The prospect of kids not going back to school until 2021

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Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine confessed that she doesn’t want schools to resume regular in-school classes because she won’t have the “excuse” (her words) to work from home. She’s actually hoping schools stay closed.

Teacher living down the street basically said the same thing to me the other day; she enjoys working from home which isn’t something she’s been able to do over the course of her teaching career.

I suspect a lot of these people rallying for schools not to open - or floating this idea as fact - are like friend and nieghbor.

Where are the teachers that love teaching and can’t wait for school to start back normally? This forum makes me sad.

Here we go again...I chose to be a teacher so of course I’m not allowed to love myself or my own family enough to want to wait and make sure that school is safe...I’m saddened everyday by the attacks on teachers. This situation is not ideal for any of us. Remote learning is not perfect, but neither is face to face learning at school. My experience with remote teaching has been much better than I ever expected. Students are attending Zoom meetings (and if they miss, we check in with the families). They are asking questions. They are participating. They are doing the work. We are laughing. We are having conversations. Some days we have lunch and recess together virtually. Many students are actually thriving, because they don’t have to deal with distractions from classmates and they aren’t stuck at school all day. We are actually working efficiently. More parents are involved. I believe that if we focus on the positive and actually try to improve the experience, then it will only get better.

I understand that there are concerns about childcare. If we return to school on a rotating schedule, I will have those same concerns, and I don’t have a solution for it right now. However, I am not thrilled about the idea of sending my child back to school either.

So in the meantime, what am I doing? I’m working on a plan B. If we have to return to school in any capacity, I will not return to teaching this year and I will homeschool my child. And Yes, I do NEED an income. So I’m sprucing up my resume, applying for jobs that will allow for telework, and working harder on my side businesses than ever before. This situation has confirmed one thing for me: Never rely on one stream of income. Take control of your life. Don’t wait on somebody else to solve my problems. It’s OK to put myself first because nobody else is going to do that. I suggest that all of you come up with your Plan B as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Not all universities are closed for the fall. Some are still making plans. Some are having students arrive on campus a few weeks early, and ending the fall semester at Thanksgiving.

Exactly

They'll change their tune. Classes aren't the only thing to worry about. You have high density dorm rooms, and older faculty/staff are more at risk. A single death of a staff person who contracts it from a student will open up the university to massive liability. Wife works at a university. If she contracted the virus from a student and died because the university was stubborn and opened up, I'd sue the pants off of them.

How would you prove where she caught it? What about all of the other workers that have died - should they be suing the pants off of their employers or is your wife more special than them? Do you think your wife is required to work there if she thinks it’s not safe?

agreed. you'll never be able to prove where she got it. I work in workman's compensation and all the covid claims are being denied. no one can prove where they got infected. it could have been work. it could have been the gas pump you used last tuesday. it could have been an errant viral particle you encountered when walking your dog

+1. What a disgusting mindset to think that you could sue ANYONE for contracting a virus. It's almost laughable.

[Anonymous]

MCPS reported 70% participation with distance learning. The quality of education should improve when they prepare for the fall, and they are working on it now.

My children and their friends are learning very well with distance learning.

Get with the program, OP.

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agreed. you'll never be able to prove where she got it. I work in workman's compensation and all the covid claims are being denied. no one can prove where they got infected. it could have been work. it could have been the gas pump you used last tuesday. it could have been an errant viral particle you encountered when walking your dog

+1. What a disgusting mindset to think that you could sue ANYONE for contracting a virus. It's almost laughable.

If someone had it at your workplace, and then you get it, the presumption should be that you got it at your workplace. That's how it works for other infectious diseases. And of course your employer has a statutory requirement to provide a safe and healthy workplace free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to their employees.

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Anonymous wrote:Not all universities are closed for the fall. Some are still making plans. Some are having students arrive on campus a few weeks early, and ending the fall semester at Thanksgiving.

Exactly

They'll change their tune. Classes aren't the only thing to worry about. You have high density dorm rooms, and older faculty/staff are more at risk. A single death of a staff person who contracts it from a student will open up the university to massive liability. Wife works at a university. If she contracted the virus from a student and died because the university was stubborn and opened up, I'd sue the pants off of them.

How would you prove where she caught it? What about all of the other workers that have died - should they be suing the pants off of their employers or is your wife more special than them? Do you think your wife is required to work there if she thinks it’s not safe?

agreed. you'll never be able to prove where she got it. I work in workman's compensation and all the covid claims are being denied. no one can prove where they got infected. it could have been work. it could have been the gas pump you used last tuesday. it could have been an errant viral particle you encountered when walking your dog

+1. What a disgusting mindset to think that you could sue ANYONE for contracting a virus. It's almost laughable.

Oh right, like the liberal media isn't outraged over meat packers getting the disease en masse because they're being forced to go to work during dangerous times. It's a lawsuit waiting to happen if one dies from it. You don't have to prove much in a civil lawsuit. The university may even pay to make it go away. If places of work routinely ignore basic safety advice regarding public health, they could easily be sued for endangering their staff.

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MCPS reported 70% participation with distance learning. The quality of education should improve when they prepare for the fall, and they are working on it now.

My children and their friends are learning very well with distance learning.

Get with the program, OP.

I wonder where they are getting the 70% from. Can’t be the zoom check-ins. Since they announced the grading policy only single digits have been attending.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
MCPS reported 70% participation with distance learning. The quality of education should improve when they prepare for the fall, and they are working on it now.

My children and their friends are learning very well with distance learning.

Get with the program, OP.

I wonder where they are getting the 70% from. Can’t be the zoom check-ins. Since they announced the grading policy only single digits have been attending.

