New York Schools can reopen in person

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Anonymous wrote:Are districts going to actually reopen though? I got the impression that teacher unions are strong in NY. At least, all the parents will know it’s the union and not the state’s fault if schools remain closed.

Teachers will hold the government to task for creating a safe work environment and providing adequate funding necessary to do so. After seeing how school re-openings have failed around the country to date, I would think that parents would be even more militant in demanding a safe environment for their child. I'm beginning to believe that many parents legitimately do not care about their child's health and well-being.

Failed? What planet you living on sister?

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Anonymous wrote:MD at 3.9%, MoCo at 2.4

OPEN THE SCHOOLS

But not everybody has returned from the beach or their home in Jackson Hole. Let them travel home before they open so they can share with everyone their summer break experiences!

Oh my GOD you people are infuriatingly absurd and childish COWARDS

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers are willing to teach because the risk of infection is considerably lower.

Solve the virus spread and you solve the problems of schools (and work, and travel, and just about everything else). But most people here would rather just argue about the everything else rather than solve the real problem.

Many NOVA jurisdictions positivity rate is below 5%. Honest question, what number are you okay with? NYC’s metric to reopen is 5%— although they are lower.

DP.. what's the 7 day rolling average? Is nova/VA seeing cases go up even as the rate is below 5%? Then that's a concern. NY's rate is flat or going down. That's why they feel it's ok to re-open.

Fairfax County is currently at 5.6 cases per 100,000 and steady if not slightly declining (we were at 6.1 at end of July).

So, on average, 99,994 healthy students/adults in Fairfax County out of 100,000. .

If we get to 99,996 heathy students/adults, can we reopen? This is ridiculous.

Exactly. Does anyone know what positivity rates we are waiting on? I believe DC and NYC have similar positivity rates, yet one is closed and the other is allowed to open. Assume that in the absence of federal guidance this is a district-based decision? Are teachers looking for 0%? Not sure if the unions have said anything in this regard.

Yes teachers want two full weeks of no new cases before reopening schools. NYC teachers will strike o er this, just watch.

I mean. That could take years (decades?), even with a vaccine.

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Anonymous wrote:MD at 3.9%, MoCo at 2.4

OPEN THE SCHOOLS

But not everybody has returned from the beach or their home in Jackson Hole. Let them travel home before they open so they can share with everyone their summer break experiences!

Oh my GOD you people are infuriatingly absurd and childish COWARDS

I’m waiting for the spike that comes 2 weeks after the 4th of July weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers are willing to teach because the risk of infection is considerably lower.

Solve the virus spread and you solve the problems of schools (and work, and travel, and just about everything else). But most people here would rather just argue about the everything else rather than solve the real problem.

Many NOVA jurisdictions positivity rate is below 5%. Honest question, what number are you okay with? NYC’s metric to reopen is 5%— although they are lower.

DP.. what's the 7 day rolling average? Is nova/VA seeing cases go up even as the rate is below 5%? Then that's a concern. NY's rate is flat or going down. That's why they feel it's ok to re-open.

Fairfax County is currently at 5.6 cases per 100,000 and steady if not slightly declining (we were at 6.1 at end of July).

So, on average, 99,994 healthy students/adults in Fairfax County out of 100,000. .

If we get to 99,996 heathy students/adults, can we reopen? This is ridiculous.

Exactly. Does anyone know what positivity rates we are waiting on? I believe DC and NYC have similar positivity rates, yet one is closed and the other is allowed to open. Assume that in the absence of federal guidance this is a district-based decision? Are teachers looking for 0%? Not sure if the unions have said anything in this regard.

Yes teachers want two full weeks of no new cases before reopening schools. NYC teachers will strike o er this, just watch.

I mean. That could take years (decades?), even with a vaccine.

A demonstrated decline in new cases and hospitalizations for at least 14 days, a positive test rate of less than five percent, a transmission rate of under 1.0

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Anonymous wrote:Are districts going to actually reopen though? I got the impression that teacher unions are strong in NY. At least, all the parents will know it’s the union and not the state’s fault if schools remain closed.

Teachers will hold the government to task for creating a safe work environment and providing adequate funding necessary to do so. After seeing how school re-openings have failed around the country to date, I would think that parents would be even more militant in demanding a safe environment for their child. I'm beginning to believe that many parents legitimately do not care about their child's health and well-being.

Failed? What planet you living on sister?

Do you live under a rock? Have you not seen the schools in Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi that have already had outbreaks? There are elementary schools where they've had to close entire grades and put all students and teachers in quarantine, schools that have had to delay their start because 260 teachers attending a training were either positive or directly exposed, and schools where outbreaks have taken down classes and sports teams. Anyone demanding to see a rise in deaths and hospitalizations is being deliberately obtuse-we know there is a lag time of several weeks for those things to happen. One of the problems is that contact tracing will be close to impossible in these places, because the spread is so out of control.
This is not going to last.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/us/coronavirus-students.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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This isn't too surprising. NY was one of the last states to close in the spring, despite having large numbers of Covid cases. NY actually closed a lot later than many red states, including Alabama.

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Anonymous wrote:This isn't too surprising. NY was one of the last states to close in the spring, despite having large numbers of Covid cases. NY actually closed a lot later than many red states, including Alabama.

Yes, and it was a horror show. Weird that people on here seem to think that the teachers are happy about this decision. No one thinks that the current proposals will benefit children or the community. I will be shocked if there isn't a strike or other significant job action.

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Anonymous wrote:This isn't too surprising. NY was one of the last states to close in the spring, despite having large numbers of Covid cases. NY actually closed a lot later than many red states, including Alabama.

Yes, and it was a horror show. Weird that people on here seem to think that the teachers are happy about this decision. No one thinks that the current proposals will benefit children or the community. I will be shocked if there isn't a strike or other significant job action.

DP. In fairness, the teachers I know are in upstate NY, where there was never a big rate of infection. They seem to be fine with going back. All of upstate (I think) is in phase 4 at this point, most everything is open and people are out and about and generally good about wearing masks. Of all of my relatives there (~30) I know of one aunt/uncle who are still quarantining, but they were never terribly social to begin with and my uncle has a chronic heart condition. Overall the attitude seems to be, we got it to this rate so we could reopen safely, not continued to shelter in place.

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I think that now we need to pay more attention to preschool education and daycare centers for children.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that now we need to pay more attention to preschool education and daycare centers for children.

Let me guess, you have a preschooler...

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My elder has been studying from home for more than half a year already. I suppose he will get crazy soon. Thanks to our Kindergarten Brooklyn - https://littlescholarsnyc.com/ for being open last year. Otherwise, it would be really hard if we sit at home altogether. Now I also work remotely, so when I have some free time, I try to spend it with my elder playing some games and just communicating with each other. My younger who is in daycare has a lot of interesting classes there. He is almost prepared for school this year. But, honestly, I do not imagine how the school will start. If they had online education, too, it will be awful. We would better wait a year to start normal schooling. And how is your time going, guys? Are you satisfied with your kids' schedule?