APS - how do you feel about no distancing in the fall?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not real happy about no distancing in the fall and I am wondering what this is really going to look like.

Are kids really going to be eating right next to each other in cafeterias? 11 and under won't be vaccinated. One of my kids is in this group.

My other is old enough to hopefully get it this summer. But I'm seeing all these parents who don't seem that concerned about Covid. Will they get their kids vaccinated?

It looks like APS listened to the loud parents demanding full time school and is catering to them. Meanwhile I want in person school but I want safer distanced hybrid over unsafe full time.

lucky for you, nobody will force you to send your kids back full-time.. Fully remote learning remains an option. Sounds like the right path for your family.

This is what I’m talking about. I keep hearing this from the open up people and I’m tired of it. People with reasonable safety concerns should not have to stay home forever because some of you don’t care.

So what would satisfy your “reasonable safety concerns”? Honestly asking.

Not the PP, but she said what would satisfy her. Less kids in the building and they don't all go to school every day.

In other words, she wants to take away education from other students who are already falling behind to satisfy her own sense of FOMO if she chooses virtual instead.

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Anonymous wrote:Hope they will find a way to offer outdoor lunch options. Particularly for middle and high school. Otherwise fine with it. Not choosing virtual. But will advocate this summer for outdoor lunch options at my kids schools

me too! Did you see the petition SW posted on AEM this week?

Yes, it's a petition that's been around for a bit, but some on this site said they wouldn't sign it because of who created it, even though they agreed with the intent.

I won't sign it - trying not to distract from getting kids back 5-days.. I support outdoor lunch but refuse to sign a petition that this takes priority over in-person learning.

It doesn't say that. You're just looking for an excuse to not support safety.

This is pretty typical for APE unfortunately. "I would support that but..... "

[translation: I don't support it but I'm looking for an out so I don't have to say it out loud]

I’m a different poster and I am not signing it because I think it’s dumb. They should eat outside and be outside when they can. Open windows and doors if they can. Each building and principal can make a good faith effort towards that goal. However I don’t want APS bending over backwards to appease the most anxious parents. Any time and money spent measuring picnic tables is time they aren’t working on full time 5 day school. What about extended day? What about contact tracing and random testing? What about remedial services for kids who need the most help? This push for perfection on lunch is a distraction orchestrated by anxious parents who haven’t left their house in a year and are grasping at straws. No plan will be good enough for this very vocal minority.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hope they will find a way to offer outdoor lunch options. Particularly for middle and high school. Otherwise fine with it. Not choosing virtual. But will advocate this summer for outdoor lunch options at my kids schools

me too! Did you see the petition SW posted on AEM this week?

Yes, it's a petition that's been around for a bit, but some on this site said they wouldn't sign it because of who created it, even though they agreed with the intent.

I won't sign it - trying not to distract from getting kids back 5-days.. I support outdoor lunch but refuse to sign a petition that this takes priority over in-person learning.

It doesn't say that. You're just looking for an excuse to not support safety.

This is pretty typical for APE unfortunately. "I would support that but..... "

[translation: I don't support it but I'm looking for an out so I don't have to say it out loud]

I’m a different poster and I am not signing it because I think it’s dumb. They should eat outside and be outside when they can. Open windows and doors if they can. Each building and principal can make a good faith effort towards that goal. However I don’t want APS bending over backwards to appease the most anxious parents. Any time and money spent measuring picnic tables is time they aren’t working on full time 5 day school. What about extended day? What about contact tracing and random testing? What about remedial services for kids who need the most help? This push for perfection on lunch is a distraction orchestrated by anxious parents who haven’t left their house in a year and are grasping at straws. No plan will be good enough for this very vocal minority.

THIS!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not real happy about no distancing in the fall and I am wondering what this is really going to look like.

Are kids really going to be eating right next to each other in cafeterias? 11 and under won't be vaccinated. One of my kids is in this group.

My other is old enough to hopefully get it this summer. But I'm seeing all these parents who don't seem that concerned about Covid. Will they get their kids vaccinated?

