LCPS school board meeting

[Anonymous]

Okay, they just changed it again to 2/2 vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes! They're going to vote on it as an action item at their Thursday meeting.

... and then they pushed it to the 2nd of February. Better than the 9th, though.

[Anonymous]

I don't get why they didn't just vote. It sounds like they had the votes to pass it. But I guess the 2nd is fine.

[Anonymous]

2/2 is when FCPS will be oking or nixing the latest RTS plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2/2 is when FCPS will be oking or nixing the latest RTS plan.

I don't think they are aware of that or care. Its pretty obvious they have board consensus and admin support for this plan. More so than anything I've seen since Covid started.

[Anonymous]

The only thing I can think of is that the headline will look better if they let another week go by, the rates continue to trend down and more teachers get vaccinated. Changes nothing but perception. Hate to be that cynical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2/2 is when FCPS will be oking or nixing the latest RTS plan.

I don't think they care what FCPS does. They aren't exactly serving as a role model of how to handle this situation well.

[Anonymous]

Zero chance it doesn’t pass on 2/2. The only thing that vote will tell us is whether elementary goes back 2/16 or 3/3. I’m a high school teacher and I am fully, 100% expecting and planning to be in the building on 3/3 with the 7 kids who chose in person and come to my B day classes on Wednesdays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zero chance it doesn’t pass on 2/2. The only thing that vote will tell us is whether elementary goes back 2/16 or 3/3. I’m a high school teacher and I am fully, 100% expecting and planning to be in the building on 3/3 with the 7 kids who chose in person and come to my B day classes on Wednesdays.

Agreed. And I strongly suspect that they will send elementary schools back on 2/16. Ziegler said that he's expecting all teachers who want a vaccine to have their first dose completed by next week. By the week of the 16th, many teachers will have had their second dose, and Morse advised Ziegler to consider prioritizing the teachers returning to classrooms first. Not sure if they'll be able to do that or not, but the entire workforce (those who want it) should be vaccinated by 3/3 at the rate they're going with the pod.

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Anonymous wrote:Zero chance it doesn’t pass on 2/2. The only thing that vote will tell us is whether elementary goes back 2/16 or 3/3. I’m a high school teacher and I am fully, 100% expecting and planning to be in the building on 3/3 with the 7 kids who chose in person and come to my B day classes on Wednesdays.

Agreed. And I strongly suspect that they will send elementary schools back on 2/16. Ziegler said that he's expecting all teachers who want a vaccine to have their first dose completed by next week. By the week of the 16th, many teachers will have had their second dose, and Morse advised Ziegler to consider prioritizing the teachers returning to classrooms first. Not sure if they'll be able to do that or not, but the entire workforce (those who want it) should be vaccinated by 3/3 at the rate they're going with the pod.

The vaccination rate is entirely beside the point as it was never a factor of reopening. I mean it’s nice for teachers that it happened but in terms of them holding off or making plans around who has gotten it or when , that’s not going to happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Zero chance it doesn’t pass on 2/2. The only thing that vote will tell us is whether elementary goes back 2/16 or 3/3. I’m a high school teacher and I am fully, 100% expecting and planning to be in the building on 3/3 with the 7 kids who chose in person and come to my B day classes on Wednesdays.

Agreed. And I strongly suspect that they will send elementary schools back on 2/16. Ziegler said that he's expecting all teachers who want a vaccine to have their first dose completed by next week. By the week of the 16th, many teachers will have had their second dose, and Morse advised Ziegler to consider prioritizing the teachers returning to classrooms first. Not sure if they'll be able to do that or not, but the entire workforce (those who want it) should be vaccinated by 3/3 at the rate they're going with the pod.

The vaccination rate is entirely beside the point as it was never a factor of reopening. I mean it’s nice for teachers that it happened but in terms of them holding off or making plans around who has gotten it or when , that’s not going to happen.

