11 schools going virtual for 14 days starting tomorrow, 1/5

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

No, MCPS is a mess. Other parts of the country have successfully (eg Florida) kept schools open throughout this pandemic.

I’m fine sending my kid to school and we are yellow. If you are concerned, you probably should try to sign up for Virtual. So many kids have already had Covid or have it now. Same with teachers.

School is important for kids.

Doesn’t Florida have a much bigger death rate though? Even if Covid was only spreading silently through the schools, the kids surely brought it home to their parents and grandparents.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

What kind of idiot thinks COVID is more of a threat to kids than mental illness resulting from nearly two YEARS of chronic stress?

Clueless people are ruining our kids. Not COVID.

NP.

I don't know. What kind of big brain genius thinks that 2-4 weeks of virtual will do more long-term damage on a population level than even "only" an extra 10% of kids getting COVID because schools all stayed in-person?

What kind of beautiful mind thinks that we wouldn't soon all be forced to go virtual from staffing shortages alone, no matter what the policy is?

What kind of galactic superintelligent being thinks that everyone getting COVID all at once will be less stressful to the mental health of kids than a few weeks of home instruction?

You can be as cute with the terms as you want, but I can't fathom how people still trust MCPS to return to in-person after two weeks only of virtual. Come on, people. I'm not even going to touch how cavalier you are about kids' mental health.

I can't fathom how they expect families to find childcare solutions in two-week increments. And two-week increments that can apparently start/stop midweek.

Everyone should have seen this coming and lined up other arrangements if you have two parents working outside the home. This is a bad as unprepared people panicking trying to find rapid tests on Christmas Eve rather than a month before.

Oh stop with your pedantic finger wagging. Not everyone is in a position to find that live in nanny or get a family member to watch their children. You are obtuse and obviously out of touch with the realities most families in this god forsaken country live and the challenges this poses to their families, financial security, and mental health.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

What kind of idiot thinks COVID is more of a threat to kids than mental illness resulting from nearly two YEARS of chronic stress?

Clueless people are ruining our kids. Not COVID.

NP.

I don't know. What kind of big brain genius thinks that 2-4 weeks of virtual will do more long-term damage on a population level than even "only" an extra 10% of kids getting COVID because schools all stayed in-person?

What kind of beautiful mind thinks that we wouldn't soon all be forced to go virtual from staffing shortages alone, no matter what the policy is?

What kind of galactic superintelligent being thinks that everyone getting COVID all at once will be less stressful to the mental health of kids than a few weeks of home instruction?

You can be as cute with the terms as you want, but I can't fathom how people still trust MCPS to return to in-person after two weeks only of virtual. Come on, people. I'm not even going to touch how cavalier you are about kids' mental health.

I can't fathom how they expect families to find childcare solutions in two-week increments. And two-week increments that can apparently start/stop midweek.

Everyone should have seen this coming and lined up other arrangements if you have two parents working outside the home. This is a bad as unprepared people panicking trying to find rapid tests on Christmas Eve rather than a month before.

This is the kind of dismissive post that makes your contribution irrelevant. There are no arrangements to be had. If you don't have family in the area, you have no options.

+1 And it’s beyond dismissive - it’s just ignorant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

No, MCPS is a mess. Other parts of the country have successfully (eg Florida) kept schools open throughout this pandemic.

I’m fine sending my kid to school and we are yellow. If you are concerned, you probably should try to sign up for Virtual. So many kids have already had Covid or have it now. Same with teachers.

School is important for kids.

I don't want to be competing with Florida, frankly. There's a no-win game if ever there was one!

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

What kind of idiot thinks COVID is more of a threat to kids than mental illness resulting from nearly two YEARS of chronic stress?

Clueless people are ruining our kids. Not COVID.

NP.

I don't know. What kind of big brain genius thinks that 2-4 weeks of virtual will do more long-term damage on a population level than even "only" an extra 10% of kids getting COVID because schools all stayed in-person?

What kind of beautiful mind thinks that we wouldn't soon all be forced to go virtual from staffing shortages alone, no matter what the policy is?

What kind of galactic superintelligent being thinks that everyone getting COVID all at once will be less stressful to the mental health of kids than a few weeks of home instruction?

