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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't believe all of you willing to give up on the year as a "wash." That's insane. If we only ran 5-day a week school the last week in June that would STILL be worth it to me. Keep pushing. If school can be open safely, we owe it to our kids to open.[/quote]

Miranda Turner had a post about this today that I think is smart:

"APS will continue with the current hybrid model for the remainder of this school year, in accordance with current health and safety guidance."

So we're apparently throwing in the towel on trying for more in-person days for the last three months of the school year. On the merits, this decision is concerning. It will mean no additional days for hybrid students, even though the most direct way to address learning loss is to get kids back in classrooms, as much and as soon as possible. It will mean no days at all for students who are waitlisted for hybrid, because APS isn't going to make room for them. And it means we'll stay the course even as infection rates continue to improve and as guidance is updated.

As a matter of process, there are issues here too. There's no explanation for why, no oversight from our elected School Board, and definitely no vote.

We should be moving towards as many in-person days as possible, as soon as possible, instead of committing to not even try. But more importantly, we should have a School Board that provides real oversight and vets and approves major decisions, like this one to limit access to what is known to be the most effective form of instruction for most students: in person.[/quote]

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