Plans to expand beyond 11 kids per room?

[Anonymous]

Once all willing teachers are vaccinated, will they consider increasing beyond 11 kids per room? 15 or 18 seems doable for elementary kids.

[Anonymous]

Above 50% of a class I dunno how you do the cohort separation effectively.

Seems like for kids 12 and up, once they can be vaccinated, this is who could do it. Not elementary.

[Anonymous]

They won’t consider it until it is safe to do so, and right now it isn’t. This virus is airborne. The more people in a room, the more particles there are lingering in the air. I’m not sure why someone would even want their child to be in that situation.

[Anonymous]

And when the variants arrive all bets are off.

[Anonymous]

Well, once the teachers gain full immunity from their in March or so, the main risk will be for students....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, once the teachers gain full immunity from their in March or so, the main risk will be for students....

And parents

[Anonymous]

I think the 11 kids per room is not exactly "science" either. If the issue is how many viral particles are in the air, then room size and ventilation type should also be taken into consideration for each classroom, not a district-wide mandate. Also there are studies that suggest that masked students can sit 3 ft apart without direct spread, which changes the calculation quite considerably. And yes we should watch the mutations, but my goodness people cling to the unknown of those mutations as if they WANT them to cause another full shutdown. It could just as easily be that the mutations do not change any of the masking and distancing science we have right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the 11 kids per room is not exactly "science" either. If the issue is how many viral particles are in the air, then room size and ventilation type should also be taken into consideration for each classroom, not a district-wide mandate. Also there are studies that suggest that masked students can sit 3 ft apart without direct spread, which changes the calculation quite considerably. And yes we should watch the mutations, but my goodness people cling to the unknown of those mutations as if they WANT them to cause another full shutdown. It could just as easily be that the mutations do not change any of the masking and distancing science we have right now.

I'd pull my kid if they tried to reduce the distance to three feet. Masks are helpful, but indoors you also need distancing and ventilation. I don't want the new mutations to cause another shutdown, and one way to prevent that is to *control the spread of the virus* using the methods we have: vaccinations, masking, distance, ventilation, etc. We know there are at least a couple mutations that are more transmissible.

I think the 11-kid max is based on the most kids that could fit in a normal-sized classroom with proper distancing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, once the teachers gain full immunity from their in March or so, the main risk will be for students....

And parents

+1

I don't see them packing more kids in the classrooms until vaccination is more widespread among the general population or case counts are WAY down. Kids may be less likely to get sick from or to spread COVID, but it happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the 11 kids per room is not exactly "science" either. If the issue is how many viral particles are in the air, then room size and ventilation type should also be taken into consideration for each classroom, not a district-wide mandate. Also there are studies that suggest that masked students can sit 3 ft apart without direct spread, which changes the calculation quite considerably. And yes we should watch the mutations, but my goodness people cling to the unknown of those mutations as if they WANT them to cause another full shutdown. It could just as easily be that the mutations do not change any of the masking and distancing science we have right now.

I'd pull my kid if they tried to reduce the distance to three feet. Masks are helpful, but indoors you also need distancing and ventilation. I don't want the new mutations to cause another shutdown, and one way to prevent that is to *control the spread of the virus* using the methods we have: vaccinations, masking, distance, ventilation, etc. We know there are at least a couple mutations that are more transmissible.

I think the 11-kid max is based on the most kids that could fit in a normal-sized classroom with proper distancing.

Please pull your kid.

[Anonymous]

Is everyone here comfortable sending their kids to school with the variants circulating? I’m not. And even with the vaccination teachers will not feel comfortable either. The news is not good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the 11 kids per room is not exactly "science" either. If the issue is how many viral particles are in the air, then room size and ventilation type should also be taken into consideration for each classroom, not a district-wide mandate. Also there are studies that suggest that masked students can sit 3 ft apart without direct spread, which changes the calculation quite considerably. And yes we should watch the mutations, but my goodness people cling to the unknown of those mutations as if they WANT them to cause another full shutdown. It could just as easily be that the mutations do not change any of the masking and distancing science we have right now.

I'd pull my kid if they tried to reduce the distance to three feet. Masks are helpful, but indoors you also need distancing and ventilation. I don't want the new mutations to cause another shutdown, and one way to prevent that is to *control the spread of the virus* using the methods we have: vaccinations, masking, distance, ventilation, etc. We know there are at least a couple mutations that are more transmissible.

I think the 11-kid max is based on the most kids that could fit in a normal-sized classroom with proper distancing.

Please pull your kid.

Why? Right now they are adhering to the guidelines. No need to.

[Anonymous]

No. It’s not about health. It’s about teachers getting vacation days on Wednesdays.

It would be healthier to do 5 day a week school since many kids go to various daycares for the days they don’t have school creating greater community spread than if school just opened normally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, once the teachers gain full immunity from their in March or so, the main risk will be for students....

And parents

And everyone the children and parents come into contact with. The numbers are dropping. Can't people be a little patient?

[Anonymous]

Well it's hard to be patient. We don't even know how long the vaccine lasts! Teachers could easily say it wore off by the Fall/Winter lol