Well Since MCPS Just Provided 45 day Notice - We’re Going Back

[Anonymous]

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OP seems rather impulsive and rash.

The question she should be asking herself is:

Which DL do I prefer, and if it’s the private one, is it worth the money?

Because I guarantee that most kids aren’t returning to school any time soon.

I don't know what private school OP is in, but I can tell you many of them plan to open in October. Mine has been open for three weeks, and it is going very well.

MCPS, on the other hand, I can guarantee you it will not be opening this year or probably not even next semester. They can't bring all students back until there is a vaccine and everyone is vaccinated. That wont be, if we are lucky, until fall 2021. They will bring back the special needs and other students in desperate need of in person. That is about it. The union is controlling this whole thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s just see what happens with Fall flu 😷/Covid. If all good good if not enjoy the DL

Debbie downer speculator.

Went to my GP for my flu shot and he’s been to tons of virtual conferences. Flu season in latAm was very mild. Zero deaths in Argentina. And with niL travel or illegal immigration from the Southern Hemisphere to the northern these days, It won’t be brought up here rapidly like usual.

FYI the four strains in this years shot are not from last Dec-Feb flu season here, it’s always from the Southern Hemisphere’s winter flu season strains from August. It was record low in numbers due to social distancing.

As usual mass media won’t cover it, doesn’t fit the apocalypse narrative.

Next excuse?

Myopic much? The point is that with the winter comes other respiratory illnesses and symptoms that are the same as those of COVID. Cold and arid weather? Dry nasal passages, sinus infections/congestion, sneezing, coughing (from post-nasal drip), and sometimes a mild fever. Colds? Congestion, headaches, loss of taste/smell. Influenza? Congesion, high temperatures, coughing, GI distress. You are so focused on furthering your own narrow point of view that you miss the forest from the trees.

Hence the >98% negative test rate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s just see what happens with Fall flu 😷/Covid. If all good good if not enjoy the DL

Debbie downer speculator.

Went to my GP for my flu shot and he’s been to tons of virtual conferences. Flu season in latAm was very mild. Zero deaths in Argentina. And with niL travel or illegal immigration from the Southern Hemisphere to the northern these days, It won’t be brought up here rapidly like usual.

FYI the four strains in this years shot are not from last Dec-Feb flu season here, it’s always from the Southern Hemisphere’s winter flu season strains from August. It was record low in numbers due to social distancing.

As usual mass media won’t cover it, doesn’t fit the apocalypse narrative.

Next excuse?

Myopic much? The point is that with the winter comes other respiratory illnesses and symptoms that are the same as those of COVID. Cold and arid weather? Dry nasal passages, sinus infections/congestion, sneezing, coughing (from post-nasal drip), and sometimes a mild fever. Colds? Congestion, headaches, loss of taste/smell. Influenza? Congesion, high temperatures, coughing, GI distress. You are so focused on furthering your own narrow point of view that you miss the forest from the trees.

Hence the >98% negative test rate.

Not in jurisdictions such as Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Alexandria city, Prince George's County, or Prince William County, where many students from DC private schools live.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This whole entire thread is a bunch of lies and nonsense yet again. New attempt to sow confusion and stoke anger, same people behind it with the same self-serving motivations.

Huh? Where’s the bad motivation. There are plenty of public school parents who are now re-thinking their enrollment in private now that mcps is re-opening and many privates are running scared and haven’t opened. Perfectly reasonable to be considering this.

Yep. Count me as one of them.
I am waiting for MCPS to truly open to move back. I may end up doing private for the whole year but I am out next school year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This whole entire thread is a bunch of lies and nonsense yet again. New attempt to sow confusion and stoke anger, same people behind it with the same self-serving motivations.

Huh? Where’s the bad motivation. There are plenty of public school parents who are now re-thinking their enrollment in private now that mcps is re-opening and many privates are running scared and haven’t opened. Perfectly reasonable to be considering this.

Yep. Count me as one of them.
I am waiting for MCPS to truly open to move back. I may end up doing private for the whole year but I am out next school year.

At most MCPS will send some special groups back in November, meaning some ESOL, some kids with significant special needs. No one else will be back this semester. I do think they’ll be in hybrid by February barring a spike in numbers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My shiny new private school refused to open until November for hybrid (for no good reason) but now that MCPS will probably open in some capacity by November, we’re going to return to MCPS. To our HOS - thanks for an expensive 8 weeks of DL. You should have just opened like you SAID you would so your school would have at least been a better option than the publics.

You belong in public. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!

You can take the mom out of public, but you can’t take the public out of...well, you know.

