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I don't think everything is going to stay closed.  Private businesses will open.  But, there is a difference between school and other businesses.  I even think daycares will be allowed to open before schools can.

HUGE liability for schools to open up in the fall before flu season.  Unlikely to happen.  Have you been around for snow days?  MCPS is going to take the safer option, no doubt.[/quote]

It's not an MCPS decision. Schools are open every year during flu season. And - can I say this without using bold and all caps? No, I can't.

[b]WE CAN'T KEEP SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR YEARS. KIDS NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL.[/b][/quote]

No they actually don't. They can be educated, but they don't need to be in school. Cramming kids in packed classrooms is not what happens in a pandemic.  No one in the world is doing this.  You can all caps and bold all you want, but go read and learn about pandemics and the response from the rest of the world. [/quote]

NP here. I agree with you. But what MCPS has done so far during distance learning has been terrible (at least for us, with a second grader). The teacher doesn't actually teach anything. When we gather, she asks a few questions and then just plays the video that the kids are supposed to watch later in the day. And the videos - they are SO BAD. The questions we get for the kids to fill out are terrible. (Someone posted one of the Eureka ones the other day, worded in a very confusing way.) The science content they posted this week took 5 mins to do. It is a joke, not meaningful at all. So if they are going to go that route, they should make distance learning a priority. I'm not worried about my kid. I've worked hard to find other projects for her to do, other programs with which to supplement. I'm worried about the kids whose parents don't know what to do or can't help them for whatever reason. Eventually, we are going to all go back to school, and those kids will be really far behind. At the very least, MCPS has got to get rid of the videos and allow the teachers to actually teach the content. Kids who can't make it or want reinforcement can watch the videos. And they need to add meaningful content beyond math and reading.[/quote]

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