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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's bad enough that the head of public schools won't send his kids to those very same schools.

But the *real issue* here is that he won't allow public school kids to attend school, because it is supposedly too dangerous, even though his own children have been going to school EVERY DAY FOR MONTHS. [/quote]

Yeah I don't care that he sends his kids to private school but I do care that he won't open the public schools because they are too dangerous while he sends his kids to private schools.  This is made worse by the fact that there are no metrics about why it is too dangerous- obviously its not vaccines since schools have been open since way before vaccines.  So what is it?  What will get the schools to open to all kids that want a spot?

And clearly he can't take the model of a well-run school and apply it to DCPS because DCPS schools being closed while publics and privates across the country are open is a very badly run system.  If his private school said that they would do a lottery for open spots and couldn't promise a spot to everyone for term 4 would he be OK with that?  Doubtful- so why is it ok for DCPS?  I have seen no explanation of why DCPS is excluding so many kids that want to go back- that does not seem to be a feature of any other school district or any private schools that I have seen.[/quote]

Private schools don't have unionized teachers that block reopening.  They also tend to have much larger grounds, so they can adapt to socially distancing regs more easily.  Our private actually brought in modulars to fit kids.[/quote]

Paul Kihn needs to explain why privates are open and dcps is not, period. including how his actions relate to his words. [/quote]

I agree he should explain why DCPS is closed and privates are open.  But I would expect him to answer these questions regardless of whether his kid attended a private, his kid attended DCPS, or he had no kids.

I don't think he has any greater responsibility or burden because he has a kid at a private.[/quote]

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