Why do so many parents want DL forever?

[Anonymous]

In every county there seems to be a cohort of parents that fight tooth and nail for DL for their kids. I don't understand this. The vaccine is out. The vaccine is the answer to herd immunity. Masks work.

Question for these parents: What year will you be comfortable sending your kids into school? 2023? 2024? 2025? Never?

Are you honestly expecting 100% eradication of this virus?

[Anonymous]

Is it to prove some sort of Left Wing point?

Is it laziness?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In every county there seems to be a cohort of parents that fight tooth and nail for DL for their kids. I don't understand this. The vaccine is out. The vaccine is the answer to herd immunity. Masks work.

Question for these parents: What year will you be comfortable sending your kids into school? 2023? 2024? 2025? Never?

Are you honestly expecting 100% eradication of this virus?

They don't want it "forever," but you are being disingenuous and you already knew that.

Start with vaccinations for kids.

Oh, and mind your own business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In every county there seems to be a cohort of parents that fight tooth and nail for DL for their kids. I don't understand this. The vaccine is out. The vaccine is the answer to herd immunity. Masks work.

Question for these parents: What year will you be comfortable sending your kids into school? 2023? 2024? 2025? Never?

Are you honestly expecting 100% eradication of this virus?

They don't want it "forever," but you are being disingenuous and you already knew that.

Start with vaccinations for kids.

Oh, and mind your own business.

START with vaccination for kids? And then what?

[Anonymous]

Majority of parents will send their kids back when it’s safe. There is no vaccine for kids and many adults are not eligible. You may be ok with sending yours but it’s ok we are not. That makes it safer for yours. If people were behaving differently in terms of travel, socializing and all that then maybe it would be safer. But people choose to continue the spread so the rest of us get punished by their choices. Stop caring about others wanting DL and be responsible so we can all safely return.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Majority of parents will send their kids back when it’s safe. There is no vaccine for kids and many adults are not eligible. You may be ok with sending yours but it’s ok we are not. That makes it safer for yours. If people were behaving differently in terms of travel, socializing and all that then maybe it would be safer. But people choose to continue the spread so the rest of us get punished by their choices. Stop caring about others wanting DL and be responsible so we can all safely return.

Will you send your child back when they are vaccinated?

[Anonymous]

It’s still not safe for kids, especially with the new strains. And I’m assuming people being who have opted to continue virtual learning have found a way to make it work for them. Why does it matter to you? I believe virtual learning should permanently become an option as long as there are dedicated virtual learning teachers at each school so that no one has to teach concurrently.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think people realize there was a virtual option before the pandemic. I have a niece with a very serious pediatric cancer- she was doing virtual school before the pandemic and has continued that way, so this isn’t new for her. Her immune system is way too fragile and many organs are compromised due to the intensity of her treatments.
I don’t think many people understand that there are unique situations that you may not be aware of (like the one above).
We are sending our kids back in person for hybrid, but only because we will be fully vaccinated by the time they would go back...and because we have certain underlying conditions... but I definitely have an understanding of distance learning needing to continue for people for health reasons, or simply wanting the choice to continue everything virtually until there is more control over the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In every county there seems to be a cohort of parents that fight tooth and nail for DL for their kids. I don't understand this. The vaccine is out. The vaccine is the answer to herd immunity. Masks work.

Question for these parents: What year will you be comfortable sending your kids into school? 2023? 2024? 2025? Never?

Are you honestly expecting 100% eradication of this virus?

Some children are doing better with DL than in regular school. I think it should be an option going foward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think people realize there was a virtual option before the pandemic. I have a niece with a very serious pediatric cancer- she was doing virtual school before the pandemic and has continued that way, so this isn’t new for her. Her immune system is way too fragile and many organs are compromised due to the intensity of her treatments.
I don’t think many people understand that there are unique situations that you may not be aware of (like the one above).
We are sending our kids back in person for hybrid, but only because we will be fully vaccinated by the time they would go back...and because we have certain underlying conditions... but I definitely have an understanding of distance learning needing to continue for people for health reasons, or simply wanting the choice to continue everything virtually until there is more control over the situation.

The virtual option is not available to everyone. Your niece has a very specific set of needs that allowed for it. I would like to it as an option for everyone not just those with IEPs or 504s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s still not safe for kids, especially with the new strains. And I’m assuming people being who have opted to continue virtual learning have found a way to make it work for them. Why does it matter to you? I believe virtual learning should permanently become an option as long as there are dedicated virtual learning teachers at each school so that no one has to teach concurrently.

Sounds like it would be redundant, thus more expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s still not safe for kids, especially with the new strains. And I’m assuming people being who have opted to continue virtual learning have found a way to make it work for them. Why does it matter to you? I believe virtual learning should permanently become an option as long as there are dedicated virtual learning teachers at each school so that no one has to teach concurrently.

No to the bolded.

I could understand a dedicated virtual pyramid in large districts, but if a family chooses virtual they don't get to monopolize resources at the school level. They can go to their base school for extracurriculars, but there shouldn't be a tie between virtual and individual schools.

[Anonymous]

I’m a teacher and absences have been increasing. They don’t appear to be because anyone is concerned over Covid. Especially near spring break, parents seem to enjoy the virtual option to pull their kids and travel. I had a lot tell me they would be signing in instead of coming the week before or after spring break, plus other random weeks coming up. I think people are enjoying the flexibility this offers. It’s an attendance nightmare in the high school.

[Anonymous]

Most of us ARE NOT saying DL forever; we're saying DL right now because it is safer for everyone. You're being hyperbolic and a Drama Queen, OP.

We want DL until kids and adults in the general population have had a chance to be vaccinated. That hasn't happened yet.

When you stop being so extreme, OP, and start actually listening then you might learn something about what other people really want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s still not safe for kids, especially with the new strains. And I’m assuming people being who have opted to continue virtual learning have found a way to make it work for them. Why does it matter to you? I believe virtual learning should permanently become an option as long as there are dedicated virtual learning teachers at each school so that no one has to teach concurrently.

x1000 Well said. All of it.