole education lie. Everyone sees right through it and people like you.

Teachers who want to teach are teaching. Period. Just like the rest of the job market, people are making decisions about what they value in a career and some teachers have made shifts accordingly. But please stop with the “parents just want daycare crap”. It’s actually the parents who are most preoccupied with in person learning that value what teachers bring to the equation - that we are highly educated, trained professionals who can’t be replicated through Zoom class and supplemental workbooks. Students all over the country suffered serious learning loss because parents, even the most dedicated, simply aren’t equipped to teach and also work full time jobs to support their families. Also, many parents don’t have the skills to teach. Just because you can read doesn’t mean you can effectively teach reading. Just because you can do algebra doesn’t mean you’re a great algebra teacher. And only the most privileged in this pandemic were able to work from home and even block out parts of their day to help their kids with school. It’s nice that your office allowed virtual work and gave you the flexibility to just not show up because your kids were at home - most of us don’t have that flexibility, DCUM.

So stop with the sky is falling, teachers will die crap. We aren’t, we won’t, the data isn’t backing that up. And teachers are getting Covid outside of school, not in the schools - that’s the overwhelming evidence. Moreover, those of us who want to be teaching are as committed as ever. Stop using us as an excuse for your strange desire to close down school.

- Teacher

MCPS teacher here. I hated virtual learning with a passion. However, at most schools we are having a lot of issues trying to keep classes covered. If a teacher has COVID and has to stay home (even with just cold-like symptoms), we have to get a sub for them for ten days. I'm not sure about where you work but there are no subs to be had at my school. Our paras, admin and core team have been covering classes regularly and it's not sustainable. I don't know what the solution is but if you have multiple absences of staff in a building you're screwed.

Wait, is your school really quarantining teachers for a full day over cold-like symptoms? They should be able to return with a negative test, no fever, and improved symptoms. Is your school really not doing that?

No, these are teachers who have tested positive or who have to stay home with sick children of their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

MCPS teacher here. I hated virtual learning with a passion. However, at most schools we are having a lot of issues trying to keep classes covered. If a teacher has COVID and has to stay home (even with just cold-like symptoms), we have to get a sub for them for ten days. I'm not sure about where you work but there are no subs to be had at my school. Our paras, admin and core team have been covering classes regularly and it's not sustainable. I don't know what the solution is but if you have multiple absences of staff in a building you're screwed.

It's so true! The open at any cost crowd is unable to reconcile their views with the reality that this is not sustainable nor is it reasonable to expect this from anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

K teacher for mcps here. Even though most of my kids are vaccinated, I spend half of my day reminding students to keep their masks over their noses and mouths. Some of them are completely oblivious to their mask placement, have little spacial sense (will get right in eachothers faces) and teachers/siblings are dropping like flies at our school with covid.

We need to go virtual for two weeks to stop the spread and resume in person instruction. While in person is best, if teachers are on edge and kids are sick, no one is going to be available for actual meaningful learning.

No. Last time you shut down "for two weeks to stop the spread" you remained closed for a year and a half and harmed my kid and thousands of others. Keep the schools open.

This. And I don’t think policymakers will fall for it this time.

The fact that none of the people calling for closures can articulate an endgame for covid should make it obvious that they’re not really looking for solutions to problems.

Mmkay, well prepare for the fact that your child will have no meanginful learning for the foreseeable future because there will be no teachers to teach and no subs to cover. Apparently open schools to you = education, when there is no means to actually provide a proper education right now. Just proves the point you actually care about daycare, not education. Just stop trying to hide behind the whole education lie. Everyone sees right through it and people like you.

Teachers who want to teach are teaching. Period. Just like the rest of the job market, people are making decisions about what they value in a career and some teachers have made shifts accordingly. But please stop with the “parents just want daycare crap”. It’s actually the parents who are most preoccupied with in person learning that value what teachers bring to the equation - that we are highly educated, trained professionals who can’t be replicated through Zoom class and supplemental workbooks. Students all over the country suffered serious learning loss because parents, even the most dedicated, simply aren’t equipped to teach and also work full time jobs to support their families. Also, many parents don’t have the skills to teach. Just because you can read doesn’t mean you can effectively teach reading. Just because you can do algebra doesn’t mean you’re a great algebra teacher. And only the most privileged in this pandemic were able to work from home and even block out parts of their day to help their kids with school. It’s nice that your office allowed virtual work and gave you the flexibility to just not show up because your kids were at home - most of us don’t have that flexibility, DCUM.

So stop with the sky is falling, teachers will die crap. We aren’t, we won’t, the data isn’t backing that up. And teachers are getting Covid outside of school, not in the schools - that’s the overwhelming evidence. Moreover, those of us who want to be teaching are as committed as ever. Stop using us as an excuse for your strange desire to close down school.

- Teacher

Wow, teacher takes one of the most annoying posters on this board to school! What an epic takedown...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

K teacher for mcps here. Even though most of my kids are vaccinated, I spend half of my day reminding students to keep their masks over their noses and mouths. Some of them are completely oblivious to their mask placement, have little spacial sense (will get right in eachothers faces) and teachers/siblings are dropping like flies at our school with covid.

