Any rumors on when Hogan is going to make an announcement?

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Anonymous wrote:What did Salmon say about A/B days or alternate weeks?

She said the MD Together Recovery Plan outlines ideas and suggestions that systems can use to recover...and cited those as examples of things that could be considered. She clarified that there are no mandates in that document.

Thank you. Was that as Phase 2 or for the fall?

She didn't specify but did say that "full return" could not be until Phase 3...Phase 2 could include small groups of students with social distancing in place (like for small group instruction for students with disabilities)

Well since we are miraculously at phase 1 next week I’m pretty sure they’ll be back in school in the fall.

You are pretty wrong. Phase 3 is vaccine or effective treatment. Not anytime soon.

No it’s not.
Schools are 100% open in the fall.

Read the Plan. Read the words. Read.

I have. Are you saying that Hogan says kids are not going back to school until there’s a vaccine? Because thats 100% false. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Then you didn't read. Try again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What did Salmon say about A/B days or alternate weeks?

She said the MD Together Recovery Plan outlines ideas and suggestions that systems can use to recover...and cited those as examples of things that could be considered. She clarified that there are no mandates in that document.

Thank you. Was that as Phase 2 or for the fall?

She didn't specify but did say that "full return" could not be until Phase 3...Phase 2 could include small groups of students with social distancing in place (like for small group instruction for students with disabilities)

Well since we are miraculously at phase 1 next week I’m pretty sure they’ll be back in school in the fall.

You are pretty wrong. Phase 3 is vaccine or effective treatment. Not anytime soon.

No it’s not.
Schools are 100% open in the fall.

Read the Plan. Read the words. Read.

I have. Are you saying that Hogan says kids are not going back to school until there’s a vaccine? Because thats 100% false. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Then you didn't read. Try again.

NP: Kids will go back to school during Phase II, presumably in the Fall but it will look different than normal (e.g, scheduling, number of students, etc.). Kids will not return to school under normal conditions until Phase III. See: https://patch.com/maryland/baltimore/maryland-schools-close-rest-spring.

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Anonymous wrote:What did Salmon say about A/B days or alternate weeks?

She said the MD Together Recovery Plan outlines ideas and suggestions that systems can use to recover...and cited those as examples of things that could be considered. She clarified that there are no mandates in that document.

Thank you. Was that as Phase 2 or for the fall?

She didn't specify but did say that "full return" could not be until Phase 3...Phase 2 could include small groups of students with social distancing in place (like for small group instruction for students with disabilities)

Well since we are miraculously at phase 1 next week I’m pretty sure they’ll be back in school in the fall.

You are pretty wrong. Phase 3 is vaccine or effective treatment. Not anytime soon.

No it’s not.
Schools are 100% open in the fall.

Read the Plan. Read the words. Read.

I have. Are you saying that Hogan says kids are not going back to school until there’s a vaccine? Because thats 100% false. Sorry to burst your bubble.

If you listened to the Superintendent of Schools today - the school boards are going to be given extraordinary latitude to fashion educational responses in Phase II - it's not going to be anything like what we had prior to covid - she talked about going to school on alternate days or weeks - smaller class sizes with no movement between classrooms, still some distance learning, etc. etc. Give up on the fantasy that this will all be over by August. We are in this for the long haul, and fortunately, we have some smart, dedicated people who are going to try to put systems in place to handle this. That said, as smart,dedicated parents, it is incumbent on all of us for our children to figure out what we want for our individual children - and start putting in place that scaffolding now - Do you want your high schooler to enroll in college classes online (because they may be able to - and it would be challenging) - Do you want to engage a tutor for your ES or MS'er to supplement what will likely be less than ideal educational programming from the county? What would an ideal learning plan look like for your child? What does your child need? You have time to figure that out, and leaving it up to the County to 100% figure it out is not fair to them or to your kids.

Yes to all of this.

Parents need to figure out what they want/need to do. This is not going to fix itself anytime soon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What did Salmon say about A/B days or alternate weeks?

