For those of you who prefer distance learning

[Anonymous]

For those of you who would choose distance learning (if/when given the choice), what would change your mind to send your child/ren back to the classroom in person? Are there health metrics or something that would prompt you to have your child return to school buildings? Do you expect public schools/public charters to provide distance learning if and when the covid pandemic is considered over? What are your expectations going forward?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who would choose distance learning (if/when given the choice), what would change your mind to send your child/ren back to the classroom in person? Are there health metrics or something that would prompt you to have your child return to school buildings? Do you expect public schools/public charters to provide distance learning if and when the covid pandemic is considered over? What are your expectations going forward?

I’ll bite here. The daily case rate and the percent positive are too high. I don’t like the prospect of my kids being tied to a desk and not allowed free movement. We have a nanny so childcare is not an issue. I would never expect charters or Dcps to continue the option next year. I anticipate being comfortable sending my kid back fully in August, maybe in April/May but I’m not sure.

[Anonymous]

Prefer or choose? Because the people I know declining spots are people who prefer in person but have other issues that make them keep their kids home.

[Anonymous]

I would not send my child to school until she is vaccinated. I don't want to gamble with her long-term health though I understand she is unlikely to be significantly affected in the present.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who would choose distance learning (if/when given the choice), what would change your mind to send your child/ren back to the classroom in person? Are there health metrics or something that would prompt you to have your child return to school buildings? Do you expect public schools/public charters to provide distance learning if and when the covid pandemic is considered over? What are your expectations going forward?

I’ll bite here. The daily case rate and the percent positive are too high. I don’t like the prospect of my kids being tied to a desk and not allowed free movement. We have a nanny so childcare is not an issue. I would never expect charters or Dcps to continue the option next year. I anticipate being comfortable sending my kid back fully in August, maybe in April/May but I’m not sure.

Similar feeling here. My kids are in MS and HS, are self-sufficient, and are doing fine in DL. We’d all prefer in-person but don’t think it makes sense to return in the middle of the worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic. I’m hoping conditions will improve in the spring and would consider a return then.

There’s really nothing DCPS or our individual schools could do that would make me more comfortable with the idea of returning in the next two months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would not send my child to school until she is vaccinated. I don't want to gamble with her long-term health though I understand she is unlikely to be significantly affected in the present.

So you're willing to keep your kids out of school until children can get the vaccine? Because that may be 2022, given that they haven't started trials on kids yet.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not send my child to school until she is vaccinated. I don't want to gamble with her long-term health though I understand she is unlikely to be significantly affected in the present.

So you're willing to keep your kids out of school until children can get the vaccine? Because that may be 2022, given that they haven't started trials on kids yet.

Yes they have. https://www.keyc.com/2021/01/10/clinical-trials-underway-develop-childrens-covid-vaccine/

Will be a few months, but not years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who would choose distance learning (if/when given the choice), what would change your mind to send your child/ren back to the classroom in person? Are there health metrics or something that would prompt you to have your child return to school buildings? Do you expect public schools/public charters to provide distance learning if and when the covid pandemic is considered over? What are your expectations going forward?

I’ll bite here. The daily case rate and the percent positive are too high. I don’t like the prospect of my kids being tied to a desk and not allowed free movement. We have a nanny so childcare is not an issue. I would never expect charters or Dcps to continue the option next year. I anticipate being comfortable sending my kid back fully in August, maybe in April/May but I’m not sure.

Similar feeling here. My kids are in MS and HS, are self-sufficient, and are doing fine in DL. We’d all prefer in-person but don’t think it makes sense to return in the middle of the worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic. I’m hoping conditions will improve in the spring and would consider a return then.

There’s really nothing DCPS or our individual schools could do that would make me more comfortable with the idea of returning in the next two months.

I agree. I would say it’s surreal kids are going back to school during a raging pandemic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who would choose distance learning (if/when given the choice), what would change your mind to send your child/ren back to the classroom in person? Are there health metrics or something that would prompt you to have your child return to school buildings? Do you expect public schools/public charters to provide distance learning if and when the covid pandemic is considered over? What are your expectations going forward?

I’ll bite here. The daily case rate and the percent positive are too high. I don’t like the prospect of my kids being tied to a desk and not allowed free movement. We have a nanny so childcare is not an issue. I would never expect charters or Dcps to continue the option next year. I anticipate being comfortable sending my kid back fully in August, maybe in April/May but I’m not sure.