DP. I agree it was not a factor in reopening. But since vaccines are happening, and returning some staff on 2/16 does make it harder for them to get their second dose (since Ziegler said they cannot hold the POD with extended hours) I can see certain board members voting for a 3/3 return for all. The only question is which motion gets 5 votes.

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Anonymous wrote:Zero chance it doesn’t pass on 2/2. The only thing that vote will tell us is whether elementary goes back 2/16 or 3/3. I’m a high school teacher and I am fully, 100% expecting and planning to be in the building on 3/3 with the 7 kids who chose in person and come to my B day classes on Wednesdays.

Agreed. And I strongly suspect that they will send elementary schools back on 2/16. Ziegler said that he's expecting all teachers who want a vaccine to have their first dose completed by next week. By the week of the 16th, many teachers will have had their second dose, and Morse advised Ziegler to consider prioritizing the teachers returning to classrooms first. Not sure if they'll be able to do that or not, but the entire workforce (those who want it) should be vaccinated by 3/3 at the rate they're going with the pod.

The vaccination rate is entirely beside the point as it was never a factor of reopening. I mean it’s nice for teachers that it happened but in terms of them holding off or making plans around who has gotten it or when , that’s not going to happen.

DP. I agree it was not a factor in reopening. But since vaccines are happening, and returning some staff on 2/16 does make it harder for them to get their second dose (since Ziegler said they cannot hold the POD with extended hours) I can see certain board members voting for a 3/3 return for all. The only question is which motion gets 5 votes.

Yes. 3/3 is for sure happening, the elementary date is the only one in question. If they need rhe nurses to staff the POD, it makes sense just to send all 3/3. For elementary hybrid kids that is only 4 in person class days of difference. But if they say 2/16 I know my first grader would be happy, I can hear her in a breakout room right now with her peers sh*t talking DL, she’s over it. (My 5th grader loves it though)

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Anonymous wrote:Zero chance it doesn’t pass on 2/2. The only thing that vote will tell us is whether elementary goes back 2/16 or 3/3. I’m a high school teacher and I am fully, 100% expecting and planning to be in the building on 3/3 with the 7 kids who chose in person and come to my B day classes on Wednesdays.

Agreed. And I strongly suspect that they will send elementary schools back on 2/16. Ziegler said that he's expecting all teachers who want a vaccine to have their first dose completed by next week. By the week of the 16th, many teachers will have had their second dose, and Morse advised Ziegler to consider prioritizing the teachers returning to classrooms first. Not sure if they'll be able to do that or not, but the entire workforce (those who want it) should be vaccinated by 3/3 at the rate they're going with the pod.

The vaccination rate is entirely beside the point as it was never a factor of reopening. I mean it’s nice for teachers that it happened but in terms of them holding off or making plans around who has gotten it or when , that’s not going to happen.

DP. I agree it was not a factor in reopening. But since vaccines are happening, and returning some staff on 2/16 does make it harder for them to get their second dose (since Ziegler said they cannot hold the POD with extended hours) I can see certain board members voting for a 3/3 return for all. The only question is which motion gets 5 votes.

Yes. 3/3 is for sure happening, the elementary date is the only one in question. If they need rhe nurses to staff the POD, it makes sense just to send all 3/3. For elementary hybrid kids that is only 4 in person class days of difference. But if they say 2/16 I know my first grader would be happy, I can hear her in a breakout room right now with her peers sh*t talking DL, she’s over it. (My 5th grader loves it though)

Does your 5th graders likes DL because of the freedom ?
In my opinion, the older kids love DL because of the freedoms they have, they can be laying in bed, eating and using the bathroom without permission.

[Anonymous]

I support but return date, but we should still keep the positivity rate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zero chance it doesn’t pass on 2/2. The only thing that vote will tell us is whether elementary goes back 2/16 or 3/3. I’m a high school teacher and I am fully, 100% expecting and planning to be in the building on 3/3 with the 7 kids who chose in person and come to my B day classes on Wednesdays.

Just 7?

But why is DL getting just a bad word if kids love it?