Reopening Without Following CDC Guidelines?

[Anonymous]

How many schools disregarding CDC guidelines to allow for more IPL?

At least one DCPS is starting Term 4 without following CDC guidelines and requiring eating in classrooms (obviously unmasked) with only 3' distance and for longer than 15 minutes. DCPS has given schools the discretion to do this but also the discretion to follow CDC guidelines even if it means fewer students can return in-person.


I am aware of the arguments on both sides of the issue and understand that people feel strongly about whether this should be permitted or not or whether the CDC is credible or not and whether it's worth the risk or not. I am not interested in comments about whether you think this is a good or bad thing or in starting another thread debating the issue but am curious if other schools are doing the same. In all of the talk about this I have not yet seen a comment about any other school (public, private or charter) that is not following CDC guidelines so I wonder if this is a unique decision or if other schools are following suit.

[Anonymous]

The privates are opening outside of the guidelines: NCS (my child is there), St Albans, Sidwell, etc. They are all bringing entire schools back full time in the next two weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many schools disregarding CDC guidelines to allow for more IPL?

At least one DCPS is starting Term 4 without following CDC guidelines and requiring eating in classrooms (obviously unmasked) with only 3' distance and for longer than 15 minutes. DCPS has given schools the discretion to do this but also the discretion to follow CDC guidelines even if it means fewer students can return in-person.


I am aware of the arguments on both sides of the issue and understand that people feel strongly about whether this should be permitted or not or whether the CDC is credible or not and whether it's worth the risk or not. I am not interested in comments about whether you think this is a good or bad thing or in starting another thread debating the issue but am curious if other schools are doing the same. In all of the talk about this I have not yet seen a comment about any other school (public, private or charter) that is not following CDC guidelines so I wonder if this is a unique decision or if other schools are following suit.

Give it a rest. If you don’t like the Lafayette IPL plan, stay at home. You do you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many schools disregarding CDC guidelines to allow for more IPL?

At least one DCPS is starting Term 4 without following CDC guidelines and requiring eating in classrooms (obviously unmasked) with only 3' distance and for longer than 15 minutes. DCPS has given schools the discretion to do this but also the discretion to follow CDC guidelines even if it means fewer students can return in-person.


I am aware of the arguments on both sides of the issue and understand that people feel strongly about whether this should be permitted or not or whether the CDC is credible or not and whether it's worth the risk or not. I am not interested in comments about whether you think this is a good or bad thing or in starting another thread debating the issue but am curious if other schools are doing the same. In all of the talk about this I have not yet seen a comment about any other school (public, private or charter) that is not following CDC guidelines so I wonder if this is a unique decision or if other schools are following suit.

Give it a rest. If you don’t like the Lafayette IPL plan, stay at home. You do you.

+1. Enough, J.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many schools disregarding CDC guidelines to allow for more IPL?

At least one DCPS is starting Term 4 without following CDC guidelines and requiring eating in classrooms (obviously unmasked) with only 3' distance and for longer than 15 minutes. DCPS has given schools the discretion to do this but also the discretion to follow CDC guidelines even if it means fewer students can return in-person.


I am aware of the arguments on both sides of the issue and understand that people feel strongly about whether this should be permitted or not or whether the CDC is credible or not and whether it's worth the risk or not. I am not interested in comments about whether you think this is a good or bad thing or in starting another thread debating the issue but am curious if other schools are doing the same. In all of the talk about this I have not yet seen a comment about any other school (public, private or charter) that is not following CDC guidelines so I wonder if this is a unique decision or if other schools are following suit.

Give it a rest. If you don’t like the Lafayette IPL plan, stay at home. You do you.

Lafayette parents really are the worst. If you don’t have an answer to the question sit this one out. It’s not a debate thread. Bring your vitriol elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

It’s okay to want IPL and understand what the approach for lunch will be. Lafayette has plenty of space for outdoor eating. Seems easy fix!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many schools disregarding CDC guidelines to allow for more IPL?

At least one DCPS is starting Term 4 without following CDC guidelines and requiring eating in classrooms (obviously unmasked) with only 3' distance and for longer than 15 minutes. DCPS has given schools the discretion to do this but also the discretion to follow CDC guidelines even if it means fewer students can return in-person.


I am aware of the arguments on both sides of the issue and understand that people feel strongly about whether this should be permitted or not or whether the CDC is credible or not and whether it's worth the risk or not. I am not interested in comments about whether you think this is a good or bad thing or in starting another thread debating the issue but am curious if other schools are doing the same. In all of the talk about this I have not yet seen a comment about any other school (public, private or charter) that is not following CDC guidelines so I wonder if this is a unique decision or if other schools are following suit.

I dunno, I'm a teacher who will have about 22 students on April 19th. I've already thought about lunch. Since we are all in the classroom we can break up the time when everyone is eating. 15- 20 minutes/group, maybe permanently moving the portable air filtration system into the center of the room, windows open. Lunch become a center in our math rotation. Everyone gets to eat between 11:30-12:30 and we never have the whole class unmasked at any given time.

