Deal 7th grade are virtual learning today

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Anonymous wrote:Absurd that people are still sending kids in to school in these conditions anyway. Serves them right.

Yes, crazy want their children to go to school. Insane!

My 7th grader was in tears at the thought of having to go virtual last night. Virtual school is really tough on MS aged girls. This age is all about friends and socializing!

It’s a day, if it becomes more than 2 weeks then complain.

[Anonymous]

My 6th grader just returned home and said that more than half of his team was out today. After his homeroom class, they went to a different classroom (not one of his regular classes) and hung out there for the rest of the day (with a break for lunch). No lessons, no teaching, no asynchronous learning on devices. If we had known this in advance, we would have kept him home too.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got notification after 8am - they couldn’t have sent this notification sooner, before the vast majority of students left to get to school? That’s pathetic.

Give them some grace!!! They're trying to staff school with hundreds of students and staff out with Covid.

No. Teachers and staff are calling out "sick" to avoid getting Covid before the holidays.

+1. So obviously what is happening. There is no way HUNDREDS of teachers all have Covid today.

Not really. It doesn’t have to be “HUNDREDS” to lack ample coverage. It’s not like pre-COVID times when they could pack the kids from classes without teachers in the auditorium and show them a movie or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader just returned home and said that more than half of his team was out today. After his homeroom class, they went to a different classroom (not one of his regular classes) and hung out there for the rest of the day (with a break for lunch). No lessons, no teaching, no asynchronous learning on devices. If we had known this in advance, we would have kept him home too.

What did they do for 4-5 hours?

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Anonymous wrote:Why were y’all even sending your kids to school today? There is no learning happening today and Covid is spreading. Why put your kids at risk for nothing?

For the same reason that people show up to work when it is a scheduled work day. And because experience has demonstrated that once you start closing schools without clear metrics they don't always open back up right away.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader just returned home and said that more than half of his team was out today. After his homeroom class, they went to a different classroom (not one of his regular classes) and hung out there for the rest of the day (with a break for lunch). No lessons, no teaching, no asynchronous learning on devices. If we had known this in advance, we would have kept him home too.

What did they do for 4-5 hours?

He said they just talked with friends and hung out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader just returned home and said that more than half of his team was out today. After his homeroom class, they went to a different classroom (not one of his regular classes) and hung out there for the rest of the day (with a break for lunch). No lessons, no teaching, no asynchronous learning on devices. If we had known this in advance, we would have kept him home too.

My 8th grader reported about the same. At some point they were supposed to watch a movie but that didn't materialize though he did say the 6th graders had to "do real school" so who knows what the truth is.

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Anonymous wrote:It was wrong to close school at 8:00 a.m., stranding middle school age kids. Make the call last night or at 5:00 a.m. This is extremely poor judgment.

- You seem to know a lot about how this should work. I’m curious: What time do most teachers call out sick? Is it the night before? Is it by 5am? If so, does that mean that principals are expected to work 24 hour schedules so that staff calling out sick can reach them at all hours? What’s the procedure for contacting substitute teachers? Or going higher up the chain in order to close school or a grade level? Are these people also on the clock before 5am?

tldr: Nah. Your “extremely poor judgement “ is my: difficult situation with no easy answers during a pandemic”. I truly wish the principal, the teachers, and the other staff members a safe, healthy, and relaxing holiday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absurd that people are still sending kids in to school in these conditions anyway. Serves them right.

Yes, crazy want their children to go to school. Insane!

My 7th grader was in tears at the thought of having to go virtual last night. Virtual school is really tough on MS aged girls. This age is all about friends and socializing!

It’s a day, if it becomes more than 2 weeks then complain.

It is stunning how many people are suggesting it's reckless from a health perspective to send kids to school, even if they are vaccinated and serious complications among children are vanishingly small, and somehow the very clear behavioral health crisis among young people is no big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader just returned home and said that more than half of his team was out today. After his homeroom class, they went to a different classroom (not one of his regular classes) and hung out there for the rest of the day (with a break for lunch). No lessons, no teaching, no asynchronous learning on devices. If we had known this in advance, we would have kept him home too.

How do you not know this? It is common sense. There is no teaching ever happening on the last day of school before any break. It has always been like this. It was like this when I was in school 30 years ago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absurd that people are still sending kids in to school in these conditions anyway. Serves them right.

Yes, crazy want their children to go to school. Insane!

My 7th grader was in tears at the thought of having to go virtual last night. Virtual school is really tough on MS aged girls. This age is all about friends and socializing!

