I’m getting nervous about school because of delta

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Anonymous wrote:Today’s Post story about schools that have opened in the south is not promising. There are already outbreaks and temporary return to virtual instruction.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/schools-start-in-person-pandemic-masks/2021/08/09/29e7fb6c-f8b4-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html

I don’t have a paid subscription, but let me guess. Florida? LA? Texas? Oooh, oooh, Arkansas?

I don’t have a paid subscription too. Please, can you give more details about what was said in the article?

Two HS in someplace I’ve never heard of in Mississippi went all online for a few weeks and cancelled ECs, and a place in Kentucky pushed back their start date a week or so. Otherwise it’s the usual handwringing that you read on these forums all the time. Closures are hard on everyone, teachers don’t like teaching virtually, most places in the south are going back without masks.

I teach HS. There is absolutely no reason for us to have a delayed start. I do think ES might consider one, though.

No. I teach ES. Why would we do that? What good would it do? Good Lord, no.

Personally, I would feel anxious about being responsible for a group of unvaccinated children. I am not saying you should feel responsible for them catching or not catching COVID, but I wouldn’t be able to help it. All of my students can and should be vaccinated so I don’t have to worry about them.

So the solution is to keep elementary students out of school for 6 months????

Why do we keep doing this to children while literally everything else in the county is open.

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FCPS should offer a virtual option, it is not fair for kids to be in masks all day if they are vaccinated.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS should offer a virtual option, it is not fair for kids to be in masks all day if they are vaccinated.

If you would put your kid through another year of online school over the mask you’re just an idiot. Horrible choice.

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Anonymous wrote:I was looking forward to sending my kid in -person. Now, I am hoping they will delay or give virtual option for ES unvaccinated kids.

Agree. Lunch in the cafeteria with 200+ unvaccinated little kids is NOT safe, and it's unbelievable that schools haven't come up with alternative plans: lunch outside? lunch in the classroom with a volunteer monitor? I didn't trust the school to keep the kids safe before (700 kids + a highly contagious virus), and now I *really* don't.

I would LOVE it if they would delay opening (August 23 is absurdly early anyway) until delta has subsided ("two more weeks"? ) or offer virtual temporarily.

+1

+2 for ES delay.
MS and HS with vaccinated kids should open on time.

I have MS and HS kids. They spent a year behind a computer screen, so I'd love for them to have an extra two weeks of freedom before going back. Nothing to do with delta, just from a happiness/mental health perspective. I don't think anyone should count on a two week delay, though. It's not happening.

I wouldn’t. The Governor has made it clear there will not be a waiver the year. Starting two weeks late means going two weeks longer. I’m not interested in school until late June

[Anonymous]

Thank god there is no board meeting until after we open. Don't need you insanity cases to ruin the education of all our children again

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Anonymous wrote:Thank god there is no board meeting until after we open. Don't need you insanity cases to ruin the education of all our children again

+1. If people are so anxious, keep your kids home and homeschool or look into virtual VA. But for the love of god, do not try to ruin a third year of school for kids who desperately need an in person education.

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Anonymous wrote:I already see parents freaking out on social media and saying that FCPS needs a virtual option.

It’s interesting that the 700-odd people who signed the petition for a “virtual option” are being given media coverage in the local media, but when thousands of people signed petitions to recall some of the SB members they’re treated as Trumpies and barely given any media coverage at all.

+1. The news is bs.

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Anonymous wrote:Today’s Post story about schools that have opened in the south is not promising. There are already outbreaks and temporary return to virtual instruction.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/schools-start-in-person-pandemic-masks/2021/08/09/29e7fb6c-f8b4-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html

I don’t have a paid subscription, but let me guess. Florida? LA? Texas? Oooh, oooh, Arkansas?

I don’t have a paid subscription too. Please, can you give more details about what was said in the article?

Two HS in someplace I’ve never heard of in Mississippi went all online for a few weeks and cancelled ECs, and a place in Kentucky pushed back their start date a week or so. Otherwise it’s the usual handwringing that you read on these forums all the time. Closures are hard on everyone, teachers don’t like teaching virtually, most places in the south are going back without masks.

I teach HS. There is absolutely no reason for us to have a delayed start. I do think ES might consider one, though.

No. I teach ES. Why would we do that? What good would it do? Good Lord, no.

