How to push back against people who want to close schools AGAIN
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Anonymous
Yup, looks like she’s on FB trying to recruit parents to help her shut down school again 🙄 |
Anonymous
They already provide schooling for everyone. Sorry if it doesn’t include 50 different customizable options. That is what private school and/or homeschooling is for. |
Anonymous
Oh did you skip the part where they didn’t mask? And we are? |
Anonymous
on what grounds? I had to leave all social media connected to my kid’s school so I wouldn’t lose it on parents like her. |
Anonymous
It’s real but it’s not usually dangerous to young kids. Adults can and should be vaccinated. |
Anonymous
You forgot that the plot originally was that we need to protect the vulnerable and slow the spread so as not to overwhelm hospitals. Then the plot evolved to we need to wait for vaccines so the vulnerable can be protected. Nobody ever worried about kids until those things were achieved, and some people had now shifted their perspective to the idea that nobody must ever be put at risk of catching Covid, even if their risk of severe illness is close to zero (not zero). Look, I’d rather my kids don’t catch Covid either. I don’t let them be unmasked in indoor public places. But schools need to function, and at some point we need to wonder if constant quarantine disruptions are worse than getting a probably mild case of Covid. Especially after they have already lost over a year of school, and given that it looks like the vaccines don’t prevent all infections either. Daily antigen testing of the whole exposed class, as was done in Britain, seems like a better approach. |
Anonymous
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How about we our kids first?
At this stage of Covid - an eligible person has no excuse not to be vaccinated. It’s ridiculous. I encourage you all to check out DC government’s stats on vaccination rates. Ask who is NOT vaccinated? Why is this not a local news report? Get kids back in school. Masking is fine but it like a fat dress. Covering up a problem that is not going to be addressed because people don’t want to address the real problems! |
Anonymous
She just said “if you’re reluctant to send your kids to school email me.” And the DCPS “plan” will not kids safe. |
Anonymous
Did YOU skip the part where masks alone will result in 40% of kids getting COVID in three months? |
Anonymous
Did you skip the part where that didn’t happen in LA schools with delta, or in UK schools without masks and delta? |
Anonymous
OP here -- who is blaming foster kids or homeless kids? Of course I am very concerned about my own kids, but people who are advocating for schools to remain closed or offer virtual options or whatever don't give an F about vulnerable black and brown kids. Don't believe it for one minute. Many kids in my child's class are in vulnerable situations, other just in less than ideal situations like spending the school day helping with their mom's at home day care or just never logging. Cleveland only had a handful of CARES spots that weren't offered to the general population. |
Anonymous
Facile argument much? So the choices are either zero risk or expose all kids to the Delta variant? Nothing in between, huh? |
Anonymous
| Middle and high school should fully reopen. I can see being very cautious and having a more responsive to circumstance plan in elementary through fall until kids can get the vaccine . I really don't want my child to catch even mild Covid. Nope |
Anonymous
| Teacher here who is wondering where all the federal pandemic funding went? Two of the most basic precautions we can take for unvaccinated elementary students are good quality masks and distanced, outdoors lunch. The former is easy - supply good quality masks. The second requires tents, tables and extra lunch duty, cafeteria/meal prep and janitorial staff. So far they seem to be leaving it to individual schools to figure out and I guarantee you the extra work/lunch duty coverage (when you can’t have several classes supervised by one teacher while others have their break) will burn out already-stressed faculty and staff. |
Anonymous
I have a lot of compassion for you, your kids, and mine. You misunderstand, or misrepresent for the sake of your point, how the plot has changed with respect to protecting children. The delta variant changed the plot. You make it sound like we are looking for excuses to disrupt normal life. That is not true. You sound like you're intentionally obscuring parts of the plot so you can pretend you can go back to an undisrupted normal life. That is not true either. |