She said the MD Together Recovery Plan outlines ideas and suggestions that systems can use to recover...and cited those as examples of things that could be considered. She clarified that there are no mandates in that document.

Thank you. Was that as Phase 2 or for the fall?

She didn't specify but did say that "full return" could not be until Phase 3...Phase 2 could include small groups of students with social distancing in place (like for small group instruction for students with disabilities)

Well since we are miraculously at phase 1 next week I’m pretty sure they’ll be back in school in the fall.

You are pretty wrong. Phase 3 is vaccine or effective treatment. Not anytime soon.

No it’s not.
Schools are 100% open in the fall.

Read the Plan. Read the words. Read.

I have. Are you saying that Hogan says kids are not going back to school until there’s a vaccine? Because thats 100% false. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Then you didn't read. Try again.

NP: Kids will go back to school during Phase II, presumably in the Fall but it will look different than normal (e.g, scheduling, number of students, etc.). Kids will not return to school under normal conditions until Phase III. See: https://patch.com/maryland/baltimore/maryland-schools-close-rest-spring.

Some kids may go back to school during Phase II. Unless you are Jack, you can't make that statement.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What did Salmon say about A/B days or alternate weeks?

She said the MD Together Recovery Plan outlines ideas and suggestions that systems can use to recover...and cited those as examples of things that could be considered. She clarified that there are no mandates in that document.

Thank you. Was that as Phase 2 or for the fall?

She didn't specify but did say that "full return" could not be until Phase 3...Phase 2 could include small groups of students with social distancing in place (like for small group instruction for students with disabilities)

Well since we are miraculously at phase 1 next week I’m pretty sure they’ll be back in school in the fall.

You are pretty wrong. Phase 3 is vaccine or effective treatment. Not anytime soon.

No it’s not.
Schools are 100% open in the fall.

Read the Plan. Read the words. Read.

I have. Are you saying that Hogan says kids are not going back to school until there’s a vaccine? Because thats 100% false. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Then you didn't read. Try again.

NP: Kids will go back to school during Phase II, presumably in the Fall but it will look different than normal (e.g, scheduling, number of students, etc.). Kids will not return to school under normal conditions until Phase III. See: https://patch.com/maryland/baltimore/maryland-schools-close-rest-spring.

Some kids may go back to school during Phase II. Unless you are Jack, you can't make that statement.

Clearly you can't read because that is what I wrote. See bolded text.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What did Salmon say about A/B days or alternate weeks?

She said the MD Together Recovery Plan outlines ideas and suggestions that systems can use to recover...and cited those as examples of things that could be considered. She clarified that there are no mandates in that document.

Thank you. Was that as Phase 2 or for the fall?

She didn't specify but did say that "full return" could not be until Phase 3...Phase 2 could include small groups of students with social distancing in place (like for small group instruction for students with disabilities)

Well since we are miraculously at phase 1 next week I’m pretty sure they’ll be back in school in the fall.

You are pretty wrong. Phase 3 is vaccine or effective treatment. Not anytime soon.

No it’s not.
Schools are 100% open in the fall.

Read the Plan. Read the words. Read.

I have. Are you saying that Hogan says kids are not going back to school until there’s a vaccine? Because thats 100% false. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Then you didn't read. Try again.

NP: Kids will go back to school during Phase II, presumably in the Fall but it will look different than normal (e.g, scheduling, number of students, etc.). Kids will not return to school under normal conditions until Phase III. See: https://patch.com/maryland/baltimore/maryland-schools-close-rest-spring.

Some kids may go back to school during Phase II. Unless you are Jack, you can't make that statement.

Did you read the linked article??

[Anonymous]

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If you listened to the Superintendent of Schools today - the school boards are going to be given extraordinary latitude to fashion educational responses in Phase II - it's not going to be anything like what we had prior to covid - she talked about going to school on alternate days or weeks - smaller class sizes with no movement between classrooms, still some distance learning, etc. etc. Give up on the fantasy that this will all be over by August. We are in this for the long haul, and fortunately, we have some smart, dedicated people who are going to try to put systems in place to handle this. That said, as smart,dedicated parents, it is incumbent on all of us for our children to figure out what we want for our individual children - and start putting in place that scaffolding now - Do you want your high schooler to enroll in college classes online (because they may be able to - and it would be challenging) - Do you want to engage a tutor for your ES or MS'er to supplement what will likely be less than ideal educational programming from the county? What would an ideal learning plan look like for your child? What does your child need? You have time to figure that out, and leaving it up to the County to 100% figure it out is not fair to them or to your kids.

