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Yes it is. There are going to be infection control protocols in place. The most extreme would be to continue distance learning indefinitely. The least extreme would be “more soap” (which is a joke). The middle ground is reducing density, sanitizing, and eliminating high risk activities, such as indoor physical education/chorus/etc. We can not physically expand the schools and hire more staff-there is no time or money to double the capacity of our schools. Having kids in school half time is a reasonable and balanced solution. Your daycare needs are not paramount to public health. [/quote]

Having kids in school half time is not a reasonable and balanced solution.

How did we get to the point where half of my posts on DCUM are variations on "kids need to go to school"? I never would have believed that this would be a controversial statement.[/quote]

How did we get to that point? We developed a historic, global pandemic. We are not living in normal times right now.[/quote]

Which part of "kids need to go to school" do you disagree with?[/quote]

DP. Kids need to be educated. That does not have to happen in a public school building for most children. [/quote]

Actually it does have to happen in a school building for most children. The kids already missed a third of the school year, this year. They need to go back to school next fall.[/quote]

No, it doesn’t have to be in a school building if MCPS gets it’s act together regarding DL. Many school systems around the country and the world were able to be effective, meaningful, and enjoyable while still addressing equity issues related to tech and family life. MCPS needs to bring in stakeholders to find out what   DL needs to be. Because the novel coronavirus is just the first of many major disruptions we can anticipate over the next 5 years. Whether it’s due to extreme weather or yet another new disease, we will continue to face breaks in F2F instruction. I remember MCPS students missing three weeks of instruction one February. We could throw all COVID-related caution to the wind and still end up with hurricane, derecho, or snow closures in the upcoming Fall and Winter. No one knows what chaos we might see between Election Day in November and Inauguration Day on a January depending on how things pan out.

We need to have a viable alternative. Saying F2F or nothing is wishful thinking that ignores the reality of the world we now live in.[/quote]

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