Personally, I would feel anxious about being responsible for a group of unvaccinated children. I am not saying you should feel responsible for them catching or not catching COVID, but I wouldn’t be able to help it. All of my students can and should be vaccinated so I don’t have to worry about them.

So the solution is to keep elementary students out of school for 6 months????

Why do we keep doing this to children while literally everything else in the county is open.

PP (ES teacher) here. 100% agree and I don’t think everything should close either. Other than probably a small percentage of people, school staff, students and their families are not staying home like we did in the spring of 2020. It’s not like everyone is staying home now and is being forced to into school later this month.

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Anonymous wrote:I already see parents freaking out on social media and saying that FCPS needs a virtual option.

It’s interesting that the 700-odd people who signed the petition for a “virtual option” are being given media coverage in the local media, but when thousands of people signed petitions to recall some of the SB members they’re treated as Trumpies and barely given any media coverage at all.

The media and most journalists have been uniformly pro-opening from the get go. At least, the Education sections of the NYT and WaPo published many articles last year detailing the harm being done to children with school closed, so I think your assessment is inaccurate.

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Anonymous wrote:Today’s Post story about schools that have opened in the south is not promising. There are already outbreaks and temporary return to virtual instruction.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/schools-start-in-person-pandemic-masks/2021/08/09/29e7fb6c-f8b4-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html

I don’t have a paid subscription, but let me guess. Florida? LA? Texas? Oooh, oooh, Arkansas?

I don’t have a paid subscription too. Please, can you give more details about what was said in the article?

Two HS in someplace I’ve never heard of in Mississippi went all online for a few weeks and cancelled ECs, and a place in Kentucky pushed back their start date a week or so. Otherwise it’s the usual handwringing that you read on these forums all the time. Closures are hard on everyone, teachers don’t like teaching virtually, most places in the south are going back without masks.

I teach HS. There is absolutely no reason for us to have a delayed start. I do think ES might consider one, though.

No. I teach ES. Why would we do that? What good would it do? Good Lord, no.

Personally, I would feel anxious about being responsible for a group of unvaccinated children. I am not saying you should feel responsible for them catching or not catching COVID, but I wouldn’t be able to help it. All of my students can and should be vaccinated so I don’t have to worry about them.

PP here.
Ok, but again, what good would a delay do? It’s only going to kick the can forward a few weeks. I’m comfortable starting the school year and I’ll make the best of it. Personally I think we’ll be ok and if not, a delay won’t change anything.

I am the PP. You are right - a delay wouldn’t change much and it probably is better to start now when pediatric covid rates are low in the county. I respect you for doing what you do as an ES teacher. It seems much more difficult than HS teaching.

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Anonymous wrote:Today’s Post story about schools that have opened in the south is not promising. There are already outbreaks and temporary return to virtual instruction.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/schools-start-in-person-pandemic-masks/2021/08/09/29e7fb6c-f8b4-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html

I don’t have a paid subscription, but let me guess. Florida? LA? Texas? Oooh, oooh, Arkansas?

I don’t have a paid subscription too. Please, can you give more details about what was said in the article?

Two HS in someplace I’ve never heard of in Mississippi went all online for a few weeks and cancelled ECs, and a place in Kentucky pushed back their start date a week or so. Otherwise it’s the usual handwringing that you read on these forums all the time. Closures are hard on everyone, teachers don’t like teaching virtually, most places in the south are going back without masks.

I teach HS. There is absolutely no reason for us to have a delayed start. I do think ES might consider one, though.

No. I teach ES. Why would we do that? What good would it do? Good Lord, no.

Personally, I would feel anxious about being responsible for a group of unvaccinated children. I am not saying you should feel responsible for them catching or not catching COVID, but I wouldn’t be able to help it. All of my students can and should be vaccinated so I don’t have to worry about them.

So the solution is to keep elementary students out of school for 6 months????

Why do we keep doing this to children while literally everything else in the county is open.

PP (ES teacher) here. 100% agree and I don’t think everything should close either. Other than probably a small percentage of people, school staff, students and their families are not staying home like we did in the spring of 2020. It’s not like everyone is staying home now and is being forced to into school later this month.

I honestly don’t understand what the benefit is to delaying the start of school. As others have mentioned, Delta is not going to go away by then. So will we push even more delays? Maybe start school in 2022? When does the nonsense stop?

