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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Juniors and seniors can get the Pfizer vaccine and need to be back in.  K-3 are the lowest transmitters and worst hit by DL and need to be back in.

If FCPS is smart, they will commit to holding vaccine clinics this summer when supply loosens up and getting juniors and seniors vaccines and back 5 days a week, which starts to provide scheduling certainty.  Then vaccinate 12-16 as a top priority, hopefully in early fall and put 7-10 back after vaccination.

K-3 goes back full time, and 4-6 follows after a month pause to course correct and make sure mitigation hold.

It’s pretty safe for K-6 if they cohort and 11-12 with the vaccine. But, it’s impossible to see secondary schools fully online until the 12-16 shot is approved.

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This is a crazy proposal not backed in science.[/quote]

The science says once juniors and seniors are vaccinated, they are fine to be in with less distancing masked.  Especially with the Pfizer vaccine, given the data coming out of Israel showing a low likelihood they can asymptomatically transmit.

The science say K-6 can be back safely, they can cohort, making it even safer and K-3 are the riskiest group.  It’s hardest to learn  And the childcare need is real.   It makes most sense to pilot 4 days a week K-3 this year and go K-6 fully back next year, but start 3-6 as hybrid. Pause to correct, then push 3-6 in. Set date given up front, not when it “feels safe”.

You might not like it, but the biggest issue is 7-10. Can’t be vaccinated, can’t cohort, larger spreaders, overcrowded schools.  A model where this age goes concurrent , or switches to concurrent when community transmission is high makes sense. [/quote]

So how are thousands of kids of all ages back in school and doing fine? Even kids right down the street from public schools. And 7th graders and 10th graders! 
People have lost their minds. NOVA public schools aren’t special. It’s time to get back. [/quote]

It is.  I’m just pointing out that maybe the answer isn’t “hybrid” or fully”.  Maybe there is a middle path. And vaccinated kids and ES kids should not be forced into hybrid just because 6-10 is. [/quote]

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