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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved for this year. But I can’t stay away for another year. Solo-parenting our kids has been very stressful as my spouse went back in person in June and I work full-time too, which I don’t think I could have managed on my own without school for a full school year. March- August were difficult enough without much help, my spouse was only remote April-June. Our kids miss their dad, I miss him as well, and living as quasi-nomads is trying, at best. But the children are happy, have been in school since late August, and we’ve only had two potential exposures since we started. One class shut for a week, the other, in a separate incident, for 3 days. There has been no community spread in the school.

For the curious-

No routine testing
Class size is max of 12
Children and teacher are masked all day inside (this is elementary school and I have a K student who remembers no different than wearing the mask at school; so age has not been an issue in remaining properly masked)
Classrooms were retrofitted with a bathroom so children never leave the classroom to go into common areas
They eat at their desks which are spaced 6 feet apart 
Each classroom has an outdoor entrance so children don’t mingle between grades
Playground equipment is wiped down between class usage and each grade has a separate recess block[/quote]

With no testing, you cannot know spread.  Sounds terrible to take the kids from their dad.[/quote]

Well, since no other children or staff have gotten sick after the potential exposure and subsequent quarantine period, I’m not entirely sure what you mean? By community, I’m referring to within the school. The Department of Health does contact tracing upon an exposure and issues instructions to those deemed “close contacts.”

My husband has come to see us or we’ve seen him at least a week a month and we are doing the best we can. We’ve been tested regularly for COVID in order to comply with travel restrictions between DC and our temporary home state. He works long hours and often weekends on a regular basis so all of the associated time, effort, and childcare for virtual school were on me. It’s one academic year and it’s what works best at this time for our family. [/quote]

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