[Anonymous]

Delaying would be insane. It would make more sense to do a concurrent start so you can offer social distancing. Then, as soon as Covid spike is over move to 5 days a week in person. It would be what a month of concurrent?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today’s Post story about schools that have opened in the south is not promising. There are already outbreaks and temporary return to virtual instruction.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/schools-start-in-person-pandemic-masks/2021/08/09/29e7fb6c-f8b4-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html

I don’t have a paid subscription, but let me guess. Florida? LA? Texas? Oooh, oooh, Arkansas?

I don’t have a paid subscription too. Please, can you give more details about what was said in the article?

Two HS in someplace I’ve never heard of in Mississippi went all online for a few weeks and cancelled ECs, and a place in Kentucky pushed back their start date a week or so. Otherwise it’s the usual handwringing that you read on these forums all the time. Closures are hard on everyone, teachers don’t like teaching virtually, most places in the south are going back without masks.

I teach HS. There is absolutely no reason for us to have a delayed start. I do think ES might consider one, though.

No. I teach ES. Why would we do that? What good would it do? Good Lord, no.

Personally, I would feel anxious about being responsible for a group of unvaccinated children. I am not saying you should feel responsible for them catching or not catching COVID, but I wouldn’t be able to help it. All of my students can and should be vaccinated so I don’t have to worry about them.

So the solution is to keep elementary students out of school for 6 months????

Why do we keep doing this to children while literally everything else in the county is open.

PP (ES teacher) here. 100% agree and I don’t think everything should close either. Other than probably a small percentage of people, school staff, students and their families are not staying home like we did in the spring of 2020. It’s not like everyone is staying home now and is being forced to into school later this month.

I honestly don’t understand what the benefit is to delaying the start of school. As others have mentioned, Delta is not going to go away by then. So will we push even more delays? Maybe start school in 2022? When does the nonsense stop?

If you look at data from other countries like U.K. and India that have gone through Delta the infections peak and rapidly comes down. They should consider delay for elementary till the wave subsides.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Today’s Post story about schools that have opened in the south is not promising. There are already outbreaks and temporary return to virtual instruction.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/schools-start-in-person-pandemic-masks/2021/08/09/29e7fb6c-f8b4-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html

I don’t have a paid subscription, but let me guess. Florida? LA? Texas? Oooh, oooh, Arkansas?

I don’t have a paid subscription too. Please, can you give more details about what was said in the article?

Two HS in someplace I’ve never heard of in Mississippi went all online for a few weeks and cancelled ECs, and a place in Kentucky pushed back their start date a week or so. Otherwise it’s the usual handwringing that you read on these forums all the time. Closures are hard on everyone, teachers don’t like teaching virtually, most places in the south are going back without masks.

I teach HS. There is absolutely no reason for us to have a delayed start. I do think ES might consider one, though.

No. I teach ES. Why would we do that? What good would it do? Good Lord, no.

Personally, I would feel anxious about being responsible for a group of unvaccinated children. I am not saying you should feel responsible for them catching or not catching COVID, but I wouldn’t be able to help it. All of my students can and should be vaccinated so I don’t have to worry about them.

So the solution is to keep elementary students out of school for 6 months????

Why do we keep doing this to children while literally everything else in the county is open.

PP (ES teacher) here. 100% agree and I don’t think everything should close either. Other than probably a small percentage of people, school staff, students and their families are not staying home like we did in the spring of 2020. It’s not like everyone is staying home now and is being forced to into school later this month.

I honestly don’t understand what the benefit is to delaying the start of school. As others have mentioned, Delta is not going to go away by then. So will we push even more delays? Maybe start school in 2022? When does the nonsense stop?

If you look at data from other countries like U.K. and India that have gone through Delta the infections peak and rapidly comes down. They should consider delay for elementary till the wave subsides.

I can’t find any examples of districts that have done this. I don’t think it’s necessary. We can’t open or close based on what might or might not happen. That needs to be based on what is happening in the school(s).

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Anonymous wrote:Delaying would be insane. It would make more sense to do a concurrent start so you can offer social distancing. Then, as soon as Covid spike is over move to 5 days a week in person. It would be what a month of concurrent?

The teachers will not do concurrent again, and most families don’t want it either. Also FCPS proved that they can’t just pivot like that.