Similar feeling here. My kids are in MS and HS, are self-sufficient, and are doing fine in DL. We’d all prefer in-person but don’t think it makes sense to return in the middle of the worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic. I’m hoping conditions will improve in the spring and would consider a return then.

There’s really nothing DCPS or our individual schools could do that would make me more comfortable with the idea of returning in the next two months.

I agree. I would say it’s surreal kids are going back to school during a raging pandemic.

It's more surreal to see maskless people eating and drinking indoors while kids are shut out of their schools. This was the case until only a few weeks ago in DC, and very well could start up again soon. Indoor dining is still allowed in Virginia. Insanity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who would choose distance learning (if/when given the choice), what would change your mind to send your child/ren back to the classroom in person? Are there health metrics or something that would prompt you to have your child return to school buildings? Do you expect public schools/public charters to provide distance learning if and when the covid pandemic is considered over? What are your expectations going forward?

I’ll bite here. The daily case rate and the percent positive are too high. I don’t like the prospect of my kids being tied to a desk and not allowed free movement. We have a nanny so childcare is not an issue. I would never expect charters or Dcps to continue the option next year. I anticipate being comfortable sending my kid back fully in August, maybe in April/May but I’m not sure.

Similar feeling here. My kids are in MS and HS, are self-sufficient, and are doing fine in DL. We’d all prefer in-person but don’t think it makes sense to return in the middle of the worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic. I’m hoping conditions will improve in the spring and would consider a return then.

There’s really nothing DCPS or our individual schools could do that would make me more comfortable with the idea of returning in the next two months.

I agree. I would say it’s surreal kids are going back to school during a raging pandemic.

What's surreal is for US public schools to be closed for more than a year while all other developed countries have found ways to bring kids back without creating superspreader situations in school buildings. Especially for a virus that is less dangerous to kids than the flu.

[Anonymous]

The problem I have with going back is that it doesn't seem to be enough better than our current situation to warrant the risk. If the risk were lower and the situation better, it might change. But right now my kids have a lot of freedom to play, run around, etc- during the day, in between classes. They do not have to wear masks in our house. They can pursue their personal interests in their spare time. They love their teachers- and want to stay with them. As a parent, I know the schedule for the week. I do not have to drop off/pick up. I do not have to drop everything because someone tested positive- Logistically, it works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would not send my child to school until she is vaccinated. I don't want to gamble with her long-term health though I understand she is unlikely to be significantly affected in the present.

So you're willing to keep your kids out of school until children can get the vaccine? Because that may be 2022, given that they haven't started trials on kids yet.

Yes they have. https://www.keyc.com/2021/01/10/clinical-trials-underway-develop-childrens-covid-vaccine/

Will be a few months, but not years.

Regardless of timeframe, yes, I will keep my child home until she is vaccinated. I won't send her back to school and risk her getting something that could cause her lung/heart/whoknowswhat problems the rest of her life.

[Anonymous]

I felt comfortable sending my kids back in August, but I respected DCPS’s decision to stay DL. Things are significantly worse now and I don’t think it’s safe for students or teachers to be back. Too much community spread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not send my child to school until she is vaccinated. I don't want to gamble with her long-term health though I understand she is unlikely to be significantly affected in the present.

So you're willing to keep your kids out of school until children can get the vaccine? Because that may be 2022, given that they haven't started trials on kids yet.

Yes they have. https://www.keyc.com/2021/01/10/clinical-trials-underway-develop-childrens-covid-vaccine/

Will be a few months, but not years.

Regardless of timeframe, yes, I will keep my child home until she is vaccinated. I won't send her back to school and risk her getting something that could cause her lung/heart/whoknowswhat problems the rest of her life.

the risks of a vaccine are very likely higher than the risks of covid. the reason to vax kids is for herd immunity, to protect you in other words.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not send my child to school until she is vaccinated. I don't want to gamble with her long-term health though I understand she is unlikely to be significantly affected in the present.

So you're willing to keep your kids out of school until children can get the vaccine? Because that may be 2022, given that they haven't started trials on kids yet.

Yes they have. https://www.keyc.com/2021/01/10/clinical-trials-underway-develop-childrens-covid-vaccine/

Will be a few months, but not years.

Regardless of timeframe, yes, I will keep my child home until she is vaccinated. I won't send her back to school and risk her getting something that could cause her lung/heart/whoknowswhat problems the rest of her life.

the risks of a vaccine are very likely higher than the risks of covid. the reason to vax kids is for herd immunity, to protect you in other words.

I'm not sure that PP is thinking with all her lights on. She should probably stop driving her car with her kid or letting her child walk down the street. Too dangerous.