It looks like APS listened to the loud parents demanding full time school and is catering to them. Meanwhile I want in person school but I want safer distanced hybrid over unsafe full time.

lucky for you, nobody will force you to send your kids back full-time.. Fully remote learning remains an option. Sounds like the right path for your family.

This is what I’m talking about. I keep hearing this from the open up people and I’m tired of it. People with reasonable safety concerns should not have to stay home forever because some of you don’t care.

It’s not that we don’t care. Can you grasp that?

My position is this is a challenging situation logistically and the schools will do everything they can and we will make the best of it because getting them back is really important. Do you really think no one is working on these things in APS? I work in another local school district and they are up to their goddamn eyeballs trying to solve these issues every day and sincerely doing the best they can. Will it be a risk feee environment? No.

If what the schools are able to provide will not work for you, choose something else. That is a reasonable statement.

+1. And hybrid is not an option. It's just not. I am actually fine with how APS has handled it so far. I wasn't on either the keep schools closed forever team or the open schools now team. I think APS has done well with a very challenging situation. But enough. No more hybrid next year. The risk benefit is just not there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe ok in the classroom, but not good at all for lunch and buses.

Why? 3ft vs 6ft vs 60ft indoors make no difference. If kids are eating 6ft apart, it’s not like the air won’t go across the room.

By fall, rates will be much lower. I am not even a tiny bit worried.

Distancing doesn’t matter for the hours and hours in enclosed rooms with lame masks.

+1 I am very worried that this is a death sentence for many because of the duration and proximity.

Ok drama queen. Bring it down a notch.

You can always keep your kids home for a robust DL education

She is absolutely right. Unvaccinated kids who are not socially distanced in closed rooms for 7 hours a day is a recipe for disaster. Kids are going to get sick and kids will die. Come back here when that is happening and try calling me a drama queen, too. Just because you're willfully ignorant doesn't mean the rest of us are as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe ok in the classroom, but not good at all for lunch and buses.

Why? 3ft vs 6ft vs 60ft indoors make no difference. If kids are eating 6ft apart, it’s not like the air won’t go across the room.

By fall, rates will be much lower. I am not even a tiny bit worried.

Distancing doesn’t matter for the hours and hours in enclosed rooms with lame masks.

+1 I am very worried that this is a death sentence for many because of the duration and proximity.

Ok drama queen. Bring it down a notch.

You can always keep your kids home for a robust DL education

She is absolutely right. Unvaccinated kids who are not socially distanced in closed rooms for 7 hours a day is a recipe for disaster. Kids are going to get sick and kids will die. Come back here when that is happening and try calling me a drama queen, too. Just because you're willfully ignorant doesn't mean the rest of us are as well.

Xanax is your friend. Simmer down. Show me the droves of kids who have died in schools that are open.

You need some help for your severe anxiety

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe ok in the classroom, but not good at all for lunch and buses.

Why? 3ft vs 6ft vs 60ft indoors make no difference. If kids are eating 6ft apart, it’s not like the air won’t go across the room.

By fall, rates will be much lower. I am not even a tiny bit worried.

Distancing doesn’t matter for the hours and hours in enclosed rooms with lame masks.

+1 I am very worried that this is a death sentence for many because of the duration and proximity.

Ok drama queen. Bring it down a notch.

You can always keep your kids home for a robust DL education

She is absolutely right. Unvaccinated kids who are not socially distanced in closed rooms for 7 hours a day is a recipe for disaster. Kids are going to get sick and kids will die. Come back here when that is happening and try calling me a drama queen, too. Just because you're willfully ignorant doesn't mean the rest of us are as well.

You do realize that many of us have had kids, not distanced, in enclosed classrooms all year at private schools and preschools.
Please tell me of the verified disasters and dead children from school exposure.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe ok in the classroom, but not good at all for lunch and buses.

Why? 3ft vs 6ft vs 60ft indoors make no difference. If kids are eating 6ft apart, it’s not like the air won’t go across the room.

By fall, rates will be much lower. I am not even a tiny bit worried.

Distancing doesn’t matter for the hours and hours in enclosed rooms with lame masks.

+1 I am very worried that this is a death sentence for many because of the duration and proximity.

Ok drama queen. Bring it down a notch.

