APS - School Shifts in the Fall?

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because this issue most likely will have already been resolved before the election, if it ever comes to pass at all. And because what Mary is doing here isn’t actually the job of the school board, it’s a job of the superintendent’s office. Yes, the school board should review the superintendent’s proposals critically, and it’s great if they can identify alternative ideas for the superintendent’s office to investigate, but her getting way down into the weeds like this doesn’t convince me that she understands the role of the school board. What she’s doing would be micromanaging, not effective leadership.

The school board is responsible for overseeing a huge number of issues, so they necessarily have to operate at a higher level, setting policies and priorities rather than hashing out the details of where to place the desks. If they work at that level, it would be impossible for them to address every issues they need to for APS to function properly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because her position doesn’t require explaining - put on a mask and go. If we aren’t ready this fall, when will we be ready. It’s been done with fewer precautions and higher case rates and no vaccines. WHY CAN’T WE GO BACK IN THE FALL?! Excuse the all caps, but this is insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Miranda/APE has a lot of followers over here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because her position doesn’t require explaining - put on a mask and go. If we aren’t ready this fall, when will we be ready. It’s been done with fewer precautions and higher case rates and no vaccines. WHY CAN’T WE GO BACK IN THE FALL?! Excuse the all caps, but this is insane.

It comes down to CDC. APS is not going to ignore CDC like Florida schools; they do not want exposure to a lawsuit.

So if CDC says “public school, 0 ft, masks” as Miranda expects, it’s 5 day normal school more or less.

With lots of vaccine resistance (I mean we have threads on liberal DCUM how mRNA used to kill monkeys outright), COVID community spread will likely still be a thing in the fall. So it comes down to the CDC saying kids are such low risk that social distancing is not necessary.

It doesn’t matter a fig who the school board is or what grand plan she has; there’s no money for all that logistics.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because her position doesn’t require explaining - put on a mask and go. If we aren’t ready this fall, when will we be ready. It’s been done with fewer precautions and higher case rates and no vaccines. WHY CAN’T WE GO BACK IN THE FALL?! Excuse the all caps, but this is insane.

It comes down to CDC. APS is not going to ignore CDC like Florida schools; they do not want exposure to a lawsuit.

So if CDC says “public school, 0 ft, masks” as Miranda expects, it’s 5 day normal school more or less.

With lots of vaccine resistance (I mean we have threads on liberal DCUM how mRNA used to kill monkeys outright), COVID community spread will likely still be a thing in the fall. So it comes down to the CDC saying kids are such low risk that social distancing is not necessary.

It doesn’t matter a fig who the school board is or what grand plan she has; there’s no money for all that logistics.

The CDC will almost certainly remove distancing requirements over the summer and suggest masks "where possible" to avoid the lunch conundrum. The fall will be normal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because her position doesn’t require explaining - put on a mask and go. If we aren’t ready this fall, when will we be ready. It’s been done with fewer precautions and higher case rates and no vaccines. WHY CAN’T WE GO BACK IN THE FALL?! Excuse the all caps, but this is insane.

It comes down to CDC. APS is not going to ignore CDC like Florida schools; they do not want exposure to a lawsuit.

So if CDC says “public school, 0 ft, masks” as Miranda expects, it’s 5 day normal school more or less.

With lots of vaccine resistance (I mean we have threads on liberal DCUM how mRNA used to kill monkeys outright), COVID community spread will likely still be a thing in the fall. So it comes down to the CDC saying kids are such low risk that social distancing is not necessary.

It doesn’t matter a fig who the school board is or what grand plan she has; there’s no money for all that logistics.

The CDC will almost certainly remove distancing requirements over the summer and suggest masks "where possible" to avoid the lunch conundrum. The fall will be normal.

Does it even matter whether they do? 1303 mandates full-time in person school and only allows adherence to CDC recommendations to the extent feasible while still providing full-time school, right? Why would Arlington get to disregard that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because her position doesn’t require explaining - put on a mask and go. If we aren’t ready this fall, when will we be ready. It’s been done with fewer precautions and higher case rates and no vaccines. WHY CAN’T WE GO BACK IN THE FALL?! Excuse the all caps, but this is insane.

It comes down to CDC. APS is not going to ignore CDC like Florida schools; they do not want exposure to a lawsuit.

So if CDC says “public school, 0 ft, masks” as Miranda expects, it’s 5 day normal school more or less.

With lots of vaccine resistance (I mean we have threads on liberal DCUM how mRNA used to kill monkeys outright), COVID community spread will likely still be a thing in the fall. So it comes down to the CDC saying kids are such low risk that social distancing is not necessary.

It doesn’t matter a fig who the school board is or what grand plan she has; there’s no money for all that logistics.

The CDC will almost certainly remove distancing requirements over the summer and suggest masks "where possible" to avoid the lunch conundrum. The fall will be normal.

Does it even matter whether they do? 1303 mandates full-time in person school and only allows adherence to CDC recommendations to the extent feasible while still providing full-time school, right? Why would Arlington get to disregard that?

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because her position doesn’t require explaining - put on a mask and go. If we aren’t ready this fall, when will we be ready. It’s been done with fewer precautions and higher case rates and no vaccines. WHY CAN’T WE GO BACK IN THE FALL?! Excuse the all caps, but this is insane.

It comes down to CDC. APS is not going to ignore CDC like Florida schools; they do not want exposure to a lawsuit.

So if CDC says “public school, 0 ft, masks” as Miranda expects, it’s 5 day normal school more or less.

