Taking Bets: Does DCPS go through with it?? Please no other posts
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Anonymous
| Given the new info that MOCO is delaying reopening and PG (I assume) will also....do you think DCPS plows ahead and attempts reopening? Or do they wait until the last minute and scrap it? |
Anonymous
| Yes. Chancellor and Mayor will push this through no matter how bad the numbers are. |
Anonymous
| They will scrap it at the last minute |
Anonymous
| I’m going to be optimistic. They will go through with it and then MCPS will fall in line. DC has been kicking butt on the vaccine rollout. |
Anonymous
| I think they chicken out. |
Anonymous
| Yes DCPS will move forward, no indication they are/will not. |
Anonymous
| I’m not taking bets and instead will just roll with it either way. My SN child was offered an in-person spot for early November and I was too invested in it happening, then devastated when it didn’t. She’s again been offered an in-person spot, which we’ve accepted. But I’ll believe it when it happens. |
Anonymous
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I am DCPS staff member who is back in the building right now. 2/1 will not happen. There is no infrastructure to make it work. Either for the in person or the virtual folks.
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Anonymous
| Nope. It’s absurd. The virus is worse THAN IT’S EVER BEEN! Vaccines are not in arms yet. Feb 1 is an artificial deadline based on the start of a quarter. Start date must be dictated by science. |
Anonymous
I am also a staff member working in the building. Our school is completely prepared, teachers and staff have put in thousands of hours of work and are ready to move forward. Parents are ready and seem prepared to accept class reassignments. If DCPS backs out it and/or another action stops opening it will be a devastating blow to our school community. |
Anonymous
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February 1 won’t happen.
Chancellor and Mayor know the numbers are terrible but are afraid of the optics of pushing back reopening....again. Instead they are waiting for WTU to make a move so that they can blame teachers for the delay instead of their poor leadership. |
Anonymous
| Ha ha probably right! I give it a 50/50 chance. The difference in previous reopenings at least at my children's school is that teachers are not being forced to go back. It is voluntary. Even though the numbers are bad, experience still shows that community spread in schools is rare, and the teachers will have started to get vaccinated. The main factor.is dc council and teachers unions. |
Anonymous
| Based on several PPs, it sounds like there's a big spectrum of readiness amongst the schools. Is it possible some schools will reopen and others will not? Or is it all or none? |
Anonymous
So I am going to take issue with this. I am WTU teacher. And I am back. What I really dislike is when people try to minimize the risk we have all taken. I am not trying to be a hero, I am not. But please, for the love of God do not insult me with this garbage. The daily panic we feel is huge. And its absolutely founded. |
Anonymous
This is the answer to making bets. It’s the way it’s been since October—some schools were ready to offer in person and did. Then Term 2, some schools were ready to offer in person and did. For Term 3, schools were supposed to create plans they could actually implement rather than a blanket plan from DCPS. This SHOULD mean all schools have some level of opening. But until all the pieces fall into place (leave, enrollment, virus numbers), anything can happen. |