We need to go virtual for two weeks to stop the spread and resume in person instruction. While in person is best, if teachers are on edge and kids are sick, no one is going to be available for actual meaningful learning.

No. Last time you shut down "for two weeks to stop the spread" you remained closed for a year and a half and harmed my kid and thousands of others. Keep the schools open.

This. And I don’t think policymakers will fall for it this time.

The fact that none of the people calling for closures can articulate an endgame for covid should make it obvious that they’re not really looking for solutions to problems.

Mmkay, well prepare for the fact that your child will have no meanginful learning for the foreseeable future because there will be no teachers to teach and no subs to cover. Apparently open schools to you = education, when there is no means to actually provide a proper education right now. Just proves the point you actually care about daycare, not education. Just stop trying to hide behind the whole education lie. Everyone sees right through it and people like you.

BINGO!! WINNER!! WINNER!!

Responding to your own post because teacher humiliated you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MCPS teacher here. I hated virtual learning with a passion. However, at most schools we are having a lot of issues trying to keep classes covered. If a teacher has COVID and has to stay home (even with just cold-like symptoms), we have to get a sub for them for ten days. I'm not sure about where you work but there are no subs to be had at my school. Our paras, admin and core team have been covering classes regularly and it's not sustainable. I don't know what the solution is but if you have multiple absences of staff in a building you're screwed.

It's so true! The open at any cost crowd is unable to reconcile their views with the reality that this is not sustainable nor is it reasonable to expect this from anyone.

It's not reasonable to spring virtual on 150,000 households, most of which are not equipped to handled another shutdown. You're able to reconcile this because you're either a SAHM, WFH, or have high school-aged kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

K teacher for mcps here. Even though most of my kids are vaccinated, I spend half of my day reminding students to keep their masks over their noses and mouths. Some of them are completely oblivious to their mask placement, have little spacial sense (will get right in eachothers faces) and teachers/siblings are dropping like flies at our school with covid.

We need to go virtual for two weeks to stop the spread and resume in person instruction. While in person is best, if teachers are on edge and kids are sick, no one is going to be available for actual meaningful learning.

No. Last time you shut down "for two weeks to stop the spread" you remained closed for a year and a half and harmed my kid and thousands of others. Keep the schools open.

This. And I don’t think policymakers will fall for it this time.

The fact that none of the people calling for closures can articulate an endgame for covid should make it obvious that they’re not really looking for solutions to problems.

Mmkay, well prepare for the fact that your child will have no meanginful learning for the foreseeable future because there will be no teachers to teach and no subs to cover. Apparently open schools to you = education, when there is no means to actually provide a proper education right now. Just proves the point you actually care about daycare, not education. Just stop trying to hide behind the whole education lie. Everyone sees right through it and people like you.

Teachers who want to teach are teaching. Period. Just like the rest of the job market, people are making decisions about what they value in a career and some teachers have made shifts accordingly. But please stop with the “parents just want daycare crap”. It’s actually the parents who are most preoccupied with in person learning that value what teachers bring to the equation - that we are highly educated, trained professionals who can’t be replicated through Zoom class and supplemental workbooks. Students all over the country suffered serious learning loss because parents, even the most dedicated, simply aren’t equipped to teach and also work full time jobs to support their families. Also, many parents don’t have the skills to teach. Just because you can read doesn’t mean you can effectively teach reading. Just because you can do algebra doesn’t mean you’re a great algebra teacher. And only the most privileged in this pandemic were able to work from home and even block out parts of their day to help their kids with school. It’s nice that your office allowed virtual work and gave you the flexibility to just not show up because your kids were at home - most of us don’t have that flexibility, DCUM.

So stop with the sky is falling, teachers will die crap. We aren’t, we won’t, the data isn’t backing that up. And teachers are getting Covid outside of school, not in the schools - that’s the overwhelming evidence. Moreover, those of us who want to be teaching are as committed as ever. Stop using us as an excuse for your strange desire to close down school.

- Teacher

Wow, teacher takes one of the most annoying posters on this board to school! What an epic takedown...

+1 Thank you teacher. You rock!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have been safe and covid free for this entire pandemic until now. My 3 kids went back in person last Spring when MCPS opened back up and now one of my kids who are all fully vaccinated just tested positive for Covid today and all three went to school yesterday. I have 2 others in MCPS so it is possible they will also test positive possibly by the time schools return in Jan. This new strain is no joke and seems to be affecting even the fully vaccinated and boostered.

They are merely testing positive. Most cases are much, much less severe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So many colleges moving to virtual for spring, cancelling December commencement etc.. it would not be a surprise if mcps went virtual again. I certainly hope it doesn’t. Virtual has been terrible for my child. 2nd grader never got to have a full year of school since Kindergarten!

Better to go private.

You can’t just go private right now. The schools have application processes, especially the high schools. There are limits. These class sizes are much smaller. You can’t just jump to private because all of a sudden your public school is looking to close again.