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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It will be interesting to see how my child’s distance learning changes when this goes into effect.  We chose to remain with DL, but it looks like our school has largely selected hybrid, which means my kid may end up with a completely new teacher and new classmates half way through the year.  Is there a timeline for principals to communicate new teacher assignments to parents?[/quote]

My kids are at a elementary school with a more even split, slightly more favor DL. I wonder how they will accomplish this plan without shifting staff between classes and schools and shortchanging all the kids staying in DL. It’s stupid. The hybrid plan won’t be of any benefit except for childcare 2 days a week. If the teachers can’t even go near the kids, why do they need to be there? They should just get the extended day staff to man the classrooms and have the kids do DL via the iPads with supervision. Because it’s essentially what they will be getting now, just 
with a teacher supervising for half the day from the front of the room, that they can’t walk around in or socialize with other kids, taking that resource (teacher) away from any kids in virtual. And the higher poverty ES have more kids electing virtual. Will their teachers be stolen away by the wealthy super zip codes who are demanding teacher in a physical classroom for childcare?[/quote]

So it's ok for extended day to go into the classroom,but not teachers. That's like saying have a nurse triage the patient while the doctors stay home and treat via telehealth. I wonder about the comments that come from some folks. My tolerance is so low being a healthcare worker, and though the vaccine is is here not all healthcare  staff  have access to it yet. Teachers in the 2nd priority group not likely  to see it until late spring at best. So real choice here is do we accept no school for remainder of the year resulting in teachers forced to work gravely hard next year to get all kids up to grade level that fell behind, or do we hope that funding is on the way to to safely open schools now. Personally  we are paying alot for someone to supervise our DS DL and tutoring and other activities so would be willing to pour that money into the school system to safely get kids back in, because DL is not ideal for our Kindergarter. Nope cant go private as our kid has IEP, but not enough need to have been chosen for priority group 1. So my hope is that we will shut down  and reopen schools, and my DS can go back to school like his cousins in Germany have been since August.  Why, because the Germans realized that school is essential and not holiday travel, dinning in restaurants, or bars etc. and of course as a society they follow the rules!!![/quote]

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