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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hoping for virtual for HS as soon as possible. Most kids can manage themselves, AP students have an opportunity to not fall behind (because fewer teachers will get infected and be out), and working parents shouldn’t need to take a day off from work to supervise them (they should be able to fix their own lunch at this point).  [/quote]

It would be great if APS could be proactive and do that. But their hands are tied by 1303. Thanks, APE and OpenFCPS.[/quote]
As someone with early elementary kids, I'm enormously grateful that APS is pressured to stay open.  Virtual is worthless.[/quote]

Yup.  I’m another one who won’t have my early elementary child participate if it’s virtual.  What are they going to do?  Nothing.[/quote]

But maybe they could ensure ES stays home by directing scarce staff resources (subs, bus drivers, etc.) to the ES. They could do that if they had authority to place MS and/or HS in virtual mode. But they lack that authority. [/quote]

There is zero reason to believe they would do that. It didn’t happen last year, it wouldn’t happen this year. [/quote]It would be totally consistent with SB1303.  The only reason it won't is because Duran and Loft are incompetent and don't care about educating early elementary.  They've gotten the shift since the beginning. [/quote]

WTF is wrong with you? Why are you so out of touch with reality & hostile?

[/quote]Instead of attacking me, perhaps reply to the facts?  What is Duran's plan for ensuring learning for K-2 kids who can't meaningfully access virtual learning?  Having seen the terrible test scores, have you seen any evidence that he's going to do anything differently from last year?  That is the source of a great deal of frustration.   [b]His equitable solution is no learning for those students, plus no plan for learning recovery[/b].  [/quote]

Basically this. My first grader missed half a year of preschool (ours closed overnight like many others in March 2020), spent the bulk of his K year in virtual school with only a few months of 2-day per week hybrid, and was just now in a pretty good place with in-person 1st grade. It has taken Herculean efforts and an incredible amount of privilege (being able to hire a pod teacher, educated parents who can supplement, etc.) to even be in this position at all and now I’m worried the solution to the inevitable staffing issues will once again be to treat these young kids as if they’re the same as teenagers who can engage in distance learning.

And I’m tired of being gaslighted by a segment of society who thinks this continues to be ok because the infinitesimal risk of death/serious disease for vaccinated adults. Must be nice to be able to wring your hands over tiny hypothetical risks while parents of young kids have suffered actual harm over the last 2 years. I don’t even have the energy anymore to care about what could happen if sick with COVID because I’ve been so busy dealing with the actual damage of the pandemic response to COVID. [b]Yes, I know hospitals are getting full.[/b] But like so many on here use as a refrain “it’s not the job of the schools to fix society’s problems.” Why don’t we let the politicians, private sector, healthcare workers, etc. figure out how to get community spread down and have the school systems focus on actually educating kids, which is, you know their entire.freaking.purpose.

If elementary schools go virtual, I hope all parents of young kids boycott this mess. I honestly don’t think APS should get to count this toward academic hours because they’re not actually educating students. If the test scores drop even more, then perhaps Duran will have to finally come up with a solution or get booted. [/quote]

So because you're unhappy and can't competently manage your family, you're willing to throw all of this at doctors and nurses to fix for you?  And you want us to feel sorry for you while you do it?  No can do.  Get your act together.  Stop complaining.  I hope you do "boycott this mess."  It will serve you right to have your kids at home for the rest of the year.  I cannot wait to see that![/quote]

Not PP; but I share PP's sentiment that entities other than schools need to do their part.  If you really think school is the incubator and spread of all the cases that are happening, you have no sense at all.  Schools have been closed for 3 weeks. None of the new cases over the past 3 weeks have come from schools. Stores, restaurants, bars, gyms, public transit, etc. are all open.  Adults are going to work and shopping and working out at the gym and socializing. It doesn't make sense - and isn't fair or right - to shut down schools if nobody else is going to do their part. I can think of no other occupation for which the employer shuts down to accommodate employees' personal schedules like schools do to accommodate teachers who live in other jurisdictions and have kids whose schools closed.  Where is the compassion and understanding for parents who can't keep taking time off for all the school closures?  [/quote]

Yet every announcement from APS stated that maintenance staff had to report for work, particularly during the snow days.   Of course they are needed at the schools, but it smacked more of the teacher privilege.   The low paid workers could travel from the outer reaches of the area but not the teachers.  [/quote]

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