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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Want to see what a real plan looks like? Here is what Washington County, MD's BOE approved over a month ago:

http://wcpsmd.com/news/wcboe-approves-superintendents-plan-return-person-instruction

It defines clear phases, who goes back in those phases, and the metrics needed to enter that phase.

Indeed the first set of students (pre-K, special needs, ESL) went back 3 weeks ago.

Metrics remained good, so the next stage starts on Monday and K goes back along with some high schoolers in vocational programs:
http://wcpsmd.com/news/wcps-announces-stage-3-start-october-12

See what they've done? Clear metrics, clear communication of how they are doing.

None of this took a lot of money. Just leadership, communication, and planning. Their BOE approved an emergency budget item in July to buy PPE, sanitizers, etc for all schools.

All this despite being one of the lowest-funded school systems in MD (#20/25 in per-student funding).

Sure, they have fewer students than MCPS, but that means they also have fewer employees to implement their plans. Yet, somehow they pulled it off.

Their positivity rate is 2.5%, while MoCo is 2.6%. Their new cases/day per 100k has been sitting in the 7-9 range, just like MoCo.

[b]Two counties in the same state, similar case rate, about an hour drive apart, yet one has had kids back in school for 3 weeks, the other hasn't even published a plan.

The only difference?[/b] Leadership.[/quote]

Now I KNOW you are a troll if you think that’s the only difference between Washington Co and MoCo.

:lol:

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Oh come on. Washington County is rural and has 20,000 students. Montgomery County is sprawling and urban and suburban and has 160,000 students. Of course the challenges of reopening are different.[/quote]

Why is it so different? As a smaller county, they have a proportionally smaller number of buses to fit students into, staff to develop plans, etc.

MCPS has more money, more staff, more resources, because they are bigger.

In regular times, MCPS is able to offer exactly the same services as smaller school districts, because they have more money, staff and resources. Yet they can't in this case?[/quote]

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