You can be as cute with the terms as you want, but I can't fathom how people still trust MCPS to return to in-person after two weeks only of virtual. Come on, people. I'm not even going to touch how cavalier you are about kids' mental health.

I can't fathom how they expect families to find childcare solutions in two-week increments. And two-week increments that can apparently start/stop midweek.

Everyone should have seen this coming and lined up other arrangements if you have two parents working outside the home. This is a bad as unprepared people panicking trying to find rapid tests on Christmas Eve rather than a month before.

This is the kind of dismissive post that makes your contribution irrelevant. There are no arrangements to be had. If you don't have family in the area, you have no options.

Hopefully you realize that the PP you responded to directly may not have been (and in fact, was not) the PP who responded with the "big brain genius" post.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

What kind of idiot thinks COVID is more of a threat to kids than mental illness resulting from nearly two YEARS of chronic stress?

Clueless people are ruining our kids. Not COVID.

NP.

I don't know. What kind of big brain genius thinks that 2-4 weeks of virtual will do more long-term damage on a population level than even "only" an extra 10% of kids getting COVID because schools all stayed in-person?

What kind of beautiful mind thinks that we wouldn't soon all be forced to go virtual from staffing shortages alone, no matter what the policy is?

What kind of galactic superintelligent being thinks that everyone getting COVID all at once will be less stressful to the mental health of kids than a few weeks of home instruction?

You can be as cute with the terms as you want, but I can't fathom how people still trust MCPS to return to in-person after two weeks only of virtual. Come on, people. I'm not even going to touch how cavalier you are about kids' mental health.

I can't fathom how they expect families to find childcare solutions in two-week increments. And two-week increments that can apparently start/stop midweek.

Everyone should have seen this coming and lined up other arrangements if you have two parents working outside the home. This is a bad as unprepared people panicking trying to find rapid tests on Christmas Eve rather than a month before.

This is the kind of dismissive post that makes your contribution irrelevant. There are no arrangements to be had. If you don't have family in the area, you have no options.

You can have family in the area and still have no options. My mom has a blood cancer that means COVID could easily kill her, triple-Moderna doses and all. And my dad is too cognitively impaired to watch the kids.

But, yeah, PP's post is like verbal diarrhea at this point. There are no arrangements, other than those in their mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS failing your kids, again. Your kids are going to be years behind private school kids and kids from other states.

Eh. I don’t think so.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS failing your kids, again. Your kids are going to be years behind private school kids and kids from other states.

Eh. I don’t think so.

It’s a fact.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

What kind of idiot thinks COVID is more of a threat to kids than mental illness resulting from nearly two YEARS of chronic stress?

Clueless people are ruining our kids. Not COVID.

NP.

I don't know. What kind of big brain genius thinks that 2-4 weeks of virtual will do more long-term damage on a population level than even "only" an extra 10% of kids getting COVID because schools all stayed in-person?

What kind of beautiful mind thinks that we wouldn't soon all be forced to go virtual from staffing shortages alone, no matter what the policy is?

What kind of galactic superintelligent being thinks that everyone getting COVID all at once will be less stressful to the mental health of kids than a few weeks of home instruction?

You can be as cute with the terms as you want, but I can't fathom how people still trust MCPS to return to in-person after two weeks only of virtual. Come on, people. I'm not even going to touch how cavalier you are about kids' mental health.

I can't fathom how they expect families to find childcare solutions in two-week increments. And two-week increments that can apparently start/stop midweek.

The after care programs will operate in the closed schools (thank goodness). Let that sink in. We will once again be paying $1200 a month for the privilege of setting foot in a public school building

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS failing your kids, again. Your kids are going to be years behind private school kids and kids from other states.

Eh. I don’t think so.

DP, and some kids will, for sure. As I've posted before, I'm more worried about their overall development than specific academic outcomes, although those matter more than many "liberals" want to admit.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

What kind of idiot thinks COVID is more of a threat to kids than mental illness resulting from nearly two YEARS of chronic stress?

Clueless people are ruining our kids. Not COVID.

NP.

I don't know. What kind of big brain genius thinks that 2-4 weeks of virtual will do more long-term damage on a population level than even "only" an extra 10% of kids getting COVID because schools all stayed in-person?

