Anyone else turning down in person?

[Anonymous]

hopefully, all of the resources spent to offer the spots in person that everyone is turning down will be reallocated to schools where people want an education for their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:hopefully, all of the resources spent to offer the spots in person that everyone is turning down will be reallocated to schools where people want an education for their kids.

That’s not how it works.

[Anonymous]

You people are crazy. Of course you should take a spot, especially for PK-3 grades. Young children have a low likelihood of transmitting the virus (i.e., you are safe), and in DC, 0% of persons 19 and under infected with covid have died (i.e., your kids are safe). Science! With your logic, you would have been crazy to send your kid to school pre-covid, when schools were being less cautious and your kid could have caught the flu, which they can transmit to you and get really ill from. Worried about infecting an older person? They are all being vaccinated right now. Get your vaccine. Send your kid to school. Be a reasonably good citizen.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02973-3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. Of course you should take a spot, especially for PK-3 grades. Young children have a low likelihood of transmitting the virus (i.e., you are safe), and in DC, 0% of persons 19 and under infected with covid have died (i.e., your kids are safe). Science! With your logic, you would have been crazy to send your kid to school pre-covid, when schools were being less cautious and your kid could have caught the flu, which they can transmit to you and get really ill from. Worried about infecting an older person? They are all being vaccinated right now. Get your vaccine. Send your kid to school. Be a reasonably good citizen.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02973-3

Low doesn't mean no-risk. I know a couple that contracted COVID from their daughter, who caught it from her daycare teacher. Both parents got sick and dad missed 3 weeks of work. This changed my perspective entirely.

Is missing work feasible for a family that lives paycheck to paycheck? Or who lives with a grandparent with a high-risk condition?

Stop shaming people for making the decisions that are best for themselves and their families.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent of 2 kids in ES, we aren't accepting even if we were offered. I think a lot of this decision depends on the adults and how they have handled the situation at home, zoom calls, play dates, mask wearing, social distancing, visiting relatives interstate, traveling, skiing etc. We've supported our kids and kept them informed. They like being at home. They like being together. Do they miss school and their friends? For sure. Are they learning, yes. Is DL perfect? Far from it. We'll wait for the surge and numbers to go down to what they were like in the fall.

This is a sensible approach

So wealthy people who travel out of state (despite public health guidelines) and have pricey hobbies like skiing are also better equipped to manage DL. Who knew? Lots of people are "supporting their kids," but they are having trouble with managing working and DL. Some have to work in person. Some can WFH, but aren't super-flexible and trying to aork and manage DL is a strain. Kids also have different reactions to DL -- for some, it's great and they love it and are learning. Others have a much harder time learning through a screen. So many of you are basically congratulating yourselves for being wealthy and having a SAHP or flexible jobs, like you care more about public health than other people do (despite all the travel you do for your mental health). I mean, I'm happy you're keeping your kid home, since it means it's safer for the teachers and kids who do go back. But can you stop with the patting yourselves on the back about your decision?

OMG seriously. +1

Hey guess what. We are doing Airbnbs and skiing and all sorts of stuff where we can drive to our destination and continue to isolate. The kids’ standardized test scores are better than they have ever been and they are telling us that this has been their best school year ever. And we are doing all of this for Jess than we spent for a really crappy aftercare program. Get creative people.

Way to miss the point completely.

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent of 2 kids in ES, we aren't accepting even if we were offered. I think a lot of this decision depends on the adults and how they have handled the situation at home, zoom calls, play dates, mask wearing, social distancing, visiting relatives interstate, traveling, skiing etc. We've supported our kids and kept them informed. They like being at home. They like being together. Do they miss school and their friends? For sure. Are they learning, yes. Is DL perfect? Far from it. We'll wait for the surge and numbers to go down to what they were like in the fall.

