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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the posters hatwho say "parent your kid" are teachers and administrators who want this DL vacation to continue.  They have minimal work and a full paycheck.  It's a dream job and they will do or say anything they need to to keep the gravy train going.[/quote]

I am a parent and I support DL unless it is safe for school to open.  I am sorry but I love my kids and my family. I don't want any one in my family to fall sick or die because of some lazy parents.  These irresponsible parents rode the gravy train of free "childcare" provided by the school and gave not one thought about the education of their kids before the pandemic.  They were disengaged parents and their brats were disruptive students before the pandemic.

No school opening unless it is safe for students and teachers. And if there is a pressing need, let the most vulnerable population return to school in a phased manner after full vaccination.

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I'd like to remind you that schools are not a "gravy train of free childcare," they are a public good funded by all our taxes to form children as citizens and workers educated in the skills and values our country, states, and districts have deemed important.

It annoys me when people can think about the collective good when it comes to the pandemic, but *everything else* is individualized and private, even public education. Admitting that school has collective value and isn't a "gravy train for lazy parents" doesn't mean we have to send all kids back regardless of risk. It means that you acknowledge A value for schools existing at all. If you think parents who want school were "lazy before," you're saying education is parents' job anyway, so...why should we even fund public schools if thats the case? [/quote]

Exactly.

Under their logic, why should we pay for schooling at all? Just let the lazy parents figure it out! [/quote]

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