I’m getting nervous about school because of delta

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Anonymous wrote:I was looking forward to sending my kid in -person. Now, I am hoping they will delay or give virtual option for ES unvaccinated kids.

Agree. Lunch in the cafeteria with 200+ unvaccinated little kids is NOT safe, and it's unbelievable that schools haven't come up with alternative plans: lunch outside? lunch in the classroom with a volunteer monitor? I didn't trust the school to keep the kids safe before (700 kids + a highly contagious virus), and now I *really* don't.

I would LOVE it if they would delay opening (August 23 is absurdly early anyway) until delta has subsided ("two more weeks"? ) or offer virtual temporarily.

+1

+2 for ES delay.
MS and HS with vaccinated kids should open on time.

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No way in hell do I want more delays. Our kids have paid a heavy price during this pandemic. If you're that concerned about your child, pull them out. You can homeschool or sign up for Virtual Virginia.

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Does FCPS allow.mid year switch from homeschool back to public? If they maintain status quo, considering pulling them out of in person until vaccinated.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the point of masks for most of the day when all the kids are in one big lunchroom with their masks off eating for 20 minutes? Everyone eating in one room makes the school a single cohort, not a classroom.

+100

In the spring, the kids ate in their classrooms. Why can't they do that again?

+1. I grew up in elementary schools with no cafeteria. We always ate in the classroom.
If teachers want to avoid virtual or concurrent learning, they may have to compromise and have lunch in the classroom.

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Anonymous wrote:Does FCPS allow.mid year switch from homeschool back to public? If they maintain status quo, considering pulling them out of in person until vaccinated.

I don’t know if they can’t allow it but if a significant number of families try this it will burden the system. They have to add tons of new kids into existing classes all year because families changed their minds?

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Anonymous wrote:Does FCPS allow.mid year switch from homeschool back to public? If they maintain status quo, considering pulling them out of in person until vaccinated.

I don’t know if they can’t allow it but if a significant number of families try this it will burden the system. They have to add tons of new kids into existing classes all year because families changed their minds?

Well, it's not like families without documented medical reasons were ever given a virtual option to begin with, so I'm not sure what they'd be changing their minds from. Then there's the Delta and rising trend in DMV. Without some kind of virtual option for ES kids, looks like homeschool to start the year and enrolling mid year would be the only option for parents who would like their ES kids fully vaccinated before in person leaning.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does FCPS allow.mid year switch from homeschool back to public? If they maintain status quo, considering pulling them out of in person until vaccinated.

I don’t know if they can’t allow it but if a significant number of families try this it will burden the system. They have to add tons of new kids into existing classes all year because families changed their minds?

Well, it's not like families without documented medical reasons were ever given a virtual option to begin with, so I'm not sure what they'd be changing their minds from. Then there's the Delta and rising trend in DMV. Without some kind of virtual option for ES kids, looks like homeschool to start the year and enrolling mid year would be the only option for parents who would like their ES kids fully vaccinated before in person leaning.

Doubtful. Very few families are truly capable of homeschooling, especially dual working families. That’s why they want or need a virtual option, they know they can’t do it themselves. Lacking that option, most are going to send their kids in rather than attempt homeschool on the fly.

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Anonymous wrote:No way in hell do I want more delays. Our kids have paid a heavy price during this pandemic. If you're that concerned about your child, pull them out. You can homeschool or sign up for Virtual Virginia.

Sounds like Florida might be a better fit for you.

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Anonymous wrote:No way in hell do I want more delays. Our kids have paid a heavy price during this pandemic. If you're that concerned about your child, pull them out. You can homeschool or sign up for Virtual Virginia.

Sounds like Florida might be a better fit for you.

You realize you might actually be in the minority here? Distance learning was an unmitigated disaster last year for young kids, especially poor and underprivileged. Closing again is not an option. But sure tell people to go to Florida while you sit in your super privileged life

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way in hell do I want more delays. Our kids have paid a heavy price during this pandemic. If you're that concerned about your child, pull them out. You can homeschool or sign up for Virtual Virginia.

Sounds like Florida might be a better fit for you.

You realize you might actually be in the minority here? Distance learning was an unmitigated disaster last year for young kids, especially poor and underprivileged. Closing again is not an option. But sure tell people to go to Florida while you sit in your super privileged life

I don’t see anything about closing in that post, but some of y’all clearly agree with the FL Gov that mask mandates should equal defunding. So talk to us some more about privilege, please.

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What is happening in LA

https://twitter.com/davidbegnaud/status/1424562691021053953?s=21

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way in hell do I want more delays. Our kids have paid a heavy price during this pandemic. If you're that concerned about your child, pull them out. You can homeschool or sign up for Virtual Virginia.

Sounds like Florida might be a better fit for you.

You realize you might actually be in the minority here? Distance learning was an unmitigated disaster last year for young kids, especially poor and underprivileged. Closing again is not an option. But sure tell people to go to Florida while you sit in your super privileged life

I don’t see anything about closing in that post, but some of y’all clearly agree with the FL Gov that mask mandates should equal defunding. So talk to us some more about privilege, please.

? The PP said nothing about masks.

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Today’s Post story about schools that have opened in the south is not promising. There are already outbreaks and temporary return to virtual instruction.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/schools-start-in-person-pandemic-masks/2021/08/09/29e7fb6c-f8b4-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html

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Anonymous wrote:What is happening in LA

https://twitter.com/davidbegnaud/status/1424562691021053953?s=21

A propensity of unvaccinated adults means their unvaccinated kids are at immense risk. This isn’t hard to understand. Same reason there’s so many hospitalized kids in Florida. Vaccinated adults are kids only line of defense right now and these states do not have numbers of vaccinated adults.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way in hell do I want more delays. Our kids have paid a heavy price during this pandemic. If you're that concerned about your child, pull them out. You can homeschool or sign up for Virtual Virginia.

Sounds like Florida might be a better fit for you.

You realize you might actually be in the minority here? Distance learning was an unmitigated disaster last year for young kids, especially poor and underprivileged. Closing again is not an option. But sure tell people to go to Florida while you sit in your super privileged life

I don’t see anything about closing in that post, but some of y’all clearly agree with the FL Gov that mask mandates should equal defunding. So talk to us some more about privilege, please.

? The PP said nothing about masks.

The Florida dig was a big swing and a miss. PP, just accept the 'L'.