Source, please? I don’t believe this is true, but if it is, then those schools need to step up their outreach to students and families. Why would parents and guardians tolerate this? School and learning involves much more than grades and what happens inside of brick and mortar buildings. So many industries have evolved over the last 100 years...it’s unfortunate that we can’t have the same expectations of innovation for learning and teaching.

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Oh right, like the liberal media isn't outraged over meat packers getting the disease en masse because they're being forced to go to work during dangerous times. It's a lawsuit waiting to happen if one dies from it. You don't have to prove much in a civil lawsuit. The university may even pay to make it go away. If places of work routinely ignore basic safety advice regarding public health, they could easily be sued for endangering their staff.

Aren't we all outraged that meatpacking employees are getting covid because their employers didn't provide a safe workplace? It's hard to believe that's a partisan thing, as though the "liberal media" were saying, this is terrible, and the people who like to use the term "liberal media" were saying, ho hum, dead meatpacking employees, who cares as long as the price of hamburgers doesn't go up.

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Anonymous wrote:
MCPS reported 70% participation with distance learning. The quality of education should improve when they prepare for the fall, and they are working on it now.

My children and their friends are learning very well with distance learning.

Get with the program, OP.

I wonder where they are getting the 70% from. Can’t be the zoom check-ins. Since they announced the grading policy only single digits have been attending.

Source, please? I don’t believe this is true, but if it is, then those schools need to step up their outreach to students and families. Why would parents and guardians tolerate this? School and learning involves much more than grades and what happens inside of brick and mortar buildings. So many industries have evolved over the last 100 years...it’s unfortunate that we can’t have the same expectations of innovation for learning and teaching.

Just my DCs observation from every class check in DC attends. Last week highest they had was 9 in one class. Lowest was 2. Others in between. Why would DC HS be an outlier?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
MCPS reported 70% participation with distance learning. The quality of education should improve when they prepare for the fall, and they are working on it now.

My children and their friends are learning very well with distance learning.

Get with the program, OP.

I wonder where they are getting the 70% from. Can’t be the zoom check-ins. Since they announced the grading policy only single digits have been attending.

Source, please? I don’t believe this is true, but if it is, then those schools need to step up their outreach to students and families. Why would parents and guardians tolerate this? School and learning involves much more than grades and what happens inside of brick and mortar buildings. So many industries have evolved over the last 100 years...it’s unfortunate that we can’t have the same expectations of innovation for learning and teaching.

Just my DCs observation from every class check in DC attends. Last week highest they had was 9 in one class. Lowest was 2. Others in between. Why would DC HS be an outlier?

The check-ins are OPTIONAL. It doesn't mean the kids aren’t working, idiot.
My son rarely does the check-ins because he knows how to learn by himself. He has all As and turns in every assignment on time.
Walter Johnson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
MCPS reported 70% participation with distance learning. The quality of education should improve when they prepare for the fall, and they are working on it now.

My children and their friends are learning very well with distance learning.

Get with the program, OP.

Wait, you think 70% of kids participating is GOOD?

[Anonymous]

If the numbers continue to go down, which they are, there will be no choice but to have schools open. They can't be like, well, there MAY be a spike! OP, you do you. They're going back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
MCPS reported 70% participation with distance learning. The quality of education should improve when they prepare for the fall, and they are working on it now.

My children and their friends are learning very well with distance learning.

Get with the program, OP.

I wonder where they are getting the 70% from. Can’t be the zoom check-ins. Since they announced the grading policy only single digits have been attending.

Source, please? I don’t believe this is true, but if it is, then those schools need to step up their outreach to students and families. Why would parents and guardians tolerate this? School and learning involves much more than grades and what happens inside of brick and mortar buildings. So many industries have evolved over the last 100 years...it’s unfortunate that we can’t have the same expectations of innovation for learning and teaching.

Just my DCs observation from every class check in DC attends. Last week highest they had was 9 in one class. Lowest was 2. Others in between. Why would DC HS be an outlier?

The check-ins are OPTIONAL. It doesn't mean the kids aren’t working, idiot.
My son rarely does the check-ins because he knows how to learn by himself. He has all As and turns in every assignment on time.
Walter Johnson.

What a nice Walter Johnson parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
MCPS reported 70% participation with distance learning. The quality of education should improve when they prepare for the fall, and they are working on it now.

My children and their friends are learning very well with distance learning.

Get with the program, OP.

Wait, you think 70% of kids participating is GOOD?

Did I say that? No, I reported the official number and added that things should get better in the fall, as MCPS is preparing for fall distance learning now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
MCPS reported 70% participation with distance learning. The quality of education should improve when they prepare for the fall, and they are working on it now.

My children and their friends are learning very well with distance learning.

Get with the program, OP.

I wonder where they are getting the 70% from. Can’t be the zoom check-ins. Since they announced the grading policy only single digits have been attending.

Source, please? I don’t believe this is true, but if it is, then those schools need to step up their outreach to students and families. Why would parents and guardians tolerate this? School and learning involves much more than grades and what happens inside of brick and mortar buildings. So many industries have evolved over the last 100 years...it’s unfortunate that we can’t have the same expectations of innovation for learning and teaching.

Just my DCs observation from every class check in DC attends. Last week highest they had was 9 in one class. Lowest was 2. Others in between. Why would DC HS be an outlier?

The check-ins are OPTIONAL. It doesn't mean the kids aren’t working, idiot.
My son rarely does the check-ins because he knows how to learn by himself. He has all As and turns in every assignment on time.
Walter Johnson.

What a nice Walter Johnson parent.

Sorry, not sorry, but I hate misinformation, and people casually dumping on teachers and school systems without pausing to think it through and criticize fairly.

Participation in optional live check-ins at the high school level does not equate to participation in required assignment completion.