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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lobby away. Dcps is just following health guidelines set by DC Health. [/quote]

But DCPS and the teachers union aren't innovating like they could.  Not at all.  Come on, in the Nordic countries and Germany, elementary school classes are often taking place outside, e.g. in public parks.  No way will the teachers unions permit that in this country.  I bet you're going to see charter schools take the lead in keeping learning rolling in the fall, not DCPS.  I see charter innovation during the pandemic pushing the District over the cliff into greater enrollment in charters than in DCPS for the first time, within the next two years.  I'm not a charter booster, but with elementary school-age kids in DCPS facing 1-2 days a week of in-person learning in the fall, I might become one if local friends with kids in charters are getting considerably more in-person learning than we are (and I bet they will find a way).[/quote]

Our unionized school is innovating in exactly that way. But that can expand capacity only marginally --  for instance, did you know that there are periods of inclimate weather? Seriously, teachers are supposed to educate our children in 45 degree weather? How well would you learn in that environment?

Leaving aside that the fall is when we should be MORE CAUTIOUS given that modeling predicts a resurgence then.

To echo a previous poster, you can't lobby, sue, or petition a virus. Use your heads people.[/quote]

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