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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid has also missed zero days (in DCPS) due to covid, nor have many to most in her class.  I used to be a strong Robert White supporter and up until this year a WTU supporter.  I can no longer support either.[/quote]

DP: you and PP have such a blissful ignorance to the realities of what is going on in a majority of the city. I’m glad your experience has been normal this year. That’s not the case district wide and those furthest from opportunity are continuing to pay the bill for your privilege[/quote]

Can you remind me again how much it costs to get vaccinated and how old you have to be? I could have sworn that vaccinations were no cost and that anyone 5 years old is eligible but it sounds like you’re saying they are prohibitively expensive and only available to big law partners in Ward 3. [/quote]

It’s not worth explaining to you all who’s minds are made up and locked in. The tide in the city is shifting away from you so I’ll
Just take that as solace[/quote]

Are you seriously asking DCPS to shut down schools that are able to stay open for equity reasons??? Seriously? [/quote]

All the question marks in the world don’t change the fact that resources for IPL are currently shifted in a large way toward wealthier schools. It’s hilarious to me that people tried to argue for in person for their kids and used poorer students as leverage, but now that they have what they want, have no desire to support those farthest from opportunity, which this bill would do by providing resources (both physical and human) to ALL schools, not just the ones ables to subsidize through their PTAs.

I know who you all are as people though so this won’t change minds. It’ just feels good to write out. You do you [/quote]

What resources?[/quote]

Masks, sanitizer, space for outdoor lunch, extra swing spaces for small groups, tests for teachers and students.

To the other PP: calling Robert white a union shill isn’t supporting other parts of the bill. Have a lovely rest of your sundays and don’t try to argue for poor kids again when it’s not what you actually are asking for you. They don’t deserve to be used for your personal needs [/quote]

Ok sure.  I totally believe that DCPS is only sending tests and masks to "rich" schools.  Those same "rich" schools that are the least funded on a per pupil basis.  Those same "rich" schools that are overcrowded. Let me guess, you're using total not per pupil numbers to make your disengenuous point and choosing to completely forget the different sizes of the sxhools. [/quote]

Just look at the outdoor lunch thread. It’s all Ward 3 schools. [/quote]

1.  Whether or not to have outdoor lunch was a decision left up to the individual principals.
2.  Posters on this board skew very heavily towards Ward 3. 
3.  There is probably an element of school size involved.  The bigger overcrowded schools have more outdoor space because they have a bigger physical footprint.  It's the one benefit of their ginormous size.  I doubt they have more space on a population density basis but I could be wrong.  Feel free to do the calculations yourself.[/quote]

Someone reported on that thread that L-T doesn't have outdoor lunch despite ample outdoor space AND a shipment of heaters from DCPS (with which they have the same problem of electrical supply as Janney). So why does Janney have outdoor lunch and L-T doesn't? My guess is that Janney has a PTA that has been working intensely to make it happen, and maybe that is not the case at L-T? Obviously it's a matter of privilege that Janney has lots of Type A parents with the time and organizational skills to make this happen, but I'm not sure it's something DCPS can fix.[/quote]

The PTA wouldn't do anything to implement it.  They would lobby/agitate/pester the principal to do it though.  In some schools, individual teachers started informally doing it on their own last school year.  Whether to do outdoor lunch is entirely a logistical issue, how to arrange the entire school's schedule to enable it to work.  In other words it is quite simply an effort issue.  Some principals made the effort and took on that complicated logistical task while others did not. [/quote]

Well, then three cheers for Janney's new principal! I'm sure she got heavily lobbied by the PTA though. The PTA has also organized parent volunteers to help with daily setup of equipment.[/quote]

Daily setup of equipment? What equipment is needed to eat lunch? Does Janney have a molecular gastronomist in-house chef or are AU Park butts too sensitive to sit on the ground? I'm totally imagining an armada of parent volunteers setting up full white linen, candleabras, fish forks, cellared grape juice, and hapsburg folded napkins.  At our school the only equipment is an optional towel that each kid was asked to bring in.  [/quote]

I like your extravagant fantasies about life at Janney, but it's not quite as luxurious as you think. But yes, we do have picnic tables and tents. I don't know if those were purchased with PTA funds or with the Covid mitigation funds all schools got.[/quote]

Ok, that's not so bad.  But seriously, it's nice to have tables and tents but it's not necessary.  Any principal using lack of "equipment" as an excuse needs to go.  I get that re-balancing the schedule is difficult and complicated but the basic mechanics of eating outside are not.[/quote]

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