APS - Imagine a world without masks and 5 days in school — how will it be?

[Anonymous]

So we are wondering if we should home school next year (we didn’t think to apply to private b/c we thought APS would be opening I way earlier than this).

Assume vaccine does its thing, and miraculously, school opens on time, no masks, full capacity. Where will we be?

Will much of the year be consumed by remedial work for students who couldn’t get on line or didn’t thrive remote? Basically will it be SOL prep to make up for the years of not testing and not prepping? We are going into 5th grade, so this is a good year to set fundamentals into middle school and DS is advanced in math — will he be considered “fine” and teachers and admins kind of leave him to his own devices?

[Anonymous]

Depends on which elementary school your child attends.

[Anonymous]

It will be the usual mess an kids will probably have more colds than before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on which elementary school your child attends.

Sadly this is 100% true. And OP, there's NO chance APS will be back full capacity, on time with no masks. Not a snowball's chance in hell.

I would strongly consider homeschooling. Most of next year no matter what it looks like will be catching kids up.

[Anonymous]

This is a stupid hypothetical, OP.

[Anonymous]

There will be masks. Kids will be ability grouped a bit more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a stupid hypothetical, OP.

Because you don't think we'll even be back in person full time? My spouse is convinced that political pressure will put us in full school, as most adults will be vaccinated and most kids don't get that sick. Hence I'm trying to tease out what "back' will mean at least in the near term.

[Anonymous]

Kids will be masked until the majority have been offered the vaccine.

[Anonymous]

The masks aren’t that big of a deal.

[Anonymous]

These questions make me want to just write the weirdest fable possible than mildly connect it to school as a question. Please stop worrying so much. It’s too soon to make these choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These questions make me want to just write the weirdest fable possible than mildly connect it to school as a question. Please stop worrying so much. It’s too soon to make these choices.

NP, we are also curious though, we will hear from private schools soon and have to commit for next year, unsure what our public alternative really will be?? should we take a private, and thus commit to maybe several years of $$$ tuition (because 1 yr is dumb and disruptive)?? Or white knuckle it through APS and hope by 2023 my kids will be doing more than remedial busy work? I mean they haven't had any homework all year, really. No assigned reading books or reports, and only books they read are the ones I push on them or they happen to already have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids will be masked until the majority have been offered the vaccine.

So in Fall, APS will be providing differentiated learning, full 5-day week in class, and only thing out of ordinary would be mask wearing? That would be awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These questions make me want to just write the weirdest fable possible than mildly connect it to school as a question. Please stop worrying so much. It’s too soon to make these choices.

NP, we are also curious though, we will hear from private schools soon and have to commit for next year, unsure what our public alternative really will be?? should we take a private, and thus commit to maybe several years of $$$ tuition (because 1 yr is dumb and disruptive)?? Or white knuckle it through APS and hope by 2023 my kids will be doing more than remedial busy work? I mean they haven't had any homework all year, really. No assigned reading books or reports, and only books they read are the ones I push on them or they happen to already have.

What grade? How dire of a choice is this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids will be masked until the majority have been offered the vaccine.

So in Fall, APS will be providing differentiated learning, full 5-day week in class, and only thing out of ordinary would be mask wearing? That would be awesome.

I’d be entirely comfortable with this. I’d also be ok if they waited til Jan 22, though i prefer sooner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These questions make me want to just write the weirdest fable possible than mildly connect it to school as a question. Please stop worrying so much. It’s too soon to make these choices.

NP, we are also curious though, we will hear from private schools soon and have to commit for next year, unsure what our public alternative really will be?? should we take a private, and thus commit to maybe several years of $$$ tuition (because 1 yr is dumb and disruptive)?? Or white knuckle it through APS and hope by 2023 my kids will be doing more than remedial busy work? I mean they haven't had any homework all year, really. No assigned reading books or reports, and only books they read are the ones I push on them or they happen to already have.

What grade? How dire of a choice is this?

5th grade. We can afford the tuition fine, just means reduce our liquid long term savings (HHI of $400k, so we are fine but not DCUM rich), but no hardship to go private up through middle school. we would revaluate at high school to see if public is right option or continue with private.