It’s a day, if it becomes more than 2 weeks then complain.

It is stunning how many people are suggesting it's reckless from a health perspective to send kids to school, even if they are vaccinated and serious complications among children are vanishingly small, and somehow the very clear behavioral health crisis among young people is no big deal.

Are kids at school by themselves? There are adults at school too. Also, your asymptomatic child can spread it to others in the community. Older people and unvaccinated people can then get very sick. Maybe you don’t care but this places extra stress on hospitals and medical staff. Why is it impossible for you to look at the big picture. Also, the more covid spreads, the greater the chance of another random mutation popping up. No one wants kids out of school but some of you parents lack common sense and a basic understanding of how public health works

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader just returned home and said that more than half of his team was out today. After his homeroom class, they went to a different classroom (not one of his regular classes) and hung out there for the rest of the day (with a break for lunch). No lessons, no teaching, no asynchronous learning on devices. If we had known this in advance, we would have kept him home too.

What did they do for 4-5 hours?

He said they just talked with friends and hung out.

None of this is at all surprising. One of the many reasons to stay home from school today: high covid risk and by staying home you would be missing absolutely nothing, academically. Even in pre-covid years, I wouldn't expect any real learning to take place the day before break; but covid obviously compounds it all. Deal has been doing this all year-- sending kids to the auditorium when their teachers are out. So no surprise that kids would spend tons and tons of time being 'babysat' today. I don't blame the administration at all. They have limited resources to draw on at the moment, and the kids need to be supervised at least. But expecting anyone to have learned anything at school today does not reflect an understanding of this week's realities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absurd that people are still sending kids in to school in these conditions anyway. Serves them right.

Yes, crazy want their children to go to school. Insane!

My 7th grader was in tears at the thought of having to go virtual last night. Virtual school is really tough on MS aged girls. This age is all about friends and socializing!

It’s a day, if it becomes more than 2 weeks then complain.

It is stunning how many people are suggesting it's reckless from a health perspective to send kids to school, even if they are vaccinated and serious complications among children are vanishingly small, and somehow the very clear behavioral health crisis among young people is no big deal.

Are kids at school by themselves? There are adults at school too. Also, your asymptomatic child can spread it to others in the community. Older people and unvaccinated people can then get very sick. Maybe you don’t care but this places extra stress on hospitals and medical staff. Why is it impossible for you to look at the big picture. Also, the more covid spreads, the greater the chance of another random mutation popping up. No one wants kids out of school but some of you parents lack common sense and a basic understanding of how public health works

“You parents”? So you don’t have children?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absurd that people are still sending kids in to school in these conditions anyway. Serves them right.

Yes, crazy want their children to go to school. Insane!

My 7th grader was in tears at the thought of having to go virtual last night. Virtual school is really tough on MS aged girls. This age is all about friends and socializing!

It’s a day, if it becomes more than 2 weeks then complain.

It is stunning how many people are suggesting it's reckless from a health perspective to send kids to school, even if they are vaccinated and serious complications among children are vanishingly small, and somehow the very clear behavioral health crisis among young people is no big deal.

Are kids at school by themselves? There are adults at school too. Also, your asymptomatic child can spread it to others in the community. Older people and unvaccinated people can then get very sick. Maybe you don’t care but this places extra stress on hospitals and medical staff. Why is it impossible for you to look at the big picture. Also, the more covid spreads, the greater the chance of another random mutation popping up. No one wants kids out of school but some of you parents lack common sense and a basic understanding of how public health works

I work in health care, but thanks for playing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absurd that people are still sending kids in to school in these conditions anyway. Serves them right.

Yes, crazy want their children to go to school. Insane!

My 7th grader was in tears at the thought of having to go virtual last night. Virtual school is really tough on MS aged girls. This age is all about friends and socializing!

It’s a day, if it becomes more than 2 weeks then complain.

It is stunning how many people are suggesting it's reckless from a health perspective to send kids to school, even if they are vaccinated and serious complications among children are vanishingly small, and somehow the very clear behavioral health crisis among young people is no big deal.

Are kids at school by themselves? There are adults at school too. Also, your asymptomatic child can spread it to others in the community. Older people and unvaccinated people can then get very sick. Maybe you don’t care but this places extra stress on hospitals and medical staff. Why is it impossible for you to look at the big picture. Also, the more covid spreads, the greater the chance of another random mutation popping up. No one wants kids out of school but some of you parents lack common sense and a basic understanding of how public health works

I work in health care, but thanks for playing.

Then stop spending your time telling educators how to do their job. Thank you for playing.