Lol. There you are.

As an independent school teacher, I hope you do go back to public. The public school parents who fled public in a panic are the most demanding parents in our community, and they’re disrespectful to staff members. The long-standing families who witness such behavior are embarrassed for them. Also, even privates that haven’t announced yet will be back by early November, likely at greater capacity than MCPS. But I’m not going to talk you into sticking around. And you can sue, but you’ll lose. I’ve seen it happen. Hopefully you have tuition insurance or a school head who just doesn’t want to deal with you.

Lies! Give an example of how public school parents are worse. Right! You can’t. I strongly dislike people like you who traffic in lies and stereotypes. Two things you should know: 95% of private school teachers graduated from public schools so you are entrusting your “special snowflakes” to be educated by teachers who had public school parents - oh my! Also, MOST private schools were struggling financially because of COVID. Believe it or not the public school parents have saved many of these schools by enrolling. Next time you see a public school parent, thank them before they leave and your little private school that spends most of its time holding the hand of your unmotivated child ( who “lacks executive functioning skills”
which is private school parent code word for “my kid is lazy”). Public school parents now see why you like privates so much. A lot of the behavior kids get away with in private would be properly addressed in public school. The secret is out! It’s not that the academics are better - the coddling is - and small class sizes allow for more coddling. We are no longer fooled by you guys!

I don’t have to prove anything. You just did it all on your own.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My shiny new private school refused to open until November for hybrid (for no good reason) but now that MCPS will probably open in some capacity by November, we’re going to return to MCPS. To our HOS - thanks for an expensive 8 weeks of DL. You should have just opened like you SAID you would so your school would have at least been a better option than the publics.

You belong in public. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!

You can take the mom out of public, but you can’t take the public out of...well, you know.

Lol. There you are.

As an independent school teacher, I hope you do go back to public. The public school parents who fled public in a panic are the most demanding parents in our community, and they’re disrespectful to staff members. The long-standing families who witness such behavior are embarrassed for them. Also, even privates that haven’t announced yet will be back by early November, likely at greater capacity than MCPS. But I’m not going to talk you into sticking around. And you can sue, but you’ll lose. I’ve seen it happen. Hopefully you have tuition insurance or a school head who just doesn’t want to deal with you.

Lies! Give an example of how public school parents are worse. Right! You can’t. I strongly dislike people like you who traffic in lies and stereotypes. Two things you should know: 95% of private school teachers graduated from public schools so you are entrusting your “special snowflakes” to be educated by teachers who had public school parents - oh my! Also, MOST private schools were struggling financially because of COVID. Believe it or not the public school parents have saved many of these schools by enrolling. Next time you see a public school parent, thank them before they leave and your little private school that spends most of its time holding the hand of your unmotivated child ( who “lacks executive functioning skills”
which is private school parent code word for “my kid is lazy”). Public school parents now see why you like privates so much. A lot of the behavior kids get away with in private would be properly addressed in public school. The secret is out! It’s not that the academics are better - the coddling is - and small class sizes allow for more coddling. We are no longer fooled by you guys!

I don’t have to prove anything. You just did it all on your own.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wrong! Word on the street is they are all going back in person before Thanksgiving. Maybe the budget issues made MCPS wake up and realize they need to get on the ball. Either way there are going to be a lot of private school parents withdrawing especially for those schools who pulled the old switcheroo and pretended they were going in person and then switched to DL at the last minute. A mass exodus is coming.

Ummm not happening if only bc the private school contracts mean we still have to pay even if we want to withdraw

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This whole entire thread is a bunch of lies and nonsense yet again. New attempt to sow confusion and stoke anger, same people behind it with the same self-serving motivations.

Huh? Where’s the bad motivation. There are plenty of public school parents who are now re-thinking their enrollment in private now that mcps is re-opening and many privates are running scared and haven’t opened. Perfectly reasonable to be considering this.

Guys. This is simply a troll.

[Anonymous]

For those who want to leave and return to public school, that is fine by me.

[Anonymous]

Our school is not opening until November. Not sure why given bigger schools are opening earlier. Although I don’t agree with OP’s tone, we may also do the same.

[Anonymous]

Yes! Glad we are going back!

[Anonymous]

Does anyone really care if these transplants return? I certainly don’t.

We’ve been operating under a hybrid model for three weeks. But if folks want to leave, so be it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes! Glad we are going back!

Good for you!

[Anonymous]

I was all set to put my K into mcps and we decided to go to private because mcps said not opening until end of Jan. Best decision ever. They’re not opening up and I won’t go back there. The private is so far superior.