With lots of vaccine resistance (I mean we have threads on liberal DCUM how mRNA used to kill monkeys outright), COVID community spread will likely still be a thing in the fall. So it comes down to the CDC saying kids are such low risk that social distancing is not necessary.

It doesn’t matter a fig who the school board is or what grand plan she has; there’s no money for all that logistics.

The CDC will almost certainly remove distancing requirements over the summer and suggest masks "where possible" to avoid the lunch conundrum. The fall will be normal.

+1

Fall will be 5 days masked.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because her position doesn’t require explaining - put on a mask and go. If we aren’t ready this fall, when will we be ready. It’s been done with fewer precautions and higher case rates and no vaccines. WHY CAN’T WE GO BACK IN THE FALL?! Excuse the all caps, but this is insane.

That’s been her “plan” for the last year? LOL. She adds nothing to the conversation.

I do think we will go back in the fall but only because numbers will have dropped — because most adults (& possibly even teens) will have been vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because her position doesn’t require explaining - put on a mask and go. If we aren’t ready this fall, when will we be ready. It’s been done with fewer precautions and higher case rates and no vaccines. WHY CAN’T WE GO BACK IN THE FALL?! Excuse the all caps, but this is insane.

That’s been her “plan” for the last year? LOL. She adds nothing to the conversation.

I do think we will go back in the fall but only because numbers will have dropped — because most adults (& possibly even teens) will have been vaccinated.

You do realize that about half of all US schools have operated under this exact same plan for the last year? And that it's been fine, and that those children are not suffering the same educational and socio-emotional losses that our families here in Arlington are, not to mention the huge economic stressors on a family? A huge number of women have been driven out of the workforce nationwide, and many are suffering here. Arlington was so risk averse to one risk that it completely ignored all the others.

Miranda is right to have been pushing for schools to open. Mary is showing she's theoretically OK with another year of loss.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because her position doesn’t require explaining - put on a mask and go. If we aren’t ready this fall, when will we be ready. It’s been done with fewer precautions and higher case rates and no vaccines. WHY CAN’T WE GO BACK IN THE FALL?! Excuse the all caps, but this is insane.

That’s been her “plan” for the last year? LOL. She adds nothing to the conversation.

I do think we will go back in the fall but only because numbers will have dropped — because most adults (& possibly even teens) will have been vaccinated.

You do realize that about half of all US schools have operated under this exact same plan for the last year? And that it's been fine, and that those children are not suffering the same educational and socio-emotional losses that our families here in Arlington are, not to mention the huge economic stressors on a family? A huge number of women have been driven out of the workforce nationwide, and many are suffering here. Arlington was so risk averse to one risk that it completely ignored all the others.

Miranda is right to have been pushing for schools to open. Mary is showing she's theoretically OK with another year of loss.

+100

[Anonymous]

Mary is showing she is not ok with it, and is willing to do the hard work of figuring out how to make it happen safely. She’s also thinking long and hard about all of the other issues that go into educating our kids. I’ve yet to see anything from Miranda that indicates expertise or deep thought and proposals on anything that matters regarding the education of my middle schoolers other than Open Now. That’s laudable, but not enough of a platform for a SB position.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because her position doesn’t require explaining - put on a mask and go. If we aren’t ready this fall, when will we be ready. It’s been done with fewer precautions and higher case rates and no vaccines. WHY CAN’T WE GO BACK IN THE FALL?! Excuse the all caps, but this is insane.

That’s been her “plan” for the last year? LOL. She adds nothing to the conversation.

I do think we will go back in the fall but only because numbers will have dropped — because most adults (& possibly even teens) will have been vaccinated.

You do realize that about half of all US schools have operated under this exact same plan for the last year? And that it's been fine, and that those children are not suffering the same educational and socio-emotional losses that our families here in Arlington are, not to mention the huge economic stressors on a family? A huge number of women have been driven out of the workforce nationwide, and many are suffering here. Arlington was so risk averse to one risk that it completely ignored all the others.

Miranda is right to have been pushing for schools to open. Mary is showing she's theoretically OK with another year of loss.

Half? Citation?

They disregarded the CDC and implemented <3’?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people are not more critical of Miranda for having put forth nothing on this at all.

Because her position doesn’t require explaining - put on a mask and go. If we aren’t ready this fall, when will we be ready. It’s been done with fewer precautions and higher case rates and no vaccines. WHY CAN’T WE GO BACK IN THE FALL?! Excuse the all caps, but this is insane.

That’s been her “plan” for the last year? LOL. She adds nothing to the conversation.

I do think we will go back in the fall but only because numbers will have dropped — because most adults (& possibly even teens) will have been vaccinated.

You do realize that about half of all US schools have operated under this exact same plan for the last year? And that it's been fine, and that those children are not suffering the same educational and socio-emotional losses that our families here in Arlington are, not to mention the huge economic stressors on a family? A huge number of women have been driven out of the workforce nationwide, and many are suffering here. Arlington was so risk averse to one risk that it completely ignored all the others.

Miranda is right to have been pushing for schools to open. Mary is showing she's theoretically OK with another year of loss.

Half? Citation?

They disregarded the CDC and implemented <3’?

Check out this map: https://cai.burbio.com/school-opening-tracker/

You can see the vast majority of states are largely offering 5-days a week in-person school. It may not quite be 50% of students because it's the coastal states that are the outliers, and here the population is denser.

I can tell you the middle of country district I attended as a kid just required masks and opened as usual, spacing the desks as best they could, and moving on. And it's not been a disaster. Instead, my nieces and nephews are having a great year, doing activities, learning things, leaving their homes, etc.