I do not think that this will all be over by August.

I do think that the schools must open in August. It's not about what I, as an individual parent, will do for my individual children. It's that the public school system needs to be open. Schools are a higher priority than tourism, or plastic surgery, or haircuts.

[Anonymous]

I believe that Hogan and his advisors realize that schools must be open in order for businesses to re-open and bring people back to work. Can't have one without the other.

[Anonymous]

Doubling down on PPs question - how will working parents handle “alternating days/weeks” with PK-2 crowd?

My incoming K can’t be left home alone when I’m forced to go back to my office in the Fall.

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Anonymous wrote:Doubling down on PPs question - how will working parents handle “alternating days/weeks” with PK-2 crowd?

My incoming K can’t be left home alone when I’m forced to go back to my office in the Fall.

Presumably you will figure out a routine over the summer when your kid won’t have camp and you will likely have to be back in the office. One option would be HS kids who also would have alternative days may be looking for work.

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Anonymous wrote:Doubling down on PPs question - how will working parents handle “alternating days/weeks” with PK-2 crowd?

My incoming K can’t be left home alone when I’m forced to go back to my office in the Fall.

Presumably you will figure out a routine over the summer when your kid won’t have camp and you will likely have to be back in the office. One option would be HS kids who also would have alternative days may be looking for work.

So we can't re-open schools, but we can have high school kids running around providing child care to elementary school kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Doubling down on PPs question - how will working parents handle “alternating days/weeks” with PK-2 crowd?

My incoming K can’t be left home alone when I’m forced to go back to my office in the Fall.

I think this is very unlikely to happen

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Anonymous wrote:Doubling down on PPs question - how will working parents handle “alternating days/weeks” with PK-2 crowd?

My incoming K can’t be left home alone when I’m forced to go back to my office in the Fall.

Presumably you will figure out a routine over the summer when your kid won’t have camp and you will likely have to be back in the office. One option would be HS kids who also would have alternative days may be looking for work.

So we can't re-open schools, but we can have high school kids running around providing child care to elementary school kids?

Yes. Don’t you see a difference between having hundreds of kids together v just a few?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Doubling down on PPs question - how will working parents handle “alternating days/weeks” with PK-2 crowd?

My incoming K can’t be left home alone when I’m forced to go back to my office in the Fall.

Presumably you will figure out a routine over the summer when your kid won’t have camp and you will likely have to be back in the office. One option would be HS kids who also would have alternative days may be looking for work.

So we can't re-open schools, but we can have high school kids running around providing child care to elementary school kids?

Yes. Don’t you see a difference between having hundreds of kids together v just a few?

You know all that stuff they've been telling us, about how staying at home is useless if you do something like set up a playdate with a neighbor's kid? I guess it's not true?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Doubling down on PPs question - how will working parents handle “alternating days/weeks” with PK-2 crowd?

My incoming K can’t be left home alone when I’m forced to go back to my office in the Fall.

Presumably you will figure out a routine over the summer when your kid won’t have camp and you will likely have to be back in the office. One option would be HS kids who also would have alternative days may be looking for work.

So we can't re-open schools, but we can have high school kids running around providing child care to elementary school kids?

Yes. Don’t you see a difference between having hundreds of kids together v just a few?

You know all that stuff they've been telling us, about how staying at home is useless if you do something like set up a playdate with a neighbor's kid? I guess it's not true?

We are currently in that phase. As we start to reopen, more things will be allowed, although not everything.

For example, small groups to allow parents to work might be ok, but hundreds of people together won’t be.

We won’t be fully locked down forever and the reopening will be phased.