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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do we think N. Virginia schools will ever go back to 5-day-week instruction or will we continue on with 4 days a week in coming years? I could see how some (not parents) would advocate for only teaching full classes 4 days a week. Wondered if any of the local school boards or superintendents have addressed this.[/quote]

No. I think teachers will lobby to keep their "planning day" even after everyone is vaccinated and the pandemic is over.[/quote]

Of course we are going back to 5-days. [/quote]

You really shouldn't assume this. Plenty of posters on here (even in this thread) are talking about how they won't feel comfortable sending their kids back until they are vaccinated and those clinical trials have barely begun yet. If schools are required to staff both, it's not clear to me that they can.[/quote]

And they still made me to use mitigation strategies like 6 ft of social distancing and masks. There's no way to go in 5 days a week if the kids don't need to be 6 ft apart.[/quote]

Once all the staff are vaccinated, the six feet apart thing is not necessary. [/quote]

So that's what each county administration needs to decide. If the teachers are vaccinated, are they okay with kids sitting three feet apart, with masks on, for five days per week school. There is no room, at least in APS, to have all the kids in the schools all day long, and sit six feet apart. That's why they had to do hybrid in the first place, to have 50% or less of students max, physically present in the school.

Huh? That doesn't make any sense. You can still pass on the virus if you are vaccinated. You just are less likely to get seriously ill. 
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There's still no room for 3 ft apart. Prior to the pandemic the kids were all sitting right next to each other, desks were touching, etc.  One of the very early presentations I think had like 18 kids in a room at 3 ft apart.  Still not good enough for 5 days a week.[/quote]

I doubt distance is a mitigation measure in Fall. Rather it’ll likely be centered around ongoing mask usage. [/quote]

But the SB is sooooo hung up on distance measures. As recently as December they were deep in the weeds about putting 6’ markers on the floor and stuff. They’re way off on another planet here with the “mitigation” factors. [/quote]

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