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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most parents do NOT want schools to open. They are well aware of the risks! Many parents are voicing sadness and frustration that their children's lives are still upended for the upcoming school year, but it doesn't mean they WANT schools to reopen with the pandemic uncontrolled as it is.

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Every polls I’ve seen taken by a local school district Or private school in the last month has between 60 and 85 percent of parents in support of school reopening.  National polls differ because of local covid situations.[/quote]

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I'm a different poster but the polls done in NOVA such as FCPS, APS, and Falls Church showed 60% or more wanted to start school with the hybrid choice. That doesn't mean full time with packed classrooms, but they want some in-person option. [/quote]

Why don't you sign up to teach at a school since its important to you?  You are willing to risk our teachers lives but not your own.[/quote]

I would if I wasn't already doing my OWN damn job. You know, the one I am hired to do and get paid to do.[/quote]
So quit and change fields. You're obviously very knowledgable about education. Let's put that wisdom and passion to good use. Remember, if you love children you will accept any and all working conditions in order to go back to full time, face to face school. It's okay if kids don't have to wear masks! Let's pack thirty of them into a classroom. You're not getting any lunch or bathroom breaks-you can just teach while the kids eat, so they don't talk to each other. You're going to need a lot of new supplies because the kids can't share any materials, but we cut the entire supply budget so you can just purchase those out of pocket. And remember to smile! [/quote]

No one is asking you to 'accept any and all working conditions'. Stop trying to fan the flames and martyr yourself. 
People are back at work. MILLIONS of people. People who don't want to die. People who aren't dying. Aren't getting sick. 
Work places have adapted, changed, modified and allow PPE. How do you honestly NOT get this? It is NOT March 17th. We have learned more, know how to stop the spread and have learned how to triage cases before they get too severe. Do you really think we are where we were this Spring? Have you not read the news, read any studies, educated yourself at all? What have you done? 
If offices and public businesses can open up with precautions there is no reason schools can't. My kids have worn masks since April and so have all of their friends, and family. You act like kids have been under a rock and will have no idea what the hell a mask is. They also wear hats in the winter. WE don't refuse to leave the house when it is cold becuase "how will my kid wear a hat???????". No. We put it on and say it needs to stay on. Done. 
Will there be a learning curve for kids? Yup. But that is like anything new. You know, we TEACH them why it is important and how to properly wear one. Stop acting like all of our kids are dumb and can't figure a damn mask out and don't know how to wash their hands. [/quote]
Those are the conditions we've ALREADY been told we will be working under. Don't pretend this is hyperbole. They've told us that the students may not leave their seats except for scheduled bathroom breaks, kids must work through lunch, and no recess or gym. They've stripped our supply budgets. They've taken away our planning time. The kids are not required to wear masks, so while I'm glad that your children have been practicing, I am powerless to ask my students to wear them. They're trying to get us to work face to face all day at school and then work with the remote kids after we go home-two teachers for the price of one! It's crazy. They say our contract is suspended because of the pandemic, so they can do these things.

BTW, the US has had 1,000 deaths a day for 16 days in a row. Not sure why you think conditions have improved since March. They have not. 
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Oh sweetie. Do you really not understand that no one was being tested in March?

I have never, ever seen supposedly “professional” people complain, whine, and stomp their feet so much in my life. Mortifying. [/quote]

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