You can always keep your kids home for a robust DL education

She is absolutely right. Unvaccinated kids who are not socially distanced in closed rooms for 7 hours a day is a recipe for disaster. Kids are going to get sick and kids will die. Come back here when that is happening and try calling me a drama queen, too. Just because you're willfully ignorant doesn't mean the rest of us are as well.

This is completely disconnected from reality. I’m sorry, we can’t wait for you to be comfortable because you are insane.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hope they will find a way to offer outdoor lunch options. Particularly for middle and high school. Otherwise fine with it. Not choosing virtual. But will advocate this summer for outdoor lunch options at my kids schools

me too! Did you see the petition SW posted on AEM this week?

Yes, it's a petition that's been around for a bit, but some on this site said they wouldn't sign it because of who created it, even though they agreed with the intent.

I won't sign it - trying not to distract from getting kids back 5-days.. I support outdoor lunch but refuse to sign a petition that this takes priority over in-person learning.

It doesn't say that. You're just looking for an excuse to not support safety.

This is pretty typical for APE unfortunately. "I would support that but..... "

[translation: I don't support it but I'm looking for an out so I don't have to say it out loud]

I’m a different poster and I am not signing it because I think it’s dumb. They should eat outside and be outside when they can. Open windows and doors if they can. Each building and principal can make a good faith effort towards that goal. However I don’t want APS bending over backwards to appease the most anxious parents. Any time and money spent measuring picnic tables is time they aren’t working on full time 5 day school. What about extended day? What about contact tracing and random testing? What about remedial services for kids who need the most help? This push for perfection on lunch is a distraction orchestrated by anxious parents who haven’t left their house in a year and are grasping at straws. No plan will be good enough for this very vocal minority.

THIS!!!!!!

You do realize that the plan for next year is to put them back in full capacity cafeterias? Or are you that out of touch?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hope they will find a way to offer outdoor lunch options. Particularly for middle and high school. Otherwise fine with it. Not choosing virtual. But will advocate this summer for outdoor lunch options at my kids schools

me too! Did you see the petition SW posted on AEM this week?

Yes, it's a petition that's been around for a bit, but some on this site said they wouldn't sign it because of who created it, even though they agreed with the intent.

I won't sign it - trying not to distract from getting kids back 5-days.. I support outdoor lunch but refuse to sign a petition that this takes priority over in-person learning.

It doesn't say that. You're just looking for an excuse to not support safety.

This is pretty typical for APE unfortunately. "I would support that but..... "

[translation: I don't support it but I'm looking for an out so I don't have to say it out loud]

I’m a different poster and I am not signing it because I think it’s dumb. They should eat outside and be outside when they can. Open windows and doors if they can. Each building and principal can make a good faith effort towards that goal. However I don’t want APS bending over backwards to appease the most anxious parents. Any time and money spent measuring picnic tables is time they aren’t working on full time 5 day school. What about extended day? What about contact tracing and random testing? What about remedial services for kids who need the most help? This push for perfection on lunch is a distraction orchestrated by anxious parents who haven’t left their house in a year and are grasping at straws. No plan will be good enough for this very vocal minority.

THIS!!!!!!

You do realize that the plan for next year is to put them back in full capacity cafeterias? Or are you that out of touch?

I fully realize that. And my kids have been in private school / daycare settings all year with no in-school transmission and very few cases over all. I am totally comfortable with this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hope they will find a way to offer outdoor lunch options. Particularly for middle and high school. Otherwise fine with it. Not choosing virtual. But will advocate this summer for outdoor lunch options at my kids schools

me too! Did you see the petition SW posted on AEM this week?

Yes, it's a petition that's been around for a bit, but some on this site said they wouldn't sign it because of who created it, even though they agreed with the intent.

I won't sign it - trying not to distract from getting kids back 5-days.. I support outdoor lunch but refuse to sign a petition that this takes priority over in-person learning.

It doesn't say that. You're just looking for an excuse to not support safety.