This is a sensible approach

So wealthy people who travel out of state (despite public health guidelines) and have pricey hobbies like skiing are also better equipped to manage DL. Who knew? Lots of people are "supporting their kids," but they are having trouble with managing working and DL. Some have to work in person. Some can WFH, but aren't super-flexible and trying to aork and manage DL is a strain. Kids also have different reactions to DL -- for some, it's great and they love it and are learning. Others have a much harder time learning through a screen. So many of you are basically congratulating yourselves for being wealthy and having a SAHP or flexible jobs, like you care more about public health than other people do (despite all the travel you do for your mental health). I mean, I'm happy you're keeping your kid home, since it means it's safer for the teachers and kids who do go back. But can you stop with the patting yourselves on the back about your decision?

OMG seriously. +1

Hey guess what. We are doing Airbnbs and skiing and all sorts of stuff where we can drive to our destination and continue to isolate. The kids’ standardized test scores are better than they have ever been and they are telling us that this has been their best school year ever. And we are doing all of this for Jess than we spent for a really crappy aftercare program. Get creative people.

Way to miss the point completely.

If this was my kids best school year ever, I'd be very seriously worried.

[Anonymous]

The PPP has a very low, low bar.

The race to the bottom continues! DCPS is quite the contender.

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Anonymous wrote:in our Ward 4 school, demand was almost nil. Like 10 students for a 500-student elementary school.

Not sure I believe this. If this is really the case then I would suspect that there has not been support for reopening starting at the top. Has your principal signaled that it would be a bad experience? I feel like our principal did this when CARES classrooms were shaping up. He’d send these messages to make it sound as unappealing as possible. It was almost comical it was so easy to see what he was at. I have a dear friend who has been behaving like this too. She is very determined that they will not go back inperson and each time I suggest that I would consider it she tries to overwhelm me with resources and numbers while insinuating that parents who want their kids to go back are irresponsible/lazy/selfish. I really think it’s her sense of FOMO talking. For me, it’s about the teacher. My child’s teacher will be teaching inperson and I love her so we may take a spot.

Follow-up we ended up turning down the spot. My third grader doesn't know any other friends who are going in person so it was really difficult to convince her. And now I'm hearing rumors about a teacher strike and the last thing I want is sending my daughter to school with the promise that her teacher will be there and it turns out to be a sad, scary day of a practically empty school with administrators as "subs." No thanks.

[Anonymous]

Oh come on, kids are generally far more resilient and flexible than that.

My 5th grader wasn't crazy about the idea of returning to her DCPS in early Dec, in a class of 9-10 students, none of whom were close friends. She complained bitterly for about a week. Flash forward 6 or 7 weeks and we're thrilled we took the spot. Having an actual teacher in the classroom with her had really paid off for her. She gets along fine with the other kids, and looks forward to going to school. She's tested at school weekly.

Spare us the drama.

[Anonymous]

+100!

[Anonymous]

I’d only take a spot if we were okay with getting sick. We are not.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d only take a spot if we were okay with getting sick. We are not.

+1.
Also my kids are coping well enough in DL that the in-person improvements to their mental health and academic needs aren't worth the lives of their teachers.

[Anonymous]

Lives of their teachers, get a grip.

In case you haven't heard, all teachers who are returning in person for Term 3 are eligible to get the vaccine at Dunbar HS, with the first jab BEFORE they go back to teach. Our kid's teacher tells us she already got the vaccine. My child returns to school for hybrid instruction in Monday.

We can't wait. You drama queens are welcome to stay home for the rest of the school year, pretending that DL is adequate. Fact is, for most kids, it simply isn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lives of their teachers, get a grip.

In case you haven't heard, all teachers who are returning in person for Term 3 are eligible to get the vaccine at Dunbar HS, with the first jab BEFORE they go back to teach. Our kid's teacher tells us she already got the vaccine. My child returns to school for hybrid instruction in Monday.

We can't wait. You drama queens are welcome to stay home for the rest of the school year, pretending that DL is adequate. Fact is, for most kids, it simply isn't.

LOL 'drama queens.' Fact is 4k dead a day trumps inadequate. Pretending it isn't high risk to families and staff is delusional. But you do you, and take what you think you need.

[Anonymous]

You need to study grammar, spelling, usage, syntax.

No wonder you're OK with DL ad nauseam.