But CMI is only doing CARES classrooms? Zoom in a room? Kids are there but teachers are on the iPad for classes? The post said not Cares classrooms. |
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It's a bit insane to be reading this thread while listening to an NPR story on bars and restaurants opening at full capacity without restriction.
To the poster that noted young kids can't get vaxxed and some families members can't either, yes. That is true here and all across America. It doesn't mean that the sane, healthy, or morally correct choice is to keep schools shuttered. Cost/benefit and risk analysis almost everywhere but DC have lead adults to make the choice to start educating kids again (in a way that actually works for students and families). |
plus, we may not even get approval for a vax for kids 2-11. Not now that we know how much less risky covid is for kids in that age range. |
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I’m not going to say our schools name here because it’s a Title 1 school and outing it does more harm than good. But it’s got fewer than 40 students in person in grades PK-5. And I think some of those are technically CARES students. But the vast majority of students have never even been offered a CARES spot.
I get tired of the “it’s a pandemic” explanation because it only gets applied to school closures. It’s a pandemic, but I still have to work for a living in order to pay my bills. It’s a pandemic, but that doesn’t magically mean there are daycare slots available for kids who can’t go to school, or that I can magically afford a nanny. It’s a pandemic, but that doesn’t mean people can’t go eat indoors at restaurants, fly on airplanes, go to sporting events, etc. The pandemic explanation only applies to schools. The “suck it up” attitude only applies to working parents who rely on schools for childcare (and especially working moms). I can’t complain about the fact that I’ve had to scale back at work to care for my 4 yr old, while languishing on waitlists for four different daycares, because “it’s a pandemic!” But my childless neighbors have traveled all over the country, eat out at restaurants three days a week, and gather with friends whenever they want, even before they were vaccinated. Apparently it’s more like a mom-demic or, at best, a parent-demic. We are expected to make our sacrifice and shut up about it, but no one else has to. |
People who don't feel ready for in-person shouldn't get to control what happens to my kids. |
so well put. schools are in very very last place in prioritization. I never would have thought this could happen. |
I think for many parents, this has been so jaw dropping that they still can't believe it happened. We've opted out of DCPS for next year altogether. I'm not sure I will ever trust the school system again. |
The wining from adults is just extraordinary. |
I agree. It's been appalling. |
The parents or the teachers? |
I wouldn't say we are winning. Certainly not winning in an extraordinary fashion. Maybe winning at being last to be thought of? Can one win by losing? If so yes, we are winning. |
It's not the schools that are in last place; it's the students. |
I think pp meant WHINING. Really takes the punch out of the argument when you can't spell it right, though. |
I know. Just taking that lack of punch to an extreme. |
Preach. Yep. Yep. Yep. |