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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all hoping for summer school.... wishful thinking. They can’t staff summer school fully in a regular year. You think teachers are going to work additional weeks after this years shitshow for $35/hour?! Keep dreaming. Existing contracts go through June 18. Beyond the fact there is no money for summer school for all. They just got rid of those last year because of the costs. And now we have a budget shortfall. [/quote]

Umm. How much $$ did APS receive from the cares act? If it's clearly not being used to open schools now, it makes sense it may be used to get kids on track over the summer.[/quote]

At least $10 Million. There is money to provide PPE and other mitigation aides, as well as $$$ for summer school for those who want it. [/quote]

We, meaning parents and teachers, need to collectively focus on this. The money is there to reduce risk and install safety measures. 
This is where these conversations should lead - putting the $$ to use in an effort to make schools safe to return. Let's stop arguing and focus together on what's important, getting schools safe to reopen.. [/quote]

You can get as much PPE and plexiglass and hand sanitizer as you want. The issue that the CARES Act money cannot address is the impact of teachers being unavailable for in-person teaching because they have to quarantine or because they wake up with any one of the many symptoms that wouldn’t prevent them from going to school in the past, but now they do. There are not enough substitutes to cover it. So while the inside of the schools may be relatively safe, the community spread outside still impacts school operations. [/quote]

we've been reading this for months, meanwhile there are lots of school systems, both public and private, that are figuring it out.. time for APS to move forward and just figure it out. [/quote]

At levels this high with number of cases and percent positive? In the height of flu season?

Yeah, I didn’t think so.

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