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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on Duran's announcement this afternoon, it sounds like he has ZERO plans to even try to get the kids back FT this school year. My faith in doing this right in the fall is diminishing. He's not on the side of the students.. wish I could send my kids to private :( [/quote]

I think it's a reasonable plan. Focus on 5 days for fall. If they went to 4-5 days in-person now they'd have to reshuffle everything (transportation and maybe even class assignments) AGAIN. We've had enough moving around for one year.

I'm curious what they he will announce on Friday about summer school.

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Totally agree [/quote]

I don't think its OK for Duran and the SB to just throw in the towel on 5 days in-person now. Sorry, but the lazy approach for the past year, (especially NO teaching last March-June) needs to be made up and it should happen now. According to his message, even if the CDC announces reduced social distancing, he plans on hybrid until the fall. Our kids have suffered for an entire year and the SB and Duran should do their jobs to get them back FT, sorry if it's an inconvenience. [/quote]

I agree. There should be an evolution in the direction of all kids back, as much as possible, this year.[/quote]

It’s almost the end of the third quarter. Realistic people understand that this year is a wash. I don’t want them spending any more time messing around with this year’s logistics. They should focus on getting next year in good shape - not 100% normal, but much closer than now. Parents complaining about “five days now” are tying up the resources to do the planning by making calculations on how to keep reshuffling deck chairs on the Titanic. The kids may not be flourishing now, but they will survive. [/quote]

There’s a lot of area between just surviving and five days now at any cost. “Realistic” people can want improvement within that area, and don’t have to agree that this year is a total wash.[/quote]

Must be nice on your planet. We are running out the clock on getting adults/parents and teens and tweens vaccinated so they can’t pass covid around. In the fall much of that should happen, as it’s likely that there will be some vaccine for 12+, so most of the most expensive and costly remediations won’t be necessary. Assist your kids with resilience, help them with their homework, and stop trying to waste the resources that are needed to help all children function. I have a SN kid whose social skills are regressing badly, but I realize that the virus doesn’t care, and this year has been a mess that we all just have to deal with. [/quote]

Agree 100%. Let's finish off the year mostly as is. Maybe bring in more K-2 if transportation can support it.

But otherwise focus on the fall and closing the learning gaps. Numbers will be down and we can get much closer to "normal". 
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