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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the logistical side, they'd have to swap out the toilets for smaller ones (and for the younger kids there wouldn't be bathrooms in the classrooms)[/quote]
Do you guys all have dual toilets at home? Have you heard of stools? I mean honestly, have we lost our minds? (I know this is a losing battle but I would just like to see some acknowledgement that we’ve just completely folded without even trying. [/quote]

If your child falls off the stool into the toilet in your home it’s not a huge deal. It it happens in school you’re going to need to fill out forms and deal with lawsuit threats from the parents. And then they don’t allow stools in the bathroom anymore and you spend bathroom break lifting children on and off the toilet, and you need another adult to be in the bathroom with you to make sure there’s no funny business.

Before you blame schools and teachers for not trying you need to understand the reason why where you see solutions we see problems. Litigious parents are why bees, sun, poor air quality, and heat are reasons why we can’t have class outside. Why stools in the bathroom are a no go. For every good out of the box solution there is a crazy person out there that will find a problem with it.

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I’m sorry. I agree that our litigious society is a major problem, but again please just acknowledge that your argument that we can’t send our children to school in a pandemic is that they might fall into the toilets. We have some serious work to do as a nation. [/quote]

I’m not saying we can’t or we shouldn’t. There are many great ideas I’ve seen out there for how to get kids into a school building safely. But they’re shot down for what seem like crazy reasons that come back to safety. What we need to do is start trying these solutions even after we’re back in person. We need to assume that this isn’t the last time this will happen and try to figure it out. A school can try one outdoor classroom and address the safety issues when we’re not under pressure, so we’re ready. Or what do we need to do to make sure little kids are safe in a high school building. Or what ever the proposal is. But schools aren’t great at this, they are always trying to address the immediate problem in front of them. That’s where I’d put the time and money if I could. [/quote]

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