[Anonymous]

The 3 and 6 ft rules are arbitrary.
Good ventilation is far more important than 2.5 vs 3ft.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The privates are opening outside of the guidelines: NCS (my child is there), St Albans, Sidwell, etc. They are all bringing entire schools back full time in the next two weeks.

Thank you for a productive response. Presumably those schools can fully reopen and follow masking guidelines because they have fewer students and more space to keep kids 6’ apart when eating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay to want IPL and understand what the approach for lunch will be. Lafayette has plenty of space for outdoor eating. Seems easy fix!

It should be an easy fix but eating outdoors was shot down! I’ve heard that there was a concern about mud and a claim that there wasn’t enough space. Hopefully reasonable minds will prevail before the kids go back. Thus far it appears that only one DCPS os throwing science out the window, which is interesting, especially because there are some easy fixes (eating outside, using the lunchroom, eating in hallways, using any unused rooms, etc.). It’s an odd plan at best and appears to be a unique one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many schools disregarding CDC guidelines to allow for more IPL?

At least one DCPS is starting Term 4 without following CDC guidelines and requiring eating in classrooms (obviously unmasked) with only 3' distance and for longer than 15 minutes. DCPS has given schools the discretion to do this but also the discretion to follow CDC guidelines even if it means fewer students can return in-person.


I am aware of the arguments on both sides of the issue and understand that people feel strongly about whether this should be permitted or not or whether the CDC is credible or not and whether it's worth the risk or not. I am not interested in comments about whether you think this is a good or bad thing or in starting another thread debating the issue but am curious if other schools are doing the same. In all of the talk about this I have not yet seen a comment about any other school (public, private or charter) that is not following CDC guidelines so I wonder if this is a unique decision or if other schools are following suit.

I dunno, I'm a teacher who will have about 22 students on April 19th. I've already thought about lunch. Since we are all in the classroom we can break up the time when everyone is eating. 15- 20 minutes/group, maybe permanently moving the portable air filtration system into the center of the room, windows open. Lunch become a center in our math rotation. Everyone gets to eat between 11:30-12:30 and we never have the whole class unmasked at any given time.

Finally someone with a sensible solution rather than an excuse to keep kids out of schools longer.
Thank you for your innovative work around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s okay to want IPL and understand what the approach for lunch will be. Lafayette has plenty of space for outdoor eating. Seems easy fix!

It should be an easy fix but eating outdoors was shot down! I’ve heard that there was a concern about mud and a claim that there wasn’t enough space. Hopefully reasonable minds will prevail before the kids go back. Thus far it appears that only one DCPS os throwing science out the window, which is interesting, especially because there are some easy fixes (eating outside, using the lunchroom, eating in hallways, using any unused rooms, etc.). It’s an odd plan at best and appears to be a unique one.

The issue is related to movement of children through the building and not crossing cohorts. It might seem easy to take kids outside to eat (it should be!) but groups of children move inside , in/out of the building at scheduled times and have assigned locations to play. It's not impossible to take lunch outside but it does require planning. Boil it down to not crossing cohorts and you have to start taking away things like eating in the hallways, cafeteria, etc.

[Anonymous]

Seriously, can you give it a rest? Because the risk doesn't work for you and your family, you have to start yet ANOTHER thread about this? There is a totally viable virtual option with a dedicated virtual teacher not doing simulcast if this makes you uncomfortable. Literally HUNDREDS of Lafayette parents have signaled they are ok with the plan.

Like the teacher who posted above, the teachers and the principal will likely find workarounds. Your issue is that you have to commit before knowing what those workaround would be. We understand that's difficult. But it does work for the vast majority of families, and life is not fair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, can you give it a rest? Because the risk doesn't work for you and your family, you have to start yet ANOTHER thread about this? There is a totally viable virtual option with a dedicated virtual teacher not doing simulcast if this makes you uncomfortable. Literally HUNDREDS of Lafayette parents have signaled they are ok with the plan.

Like the teacher who posted above, the teachers and the principal will likely find workarounds. Your issue is that you have to commit before knowing what those workaround would be. We understand that's difficult. But it does work for the vast majority of families, and life is not fair.

Seriously, if you are crowdsourcing evidence to support your twisted opinion this is unsafe take it elsewhere and just stay virtual. You ruin this for us don’t ever expect another dinner invitation or play date from anyone. Do you want to be permanently labeled as the crazy mom who ruined IPL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, can you give it a rest? Because the risk doesn't work for you and your family, you have to start yet ANOTHER thread about this? There is a totally viable virtual option with a dedicated virtual teacher not doing simulcast if this makes you uncomfortable. Literally HUNDREDS of Lafayette parents have signaled they are ok with the plan.

Like the teacher who posted above, the teachers and the principal will likely find workarounds. Your issue is that you have to commit before knowing what those workaround would be. We understand that's difficult. But it does work for the vast majority of families, and life is not fair.

Seriously, if you are crowdsourcing evidence to support your twisted opinion this is unsafe take it elsewhere and just stay virtual. You ruin this for us don’t ever expect another dinner invitation or play date from anyone. Do you want to be permanently labeled as the crazy mom who ruined IPL.

You would really punish elementary school children by ostracizing the family because of this?