Which school districts will be 5 days in fall

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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?

Depends on how districts implement it and spend the buckets of federal money headed their way.

[Anonymous]

As long as 6 ft of social distancing is required all the schools will be hybrid. Public schools don’t have enough space.

[Anonymous]

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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?

Let’s hope so. Won’t be a need for “distancing” by the fall when all adults who want the vaccine will be able to get it. Not just teachers and staff but also parents and community members too.

[Anonymous]

Anyone have updated information regarding this topic. Our family is looking to leave DCPS but only for 5 day a week in person school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have updated information regarding this topic. Our family is looking to leave DCPS but only for 5 day a week in person school.

this is unknowable.

You can see how the neighboring areas respond to hybrid. I've heard rumors of some schools opening 5 days a week before this school year ends, so I'd feel confident about those being open 5 days a week in the fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have updated information regarding this topic. Our family is looking to leave DCPS but only for 5 day a week in person school.

Obviously no one knows for sure, but in the area I think Loudoun is your best bet. Obviously lots more options if you are leaving the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have updated information regarding this topic. Our family is looking to leave DCPS but only for 5 day a week in person school.

SB 1303, which requires Virginia districts to have 5 days in-person in fall, passed the General Assembly and is sitting at the Governor's desk. Indications are that he will sign it.

Faquier County is already at 4 days/week and encouraging as many families as possible to do in-person. Loudon is pretty strongly pushing for 5 days in fall. Fairfax is dragging their feet on it, superintendent was on CNN claiming distancing was a problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone have updated information regarding this topic. Our family is looking to leave DCPS but only for 5 day a week in person school.

SB 1303, which requires Virginia districts to have 5 days in-person in fall, passed the General Assembly and is sitting at the Governor's desk. Indications are that he will sign it.

Faquier County is already at 4 days/week and encouraging as many families as possible to do in-person. Loudon is pretty strongly pushing for 5 days in fall. Fairfax is dragging their feet on it, superintendent was on CNN claiming distancing was a problem.

I can’t find the actual text of SB 1303. Can you find it? I’ve read conflicting info on what it says in different articles and I cannot find what the actual resolution is that passed.

[Anonymous]

There isn't a single district in the country that can accurately and honestly answer that until about mid July

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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.

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.

The other difference is that the school districts in those states are smaller and are much more accountable to parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have updated information regarding this topic. Our family is looking to leave DCPS but only for 5 day a week in person school.

Your best bet is to move to West Virginia if you can handle the commute or if you can get away with working remotely. Virginia is a solidly blue state now, so you're not going to find it any or much better than DC at this rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone have updated information regarding this topic. Our family is looking to leave DCPS but only for 5 day a week in person school.

SB 1303, which requires Virginia districts to have 5 days in-person in fall, passed the General Assembly and is sitting at the Governor's desk. Indications are that he will sign it.

Faquier County is already at 4 days/week and encouraging as many families as possible to do in-person. Loudon is pretty strongly pushing for 5 days in fall. Fairfax is dragging their feet on it, superintendent was on CNN claiming distancing was a problem.

I can’t find the actual text of SB 1303. Can you find it? I’ve read conflicting info on what it says in different articles and I cannot find what the actual resolution is that passed.

Here, it's linked from the bill site. You just have to make sure you have the right session (the special, not the regular).
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1303

You want the House Committee substitute, which is what's sitting on Northam's desk while he signs a bunch of other things right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have updated information regarding this topic. Our family is looking to leave DCPS but only for 5 day a week in person school.

SB 1303, which requires Virginia districts to have 5 days in-person in fall, passed the General Assembly and is sitting at the Governor's desk. Indications are that he will sign it.

Faquier County is already at 4 days/week and encouraging as many families as possible to do in-person. Loudon is pretty strongly pushing for 5 days in fall. Fairfax is dragging their feet on it, superintendent was on CNN claiming distancing was a problem.

I can’t find the actual text of SB 1303. Can you find it? I’ve read conflicting info on what it says in different articles and I cannot find what the actual resolution is that passed.

Here, it's linked from the bill site. You just have to make sure you have the right session (the special, not the regular).
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1303

You want the House Committee substitute, which is what's sitting on Northam's desk while he signs a bunch of other things right now.

Thank you!

It looks like this bill relies on undetermined metrics. Am I reading that right? This isn’t quite the solid bill I was hoping for. But maybe I’m not reading it right. The media seems to think this will get kids back to school 5 days a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have updated information regarding this topic. Our family is looking to leave DCPS but only for 5 day a week in person school.

Obviously no one knows for sure, but in the area I think Loudoun is your best bet. Obviously lots more options if you are leaving the area.

Personally, I think Prince William is a better bet than Loudoun. If I didn't love my neighborhood, I'd leave Fairfax for Prince William.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have updated information regarding this topic. Our family is looking to leave DCPS but only for 5 day a week in person school.

SB 1303, which requires Virginia districts to have 5 days in-person in fall, passed the General Assembly and is sitting at the Governor's desk. Indications are that he will sign it.

Faquier County is already at 4 days/week and encouraging as many families as possible to do in-person. Loudon is pretty strongly pushing for 5 days in fall. Fairfax is dragging their feet on it, superintendent was on CNN claiming distancing was a problem.

I can’t find the actual text of SB 1303. Can you find it? I’ve read conflicting info on what it says in different articles and I cannot find what the actual resolution is that passed.

Here, it's linked from the bill site. You just have to make sure you have the right session (the special, not the regular).
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1303

You want the House Committee substitute, which is what's sitting on Northam's desk while he signs a bunch of other things right now.

Thank you!

It looks like this bill relies on undetermined metrics. Am I reading that right? This isn’t quite the solid bill I was hoping for. But maybe I’m not reading it right. The media seems to think this will get kids back to school 5 days a week.

The metrics were in VDOE’s update to districts in January. They are a matrix combining community spread levels and in-school spread levels. I guess VDH/VDOE could still redo them, but I don’t see it happening.