I’m getting nervous about school because of delta

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things are not going well for states who have started school already. This really sucks. I was hopeful. I think it will start in person but schools Will have individual closures with positive cases. And bc delta spreads quicker, it will happen more often than last spring.

Agree. I think FCPS is going full bore with opening five days in person so that if/when the shit hits the fan and students and staff get sick in large numbers, they will have much less resistance when they send everyone virtual. No one will be able to say, "They didn't even try!" or claim there weren't many cases in their elementary schools when 20% of the class is out due to symptoms or exposure. I also suspect FCPS knows there's a reasonably large contingent of parents who will pull their kids if cases start showing up in schools. It's much better for this to happen after school starts because it's a lot easier from a staffing perspective to lose students after the first month than it is to gain students.

Agree

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

[Anonymous]

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

They'd still be teaching from the classroom. Last year we were told that virtual instruction does not mean teaching from home.

[Anonymous]

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

I doubt there will be many who sign it. All the teachers I know prefer to teach in person.

[Anonymous]

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

I doubt there will be many who sign it. All the teachers I know prefer to teach in person.

Same, and we are both teachers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Things are not going well for states who have started school already. This really sucks. I was hopeful. I think it will start in person but schools Will have individual closures with positive cases. And bc delta spreads quicker, it will happen more often than last spring.

Agree. I think FCPS is going full bore with opening five days in person so that if/when the shit hits the fan and students and staff get sick in large numbers, they will have much less resistance when they send everyone virtual. No one will be able to say, "They didn't even try!" or claim there weren't many cases in their elementary schools when 20% of the class is out due to symptoms or exposure. I also suspect FCPS knows there's a reasonably large contingent of parents who will pull their kids if cases start showing up in schools. It's much better for this to happen after school starts because it's a lot easier from a staffing perspective to lose students after the first month than it is to gain students.

They don’t really have another choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things are not going well for states who have started school already. This really sucks. I was hopeful. I think it will start in person but schools Will have individual closures with positive cases. And bc delta spreads quicker, it will happen more often than last spring.

Agree. I think FCPS is going full bore with opening five days in person so that if/when the shit hits the fan and students and staff get sick in large numbers, they will have much less resistance when they send everyone virtual. No one will be able to say, "They didn't even try!" or claim there weren't many cases in their elementary schools when 20% of the class is out due to symptoms or exposure. I also suspect FCPS knows there's a reasonably large contingent of parents who will pull their kids if cases start showing up in schools. It's much better for this to happen after school starts because it's a lot easier from a staffing perspective to lose students after the first month than it is to gain students.

Agree

It’s also better from a funding perspective. Don’t forget about the Sept 30 count. If they were to start virtual, a significant enough number of people would leave FCPS. If they wait until after 9/30 to change things up, FCPS doesn’t lose funds.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Things are not going well for states who have started school already. This really sucks. I was hopeful. I think it will start in person but schools Will have individual closures with positive cases. And bc delta spreads quicker, it will happen more often than last spring.

Agree. I think FCPS is going full bore with opening five days in person so that if/when the shit hits the fan and students and staff get sick in large numbers, they will have much less resistance when they send everyone virtual. No one will be able to say, "They didn't even try!" or claim there weren't many cases in their elementary schools when 20% of the class is out due to symptoms or exposure. I also suspect FCPS knows there's a reasonably large contingent of parents who will pull their kids if cases start showing up in schools. It's much better for this to happen after school starts because it's a lot easier from a staffing perspective to lose students after the first month than it is to gain students.

There is no conspiracy. They have to open by law. They want to open. Teachers want to open. If they close, it'll be a school, not district-based, decision. And then they'll open back up when things calm at that school. There is no secret plan to go virtual for the school year again. I know there are some probably harboring this fantasy, though...

And you have no idea how school is going to go in a masked, highly-vaccinated area. You're using anecdotes to make a prediction.

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

definitely this dude
ollow the science and close the schools! Teachers, parents, and students opposed to Fairfax school reopening should join the Educators Rank and File Safety Committee:

https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/educators-rank-and-file-committee.html#join

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.change.org/p/fairfax-county-public-school-fcps-virtual-school-option?redirect=false

please sign up if interested

Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

definitely this dude
ollow the science and close the schools! Teachers, parents, and students opposed to Fairfax school reopening should join the Educators Rank and File Safety Committee:

https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/educators-rank-and-file-committee.html#join

That website screams batsh!t insane.

[Anonymous]

THe lady begging for virtual K for her five year old...wow, she has no clue. No clue.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.change.org/p/fairfax-county-public-school-fcps-virtual-school-option?redirect=false

please sign up if interested

Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

definitely this dude
ollow the science and close the schools! Teachers, parents, and students opposed to Fairfax school reopening should join the Educators Rank and File Safety Committee:

https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/educators-rank-and-file-committee.html#join

Well, he’s in Michigan, so…no.

FCPS ES Teacher

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.change.org/p/fairfax-county-public-school-fcps-virtual-school-option?redirect=false

please sign up if interested

Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

definitely this dude
ollow the science and close the schools! Teachers, parents, and students opposed to Fairfax school reopening should join the Educators Rank and File Safety Committee:

https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/educators-rank-and-file-committee.html#join

That website screams batsh!t insane.

Nothing says irrelevant quite like a website like that.

[Anonymous]

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

Yeah, blame the teachers. That’s a new one. You’re an asshole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.change.org/p/fairfax-county-public-school-fcps-virtual-school-option?redirect=false

please sign up if interested

Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

definitely this dude
ollow the science and close the schools! Teachers, parents, and students opposed to Fairfax school reopening should join the Educators Rank and File Safety Committee:

https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/educators-rank-and-file-committee.html#join

Exactly how is that following the science? You know the science also said? That our children learned way less because of distance learning and our poor populations were left even more behind.