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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no social distancing in our elementary class room. 4 desks to a pod side by side. WTH[/quote]

Same with kids facing each other with desks touching. Trying to get some better masks. [/quote]

You were at ASFS? [/quote]
I saw the same thing at hamm this morning.  Kids sitting four to a table facing each other.  [/quote]

This is the stupidest . One sneeze and the whole section is gone. Maybe that’s the plan. [/quote]

If they’re all in the room together for an extended period of time, it’s not going to matter whether the sneeze came from a kid sitting across from them or behind them. May as well do the arrangement most conducive to learning. [/quote]

This last part is true. It’s very hard for kids to social distance. It’s not natural.

Elementary schools will be much better off if they truly had a layered mitigation plan including weekly required testing, cohorts, HEPA filters, cracked windows, outdoor lunch, required vaccinations of all adults who work in the building and masking. I know the cdc recommendation has changed, but if there’s any positive case in an elementary classroom all students should quarantine. Impossible for teachers to know if masks always worn correctly and who was near whom.

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This is my fear. In two weeks out two weeks. In three weeks out two weeks. No concurrent virtual instruction. Just busy work[/quote]

You absolutely should be worried about that with the current plan.

We have two kids and one was already in private school, but we pulled our high schooler out of APS at the end of last year as we saw the writing on the wall for this year as early as late last fall. The one in private school (MS) didn’t start back full time at the start last year, but the virtual learning was leaps and bounds better than APS. He was back 5 days around February. Before that he was 4 at school, 2 at home. I am also resigned to the fact that my kids may have to quarantine, but I am positive it will be a lot fewer times than if they were in APS. My son never quarantined last year. They had enough spacing in class and his lunch/recess cohort was only 6-7 boys. Those kids were the only ones that were considered his close contacts. They had only one positive case in their grade (90 students) the entire year.

My kids will be in different schools, but both have plans that are much better than APS’s. Moreover, concurrent learning is available if they must quarantine. It’s not available at either school for kids who decide to go to ge beach for a month which makes sense, but available for anything Covid related.

I told all my friends to get out and those who did are really happy. Those who didn’t wish they had. Our tuition bill is insane (truly insane), but I know it’s money well spent.

I will also say that I continue to feel badly for the teachers. They need so much more support than they’re currently getting. I worry so much about both their physical and mental health. [/quote]

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