What kind of beautiful mind thinks that we wouldn't soon all be forced to go virtual from staffing shortages alone, no matter what the policy is?

What kind of galactic superintelligent being thinks that everyone getting COVID all at once will be less stressful to the mental health of kids than a few weeks of home instruction?

You can be as cute with the terms as you want, but I can't fathom how people still trust MCPS to return to in-person after two weeks only of virtual. Come on, people. I'm not even going to touch how cavalier you are about kids' mental health.

I'm the PP who posted those "cute terms" (and would never blame families for lack of childcare, nor am I cavalier about mental health-- though it's true that I care less about it in a temporary situation with serious competing risks).

And I can't fathom how people think that if only MCPS vowed never to utilize virtual instruction, we'd be just fine.

You are setting up a world in which, if MCPS pivots to virtual for any reason, they will "not be trusted" to return for months or years. Thus, if they want to keep your "trust" they should only pivot to virtual, when? Never? At 50% positivity? Or would it be acceptable to do so when there literally are not enough staff available to keep the school running safely-- which is not a metric we are far from meeting?

The thing is, even if you say there were an acceptable time in your eyes, I don't "trust" that you would not move the goalposts if we reached them.

That's largely what's already happened. A couple of weeks ago, most pro-in-person folks seemed to think the 5% metric was reasonable enough. At least acceptable. Not all pro-in-person folks, but seemingly most.

Now all that has changed is that we're meeting or exceeding that same metric, and now it's unreasonable.

Literally no way to win.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

No, MCPS is a mess. Other parts of the country have successfully (eg Florida) kept schools open throughout this pandemic.

I’m fine sending my kid to school and we are yellow. If you are concerned, you probably should try to sign up for Virtual. So many kids have already had Covid or have it now. Same with teachers.

School is important for kids.

Doesn’t Florida have a much bigger death rate though? Even if Covid was only spreading silently through the schools, the kids surely brought it home to their parents and grandparents.

um yeah. we have friends in miami dade and its a shit show. Lots of multigenerational families and elders getting very very sick.

[Anonymous]

What I don't understand is if it's 14 calendar days why couldn't today count as day 1? Would make sense so kids are back sooner than later in their schools.

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Anonymous wrote:What I don't understand is if it's 14 calendar days why couldn't today count as day 1? Would make sense so kids are back sooner than later in their schools.

You ask an interesting question. The reality is that red schools should be getting daily updates as to what number day they're actually on. Any day there's a 14-day incidence of 5%, you're technically on day 0 or 1 again.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve heard it is going to be ALL. Not yet announced.

Yup seems like that’s what the plan is.. no way the red schools will be yellow or green after 14 days. If anything the yellow and green will be red soon. Its all virtual for everyone. MCPS ruins another year of learning for our kids. Especially the younger elementary and special needs students.

What kind of looney tune wants to send a kid into a school with that much COVID? Weirdo. COVID is ruining things, not MCPS.

What kind of idiot thinks COVID is more of a threat to kids than mental illness resulting from nearly two YEARS of chronic stress?

Clueless people are ruining our kids. Not COVID.

NP.

I don't know. What kind of big brain genius thinks that 2-4 weeks of virtual will do more long-term damage on a population level than even "only" an extra 10% of kids getting COVID because schools all stayed in-person?

What kind of beautiful mind thinks that we wouldn't soon all be forced to go virtual from staffing shortages alone, no matter what the policy is?

What kind of galactic superintelligent being thinks that everyone getting COVID all at once will be less stressful to the mental health of kids than a few weeks of home instruction?

You can be as cute with the terms as you want, but I can't fathom how people still trust MCPS to return to in-person after two weeks only of virtual. Come on, people. I'm not even going to touch how cavalier you are about kids' mental health.

I can't fathom how they expect families to find childcare solutions in two-week increments. And two-week increments that can apparently start/stop midweek.

The after care programs will operate in the closed schools (thank goodness). Let that sink in. We will once again be paying $1200 a month for the privilege of setting foot in a public school building

Well, no. $1,200 a month for the privilege of having someone care for you kid.