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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Mayor can now say schools are open and kids are back. Doesn’t matter
for how many. There won’t be another push for term 4.
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But there should be. I have three kids. Only 1 is going to in person classes for one class a week.  Granted they are at Deal & Wilson which have overcrowding issues.  But, if Murch can get all the kids back in for two days of the week - I expect a lot more from them!

I did read that they weren't feeling that much pressure yet to reopen. So, if you want it - apply some pressure.

[b]Mayor Bowser: [/b]
Website: http://murielformayor.com/
Address: John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202 - 724 - 2643
muriel.bowser@dc.gov

[b]DCPS Chancellor [/b]- Lewis Ferebee - lewis.ferebee@dc.gov

[b]DC Council[/b]
I was going to put the council member in charge of Education Committee but did you know they eliminated that in January?  It's now in the Committe of the Whole which Mendelson Chairs and everyone is on.  Good? Bad?
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/504726/mendelson-announces-new-dc-council-committee-assignments/

Anyway - email Mendelson and your council member!

[b]Phil Mendelson[/b]:  pmendelson@dccouncil.us
[b]Anita Bonds[/b] (At Large): abonds@dccouncil.us
[b]Elissa Silverman[/b] (At Large): esilverman@dccouncil.us
[b]Robert White [/b](At Large): rwhite@dccouncil.us
[b]Christina Henderson[/b](At Large): chenderson@dccouncil.us
[b]Brianne Nadeau[/b] (Ward 1): bnadeau@dccouncil.us
[b]Brooke Pinto[/b] (Ward 2): bpinto@dccouncil.us
[b]Mary Cheh[/b] (Ward 3): mcheh@dccouncil.us
[b]Janeese Lewis George [/b](Ward 4): jlewisgeorge@dccouncil.us
[b]Kenyan McDuffi[/b]e (Ward 5): kmcduffie@dccouncil.us
[b]Charles Allen[/b] (Ward 6): callen@dccouncil.us
[b]Vincent Gray[/b] (Ward 7): vgray@dccouncil.us
[b]Trayon White[/b] (Ward 8): twhite@dccouncil.us

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Thank you for posting these. Indeed some advocacy is needed especially in the hopes for a normal fall where everyone can go back. I also think that for those who have the motivation that there should be advocacy for Term 4. Having more students come in for Term 4 could help to move things in the right direction. My impression is that some of these issues depend on the principal. At my child's school the principal seems to be very negative on reopening whereas I think that the principal could have achieved a Murch or Key-scale reopening. I hope that plans for Term 4 will be to expand hybrid, but with the cohorts of ten children full-time occupying one classroom per grade level I don't see how they can make the numbers work for an expansion. If there is no significant advocacy for the fall, I believe that it may be hybrid. Some unions are calling for all children to be vaccinated and may continue to want some teachers to be exempt.from in person teaching for ADA accommodations. I believe that the fall will continue to be a hodge-podge of different reopening plans per state depending on who has advocated, and am concerned that there is no concerted advocacy for reopening in dc.

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