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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From seeing comments on DCUM all month long its clear to me that some kids across all levels of school -- elementary, middle, and high school -- really need to go back to school this year for mental health reasons.

MANY and perhaps even the majority of middle and high school kids are doing fine.  But some really are not getting the support they need at home for various reasons -- and many parents are working under various strained circumstances and simply really cannot provide effective support at home.  Not really their fault.  Not anyone's fault.  But the kids need help from the schools here.  And teachers in certain schools, for whatever reasons, have not been providing the needed support virtually.  (Not knocking all teachers.  Many or most have gone above and beyond!  But some kids are falling through the cracks.)

So even though I don't want to send my own kid until everything is absolutely safe, I support hybrid return to school FOR SOME STUDENTS THAT CHOOSE IT, though I think teachers need to be vaccinated first.  Your kid's mental health is not more important than a teacher's right to stay alive from a known deadly disease.  But once shots are in arms the the 2 week waiting period is past, I think some portion of teachers should return to schools to support some student population.  For elementary school that might be most of the kids, just every two days so there can be adequate spacing.  For middle and high school this should be an even smaller number of kids in the school.  Parents who are doing just fine with kids at home and who aren't comfortable with safety efforts and ventilation and cohorting can keep kids home.

I would hope that by next year, schools really do implement CDC guidance on ventilation and cohorting.  But this year I've been convinced by the medical worker parent with two kids, one in middle school, who are having a really rough time.  Give these parents some help!  Get your shots but help the people with kids who are in trouble who really need it.  Some really do.  You might be saving a life just like this medical worker does, and not even realize it.[/quote]

Don’t disagree with any of this. But Gov Northam and APS do not know more than the CDC. So start weekly testing, and fix lunch, or wait on opening middle and high school til cases are lower.  We’ve been waiting for real CDC guidance on how to open school
Safely. We got it on Friday. Follow it. [/quote]

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