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Burgundy parent here.

1. Georgia schools started in person without a mask mandate. Any proposed on campus learning would follow recommended masking protocols. 
2. Northern VA data is fairly good good. We are not trending up (unlike the rest of VA) (https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/key-measures/). 
3. A poll that covers all teachers to me is irrelevant. I hope Burgundy polled teachers and wish they had shared the results with the community. Public schools don't have similar space and resources. I would not be in favor of a school with no outdoor space returning in person. Burgundy is not in that situation and specifically advertised they can offer outdoor physically distanced education. They even have a map with outdoor learning locations on campus. Without the outdoor space, it would not make sense to hold classes in person. 
4. I am extremely disappointed in the lack of clear communication on the part of the administration. This is a huge failure of leadership.
5. They should offer an off-ramp for those parents who cannot manage their job+zoom classroom+hypothetical half days. A half day in person with zoom specials in the afternoon does not provide smart infection control or reasonable feasibility for parents. 
6. Highlighting point 4 for good measure. It's the total about-face that has me deeply disappointed. They described in person plans in detail two weeks ago. Apparently without checking with faculty if that was feasible.
7. Offer high-risk teachers a pathway to become lead distance teachers. They can and should do more than 90 minutes of live zoom, which is what it seems is all that is being offered. That's insufficient. I know SSAS students who were in FULL DAY school this spring. Made me question why our day typically involved 60-90 minutes in person. 
8. Cross-train specials teachers who are willing to be in person. They can become homeroom teachers to "pinch hit" for high risk teachers. Specials teachers this spring engaged in no face to face synchronous education with the students. Their skills and talents are not being utilized well at all. This enables high risk faculty to be protected and not have to teach in person before they are able to do so safely.  [/quote]

7. I’m not sure why you think the remote is only 90 minutes synchronous? The schedule for lower school has 1-2 live specials a day which is already 30-80 minutes. Plus the morning with homeroom teaches says 2-3 academic zooms at 20-45 minutes each and also morning meeting/social time.

In middle school it has 4 hours (240 minutes) of synchronous sessions a day. [/quote]

90 minutes was based on our experience in the spring, which was typically 20-60 minutes of zoom per day. Then I added a half hour based on this information provided in the remote lower school plan, "Zoom sessions in the lower school will range from 20-45 minutes in length and will include homeroom-based subjects in the morning (math, LA, social studies, and in grades 2-5, science) and specials Zooms in the afternoon and on Fridays."

I admire your optimism that this fall will being longer synchronous learning. I wish there had been better communication over the summer and that teachers with concerns could have voiced those and that those concerns could be conveyed to the community. The plans that the school has developed are lackluster in terms of infection control, which also concerns me. [/quote]

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