This is pretty typical for APE unfortunately. "I would support that but..... "

[translation: I don't support it but I'm looking for an out so I don't have to say it out loud]

I’m a different poster and I am not signing it because I think it’s dumb. They should eat outside and be outside when they can. Open windows and doors if they can. Each building and principal can make a good faith effort towards that goal. However I don’t want APS bending over backwards to appease the most anxious parents. Any time and money spent measuring picnic tables is time they aren’t working on full time 5 day school. What about extended day? What about contact tracing and random testing? What about remedial services for kids who need the most help? This push for perfection on lunch is a distraction orchestrated by anxious parents who haven’t left their house in a year and are grasping at straws. No plan will be good enough for this very vocal minority.

THIS!!!!!!

You do realize that the plan for next year is to put them back in full capacity cafeterias? Or are you that out of touch?

Yes! I do realize! As the poster above said, they should eat outside WHEN THEY CAN.

I don't think I am the one out of touch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe ok in the classroom, but not good at all for lunch and buses.

Why? 3ft vs 6ft vs 60ft indoors make no difference. If kids are eating 6ft apart, it’s not like the air won’t go across the room.

By fall, rates will be much lower. I am not even a tiny bit worried.

Distancing doesn’t matter for the hours and hours in enclosed rooms with lame masks.

+1 I am very worried that this is a death sentence for many because of the duration and proximity.

Ok drama queen. Bring it down a notch.

You can always keep your kids home for a robust DL education

She is absolutely right. Unvaccinated kids who are not socially distanced in closed rooms for 7 hours a day is a recipe for disaster. Kids are going to get sick and kids will die. Come back here when that is happening and try calling me a drama queen, too. Just because you're willfully ignorant doesn't mean the rest of us are as well.

When the kids start dropping like flies, we will think of you and come back to be sure to let you know you had it all sorted out from the get go.

[Anonymous]

Do you doomsday types even follow data or current trends?

Do you see how low cases are in Arlington right now and we are 3.5 months out until the start of school?

I don't want to let things like data and facts get in the way of a good - all the children will die - moment. Sorry to interrupt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not real happy about no distancing in the fall and I am wondering what this is really going to look like.

Are kids really going to be eating right next to each other in cafeterias? 11 and under won't be vaccinated. One of my kids is in this group.

My other is old enough to hopefully get it this summer. But I'm seeing all these parents who don't seem that concerned about Covid. Will they get their kids vaccinated?

It looks like APS listened to the loud parents demanding full time school and is catering to them. Meanwhile I want in person school but I want safer distanced hybrid over unsafe full time.

lucky for you, nobody will force you to send your kids back full-time.. Fully remote learning remains an option. Sounds like the right path for your family.

This is what I’m talking about. I keep hearing this from the open up people and I’m tired of it. People with reasonable safety concerns should not have to stay home forever because some of you don’t care.

It’s not that we don’t care. Can you grasp that?

My position is this is a challenging situation logistically and the schools will do everything they can and we will make the best of it because getting them back is really important. Do you really think no one is working on these things in APS? I work in another local school district and they are up to their goddamn eyeballs trying to solve these issues every day and sincerely doing the best they can. Will it be a risk feee environment? No.

If what the schools are able to provide will not work for you, choose something else. That is a reasonable statement.

+1. And hybrid is not an option. It's just not. I am actually fine with how APS has handled it so far. I wasn't on either the keep schools closed forever team or the open schools now team. I think APS has done well with a very challenging situation. But enough. No more hybrid next year. The risk benefit is just not there.

My sentiments exactly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe ok in the classroom, but not good at all for lunch and buses.

Why? 3ft vs 6ft vs 60ft indoors make no difference. If kids are eating 6ft apart, it’s not like the air won’t go across the room.

By fall, rates will be much lower. I am not even a tiny bit worried.

Distancing doesn’t matter for the hours and hours in enclosed rooms with lame masks.

+1 I am very worried that this is a death sentence for many because of the duration and proximity.

Ok drama queen. Bring it down a notch.

You can always keep your kids home for a robust DL education

She is absolutely right. Unvaccinated kids who are not socially distanced in closed rooms for 7 hours a day is a recipe for disaster. Kids are going to get sick and kids will die. Come back here when that is happening and try calling me a drama queen, too. Just because you're willfully ignorant doesn't mean the rest of us are as well.

Drama queen would be a kind way of describing this drivel.