Private School Teachers are Scared

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and I think opening in person is unsafe. Not because I'm scared for myself, but because I think putting 500 bodies together will be a disaster, regardless if they are kids or adults. You can distance classrooms all you want, but during transition times kids are going to all be breathing the same air.

I understand your point, but you have not reviewed the plans of every private school in the area. Many are not planning to put 500 people in a building on a single day.

Aren't we supposed to avoid gatherings of 10 and above? Even if a school only has 50 kids at a time, that's still too many bodies together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and I think opening in person is unsafe. Not because I'm scared for myself, but because I think putting 500 bodies together will be a disaster, regardless if they are kids or adults. You can distance classrooms all you want, but during transition times kids are going to all be breathing the same air.

I understand your point, but you have not reviewed the plans of every private school in the area. Many are not planning to put 500 people in a building on a single day.

Aren't we supposed to avoid gatherings of 10 and above? Even if a school only has 50 kids at a time, that's still too many bodies together.

Not sure about DC or MD, but Virginia is in Phase 3, so the gathering limit is 250, not 10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and I think opening in person is unsafe. Not because I'm scared for myself, but because I think putting 500 bodies together will be a disaster, regardless if they are kids or adults. You can distance classrooms all you want, but during transition times kids are going to all be breathing the same air.

I understand your point, but you have not reviewed the plans of every private school in the area. Many are not planning to put 500 people in a building on a single day.

Aren't we supposed to avoid gatherings of 10 and above? Even if a school only has 50 kids at a time, that's still too many bodies together.

Not sure about DC or MD, but Virginia is in Phase 3, so the gathering limit is 250, not 10.

There is no statewide limit on gatherings in Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and I think opening in person is unsafe. Not because I'm scared for myself, but because I think putting 500 bodies together will be a disaster, regardless if they are kids or adults. You can distance classrooms all you want, but during transition times kids are going to all be breathing the same air.

I understand your point, but you have not reviewed the plans of every private school in the area. Many are not planning to put 500 people in a building on a single day.

Aren't we supposed to avoid gatherings of 10 and above? Even if a school only has 50 kids at a time, that's still too many bodies together.

Not sure about DC or MD, but Virginia is in Phase 3, so the gathering limit is 250, not 10.

There is no statewide limit on gatherings in Maryland.

Students should wear masks. Teachers will need to make sure this is happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:is the OP actually a teacher? our preschool is still using papers and books.

I am a teacher and we were told no books... all of our classroom libraries have been packed up and we will need to print out books for each kid or view using technology. Or parents can buy books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

Public and privates are doing DL. I would rather be doing DL at our private with small classes and one on one time with advisors than be one of 30 in a public school class. I feel fortunate to be in DL at private now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher and I think opening in person is unsafe. Not because I'm scared for myself, but because I think putting 500 bodies together will be a disaster, regardless if they are kids or adults. You can distance classrooms all you want, but during transition times kids are going to all be breathing the same air.

I understand your point, but you have not reviewed the plans of every private school in the area. Many are not planning to put 500 people in a building on a single day.

Aren't we supposed to avoid gatherings of 10 and above? Even if a school only has 50 kids at a time, that's still too many bodies together.

10 and above? You've missed a few updates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

Public and privates are doing DL. I would rather be doing DL at our private with small classes and one on one time with advisors than be one of 30 in a public school class. I feel fortunate to be in DL at private now.

Huh? If it’s DL what difference does it matter if there are 10 or 30 kids? Public school kids are actually safer because they are home until the end of January.

[Anonymous]

Our small private school is letting the oldest teacher, who is the only one over 60, teach remotely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

Public and privates are doing DL. I would rather be doing DL at our private with small classes and one on one time with advisors than be one of 30 in a public school class. I feel fortunate to be in DL at private now.

Lol okay, keep trying to justify that exorbitant tuition.

Also, why do people keep talking about public schools having 30 kids per class? Are you talking about high school? If so, that may be true but it shouldn’t be a problem if your child doesn’t have special needs. Elementary? No. More like 20.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

To be clear - the catastrophe here is the pandemic. If schools go under, it is because of the pandemic - not because of teachers, administrators, or county leaders.

The catastrophe is the teachers putting their histrionics ahead of all else and abandoning their students while apparently still expecting to get paid. Until this I had the utmost respect for teachers and supported them financially and emotionally whenever possible. No more. Thanks for nothing, private school teachers.

The real histrionics is entitled parents calling people who are concerned about being shut in an enclosed petri dish (with people who are plague carriers at the best of times) names and making absurd dramatic proclamations about how they are "abandoning their students," which could not be further from the truth, as they will indeed continue to be TEACHING their students and yes, thus getting paid -- all because they're throwing temper tantrums that they demand their child's education be coupled with childcare for THEM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

Our school suddenly has wait lists for most grades from all the parents switching from publics, but ok.

That’s because they said they were opening (duh). No one is going to switch from public to have the privilege of paying for DL.

Of COURSE they said that, in the same manner that the colleges said that, because they WANT YOUR MONEY and they knew people didn't want to pay for DL, so they gave all these fake assurances to get tuition paid. That has been blatantly obvious all along, but the deniers refused to see it even when they were told so repeatedly on these very boards. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

To be clear - the catastrophe here is the pandemic. If schools go under, it is because of the pandemic - not because of teachers, administrators, or county leaders.

The catastrophe is the teachers putting their histrionics ahead of all else and abandoning their students while apparently still expecting to get paid. Until this I had the utmost respect for teachers and supported them financially and emotionally whenever possible. No more. Thanks for nothing, private school teachers.

You are a whiney brat.

Says the person who wants to stay home and not do her job and get paid. I’ve been working 50-60 hours a week since March while teaching my children since the teachers are not doing it.

Wrong. That person wants to, and will, stay home and perform his/her job remotely, just like millions of other Americans. Sorry if you don't like it or don't approve. Sad for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of the private school parents I know have their children enrolled in travel sports and are traveling all over the country (including hot spots) just to arrive back in town before school starts and throw them all together. Temperature checks are really just providing a false sense of safety.

If parents are honest they will abide by quarantine rules. Schools should ask!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Private school teachers are about to be out of a job when their private schools go out of business due to lack of enrollment after this utter catastrophe

To be clear - the catastrophe here is the pandemic. If schools go under, it is because of the pandemic - not because of teachers, administrators, or county leaders.

The catastrophe is the teachers putting their histrionics ahead of all else and abandoning their students while apparently still expecting to get paid. Until this I had the utmost respect for teachers and supported them financially and emotionally whenever possible. No more. Thanks for nothing, private school teachers.

You are a whiney brat.

Says the person who wants to stay home and not do her job and get paid. I’ve been working 50-60 hours a week since March while teaching my children since the teachers are not doing it.

I'm not a teacher; I'm a parent who is sick of other other parents acting like infants over this situation.

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