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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not moving. DCPS DL is going fine for our 3rd grader and 1st grader. 3rd grader is self sufficient. 1st grader just needs some prompts with technology. Both do a couple of hours of virtual tutoring per week with 3 of their friends. The kids love sleeping-in.

We do some targeted outdoor/masked/distanced meet-ups so they get socialization. When I say "targeted" only families that are taking Covid precautions very seriously. Several families we have avoided since early in the pandemic have already gotten Covid, but they pushed the boundaries, seemingly just because they really, really don't like this.

But don't get me wrong -- I can't wait for in-person, so long as it is safe. It just seems like school opening is being forced at the worst time of the pandemic -- highest numbers and vaccine right around the corner. And I hate to say it, but the loudest proponents of "open now" seem to be really, really struggling with their kids being home.[/quote]

Do you consider the 'targeted' family to be taking COVID precautions very seriously if they are meeting with people (your family)? Not meant as a snarky question, but I woudltn'.[/quote]

Not a snarky question at all! Thanks for being socially responsible and taking Covid-19 seriously.

Targeted =

1) No outside child care -- nannies, daycare, babysitters.
2) Both parents work from home.
3) Parents don't go to grocery store -- curbside pickup and delivery.
4) Only meet outside for the kids. No indoor stuff. Always masked. No dinners/drinks, just park playdates for the kids.

It's not risk free, but careful, I think.[/quote]

It’s fine to go grocery shopping.  It’s not fine to have play dates.  [/quote]

Says you. She came to a different conclusion. Grocery shopping is indoors. We know indoor activities are much more dangerous than outdoor and as the pandemic drags on it gets harder to keep distance in the grocery as so many people seem to have given up. For me, it’s also a risk/benefit analysis. I can order groceries and I may not get everything I want but I can love with that. I can’t live with my child not having any in person social interaction for a year or longer. So I don’t know that an outdoor playdate is safer than the grocery store but for me the benefit is about 100x what shopping inside is. [/quote]

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